Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Taku Kitanosono, Shu Kobayashi
Summary: The power of catalytic reactions in water is increasingly recognized for their ability to accelerate reactions and exhibit high selectivity. These catalysts, including hydrophilic, lipophilic, and solid catalysts, offer diverse opportunities for advancements in synthetic organic chemistry.
ACS CENTRAL SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Martti Karvonen
Summary: The resource theory of contextuality does not allow for catalysts, which also applies to nonlocality; furthermore, even though entanglement can be transformed using catalysts, it behaves differently from nonlocality as a resource.
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
(2021)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Julien Gigault, Hind El Hadri, Brian Nguyen, Bruno Grassl, Laura Rowenczyk, Nathalie Tufenkji, Siyuan Feng, Mark Wiesner
Summary: Nanoplastics have unique characteristics compared to microplastics and engineered nanomaterials, including transportation properties, interactions with natural colloids and light, high proportion of particle molecules on the surface, bioavailability, and diffusion times for plastic additives release. Nanoscale plastics must be considered distinct from both microplastics and engineered nanomaterials.
NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Pathology
Daniela S. Allende, David E. Kleiner
Summary: This article summarizes less common etiologies of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and their key clinicopathological features.
Article
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Kit Curtius, Joel H. Rubenstein, Amitabh Chak, John M. Inadomi
Summary: The study aimed to determine whether Barrett's esophagus is the origin of all incident esophageal adenocarcinomas, and found that almost all cases of OAC could be attributed to Barrett's esophagus based on a computational model and population data.
Editorial Material
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Ahmed Tewfik
Summary: This issue presents the President's message.
IEEE SIGNAL PROCESSING MAGAZINE
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
John D. Hansen, Keith A. Loftin, Zachary Laughrey, Ondrej Adamovsky
Summary: Various stressors can have profound impacts on immunity to pathogens, with little research into the effects of cyanobacterial toxins on disease resistance in mammals. Recent studies suggest that freshwater cyanotoxins may alter disease susceptibility parameters for fish, wildlife, and human health through interaction with specific components of innate immunity. However, the results of this study indicate that the tested toxins did not directly interact with key pathogen recognition receptors for innate immunity in humans.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Neda Maghbouleh, Ariela Schachter, Rene D. Flores
Summary: MENA individuals tend to identify themselves as MENA rather than White, especially those who perceive more discrimination, suggesting the importance of adding a separate MENA label to the race/ethnicity identification question in the US Census.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2022)
Editorial Material
Computer Science, Hardware & Architecture
Mark Campbell
Summary: Unprecedented events such as the global pandemic, lockdowns, hypermobility, and economic uncertainty are causing disruptions for call centers. Those call centers that adapt and utilize emerging technologies will lead the industry in the future.
Article
Plant Sciences
David G. Robinson, Andreas Draguhn
Summary: Plants lack structures resembling animal synapses, despite having complex cell contacts and signaling mechanisms that do not support synaptic transmission. While the phloem serves as a conduit for electrical signaling, the characteristics of this process are not comparable to neuronal network information processing.
JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
History & Philosophy Of Science
Mason Westfall
Summary: This paper discusses how we can understand the minds of others based on perception. The author argues that we do not directly perceive the mental states of others, but perceptual experiences can immediately justify attributions of mental states. This viewpoint provides the best explanation for our conflicting intuitions regarding perception-based mental state attributions and is also of significant interest to epistemology of perception.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Philipp Musfeld, Alessandra S. Souza, Klaus Oberauer
Summary: Learning improves through repetition. The Hebb repetition effect demonstrates that immediate serial recall performance is better for repeated lists compared to nonrepeated lists. This kind of learning is described as a slow and continuous accumulation of long-term memory traces over repetitions without the need for awareness, making it an instance of implicit learning.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2023)
Article
Biology
Joanie Van de Walle, Remi Fay, Jean-Michel Gaillard, Fanie Pelletier, Sandra Hamel, Marlene Gamelon, Christophe Barbraud, F. Guillaume Blanchet, Daniel T. Blumstein, Anne Charmantier, Karine Delord, Benjamin Larue, Julien Martin, James A. Mills, Emmanuel Milot, Francine M. Mayer, Jay Rotella, Bernt-Erik Saether, Celine Teplitsky, Martijn van de Pol, Dirk H. Van Vuren, Marcel E. Visser, Caitlin P. Wells, John Yarrall, Stephanie Jenouvrier
Summary: The slow-fast continuum is commonly used to describe variation in life-history strategies across species. However, it remains unclear whether this continuum explains life-history variation among individuals within a population.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2023)
Review
Ecology
Fons van der Plas, Justus Hennecke, Jonathan M. Chase, Jasper van Ruijven, Kathryn E. Barry
Summary: Widespread evidence suggests that the loss of local species richness (a-diversity) hampers biomass production and ecosystem stability. However, studies on the impact of 3-diversity (variation in species compositions among ecological communities) on ecosystem functioning have produced mixed results. To better understand the importance of 3-diversity, it is necessary to consider it in different contexts. By examining three scenarios that create gradients in 3-diversity, namely changes in abiotic heterogeneity, habitat isolation, and species pool richness, it is demonstrated that there are not universally positive relationships between 3-diversity, production, and ecosystem stability. Nevertheless, predictable relationships exist in specific contexts, which can reconcile seemingly contrasting empirical relationships.
TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Social
David de Meza, Chris Dawson
Summary: This study finds that individuals with mistaken expectations, whether optimistic or pessimistic, experience worse long-term well-being compared to realists. This may be due to decision errors and counteracting emotions associated with holding biased beliefs. Therefore, accurate self-perception is crucial for mental health and well-being.
PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY BULLETIN
(2021)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
J. C. Harnoss, S. J. Dancer, C. F. Kaden, R. Baguhl, T. Kohlmann, R. Papke, M. Zygmunt, O. Assadian, M. Suchomel, D. Pittet, A. Kramer
JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION
(2020)
Editorial Material
Immunology
Stephanie J. Dancer
CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES
(2020)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
L. Khaznadar, S. J. Dancer, A. Petersmann, U. Seifert, H. Below, R. Papke, M. Suchomel, T. Kohlmann, A. Kramer
JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION
(2020)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Lidia Morawska, Julian W. Tang, William Bahnfleth, Philomena M. Bluyssen, Atze Boerstra, Giorgio Buonanno, Junji Cao, Stephanie Dancer, Andres Floto, Francesco Franchimon, Charles Haworth, Jaap Hogeling, Christina Isaxon, Jose L. Jimenez, Jarek Kurnitski, Yuguo Li, Marcel Loomans, Guy Marks, Linsey C. Marr, Livio Mazzarella, Arsen Krikor Melikov, Shelly Miller, Donald K. Milton, William Nazaroff, Peter Nielsen, Catherine Noakes, Jordan Peccia, Xavier Querol, Chandra Sekhar, Olli Seppanen, Shin-ichi Tanabe, Raymond Tellier, Kwok Wai Tham, Pawel Wargocki, Aneta Wierzbicka, Maosheng Yao
ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL
(2020)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Marco-Felipe King, Martin Lopez-Garcia, Kalanne P. Atedoghu, Nan Zhang, Amanda M. Wilson, Martijn Weterings, Waseem Hiwar, Stephanie J. Dancer, Catherine J. Noakes, Louise A. Fletcher
Letter
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Giorgia Gon, Stephanie Dancer, Robert Dreibelbis, Wendy J. Graham, Claire Kilpatrick
INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2020)
Letter
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
S. J. Dancer
JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION
(2020)
Letter
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
S. J. Dancer, J. W. Tang, L. C. Marr, S. Miller, L. Morawska, J. L. Jimenez
JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION
(2020)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Claire E. Adams, Stephanie J. Dancer
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2020)
Editorial Material
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
A. M. Wilson, S. E. Abney, M-F. King, M. H. Weir, M. Lopez-Garcia, J. D. Sexton, S. J. Dancer, J. Proctor, C. J. Noakes, K. A. Reynolds
JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION
(2020)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
T. Sharpe, G. McGill, S. J. Dancer, M. -F. King, L. Fletcher, C. J. Noakes
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2020)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Shelly L. Miller, William W. Nazaroff, Jose L. Jimenez, Atze Boerstra, Giorgio Buonanno, Stephanie J. Dancer, Jarek Kurnitski, Linsey C. Marr, Lidia Morawska, Catherine Noakes
Summary: This study discusses a case transmission event in the Skagit Valley Chorale during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, identifying aerosol transmission as a likely main pathway and proposing ways to reduce infection risk by adjusting factors such as ventilation rate and event duration.
Editorial Material
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Stephanie J. Dancer
INFECTION DISEASE & HEALTH
(2020)
Article
Immunology
Miranda Suchomel, Maren Eggers, Steffen Maier, Axel Kramer, Stephanie J. Dancer, Didier Pittet
EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
(2020)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
A. Oon, E. Reading, J. K. Ferguson, S. J. Dancer, B. G. Mitchell
INFECTION DISEASE & HEALTH
(2020)
