Editorial Material
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Angeles Salles
Summary: Bats are able to use both echolocation and vision, even when vision alone would suffice.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Jared Piazza, Victoria Simpson, Luke McGuire
Summary: Many children show concern for animals but still consume meat, suggesting a disconnect between their meat-eating behavior, knowledge about food systems, and moral evaluations. A theoretical framework is proposed to understand this disconnection and its implication for dietary interventions.
TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES
(2023)
Editorial Material
Microbiology
Thom Leach
Summary: Visualization training is essential for every scientist's journey.
NATURE MICROBIOLOGY
(2022)
Review
Spectroscopy
Andrea Raffaelli, Alessandro Saba
Summary: This article describes the similarities and differences between the quadrupolar ion trap (QIT) and the quadrupole mass analyzers, discusses their potential combination in a single instrument, and provides a review of their applications in various fields. The article outlines the principles of operation of the quadrupole mass filter (QMF) and the QIT, and discusses the differences between the two. It also explores the use of the quadrupole as a trapping system and the possibilities of combining different features in a QTrap mass spectrometer.
MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS
(2023)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Benjamin L. Allen, Christopher Bobier, Stuart Dawson, Peter J. S. Fleming, Jordan Hampton, David Jachowski, Graham I. H. Kerley, John D. C. Linnell, Kelly Marnewick, Liaan Minnie, Mike Muthersbaugh, M. Justin O'Riain, Dan Parker, Gilbert Proulx, Michael J. Somers, Keifer Titus
Summary: This article discusses why humans kill animals and the necessity of this behavior. The reasons for human killing animals include wild harvest or food acquisition, human health and safety, agriculture and aquaculture, urbanization and industrialization, control of invasive, overabundant or nuisance wildlife, threatened species conservation, recreation, sport or entertainment, mercy or compassion, cultural and religious practice, and research, education, and testing. While the necessity of animal killing is debatable, the article emphasizes that some of these forms of killing are an inevitable part of our involvement in a global food web. It suggests that humans can modify these behaviors to improve animal welfare and reduce animal suffering.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Business, Finance
Eric Tham
Summary: This study incorporates consumer sentiment as a risk factor into the habit model and finds that the pricing of sentiment risk is lower than fundamentals. The additional sentiment factor does not improve the model, but it better captures risk aversion compared to the model without sentiment.
JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Rachel S. Welt, Christopher J. Raxworthy
Summary: The study found that the endemic lineage of iguanas on the isolated Indian Ocean island of Madagascar is closely related to the Leiosauridae in South America, suggesting a long-distance overwater dispersal of the Opluridae lineage. The divergence between Opluridae and Leiosauridae occurred between the late Cretaceous and mid-Paleogene, when Madagascar was already an isolated island from other Gondwanan landmasses.
MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION
(2022)
Article
Biology
Victoria L. Pike, Charlie K. Cornwallis, Ashleigh S. Griffin
Summary: The strength of inbreeding avoidance varies across species, with some species not avoiding related mates. Mechanisms for avoiding inbreeding are only found in species with inbreeding depression.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Egor E. Nuzhin, Maxim E. Panov, Nikolai Brilliantov
Summary: The study proposes a hypothesis about the swirling motion of animal groups and explains the phenomenon by applying a reinforcement learning model. By learning simple rules, the swirling motion of animals can be understood as escort behavior. Trained swirling swarms are significantly more resistant to external perturbations than untrained ones.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
Review
Biology
Rebecca J. Lewis
Summary: Thorlief Schjelderup-Ebbe's research on the "pecking" order of chickens has influenced ethologists to study dominance and power. Aggression is just one way to exert power, and sometimes it indicates a lack of power. Power can also be exerted through incentives and refusal to act. The stability of power relationships may vary depending on the methods used, and in some cases, subordinate individuals' actions or responses may be the only indicator of power differences.
PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2022)
Editorial Material
Biology
Lindy E. Barrett
Summary: Despite efforts to increase gender diversity in STEMM fields, men still hold the majority of tenured and leadership positions, and the issue of male overrepresentation and gender-based advantages is rarely discussed. Addressing both overrepresentation and underrepresentation is crucial in moving towards gender parity in STEMM.
Article
Biology
Yunzhe Liu, Raymond J. Dolan, Cameron Higgins, Hector Penagos, Mark W. Woolrich, H. Freyja Olafsdottir, Caswell Barry, Zeb Kurth-Nelson, Timothy E. Behrens
Summary: Researchers have developed an analysis toolkit called TDLM to study neural activity, finding statistical regularities in neural sequences. TDLM is able to handle confounds and maximize sequence detection ability, contributing to a deeper understanding of neural computation.
Article
Anthropology
Inez Fainga' A-Manu Sione, Glenda Stanley, Dion Enari
Summary: Eurocentric scholarship often oversimplifies western and Indigenous cultures as individualistic and collective respectively, ignoring the voices and knowledge systems of Indigenous peoples. The imposed frameworks have further silenced Indigenous lived experiences and wisdom. In response, the SSAVI Collective-Individual framework emerged, highlighting spirituality, service, agency, vision, and innovation as core values for thriving Indigenous communities. This article explores these values and complexities, aiming to better inform research conducted by and with Indigenous communities.
JOURNAL OF THE POLYNESIAN SOCIETY
(2023)
Article
Linguistics
Lena V. Kremin, Krista Byers-Heinlein
Summary: This paper suggests integrating advanced statistical psychometric methods into defining and modeling bilingualism, in order to incorporate more complex models into bilingual research. Researchers are encouraged to pre-register their model selection and planned analyses, as well as to share their data and analysis scripts to converge various subfields of bilingualism research on appropriate models.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BILINGUALISM
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Henry Hakkinen, Silviu O. Petrovan, William J. Sutherland, Nathalie Pettorelli
Summary: This study introduces a new approach that combines terrestrial and marine information in a single species distribution model, showing improved model performance for species such as seabirds. While the level of improvement and the most effective method vary between species, the overall conclusion is that this multi-realm method helps identify suitable habitats for different species.
ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2021)
