Article
Environmental Sciences
Therese C. Frauendorf, Amanda L. Subalusky, Christopher L. Dutton, Stephen K. Hamilton, Frank O. Masese, Emma J. Rosi, Gabriel A. Singer, David M. Post
Summary: Animals can have long-lasting legacy effects on freshwater ecosystem structure and function, with declines or disappearances of native populations leading to loss of these effects. Anthropogenically altered animal populations, such as livestock and invasive species, may provide new legacy effects but with important functional differences. Conservation and restoration of native species are crucial for maintaining the structure and function of river ecosystems in the face of biodiversity loss.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2021)
Editorial Material
Computer Science, Hardware & Architecture
Jeffrey Voas, Nir Kshetri
Summary: The private key is a crucial part of a bitcoin wallet, and losing it can result in the inability to access bitcoin assets, potentially leading to serious consequences.
Review
Gerontology
Luke Emrich-Mills, Vaisakh Puthusseryppady, Michael Hornberger
Summary: This review found no sufficient evidence to support the effectiveness of interventions for preventing people with dementia from exiting or getting lost. Most studies had critical risks of internal bias, suggesting a need for future studies to focus on high-quality, controlled study designs.
Article
Immunology
Santiago Fontenla, Gabriel Rinaldi, Jose F. Tort
Summary: The study compared the conservation of small RNA pathways between free-living and parasitic flatworms, identifying potential adaptations during the transition to parasitism. Divergencies in gene conservation, sequence, and structure of the Argonaute family suggest unique biological and evolutionary diversifications specific to Platyhelminthes.
FRONTIERS IN CELLULAR AND INFECTION MICROBIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Physics, Particles & Fields
Andrea Addazi, Massimo Bianchi, Maurizio Firrotta, Antonino Marciano
Summary: In this study, we discuss stringy alpha' corrections to the gravitational wave signal generated in the merging of two black holes. Despite the expected cubic suppression in alpha' w.r.t. the General Relativity result in the low-energy expansion, at tree level the infinite tower of string resonances leaves a clear footprint on the gravitational wave signals within the sensitivity region of aLIGO/VIRGO and future interferometers.
Article
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Russell Warhurst, Kate Black
Summary: This article provides new understandings of the parkrun event, highlighting its role in shaping identities and providing a positive sense of self for participants, especially managers and professionals. The research emphasizes the nuanced relationship between running, work, and identity construction.
QUALITATIVE RESEARCH IN SPORT EXERCISE AND HEALTH
(2022)
Review
Neurosciences
Ashu Johri, Abhishek Chandra
Summary: Mitochondria associated membranes (MAMs) are important structures that physically and biochemically connect mitochondria with endoplasmic reticulum, playing a crucial role in cellular functions such as Ca2+ homeostasis, proteostasis, mitochondrial bioenergetics, movement, and mitophagy. The increasing number of disease-related proteins and genes associated with MAMs suggests their potential involvement in neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and Huntington's disease. MAMs have recently gained attention as modulators for ER-mitochondria communication and function, showing promise for future therapeutic discoveries in this rapidly developing field.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Xenia Grande, David Berron, Anne Maass, Wilma A. Bainbridge, Emrah Duezel
Summary: Endel Tulving's episodic memory framework emphasizes the multifaceted re-experiencing of personal events, but recent research shows that different types of memory information are segregated into distinct neural pathways, leading to variable impairment levels in neurodegenerative conditions.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Carla Martins Lopes, Delio Baeta, Alice Valentini, Mariana Lucio Lyra, Ariadne Fares Sabbag, Joao Luiz Gasparini, Tony Dejean, Celio Fernando Basptista Haddad, Kelly Raquel Zamudio
Summary: The study successfully used environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding to detect DNA traces of 30 target amphibian species in Brazil, including four declined species, two locally disappeared species, and one species not seen since 1968. This highlights the potential of eDNA in biodiversity monitoring and conservation biology for evaluating the persistence and distribution of threatened species.
Article
Neurosciences
Desiree Lopis, Thibault Le Pape, Celine Manetta, Laurence Conty
Summary: The study found that using pictures is the most effective way to stimulate autobiographical memories in AD patients, followed by odors. Auditory cueing with environmental sounds did not show a clear advantage in memory retrieval.
JOURNAL OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE
(2021)
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
N. A. Neubauer, L. Liu
Summary: By developing and disseminating guidelines in collaboration with stakeholders, successful knowledge translation and adoption of wander-management strategies was achieved in multiple organizations across Canada. Participants expressed high satisfaction with the guidelines, finding them easy to use, understand, and useful.
AGING & MENTAL HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Mohamad El Haj, Ophelie Glachet, Ahmed A. Moustafa, Karim Gallouj
Summary: This study investigated the impact of odor exposure on self-defining memories in individuals with Alzheimer's Disease (AD). The results demonstrated that odor exposure can facilitate the retrieval of more self-defining memories in AD patients compared to the odor-free condition. This finding has clinical implications for enhancing autobiographical memory and ameliorating diminished sense of self in AD.
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Krisztian A. Kovacs
Summary: The medial temporal lobe memory system is the brain region where the first histopathological changes occur in early Alzheimer's disease (AD), and the functional decline observed in patients indicates a loss of function in this area. A recent study has identified the entorhinal and hippocampal neural circuits responsible for encoding new episodic memories, which are particularly vulnerable in early AD.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2022)
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Alessandra Boschi, Licia Uccelli, Lorenza Marvelli, Corrado Cittanti, Melchiore Giganti, Petra Martini
Summary: Technetium-99m is the preferred radioisotope for myocardial perfusion tracers due to its favorable nuclear properties and rich coordination chemistry. However, the currently used tracers have various shortcomings. An ideal myocardial perfusion tracer should have high myocardial uptake, stable target-to-background ratio, low uptake in the lungs, liver, and stomach, high first-pass extraction fraction, rapid blood clearance, and linear relationship between myocardial uptake and coronary blood flow. Scientific research is focused on developing molecules that can meet these ideal characteristics as much as possible.
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Pierre-Yves Jonin, Quentin Duche, Elise Bannier, Isabelle Corouge, Jean-Christophe Ferre, Serge Belliard, Christian Barillot, Emmanuel J. Barbeau
Summary: The study found that while prior knowledge can enhance memory in healthy individuals, this effect is not present in early AD patients. Different brain networks support PEK vs. EK associative encoding in healthy individuals, while similar networks were not identified in patients with AD.
NEUROBIOLOGY OF AGING
(2022)
