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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Daithi A. Stone
Summary: Northern autumns and winters are warming up, with weather becoming more mild. Observations and climate models show that human activities have significantly altered today's weather compared to just a generation ago.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Meshandren Naidoo
Summary: The study proposes a practical approach to better regulate new AI technologies by considering factors such as predictive ability, semantic information, and self-referential logic. It offers a method for ranking and evaluating AI systems, and is adaptable to current and future developments in AI technologies and society.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Minakshi Raj, Sara J. Feldman, Jodyn E. Platt, Tammy Chang
Summary: Research aimed to explore youth experiences and perspectives on family caregiving in order to improve programs and policies impacting youth well-being. Findings suggest that youth caregivers may face obstacles to their educational and career goals, and specific training could better prepare them for the role.
JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH
(2021)
Editorial Material
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Emma Marris
Summary: This study is one of the few to uncover the behavioral effects of Toxoplasma gondii in wild animals.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Steven J. Staffa, Daniel S. Kohane, David Zurakowski
Summary: Synergy, a specific term in the field of nanoformulations, refers to the phenomenon where the combined effect of two or more drugs or therapeutic modalities is greater than the sum of their individual effects. It is important to understand and accurately demonstrate synergy in nanoscience research.
Review
Ecology
Roland Kays, Martin Wikelski
Summary: One of the biggest trends in ecology recently has been the creation of standardized databases, which include live data, formal linkages between disparate databases, and automated analytics. This synergy, known as the Internet of Animals (IoA), has been used to predict species distributions and detect disease outbreaks. However, challenges of taxonomy, data security, and data sharing need to be addressed to fully realize the potential of IoA in enabling discoveries and predictions relevant to human societies and animal conservation.
TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
(2023)
Editorial Material
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Vincent W. S. Chan, Sergio Benedetto
Summary: The article discusses the important topic of volunteerism, with the author collaborating with Sergio to emphasize the respect and significance of volunteers.
IEEE COMMUNICATIONS MAGAZINE
(2021)
Article
Economics
Paul Collier, Diane Coyle, Colin Mayer, Martin Wolf
Summary: This issue of the Oxford Review of Economic Policy explores the problems with capitalism, the necessary changes, and potential fixes suggested by distinguished contributors. Three key ideas highlighted include revising the depiction of individuals in economics, advocating for decentralization of decision-making, and critiquing economic orthodoxy. These articles offer an inspiring assessment and reconceptualization of capitalism, providing practical ways to address its deficiencies while maintaining its benefits.
OXFORD REVIEW OF ECONOMIC POLICY
(2021)
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Angelo Azzi
Summary: This article evaluates the meaning, appropriate usage, and misusage of the terms oxidative stress, oxidative eustress, and oxidative distress. It reveals that oxidative stress and oxidative damage are often incorrectly used as synonyms. The term eustress, intended to signify good stress, is also found unsuitable for indicating signaling by reactive molecules that can have variable effects. The defined oxidative distress is identified as oxidative damage rather than oxidative stress. Additionally, damaging oxidations and signaling oxidant events, both positive and negative, can coexist in different locations within a cell, tissue, or body. The measurement of oxidant events in body fluids or tissue samples can only reflect the combined effects of non-separable events, sometimes with opposite effects. Officially approved therapies to prevent or cure oxidative stress or oxidative damage are currently lacking.
Review
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Richard N. Williams, Edwin E. Gantt, Lane Fischer
Summary: This paper examines the crisis of modernism and the rise of postmodern perspectives in the 19th and 20th centuries, focusing on the decline of human agency in social science understanding as a result. It offers an alternative conception of human agency and argues against the prevailing social science worldview.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Chemistry, Applied
Giulia Strocchi, Patrizia Rubiolo, Chiara Cordero, Carlo Bicchi, Erica Liberto
Summary: This review critically analyzes the accumulated knowledge on the formation of AA in coffee and the mitigation strategies that have been investigated. It focuses on current applicability in the industry and little explored topics.
Article
History & Philosophy Of Science
Michael Tomasello
Summary: Chimpanzees and humans, as close relatives, behave similarly and experience the world differently in terms of consciousness, reasoning ability, and evaluative standards. Scientific data serve as material for scientists and philosophers to reflect on psychological concepts.
Article
Clinical Neurology
Zhuying Chen, Matias I. Maturana, Anthony N. Burkitt, Mark J. Cook, David B. Grayden
Summary: HFOs have been enthusiastically studied by the epilepsy community for the past 20 years, showing promise in delineating epileptogenic brain areas and predicting seizures. Despite advancements in research using automatic detection and prediction strategies, there are still significant obstacles hindering the clinical application of HFOs as biomarkers. Collaboration and further research are needed to address these challenges.
Review
Neurosciences
Federico Gallo, Beatriz Bermudez-Margaretto, Yury Shtyrov, Jubin Abutalebi, Hamutal Kreiner, Tamara Chitaya, Anna Petrova, Andriy Myachykov
Summary: This review delves into the concept, limits, phenomenological and contextual constraints, controversies, and potential directions for future research of first language attrition. The authors review various definitions of attrition and associated inconsistencies, discuss the underlying mechanisms and evidence supporting different background hypotheses of first language attrition, and propose a rigorous neuroscientific approach to search for neural markers and formulate predictions for experimental paradigms.
FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Arno Teblick, Jan Gunst, Greet Van den Berghe
Summary: Critical illnesses increase cortisol levels and can lead to adrenal crisis if not adequately treated. Prolonged dependence on vital organ support in critically ill patients can result in central adrenal insufficiency, which may contribute to lingering vasopressor need and encephalopathy.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM
(2022)
Review
Plant Sciences
Leo Serra, Nicolas Arnaud, Faical Selka, Catherine Rechenmann, Philippe Andrey, Patrick Laufs
CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY
(2018)
Article
Genetics & Heredity
Aude Maugarny-Cales, Millan Cortizo, Bernard Adroher, Nero Borrega, Beatriz Goncalves, Geraldine Brunoud, Teva Vernoux, Nicolas Arnaud, Patrick Laufs
Review
Plant Sciences
Aude Cerutti, Alain Jauneau, Patrick Laufs, Nathalie Leonhardt, Martin H. Schattat, Richard Berthome, Jean-Marc Routaboul, Laurent D. Noel
ANNUAL REVIEW OF PHYTOPATHOLOGY, VOL 57, 2019
(2019)
Article
Plant Sciences
Thomas Blein, Coline Balzergue, Thomas Roule, Marc Gabriel, Laetitia Scalisi, Tracy Francois, Celine Sorin, Aurelie Christ, Christian Godon, Etienne Delannoy, Marie-Laure Martin-Magniette, Laurent Nussaume, Caroline Hartmann, Daniel Gautheret, Thierry Desnos, Martin Crespi
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Marine Guilcher, Arnaud Liehrmann, Chloe Seyman, Thomas Blein, Guillem Rigaill, Benoit Castandet, Etienne Delannoy
Summary: This study utilized nanopore sequencing to investigate the plastid transcriptome, revealing the complexity of plastid transcripts and the interplay between editing and splicing events. A preferential chronology of maturation events was also highlighted, with splicing occurring after most editing sites.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Julie Mallet, Patrick Laufs, Nathalie Leduc, Jose Le Gourrierec
Summary: Shoot branching is highly influenced by environmental factors. The rosebush, which requires strict light for branching, is an excellent model for studying light's impact on branching. This study reviews the current understanding of how light affects the regulatory network of hormones, nutrients, and ROS to control branching. It also explores the role of miRNAs in branching regulation and discusses how light may modulate miRNA-dependent regulation of branching.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Developmental Biology
Nathalie Boure, Alexis Peaucelle, Magali Goussot, Bernard Adroher, Ludivine Soubigou-Taconnat, Nero Borrega, Eric Biot, Zakia Tariq, Marie-Laure Martin-Magniette, Veronique Pautot, Patrick Laufs, Nicolas Arnaud
Summary: Boundary domains play critical roles in plant development by regulating organ growth and morphogenesis through cell growth repression and modulation of cell wall properties. This study reveals the involvement of SPY and CUC2 in leaf boundary domain development, as they repress a common set of genes involved in cell wall loosening. Atomic force microscopy confirms that boundary domain cells have stiffer cell walls compared to marginal outgrowth.
Review
Plant Sciences
Antoine Nicolas, Patrick Laufs
Summary: Plant aerial development relies on meristem activity, with shoot apical meristem (SAM) formed in the embryo contributing to the main stem and axillary meristems (AMs) formed post-embryonically contributing to the branched structure. This review discusses recent findings on the de novo establishment of AMs and emphasizes the progressive process of stem cell formation, different from functional meristems.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Antoine Nicolas, Patrick Laufs
Summary: The transcription factors DPA4 and SOD7 have been found to facilitate de novo stem cell initiation in Arabidopsis thaliana axillary meristems, but they do not play a similar role during stem cell formation in embryo shoot apical meristems.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2022)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Antoine Nicolas, Aude Maugarny-Cales, Bernard Adroher, Liudmila Chelysheva, Yu Li, Jasmine Burguet, Anne-Maarit Bagman, Margot E. Smit, Siobhan M. Brady, Yunhai Li, Patrick Laufs
Summary: Stem cells play crucial roles in animal and plant biology. Two transcription factors are discovered to repress the expression of CUC gene, thus ensuring proper meristem establishment and de novo stem cell niche formation in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Veronique Pautot, Ana Berbel, Thibaud Cayla, Alexis Eschstruth, Bernard Adroher, Pascal Ratet, Francisco Madueno, Patrick Laufs
Summary: In this study, it was discovered that the Arabidopsis thaliana KNOXI gene, AtSTM, can substitute for the Medicago truncatula SGL1 gene in forming complex leaves and also has a similar function during floral development. This finding reveals the important role of AtSTM in plant development.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Jeremie Bazin, Emilie Elvira-Matelot, Thomas Blein, Vincent Jauvion, Nathalie Bouteiller, Jun Cao, Martin D. Crespi, Herve Vaucheret
Summary: In addition to regulating splicing, the spliceosome components SmD1 and PRP39 also promote posttranscriptional gene silencing in Arabidopsis thaliana. However, their actions are distinct in both splicing and gene silencing. The double mutant analysis suggests that PRP39 and SmD1 work together to limit degradation of transgene-derived aberrant RNAs, thus promoting the initiation of posttranscriptional gene silencing in the cytoplasm.
Article
Plant Sciences
Li Liu, Michel Heidecker, Thomas Depuydt, Nicolas Manosalva Perez, Martin Crespi, Thomas Blein, Klaas Vandepoele
Summary: A study identified 6599 high-confidence lincRNA loci in Arabidopsis and constructed a TF-lincRNA regulatory network containing 2659 lincRNAs and 15686 interactions. Experimental validation confirmed the role of three transcription factors in controlling root-specific lincRNA expression.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Thomas Roule, Maria Florencia Legascue, Andana Barrios, Nicolas Gaggion, Martin Crespi, Federico Ariel, Thomas Blein
Summary: Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) play a crucial role in regulating gene expression in plants, including various molecular mechanisms. In Arabidopsis, lncRNAs have been identified and associated with plant development and environmental response. This study identified a lncRNA called ARES downstream of the key gene IAA14/SOLITARYROOT (SLR) involved in root development. Knockdown and knockout experiments revealed that ARES affects the induction of the neighboring gene NF-YB3 in response to exogenous auxin and leads to a root developmental phenotype. Transcriptomic analysis showed deregulation of ARF7-dependent genes. These findings suggest that ARES functions as a novel regulator of auxin response and lateral root development.
Proceedings Paper
Engineering, Biomedical
Mohamed Oughou, Eric Cunha, Eric Biot, Nicolas Arnaud, Patrick Laufs, Philippe Andrey, Jasmine Burguet
2019 IEEE 16TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON BIOMEDICAL IMAGING (ISBI 2019)
(2019)
