Review
Biology
Deepti Mittal, Rebecca Mease, Thomas Kuner, Herta Flor, Rohini Kuner, Jamila Andoh
Summary: The importance of effective research data management (RDM) strategies grows with advancements in data acquisition techniques and research methods, especially in neuroscience. However, large-scale neuroscience research consortia face challenges in implementing a coherent RDM plan due to the diverse research strategies and requirements they encompass. This article presents a concrete RDM strategy implemented for the Heidelberg Collaborative Research Consortium, focusing on sustainable solutions that incentivize incremental RDM while respecting research-specific requirements.
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Energy & Fuels
Qian Chen, Peng Qiu, Yi Lu, Chengyu Lu, Li Liu
Summary: Under the guidance of the strategic goal of carbon peak and carbon neutral, accelerating the construction of a new power system with new energy as the main body is an inevitable choice. Zhou Shan, as a hub of new energy, plans to access a large amount of new energy during the 14th five-year plan and studies several schemes for new energy access to the power system. A suitable scheme for photovoltaic access to Yang Shan power grid is recommended.
Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Ping Fan, Shu Zhang, Weiya Wang, Zongze Yang, Weiwei Tan, Shujun Li, Chenxing Zhu, Dan Hu, Xinran Zhou, Zixuan Tian, Yaxi Wang, Fang Liu, Wei Huang, Lei Chen
Summary: The West China Hospital of Sichuan University has collaborated with regional medical consortia in Sichuan Province to launch a natural population cohort study (NPCS) aimed at investigating the health status of residents in southwest China. Through the enrollment of up to 80,000 participants over five years, comprehensive data including biospecimens, clinical indices, imaging data, and laboratory parameters will be collected and analyzed using big data analysis techniques. The findings from this study will provide key scientific evidence for the formulation of health management policies in China.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Civil
Konrad C. Hafen, Kyle Blasch, Paul E. Gessler, Jason Dunham, Erin Brooks
Summary: Previous studies have focused on estimating streamflow accurately, but fewer studies have investigated the presence and duration of surface water in stream channels. In this study, the WEPP hydrological model was used to simulate streamflow permanence in humid and arid watersheds, and the results showed that calibration using observed data improved the accuracy of the simulations.
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Samantha S. R. Crossfield, Kieran Zucker, Paul Baxter, Penny Wright, Jon Fistein, Alex F. Markham, Mark Birkin, Adam W. Glaser, Geoff Hall
Summary: The use of healthcare data in research has the potential to contribute significantly to knowledge generation and service improvement. However, there are legal and ethical concerns regarding confidentiality, privacy, and data protection rights. This study aims to define an approach for creating an anonymous research dataset that addresses these concerns and provide a case study for its utilization.
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Environmental Sciences
Evangelia Samoli, Sophia Rodopoulou, Ulla A. Hvidtfeldt, Kathrin Wolf, Massimo Stafoggia, Bert Brunekreef, Maciej Strak, Jie Chen, Zorana J. Andersen, Richard Atkinson, Mariska Bauwelinck, Tom Bellander, Jorgen Brandt, Giulia Cesaroni, Francesco Forastiere, Daniela Fecht, John Gulliver, Ole Hertel, Barbara Hoffmann, Kees de Hoogh, Nicole A. H. Janssen, Matthias Ketzel, Jochem O. Klompmaker, Shuo Liu, Petter Ljungman, Gabriele Nagel, Bente Oftedal, Goran Pershagen, Annette Peters, Ole Raaschou-Nielsen, Matteo Renzi, Doris T. Kristoffersen, Gianluca Severi, Torben Sigsgaard, Danielle Vienneau, Gudrun Weinmayr, Gerard Hoek, Klea Katsouyanni
Summary: The author evaluated methods for analysis of multi-level survival data using a pooled dataset of 14 cohorts to investigate the associations between air pollution exposure and health outcomes. Adjusting for cohort in the analysis led to stable effect estimates, but not adjusting for it resulted in substantial differences. Additionally, adjusting for small area grouping increased the standard errors of effect estimates. The study supports the necessity of accounting for between-cohort heterogeneity in multi-center collaborations using individual level data.
ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL
(2021)
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Ling Cai, Chengyue Xing, Yi Deng
Summary: This research focuses on the application of digital urban management integration, designing a subsystem to address urban management issues and utilizing cloud computing as a solid foundation for digital cities. Practice shows that digital cities can effectively improve urban management, with the aim of exploring construction based on cloud computing data centers.
ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION
(2021)
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Computer Science, Information Systems
Sabrina Mangal, Stephanie Nino de Rivera, Jacky Choi, Meghan Reading Turchioe, Natalie Benda, Marianne Sharko, Annie Myers, Parag Goyal, Lydia Dugdale, Ruth Masterson Creber
Summary: Research participants have a strong desire for transparency in receiving their collected health information. They prefer to receive the information via email, online websites, or paper copies. Preferences vary based on age, education level, financial resources, numeracy, and health literacy. Sharing preferences also vary among different stakeholders and sociodemographic characteristics.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INFORMATICS
(2023)
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Environmental Sciences
Yutong Li, Yanpeng Cai, Xuan Wang, Chunhui Li, Qiang Liu, Lian Sun, Qiang Fu
Summary: Traditional blue water resources assessment and management may not meet the needs of sustainable water resource utilization, while ignoring the number of green water resources underestimates water resource availability. By using a model to divide the abundant and scarce flow situations of blue and green water, it is possible to allocate water resources rationally and formulate policies for efficient utilization.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2022)
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Biodiversity Conservation
Chaojun Li, Hezhen Lou, Shengtian Yang, Zihao Pan, Yujia Zhang, Jun Zhang, Xi Li
Summary: Plant diversity is crucial for maintaining ecosystem stability. This study found that growing urban development intensity negatively affects plant diversity and riparian plant diversity in the meta-watershed ecosystem. Both socio-economic and water conservancy development have adverse effects on plant diversity. To prevent a crisis in plant diversity and food production, forest protection policies need to be implemented and large-scale urban expansion needs to be curbed.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2022)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Peter W. Harrison, Rodrigo Lopez, Nadim Rahman, Stefan Gutnick Allen, Raheela Aslam, Nicola Buso, Carla Cummins, Yasmin Fathy, Eloy Felix, Mihai Glont, Suran Jayathilaka, Sandeep Kadam, Manish Kumar, Katharina B. Lauer, Geetika Malhotra, Abayomi Mosaku, Ossama Edbali, Young Mi Park, Andrew Parton, Matt Pearce, Jose Francisco Estrada Pena, Joseph Rossetto, Craig Russell, Sandeep Selvakumar, Xenia Perez Sitja, Alexey Sokolov, Ross Thorne, Marianna Ventouratou, Peter Walter, Galabina Yordanova, Amonida Zadissa, Guy Cochrane, Niklas Blomberg, Rolf Apweiler
Summary: The global outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 has resulted in significant impacts on human society and millions of deaths. The COVID-19 Data Portal aims to accelerate global research by providing open data sharing and analysis services.
NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Oncology
Barbara Scepura, Mitchell Chan, Tamy Kim, Jessica Boehmer, Kirsten B. Goldberg, Richard Pazdur
Summary: Project Facilitate was launched by the U.S. FDA's Oncology Center of Excellence to help oncology healthcare providers with Expanded Access requests for investigational drugs. The program aims to provide access to investigational drugs for patients with life-threatening conditions or serious diseases when no satisfactory alternative treatment options are available. The process for requesting Expanded Access to an investigational drug is described within the program.
Article
Water Resources
David C. Goodrich, David Bosch, Ray Bryant, Mike H. Cosh, Dinku Endale, Tamie Veith, Peter Kleinman, Eddy Langendoen, Greg McCarty, Fred Pierson, Harry Schomberg, Douglas Smith, Patrick Starks, Timothy Strickland, Teferi Tsegaye, Tala Awada, Hilary Swain, Justin Derner, Brandon Bestelmeyer, Marty Schmer, John Baker, Bryan Carlson, David Huggins, David Archer, Gerardo Armendariz
Summary: The Long Term Agroecosystem Research (LTAR) network aims to ensure the long-term sustainability of U.S. agriculture through multi-decadal, trans-disciplinary, and cross-location research. Its primary goals are to intensify agricultural productivity, improve ecosystem services related to agricultural production, and enhance rural prosperity.
HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES
(2022)
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Environmental Sciences
Miles Medina, David Kaplan, Eric C. Milbrandt, Dave Tomasko, Ray Huffaker, Christine Angelini
Summary: Karenia brevis blooms have severe impacts on Florida's Gulf Coast ecosystems, coastal economies, and public health. Research shows that river discharge and nitrogen inputs influence the blooms through different causal mechanisms, suggesting the need for watershed-scale nutrient management and modifications to discharge protocols to mitigate the blooms.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Water Resources
Roja K. Garna, Daniel R. Fuka, Joshua W. Faulkner, Amy S. Collick, Zachary M. Easton
Summary: This study focuses on three watersheds in the Lake Champlain Basin of Vermont, USA, and proposes a new calibration technique called simultaneous multi-basin calibration (MBC) to estimate model parameters in low data environments. By aggregating observed flows from multiple initializations, a combined streamflow record of sufficient length is generated for parameter calibration. The results demonstrate improved model performance and more realistic parameter values, providing important insights for watershed management.
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY-REGIONAL STUDIES
(2023)