Review
Biodiversity Conservation
Cassandre C. Venumiere-Lefebvre, Stewart W. Breck, Kevin R. Crooks
Summary: This study provides a global perspective on human-carnivore coexistence by analyzing literature published between 1987 and 2020. It found that the term coexistence is often used without a clear definition, with a focus on carnivore ecology and a lack of attention to social conflict. The study also revealed the dominance of European and North American authors and a bias towards larger carnivores. The authors propose a simplified definition of coexistence and encourage researchers to explore the social dimensions and broaden their study scope.
BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
U. Arbieu, G. Chapron, C. Astaras, N. Bunnefeld, S. Harkins, Y. Iliopoulos, M. Mehring, I Reinhardt, T. Mueller
Summary: The media plays an important role in the conservation of large carnivores and their interactions with humans, but little is known about how species identity influences news selection, framing, accuracy, and information flow. In the online coverage of attacks by wolves and dogs on humans in Greece and Germany, wolves were more likely to be portrayed as suspects and wolf articles were found to contain more inaccuracies. Press agencies played a significant role in the selection and dissemination of wolf news, highlighting the need for collaboration among conservation scientists, journalists, and policy makers to ensure accurate representation in the media of human-carnivore coexistence and its challenges.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2021)
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Diego Ramirez-alvarez, Constanza Napolitano, Ivan Salgado
Summary: This study analyzed 51 puma records near human settlements in central Chile, showing that pumas can adapt to human-dominated landscapes and overcome landscape barriers. The research calls for urgent studies on human-carnivore coexistence to ensure the long-term conservation of pumas in human-dominated landscapes.
Article
Ecology
Udita Bansal, Maria Thaker
Summary: The study found that there is no significant difference in lifetime reproductive output among different diet types of lizards, but carnivores exhibit a small increase at higher latitudes. Different diet types of lizards show varied changes in individual life-history traits across latitudes, with herbivores displaying faster-paced life histories at higher latitudes.
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY
(2021)
Article
Zoology
Katherine E. Moseby, Melissa A. Jensen, Jack Tatler
Summary: Competition and intraguild predation can affect predator diet. In this study, sympatric predators, the western quoll and the domestic cat, showed high dietary overlap. However, the quoll's broad and flexible diet, along with its high predation efficacy, appeared to assist in facilitating coexistence and reducing competition in this novel predator interaction.
JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Hua Zhong, Fengjiao Li, Juan Jose Diaz-Sacco, Kun Shi
Summary: By studying carnivores in the Everest region, we found that there is dietary and temporal partitioning among them, which facilitates their coexistence. Snow leopard and wolf mainly prey on ungulates, while lynx and red fox mainly consume small mammals. Additionally, the activity pattern of predators is influenced by the availability of prey.
ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Lisa Buche, Jurg W. Spaak, Javier Jarillo, Frederik De Laender
Summary: Understanding the drivers of species coexistence is essential in ecology. Research shows that species coexistence is mainly influenced by mechanisms acting on niche differences rather than fitness differences. Species predicted to coexist have larger niche differences and cluster into two distinct groups along the niche difference axis.
JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Clayton T. Lamb, Laura Smit, Garth Mowat, Bruce Mclellan, Michael Proctor
Summary: Historical persecution greatly reduced the range of grizzly bears in North America, but recent recovery efforts and changing societal perceptions have led to their population recovery and expansion. This study focused on grizzly bears in southeast British Columbia, Canada, where their populations coexist with human settlements. The research found that human-caused mortality is significantly underreported, with road and rail collisions being particularly low in reporting. Grizzly bear mortality in the Elk Valley is much higher compared to other regions in British Columbia. To create a self-sustaining population in the Elk Valley, targeted efforts are needed to reduce attractants on private property and minimize collisions with trains and vehicles.
CONSERVATION SCIENCE AND PRACTICE
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Brenda Maria Zoderer, Erich Tasser
Summary: This study examines public attitudes towards wilderness and finds that these attitudes are influenced by people's beliefs about wilderness. Differences in wilderness attitudes between social groups are partially related to contradictory views of wilderness.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Mauriel Rodriguez Curras, Emiliano Donadio, Arthur D. Middleton, Jonathan N. Pauli
Summary: In human-dominated landscapes, carnivores modify their niche axes to minimize competition overlap. The study found that dominant species had a negative impact on subordinate ones, creating space for smaller carnivores. Humans and domesticated dogs differed in their diurnal behavior and dietary choices compared to native carnivores. The results highlight the importance of spatial partitioning among carnivores in landscapes with human presence.
AMERICAN NATURALIST
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
T. J. Clark, Mark Hebblewhite
Summary: Predator removal experiments have shown a 13% increase in ungulate demographic responses, particularly in young individuals, but the effects on adult survival and abundance are less clear. Experimental design factors play a role in the uncertainty of ungulate responses to predator removal, and there is evidence of publication bias favoring studies with positive results. More rigorous experimental practices are recommended, especially for endangered species where predator removal may have a more significant impact.
JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Christian Dressler, Jonas Ha''nseroth, Daniel Sebastiani
Summary: Phosphoric acid can exist in both a neutral molecule and an anion form, and our theoretical simulations have confirmed the coexistence of a cationic form (H4PO4+) and an anionic form (H2PO4-) in the same salt. This coexistence is achieved through the partial substitution of Cs+ by H4PO(4)(+) in CsH2PO4. The protonation pattern within the unique hydrogen bond network between the ions is analyzed, showing the need for a fractional assignment of protons to both nearest and next-nearest oxygen neighbors instead of a conventional assignment of protonation states of the phosphate groups.
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Bhagyashree Prabhune, Krishnan Suresh
Summary: This paper presents a method called isoparametric tangled finite element method (i-TFEM) to handle tangled meshes efficiently, making it applicable for real-world scenarios.
ENGINEERING WITH COMPUTERS
(2023)
Review
Microbiology
Ben Auxier, Karin Scholtmeijer, Arend F. van Peer, Johan J. P. Baars, Alfons J. M. Debets, Duur K. Aanen
Summary: The model of nonself recognition in basidiomycetes involves post-translational modification and nuclear migration, allowing for the coexistence of two genomes in one individual while maintaining nonself recognition. This model predicts localized cell death during mating, which differs from the general assumptions of basidiomycete mating and will guide future research into the mechanisms behind basidiomycete nonself recognition.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
L. Xiao, F. Hua, J. M. H. Knops, X. Zhao, C. Mishra, S. Lovari, J. S. Alexander, B. Weckworth, Z. Lu
Summary: The study found that snow leopards and bharal are able to coexist in human-dominated landscapes through spatial niche separation and snow leopards' specialized bharal diet, even with livestock density being much higher than bharal density.
ANIMAL CONSERVATION
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Maria del Rosario Rodriguez-Hidalgo, Cesar Soto-Figueroa, Tomas Galicia-Garcia, Rosalia Ruiz-Santos, Luis Vicente
Summary: The micellar phase control of thermoresponsive polymeric micelles (PAA-co-PAN) via upper critical solution temperature (UCST) in aqueous environment was studied using DPD simulations. It was found that a stable micellar system was generated above the UCST, while below the UCST, the system became thermodynamically unstable and formed hydrophobic particles. The generation of a cloud point was observed, and this multiphase behavior was used for dye removal.
CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Polymer Science
Cesar Soto-Figueroa, Tomas Galicia-Garcia, Maria del Rosario Rodriguez-Hidalgo, Luis Vicente
Summary: Selective ionic load behavior and molecular transfer of a polymeric ionic liquid (PIL) in a biphasic system were investigated using simulations and models. The study found that the PIL can form stable micelles in an aqueous environment and has the ability to selectively separate anionic molecules in a mixture of organic dyes. At high temperatures, the micelles lose stability and transfer to the organic phase. The study contributes to the understanding of selective ionic transfer and micellar shuttle in biphasic systems under temperature effects.
EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Veronica Sevillano-Triguero, Fernando Talayero, Jose Vicente Lopez-Bao, Sara Estrella-Aguirre
Summary: Conserving large carnivores is challenging due to the ambivalent attitudes of people towards these animals. This research found that people hold stereotypes about wolves and brown bears, with both positive and negative characteristics. The findings expand the stereotype content model and provide valuable information for the conservation of large carnivores.
HUMAN DIMENSIONS OF WILDLIFE
(2023)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
David Adams, Ivailo L. Tournev, Mark S. Taylor, Teresa Coelho, Violaine Plante-Bordeneuve, John L. Berk, Alejandra Gonzalez-Duarte, Julian D. Gillmore, Soon-Chai Low, Yoshiki Sekijima, Laura Obici, Chongshu Chen, Prajakta Badri, Seth M. Arum, John Vest, Michael Polydefkis
Summary: This study assessed the effectiveness of vutrisiran in patients with hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis. The results showed significant improvements in disease-relevant outcomes and an acceptable safety profile for vutrisiran.
AMYLOID-JOURNAL OF PROTEIN FOLDING DISORDERS
(2023)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Lucia Diez-Gutierrez, Leire San Vicente, Jessica Saenz, Luis Javier R. Barron, Maria Chavarri
Summary: This study evaluated the probiotic characteristics and GABA production of the isolated L. plantarum K16 from kimchi. The results demonstrate that this strain has the potential to enhance the digestion and absorption of nutrients and it may exhibit inhibitory effects against pathogenic bacteria.
JOURNAL OF FUNCTIONAL FOODS
(2022)
Article
Biology
Erik Joaquin Torres-Romero, Gerardo Ceballos, Francisco Botello, Jose Ignacio Gonzalez Rojas, Anthony J. Giordano, Jose Vicente Lopez-Bao
Summary: Expanding human activities pose a threat to large-bodied species like jaguars worldwide. Understanding the impact of human-modified landscapes on home range sizes is crucial.
REVISTA DE BIOLOGIA TROPICAL
(2023)
Article
Operations Research & Management Science
A. Lopez-Garcia, V. Liern, B. Perez-Gladish
Summary: ESG criteria are important in investment decisions, but rating methodologies of ESG rating agencies have weaknesses in determining the relative importance of criteria. This paper proposes a MCDM approach called UW-TOPSIS that ranks firms based on their ESG global performance without the need for aggregation weights. However, it does not provide a global vector of weights for all alternatives, which is the objective of this paper.
ANNALS OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Patricia Mateo-Tomas, Jorge Rodriguez-Perez, Maria Fernandez-Garcia, Emilio J. Garcia, Joao Pedro Valente e Santos, Ivan Gutierrez, Pedro P. Olea, Beatriz Rodriguez-Moreno, Jose Vicente Lopez-Bao
Summary: Monitoring compliance with environmental laws is crucial, and remote tracking technologies can utilize wildlife as sentinels to enhance the effectiveness of law enforcement.
JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Allan W. Stokes, Tim R. Hofmeester, Neri H. Thorsen, John Odden, John D. C. Linnell, Simen Pedersen
Summary: This paper investigates the correlation between landscape factors and moult timing in mountain hares in Norway. The results show that moult timing is strongly correlated with altitude and latitude, with hares at higher latitudes and altitudes keeping their winter white coats for longer. Moult timing is also weakly correlated with climate zone, with hares in coastal climates keeping their winter white coats for a longer duration.
ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Siow Yan Jennifer Angoh, Neri H. Thorsen, Tim R. Hofmeester, John Odden, John D. C. Linnell, Scott M. Brainerd
Summary: Based on the analysis of long-term camera trap monitoring data in Norway, researchers found that the pine marten population in Norway is related to the coverage of old forest and terrain ruggedness, but not significantly associated with clearcuts and snow depth. This suggests that the current logging activities in Norway have little impact on pine marten occurrence.
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Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology
Melissa J. Polonenko, Leticia C. Vicente, Blake C. Papsin, Karen A. Gordon
Summary: This study used a more clinically feasible method to track auditory development in children with bilateral cochlear implants. The results indicated that the Cz-CAEP was able to indicate the detection of cochlear implant input and showed gross morphological changes with bilateral CI use.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Neil H. Carter, John D. C. Linnell
Summary: Insufficient understanding of the processes that facilitate and maintain coexistence hampers the urgent need to sustainably coexist with wildlife. By synthesizing human-wildlife interactions into eight archetypal outcomes, this study provides insights on forms of coexistence across various species and systems globally. Utilizing resilience theory, the research reveals how human-wildlife systems shift between these outcomes, offering valuable insights for research and policy priorities. The importance of governance structures that actively enhance resilience of coexistence is emphasized.
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Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine
Larissa M. Vicente, Amanda Farhat de Araujo, Lucas M. Castro-Silva
Summary: This study evaluated the quality of life in patients with class III malocclusion and dentofacial deformity undergoing orthognathic surgery. The results showed that orthognathic surgery significantly improved the patients' quality of life, with positive effects in all four domains of the questionnaire.
JOURNAL OF MAXILLOFACIAL & ORAL SURGERY
(2023)
Article
Language & Linguistics
Aparecida de Araujo Oliveira, Kelly Yasmin Belarmino Almeida, Keven Xavier do Carmo, Laviny Vitoria Braga Vicente, Rafael Macario Fernandes
Summary: This study examines the expression of temporality in Brazilian-Portuguese interlanguage, finding that the proximity between a learner's mother tongue and the target language may affect the stages of temporal expression acquisition.
CADERNOS DE ESTUDOS LINGUISTICOS
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Bruce E. Sands, Peter M. Irving, Timothy Hoops, James L. Izanec, Long-Long Gao, Christopher Gasink, Andrew Greenspan, Matthieu Allez, Silvio Danese, Stephen B. Hanauer, Vipul Jairath, Tanja Kuehbacher, James D. Lewis, Edward V. Loftus, Emese Mihaly, Remo Panaccione, Ellen Scherl, Oksana B. Shchukina, William J. Sandborn
Summary: This study evaluated the efficacy and safety of monotherapy with ustekinumab or adalimumab in biologic-naive patients with moderately to severely active Crohn's disease. The results showed that both drugs were highly effective with no significant difference in the primary outcome.
