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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Lisl Robertson Lain, Jeremy Kravitz, Mark Matthews, Stewart Bernard
Summary: This study presents a dataset of chlorophyll-a specific phytoplankton optical properties, including absorption, scatter, and backscatter, for 17 different phytoplankton groups. The properties were derived using a validated semi-analytical coated sphere model and measured in vivo pigment absorption. The dataset provides high spectral resolution and includes the model code for user access to the complete wavelength-dependent, angularly resolved volume scattering functions. This optically coherent dataset has the potential to be used in algorithm development for hyperspectral satellite radiometry.
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Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Cheythyrith Chou, Buyung A. R. Hadi, Sotaro Chiba, Ikuo Sato, Il-Ryong Choi, Toshiharu Tanaka
Summary: This study compared the population balance between insect pests and natural enemies under different treatment conditions in rice fields in Cambodia. The results showed that the use of biopesticides and orange oil extract could decrease insect pest populations without much affecting natural enemy populations, resulting in a more favorable balance. In one trial, the treatment with Beauveria bassiana (Bb) resulted in the highest grain yield while reducing insect pest populations. This indicates that the use of biopesticides in rice paddies is effective in maintaining a balanced population between insect pests and natural enemies, thereby reducing the impact on rice grain yields.
BIOLOGICAL CONTROL
(2022)
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Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications
Mario I. Simoy, Marcelo N. Kuperman
Summary: This article considers population dynamics models for two interacting species, inspired by Lotka-Volterra's classical equations. The key feature is the inclusion of non-local interaction terms within a bounded range. The results demonstrate that non-locality induces spatial structures and allows for species survival even in cases where extinction was expected. The study also explores the interference of spatial patterns in population dynamics, complementing and extending previous findings.
CHAOS SOLITONS & FRACTALS
(2023)
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Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
So Yeon Won, Narae Lee, Yae Won Park, Sung Soo Ahn, Cheol Ryong Ku, Eui Hyun Kim, Seung-Koo Lee
Summary: The quality of radiomics studies on pituitary adenoma is insufficient. Improvements are needed in pre-processing, external validation, feature reproducibility, clinical utility demonstration, higher evidence levels, and open science.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY
(2022)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Izabela Perkowska, Joanna Siwinska, Alexandre Olry, Jeremy Grosjean, Alain Hehn, Frederic Bourgaud, Ewa Lojkowska, Anna Ihnatowicz
Summary: Coumarins are plant phytochemicals induced by stress factors, known for their beneficial properties and importance in pharmaceutical industry. Natural variation in coumarin content in Arabidopsis populations suggests potential for discovering physiological mechanisms involved in their biosynthesis.
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Genetics & Heredity
Gili Greenbaum, Marcus W. Feldman, Noah A. Rosenberg, Jaehee Kim
Summary: CRISPR-based gene drive technology shows promise but also carries risks of unintentional spillovers. Differential targeting to limit spillovers to non-target populations is feasible with careful design and low migration rates, but challenging under high migration rates. Safeguards such as differential targeting should be considered when applying CRISPR-based gene drives in order to minimize ecological disruptions.
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Mathematics
Jianling Wang, Yihui Luan, Jiming Jiang
Summary: The main goal of this paper is to propose a two-step method for the estimation of parameters in non-linear mixed-effects models. It is shown that the proposed method is consistent and asymptotically normal, with improved performance compared to previous methods. The paper also presents a method for estimating the variance and evaluates its empirical performance. Three real-data examples are considered for validation.
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Biology
Gustavo Q. Romero, Dieison A. Moi, Liam N. Nash, Pablo A. P. Antiqueira, Roger P. Mormul, Pavel Kratina
Summary: The study examined a 20-year monitoring dataset of freshwater insects from a subtropical floodplain, and found a pervasive decline in abundance of all major insect orders and families, with the main drivers being concurrent invasions of non-native insectivorous fish and changes to water stoichiometry. Long-term research is crucial for a deeper understanding of human-induced impacts on aquatic insects.
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Ecology
Hannah M. Thompson, Thomas J. McAvoy, Gregory Wiggins, Scott M. Salom, Suzanne Lenhart
Summary: The hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae Annand) is an invasive insect pest that causes significant changes to hemlock forests in the eastern United States. An infestation of A. tsugae often leads to the death of eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) within years. A model composed of systems of ordinary differential equations with time-dependent parameters is used to investigate the mechanisms behind cycles in hemlock health and A. tsugae density.
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Engineering, Mechanical
Chenguang Liang, Yan Yin, Wenxuan Wang, Min Yi
Summary: In this work, a thermodynamically consistent non-isothermal phase-field model (PFM) is proposed to study the microstructure evolution during selective laser sintering (SLS) process. The model takes into account the temperature gradient effect, which is difficult to handle by traditional isothermal models. Experimental results are used to determine the temperature-dependent parameters in the free energy formulation, and it is found that the traditional isothermal PFM fails to capture grain boundary migration phenomenon.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL SCIENCES
(2023)
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Environmental Sciences
Xiangang Jiang, Wencai Xu, Xiaoqing Chen, Huayong Chen, Chunhu Zhang
Summary: The study focused on the longitudinal and lateral variations of breaches in natural dam overtopping failures, revealing that the relationship between breach depth and time is controlled by the flume slope, with varying rates of lateral expansion and a relationship between width and time that is S-shaped.
ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCES
(2021)
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Pia Wilsdorf, Jakob Heller, Kai Budde, Julius Zimmermann, Tom Warnke, Christian Haubelt, Dirk Timmermann, Ursula van Rienen, Adelinde M. Uhrmacher
Summary: With the increasing complexity of simulation studies, there is a high demand for better support. This study presents a novel model-driven engineering framework that improves the specification, execution, and reproducibility of simulation experiments across different modeling and simulation areas. The framework allows for structured representation, automatic generation of experiment specifications, code transformation, and automation through a command-line interface.
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2022)
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Physics, Multidisciplinary
David Navidad Maeso, Marco Patriarca, Els Heinsalu
Summary: In this study, we investigated how initial and boundary conditions affect the competition dynamics and outcome in dispersal-structured populations. By using numerical modeling of the heterogeneous Brownian bugs model, we found that when the population is initially localized within a small region instead of being randomly distributed across the domain, the dynamics and stationary state of the system exhibit significant differences.
PHYSICA A-STATISTICAL MECHANICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS
(2022)
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Biodiversity Conservation
Michal Knapp, Martin Strobl, Alfredo Venturo, Miroslav Seidl, Lada Jakubikova, Karel Tajovsky, Tomas Kadlec, Ezequiel Gonzalez
Summary: Non-crop habitats play an important role for overwintering arthropods in agricultural landscapes, with forest non-crop habitat islands being slightly more beneficial than grassy islands. The abundance and species richness of overwintering arthropods are lower on arable land. The boundaries of non-crop habitats are important for carabid and rove beetles, while both boundaries and interiors are used by spiders and myriapods.
BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION
(2022)
Review
Physiology
Paula Lizana, Ana Mutis, Andres Quiroz, Herbert Venthur
Summary: This article discusses the importance of insect chemosensation in integrated pest management and the research progress and contributions of non-model insects in this field.
FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY
(2022)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Carmelo Andujar, Sergio Perez-Gonzalez, Paula Arribas, Juan P. Zaballos, Alfried P. Vogler, Ignacio Ribera
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Evolutionary Biology
Adrian Villastrigo, Hans Fery, Michael Manuel, Andres Millan, Ignacio Ribera
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Zoology
Carles Hernando, Ignacio Ribera
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Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
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ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
(2018)
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Evolutionary Biology
Arnaud Faille, Achille Casale, Carles Hernando, Salah Ait Mouloud, Ignacio Ribera
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Evolutionary Biology
Adrian Villastrigo, Manfred A. Jaech, Anabela Cardoso, Luis F. Valladares, Ignacio Ribera
SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY
(2019)
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Evolutionary Biology
Rolf Georg Beutel, Ignacio Ribera, Martin Fikacek, Alexandros Vasilikopoulos, Bernhard Misof, Michael Balke
SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY
(2020)
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Immunology
Carlos Martinez-Torro, Sergi Torres-Puig, Marta Monge, Lucia Sanchez-Alba, Miguel Gonzalez-Martin, Marina Marcos-Silva, Alex Peralvarez-Marin, Francesc Canals, Enrique Querol, Jaume Pinol, Oscar Q. Pich
EMERGING MICROBES & INFECTIONS
(2020)
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Materials Science, Biomaterials
Gabriela Caldero, Carlos Rodriguez-Abreu, Albert Gonzalez, Marta Monge, Ma Jose Garcia-Celma, Conxita Solans
MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING C-MATERIALS FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
(2020)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Adrian Villastrigo, Paula Arribas, Ignacio Ribera
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Pau Balart-Garcia, Alexandra Cieslak, Paula Escuer, Julio Rozas, Ignacio Ribera, Rosa Fernandez
Summary: The chemosensory gene repertoire of the cave beetle Speonomus longicornis shows reduced diversity compared to surface-dwelling beetles, but high diversity in odorant-binding proteins. Gene duplication and loss may have played an important role in the evolution of gene families involved in chemoreception, indicating adaptation to a specific ecological niche.
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Evolutionary Biology
David T. Bilton, Manfred A. Jaech, Ignacio Ribera, Emmanuel F. A. Toussaint
Summary: This article presents a comprehensive molecular phylogenetic study of the diverse moss beetle genera in the family Hydraenidae. The research suggests that these beetles originated in Africa and Madagascar during the mid-Cretaceous, and their biogeographic history in the Southern Hemisphere was shaped by both vicariant and dispersal processes as well as extinctions. The study also reveals multiple shifts in habitat occupancy across the phylogeny, including the independent origins of terrestrial and humicolous taxa in different regions.
SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY
(2023)
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Evolutionary Biology
David T. Bilton, Ignacio Ribera, Adrian Villastrigo
Summary: The biogeographical history of the Tyrrhenian Islands and the evolutionary history of their endemic Hydraena water beetles are explored using a time-calibrated phylogeny derived from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequence data. The results show that Tyrrhenian species of Hydraena stem from five colonisation events occurring at different intervals in the last 15 million years.
ORGANISMS DIVERSITY & EVOLUTION
(2023)
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Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Marta Monge, Cristina Fornaguera, Carme Quero, Aurora Dols-Perez, Gabriela Caldero, Santiago Grijalvo, Maria Jose Garcia-Celma, Carlos Rodriguez-Abreu, Conxita Solans
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICS AND BIOPHARMACEUTICS
(2020)
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Oncology
Marina Rosso, Lara Lapyckyj, Maria Jose Besso, Marta Monge, Jaume Reventos, Francesc Canals, Jorge Oswaldo Quevedo Cuenca, Maria Laura Matos, Monica Hebe Vazquez-Levin
CANCER & METABOLISM
(2019)