Heterologous expression and biochemical characterization of the recombinant nucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase 2 (LbNTPDase2) from Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis - Nancy da Rocha Torres Pavione; João Victor Badaró de Moraes; Isadora Cunha Ribeiro; Raissa Barbosa de Castro; Walmir da Silva; Anna Cláudia Alves de Souza; Victor Hugo Ferraz da Silva; Raphael de Souza Vasconcellos; Gustavo da Costa Bressan; Juliana Lopes Rangel Fietto (Purinergic Signalling, 2024)

A new high-resolution Coastal Ice-Ocean Prediction System for the East Coast of Canada - Jean-Philippe Paquin; François Roy; Gregory C. Smith; Sarah MacDermid; Ji Lei; Frédéric Dupont; Youyu Lu; Stephanne Taylor; Simon St-Onge-Drouin; Hauke Blanken; Michael Dunphy; Nancy Soontiens (Ocean Dynamics, 2024)
The Coastal Ice Ocean Prediction System for the East Coast of Canada (CIOPS-E) was developed and implemented operationally at Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) to support a variety of critical marine applications. These include support for ice services, search and rescue, environmental emergency response and maritime safety. CIOPS-E uses a 1/36° horizontal grid (~ 2 km) to simulate sea ice and ocean conditions over the northwest Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of St. Lawrence (GSL). Forcing at lateral open boundaries is taken from ECCC’s data assimilative Regional Ice-Ocean Prediction System (RIOPS). A spectral nudging method is applied offshore to keep mesoscale features consistent with RIOPS. Over the continental shelf and GSL, the CIOPS-E solution is free to evolve according to the model dynamics. Overall, CIOPS-E significantly improves the representation of tidal and sub-tidal water levels compared to ECCC’s lower resolution systems: RIOPS (~ 6 km) and the Regional Marine Prediction System – GSL (RMPS-GSL, 5 km). Improvements in the GSL are due to the higher resolution and a better representation of bathymetry, boundary forcing and dynamics in the upper St. Lawrence Estuary. Sea surface temperatures show persistent summertime cold bias, larger in CIOPS-E than in RIOPS, as the latter is constrained by observations. The seasonal cycle of sea ice extent and volume, unconstrained in CIOPS-E, compares well with observational estimates, RIOPS and RMPS-GSL. A greater number of fine-scale features are found in CIOPS-E with narrow leads and more intense ice convergence zones, compared to both RIOPS and RMPS-GSL.

Local molecular and connectomic contributions of tau-related neurodegeneration - Fardin Nabizadeh; Michael W. Weiner; Paul Aisen; Ronald Petersen; Clifford R. Jack; William Jagust; John Q. Trojanowski; Arthur W. Toga; Laurel Beckett; Robert C. Green; Andrew J. Saykin; John Morris; et al. (GeroScience, 2024)

Filter feeders living on suspension feeders: New insights into the lifestyle and distribution of Arcturidae Dana, 1849 (Crustacea: Isopoda) around Iceland - Vivien Lukas Hartmann; Emanuel Pereira; Nancy F. Mercado‐Salas; Anne‐Nina Lörz; Jörundur Svavarsson; Saskia Brix (Marine Ecology, 2024)
The focus of the present study was on arcturid isopods occurring in the subarctic region around Iceland. Data from two decades of sampling with an epibenthic sledge (EBS) during numerous expeditions of the BIOICE (Benthic Invertebrates of Icelandic Waters; 1992–2004) and IceAGE (Icelandic marine Animals: Genetics and Ecology; 2011—ongoing) projects were incorporated into an integrative taxonomy approach. This approach linked distribution records, morphological and molecular examinations, with video and image data observed during recent expeditions in 2018 (MSM75) and 2020 (SO276) using the Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) PHOCA and Kiel 6000 from GEOMAR. The resulting dataset from 120 sampling locations included 6852 specimens, a large percentage of which were fixed in formalin during BIOICE. Ethanol‐fixed specimens collected during IceAGE were used to link morphotypes with haplotypes and occurrence locations, focusing on the coral association of the genus Astacilla Cordiner, 1793. The IceAGE sampling was complemented by ROV image and video data and noninvasive sampling, making it possible to obtain pictures of living specimens of A. longicornis . The species A. longicornis Sowerby, 1806 showed a distribution linked to cold‐water occurrence and was sampled from Paramuricea placomus . Astacilla boreaphilis Stranky & Svavarsson, 2006, occurring only south of Iceland, showed high morphological variation in the spine pattern of adult females, while the molecular results indicated no clear pattern of potentially ongoing species radiation or cryptic species. Astacilla granulata was exclusively found north of Iceland. Thus, the species' distribution is potentially influenced by the Greenland‐Faroe Ridge, which separates the North Atlantic from the Arctic Ocean.

Decreased functional connectivity is associated with increased levels of Cerebral Spinal Fluid soluble-PDGFRβ, a marker of blood brain barrier breakdown, in older adults - Joey A. Contreras; Kimiko Fujisaki; Nancy E. Ortega; Giuseppe Barisano; Abhay Sagare; Ioannis Pappas; Helena Chui; John M. Ringman; Elizabeth B. Joe; Berislav V. Zlokovic; Arthur W. Toga; Judy Pa (Brain Imaging and Behavior, 2024)
Resting-state functional connectivity (FC) is suggested to be cross-sectionally associated with both vascular burden and Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology. For instance, studies in pre-clinical AD subjects have shown increases of cerebral spinal fluid soluble platelet-derived growth factor receptor-β (CSF sPDGFRβ, a marker of BBB breakdown) but have not demonstrated if this vascular impairment affects neuronal dysfunction. It’s possible that increased levels of sPDGFRβ in the CSF may correlate with impaired FC in metabolically demanding brain regions (i.e. Default Mode Network, DMN). Our study aimed to investigate the relationship between these two markers in older individuals that were cognitively normal and had cognitive impairment. Eighty-nine older adults without dementia from the University of Southern California were selected from a larger cohort. Region of interest (ROI) to ROI analyses were conducted using DMN seed regions. Linear regression models measured significant associations between BOLD FC strength among seed-target regions and sPDGFRβ values, while covarying for age and sex. Comparison of a composite ROI created by averaging FC values between seed and all target regions among cognitively normal and impaired individuals was also examined. Using CSF sPDGFRβ as a biomarker of BBB breakdown, we report that increased breakdown correlated with decreased functional connectivity in DMN areas, specifically the PCC, and while the hippocampus exhibited an interaction effect using CDR score, this was an exploratory analysis that we feel can lead to further research. Ultimately, we found that BBB breakdown, as measured by CSF sPDGFRβ, is associated with neural networks, and decreased functional connections.

Insights into foraging behavior from multi-day sound recording tags on goose-beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris) in the Southern California Bight - Shannon N. Coates; David A. Sweeney; Erin A. Falcone; Stephanie L. Watwood; Brenda K. Rone; Stacy L. DeRuiter; Jay Barlow; Karin A. Dolan; Ronald P. Morrissey; Nancy A. DiMarzio; Susan M. Jarvis; Russel D. Andrews; et al. (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2024)
Goose-beaked whales ( Ziphius cavirostris ) are deep-diving cetaceans known for their elusive nature and specialized foraging behavior. In 2019 and 2020, six telemetry tags were deployed on these whales in Southern California, resulting in 395 h of acoustic and diving data. Foraging dives were manually identified by the presence of echolocation pulses and buzzes, and generalized additive models assessed factors influencing foraging behavior. The median bathymetric depth at foraging sites was 1,419 m (IQR = 359), and the maximum dive depth was highly correlated with bathymetry depth. Individuals started echolocating on descent at a median depth of 410 m (IQR = 74); pulses were not observed shallower than 292 m. Echolocation ceased during the bottom phase for 81.6% of dives, at a median depth of 1,265 m (IQR = 472); pulses were not observed shallower than 587 m on ascent. The median depth of buzzes was 1,215 m (IQR = 479) with 63% occurring during the bottom phase. Deeper dives correlated with longer durations of diving and echolocation, greater echolocation end depths, and wider bottom phase echolocation depth inter-quartile range. The median difference between dive depth and bottom phase median echolocation depth was 98.3 m (IQR = 48.5), suggesting whales in this region forage in a narrow band close to the seafloor. In the San Nicolas Basin, individuals exhibited longer echolocation durations, produced more pulses, and started and ended echolocating at greater depths compared to adjacent regions. These records validate and expand upon previous studies, providing insights into factors influencing foraging behavior in an area with high anthropogenic disturbance.

Altitude is correlated with body size differences among Cotesia flavipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) wasps collected in two mountain ranges - Lina V. Lozano-Morales; Andrés A. Gutiérrez-García; Leidy Salamanca; Nancy Barreto-Triana; Carlos E. Sarmiento (Zoology, 2024)

Regenerative business strategies: A database and typology to inspire business experimentation towards sustainability - Ankita Das; Nancy Bocken (Sustainable Production and Consumption, 2024)

Engineering a computable epiblast for in silico modeling of developmental toxicity - Kaitlyn Barham; Richard Spencer; Nancy C. Baker; Thomas B. Knudsen (Reproductive Toxicology, 2024)

Major-trace element and Sr–Nd isotopic geochemistry of Paleoproterozoic gneisses from the Taihua Complex within the Xiaoqinling terrane: Insights into the evolution of the southern margin of the Trans-North China Orogen - Nancy Hui-Chun Chen; Yunpeng Dong; Bo Hui (Precambrian Research, 2024)

Exploring phenolic compounds as natural stress alleviators in plants- a comprehensive review - Nancy Saini; Anmol Anmol; Sanjeev Kumar; Ab Waheed Wani; Manish Bakshi; Zarina Dhiman (Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology, 2024)

Long-term impacts of egg quiescence and Wolbachia infection on lipid profiles in Aedes aegypti: Ovarian roles in lipid synthesis during reproduction - Meng-Jia Lau; Shuai Nie; Perran A. Ross; Nancy M. Endersby-Harshman; Ary A. Hoffmann (Journal of Insect Physiology, 2024)

Not for all: Barriers to universal accessibility in nature-based tourism and recreation spaces across British Columbia, Canada - Mark Groulx; Jennifer Wigglesworth; Rebecca DeLorey; Nancy Harris; Pat Harris; Heather Lamb; Chris McBride (Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism, 2024)

Towards sustainable growth paths for work integration social enterprises in the circular economy - Wim Van Opstal; Lize Borms; Jan Brusselaers; Nancy Bocken; Emma Pals; Yoko Dams (Journal of Cleaner Production, 2024)

Green adsorbents for pharmaceutics removal from urine: Analysis of isotherms, kinetics, adsorption interactions, cost estimation, and environmental impact - Marcela Paredes-Laverde; José A. Cárdenas-Jiménez; Jazmín Porras; Nancy Acelas; Ricardo A. Torres-Palma (Journal of Environmental Management, 2024)

Kelp forest food webs as hot spots for the accumulation of microplastic and polybrominated diphenyl ether pollutants - Eduardo Antonio Lozano-Hernández; Nancy Ramírez-Álvarez; Lorena Margarita Rios Mendoza; José Vinicio Macías-Zamora; Adán Mejía-Trejo; Rodrigo Beas-Luna; Félix Augusto Hernández-Guzmán (Environmental Research, 2024)

Direct evidence that cryoprotectant mixtures facilitate individual component permeation into living plant cells - Kylie C. Pearce; Fionna M.D. Samuels; Gayle M. Volk; Nancy E. Levinger (Cryobiology, 2024)

Anethole alleviates Doxorubicin-induced cardiac and renal toxicities: Insights from network pharmacology and animal studies - Maryam Ali Al-Ali; Nancy Safwat Younis; Bandar Aldhubiab; Abdulaziz Suwailem Alatawi; Maged E. Mohamed; Mohamed Safwat Abd El Dayem (Chemico-Biological Interactions, 2024)

Thermal desorption – gas chromatography – mass spectrometry (TD-GC-MS) analysis of PFAS used in food contact materials - Nancy Wolf; Lina Müller; Sarah Enge; Tina Ungethüm; Thomas J. Simat (Food Additives & Contaminants: Part A, 2024)

pH-dependent Synthesis and Interactions of Fluorescent L-Histidine Capped Copper Nanoclusters with Metal Ions - Ritika Mittal; Nancy Gupta (Journal of Fluorescence, 2024)

Association of Metal Cations with the Anti-PF4/Heparin Antibody Response in Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia - Jason B. Giles; Kiana L. Martinez; Heidi E. Steiner; Andrew Klein; Aikseng Ooi; Julie Pryor; Nancy Sweitzer; Deborah Fuchs; Jason H. Karnes (Cardiovascular Toxicology, 2024)

Characterization of Mild Delayed Gestational Hypertension in Rats Following Ozone Exposure - Russell Hunter; Thomas Wilson; Selita Lucas; David Scieszka; Barry Bleske; Andrew Ottens; Ryan Ashley; Carolyn Pace; Nancy Kanagy; Matthew Campen (Cardiovascular Toxicology, 2024)

Towards a Circular Solar Power Sector: Experience with a Support Framework for Business Model Innovation - Lars Strupeit; Nancy Bocken; Wim Van Opstal (Circular Economy and Sustainability, 2024)
The rapid expansion of the global solar photovoltaic (PV) market as part of the transition to a low-carbon energy future will increase both demand for raw materials used in PV product manufacturing as well as future PV panel waste volumes. There is an urgent need for solar industry businesses to adopt circular business models, and to support this process through targeted tools and methods that can facilitate the innovation process of such models. This paper employs an action-oriented case study methodology, drawing on insights garnered from five demonstrator cases that have applied and validated a Circular Business Model Innovation (CBMI) framework within the PV sector. Results show how this framework was applied in practice during the ideation, design, experimentation, and scaling phases of the innovation process. Specifically, results show how an experimental and iterative approach was found critical to assess viability, desirability, and feasibility of circular business strategies. The study’s empirical testing of tools with the context of a Circular Economy complements earlier theoretical conceptualizations of business model innovation processes. It illustrates how using multiple tools can provide firms with complementary insights in each stage of ideation, design, testing, and scaling of business models. It is recommended that policy makers and business leaders endorse such co-creative and experimental approaches to foster learning and business model innovation, thereby catalysing the transformation of an entire renewable energy industry sector towards Circular Economy.

Modelling the risk of coastal habitat invasion by the aquatic plant Iris pseudacorus to inform monitoring and management efforts - Hanna M. Thomson; Travis G. Gerwing; Nancy Shackelford (Biological Invasions, 2024)

Similar teleconnection patterns of ENSO-NAO and ENSO-precipitation in Colombia: linear and non-linear relationships - Gabriel Santiago Gutiérrez-Cárdenas; Diana C. Díaz; Nancy Liliana Villegas-Bolaños (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2024)

Temporally dense monitoring of pathogen occurrence at four drinking-water well sites – Insights and Implications - James F. Walsh; Randall J. Hunt; Anita C. Anderson; David W. Owens; Nancy Rice (Water Research, 2024)

Evolution of a low-energy carbonate ramp, Lower Mississippian Pekisko Formation, northwestern Alberta, Canada - Lauren Eggie; Nancy Chow (Sedimentary Geology, 2024)

Waste to wealth: microbial-based valorization of grape pomace for nutraceutical, cosmetic, and therapeutic applications to promote circular economy - Gurleen Kaur Sodhi; Gursharan Kaur; Nancy George; Harleen Kaur Walia; Devendra Sillu; Santosh Kumar Rath; Sanjai Saxena; Leonardo Rios-Solis; Vagish Dwibedi (Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 2024)

Smallholder farmers’ diverse values in maize landrace conservation: A case study from Chiapas, Mexico - Ana Sofía Monroy-Sais; Daniel Tobin; Mauricio R. Bellon; Marta Astier; Angélica Cibrián-Jaramillo; Nancy Gálvez-Reyes; Alicia Mastretta-Yanes; Jorge Ruiz-Arocho; Ana Wegier; Yolanda H. Chen (Journal of Rural Studies, 2024)

Riverine concentrations and export of dissolved silicon, and potential controls on nutrient stoichiometry, across the land–ocean continuum in Great Britain - Andrew M. Tye; Helen P. Jarvie; Bryan M. Spears; Nancy B. Dise; Jennifer L. Williamson; Dan J. Lapworth; Don Monteith; Richard Sanders; Daniel J. Mayor; Michael J. Bowes; Michael Bowes; Annette Burden; et al. (Journal of Hydrology, 2024)

Development of a targeted and non-targeted direct-injection analysis of plastic-related contaminants in liquor products - Nancy He; Viviane Yargeau; Lan Liu; Stéphane Bayen (Food Control, 2024)

Bottom water quality plasticity in the northern gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone - R. Eugene Turner; Nancy N. Rabalais; Cassandra Glaspie (Continental Shelf Research, 2024)

Prediction of agricultural drought behavior using the Long Short-Term Memory Network (LSTM) in the central area of the Gulf of Mexico - Fernando Salas-Martínez; Aldo Márquez-Grajales; Ofelia-Andrea Valdés-Rodríguez; Olivia-Margarita Palacios-Wassenaar; Nancy Pérez-Castro (Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2024)

Synthesis of new non-natural l-glycosidic flavonoid derivatives and their evaluation as inhibitors of Trypanosoma cruzi ecto-nucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase 1 (TcNTPDase1) - Isadora Cunha Ribeiro; João Victor Badaró de Moraes; Christiane Mariotini-Moura; Marcelo Depolo Polêto; Nancy da Rocha Torres Pavione; Raissa Barbosa de Castro; Izabel Luzia Miranda; Suélen Karine Sartori; Kryssia Lohayne Santos Alves; Gustavo Costa Bressan; Raphael de Souza Vasconcellos; José Roberto Meyer-Fernandes; et al. (Purinergic Signalling, 2024)

Prokaryotic community structure and predicted metabolism associated with hydrocarbon degradation in marine sediments from the Northwest Coast of Baja California, Mexico - Ileana Sarahi Ramos-Mendoza; Salvador Embarcadero-Jiménez; Andrea Fernanda Barrios-Navarro; Diana Camila Ledezma-González; Asunción Lago-Lestón; Brianda Jannyn Valenzuela-Suárez; Nancy Ramírez-Álvarez; Hortencia Silva-Jiménez (Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2024)

Acceptability and Feasibility of Survivorship Group Medical Visits for Breast Cancer Survivors in a Safety Net Hospital - Evelin Trejo; Ana I. Velazquez; Elizabeth Castillo; Paul Couey; Barbara Cicerelli; Robin McBride; Nancy J. Burke; Niharika Dixit (Journal of Cancer Education, 2024)
Providing cost-effective, comprehensive survivorship care remains a significant challenge. Breast cancer survivors (BCS) who have limited income and are from marginalized racial and ethnic groups experience a worse quality of life and report higher distress. Thus, innovative care models are required to address the needs of BCS in low resource settings. Group medical visits (GMV), utilized in chronic disease management, are an excellent model for education and building skills. This single-arm intervention study was conducted at a public hospital in California. GMVs consisted of five 2-h weekly sessions focused on survivorship care planning, side effects of treatment and prevention, emotional health, sexual health, physical activity, and diet. The patient navigators recruited three consecutive GMV groups of six English-speaking BCS ( N = 17). A multidisciplinary team delivered GMVs, and a patient navigator facilitated all the sessions. We used attendance rates, pre- and post-surveys, and debriefing interviews to assess the feasibility and acceptability of the intervention. We enrolled 18 BCS. One participant dropped out before the intervention started, 17 BCS consistently attended and actively participated in the GMV, and 76% (13) attended all planned sessions. Participants rated GMVs in the post-survey and shared their support for GMVs in debriefing interviews. The BCS who completed the post-survey reported that GMVs increased their awareness, confidence, and knowledge of survivorship care. GMVs were explicitly designed to address unmet needs for services necessary for survivorship care but not readily available in safety net settings. Our pilot data suggest that patient-navigator-facilitated GMVs are a feasible and acceptable model for integrating survivorship care in public hospitals.

Regional foraging areas of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) nesting at Aldabra Atoll: insights from stable isotopes and satellite telemetry - Cheryl L. Sanchez; Paolo Casale; Nancy Bunbury; Luke A’Bear; Maria Bielsa; Christopher W. Jones; Martin C. van Rooyen; Brian Souyana; Frauke Fleischer-Dogley; Simona A. Ceriani (Biodiversity and Conservation, 2024)
Sea turtles spend the majority of their lives at foraging grounds. These areas are important for population persistence but generally occur in coastal habitats, which are under increasing human pressure. Identifying key foraging areas is therefore an important step to understanding critical sea turtle habitats, and therefore their threats. Isotope ratios ( δ 15 N, δ 13 C) from skin tissues of 90 green turtles ( Chelonia mydas ) nesting at the regionally important rookery of Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, were analyzed with samples collected during two periods: 51 samples from March to September 2021, and 39 samples from January to April 2022. These analyses were complemented by nine satellite tracks to identify key foraging areas. Hierarchical clustering and discriminant function analysis identified two main foraging areas: the East African coast (Tanzania and Somalia) and northern Madagascar. Isotopic values indicated that the majority of green turtles nesting at Aldabra forage at one of these two areas, with slightly more green turtles visiting the East African coast. Geographical isotopic patterns were not found latitudinally, suggesting a potential limit to this approach for coastal areas in the Western Indian Ocean. However, we found longitudinal variation of δ 13 C and δ 15 N that few studies have reported. This is the first study in this region to combine satellite telemetry and stable isotope analysis to assign likely foraging areas of green turtles and advances understanding of the complex migration patterns and foraging ecology of this species. We demonstrate the potential and the limitations of stable isotope analysis for identifying/characterizing green turtle foraging areas in this region.

Atmospheric nitrogen deposition is related to plant biodiversity loss at multiple spatial scales - Fons van der Plas; Yann Hautier; Tobias Ceulemans; Didier Alard; Roland Bobbink; Martin Diekmann; Nancy B. Dise; Edu Dorland; Cecilia Dupré; David Gowing; Carly Stevens (Global Change Biology, 2024)
Due to various human activities, including intensive agriculture, traffic, and the burning of fossil fuels, in many parts of the world, current levels of reactive nitrogen emissions strongly exceed pre‐industrial levels. Previous studies have shown that the atmospheric deposition of these excess nitrogen compounds onto semi‐natural terrestrial environments has negative consequences for plant diversity. However, these previous studies mostly investigated biodiversity loss at local spatial scales, that is, at the scales of plots of typically a few square meters. Whether increased atmospheric nitrogen deposition also affects plant diversity at larger spatial scales remains unknown. Here, using grassland plant community data collected in 765 plots, across 153 different sites and 9 countries in northwestern Europe, we investigate whether relationships between atmospheric nitrogen deposition and plant biodiversity are scale‐dependent. We found that high levels of atmospheric nitrogen deposition were associated with low levels of plant species richness at the plot scale but also at the scale of sites and regions. The presence of 39% of plant species was negatively associated with increasing levels of nitrogen deposition at large (site) scales, while only 1.5% of the species became more common with increasing nitrogen deposition, indicating that large‐scale biodiversity changes were mostly driven by “loser” species, while “winner” species profiting from high N deposition were rare. Some of the “loser” species whose site presence was negatively associated with atmospheric nitrogen deposition are listed as “threatened” in at least some EU member states, suggesting that nitrogen deposition may be a key contributor to their threat status. Hence, reductions in reactive nitrogen emissions will likely benefit plant diversity not only at local but also at larger spatial scales.

Biodiversity in changing environments: An external‐driver internal‐topology framework to guide intervention - Katharine N. Suding; Courtney G. Collins; Lauren M. Hallett; Loralee Larios; Laurel M. Brigham; Joan Dudney; Emily C. Farrer; Julie E. Larson; Nancy Shackelford; Marko J. Spasojevic (Ecology, 2024)
Accompanying the climate crisis is the more enigmatic biodiversity crisis. Rapid reorganization of biodiversity due to global environmental change has defied prediction and tested the basic tenets of conservation and restoration. Conceptual and practical innovation is needed to support decision making in the face of these unprecedented shifts. Critical questions include: How can we generalize biodiversity change at the community level? When are systems able to reorganize and maintain integrity, and when does abiotic change result in collapse or restructuring? How does this understanding provide a template to guide when and how to intervene in conservation and restoration? To this end, we frame changes in community organization as the modulation of external abiotic drivers on the internal topology of species interactions, using plant–plant interactions in terrestrial communities as a starting point. We then explore how this framing can help translate available data on species abundance and trait distributions to corresponding decisions in management. Given the expectation that community response and reorganization are highly complex, the external‐driver internal‐topology (EDIT) framework offers a way to capture general patterns of biodiversity that can help guide resilience and adaptation in changing environments.

Stormwise: Innovative Forest Management to Promote Storm Resistance in Roadside Forests - Thomas Worthley; Amanda Bunce; Anita T Morzillo; Chandi Witharana; Zhe Zhu; Jacob Cabral; Emlyn Crocker; Nicholas Cranmer; Steven DiFalco; Daniel Hale; Durga Joshi; Danielle P Kloster; et al. (Journal of Forestry, 2024)
A growing proportion of forested landscapes are interspersed with human infrastructure, such as utility lines and roads, increasing the potential for tree-failure consequences due to storms and other causes. Utilities and other institutions have strong incentives to reduce such interactions and allocate substantial resources to risk reduction, but trees and forests in densely populated landscapes also provide significant amenities to society. We present a generalized framework for “Stormwise” forest management, focused on resistance of roadside forests to storms, based on elements of arboricultural and silvicultural practice and tree biomechanics and architecture. We detail results of a multidisciplinary research program focused on management outcomes, opportunities and barriers to implementation, and allocation of investment based on physical and social landscape characteristics. We discuss initial findings, the potential for widespread adoption of resilience-focused management in roadside and infrastructure-adjacent forests, and the importance of such work, considering a changing climate. Study Implications: The research and implementation program we detail here illustrates the potential for “Stormwise” forest management to reduce storm-damage recovery costs, result in fewer and shorter-duration power and transportation interruptions, and allow for low-investment ground-based management in future forest entries. We illustrate a multifaceted, interdisciplinary research program that links the geospatial, social, and biophysical components of understanding forest infrastructure systems. We illustrate how implementation of Stormwise management has the potential to benefit stakeholders such as residents and utilities, offset the substantial economic costs of tree-related power outages, and reduce societal disruptions associated with interactions between trees and infrastructure during storms.

Private Landowner Willingness to Manage Their Land for Carbon Sequestration in New York State - Richard Clark Stedman; Andrea Armstrong; Kathryn Bills Walsh; Nancy Connelly (Journal of Forestry, 2024)
Efforts to enhance carbon sequestration, including afforestation and reforestation, are critical strategies to meet the New York State (NYS) climate goals. In NYS, converting underutilized lands to mature forests can mitigate 4.9 million metric tons of CO2 annually, but 97% of suitable lands are privately owned. These mitigation figures do not consider landowner willingness to grow mature forest. Drawing on a survey of 979 NYS landowners, we explored interest in growing mature forest, potential barriers, and how they can be mitigated. Survey results indicate landowners seem reasonably interested (about one-third were “very interested”) in converting at least some of their land to mature forest for carbon sequestration. Respondents were most willing to convert land in young forest and shrubland and least willing to convert fallow fields, grassland, and agricultural land. Key barriers are related to inadequate labor and financial resources. Incentives focused on finances most increase willingness but only modestly so. Study Implications: Land availability for carbon sequestration can only be realistically understood if we consider private landowner willingness to grow forests. We observed relatively strong enthusiasm for converting young forest and shrubland. Land conversion proponents could tailor management and communication strategies to owners of these land types. Conversion is tied to overcoming negative attitudes about the potential conflict between current management and managing for carbon sequestration and providing resources for conversion. Landowner willingness was less when the agricultural footprint was greater. With much farmland in NYS, the amount of land available for reforestation may be lower than what landcover-based estimates suggest.

Southern Flounder: Major Milestones and Remaining Knowledge Gaps in Their Biology, Ecology, and Fishery Management - Stephen R. Midway; Frederick S. Scharf; Michael A. Dance; Nancy J. Brown-Peterson; Joseph C. Ballenger; Nicolette S. Beeken; Russell J. Borski; Tanya L. Darden; Kenneth A. Erickson; Troy M. Farmer; Ashley Fincannon; John Godwin; et al. (Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture, 2024)

An insight into quantitative, qualitative, and analytical methods for the measurement of antioxidant activity through various assays - Ruchika Kumari; Shivani Chopra; Nancy Thakur; Mansi Rana; Palak Thakur; Kirti Raina; Vikas Anand; Rohit Sharma; Ashun Chaudhary (Vegetos, 2024)

Arsenic and fluoride in groundwater triggering a high risk: Probabilistic results using Monte Carlo simulation and species sensitivity distribution - Diego A. Padilla-Reyes; Jaime Dueñas-Moreno; Jürgen Mahlknecht; Abrahan Mora; Manish Kumar; Nancy Ornelas-Soto; Sandra Mejía-Avendaño; Carmen J. Navarro-Gómez; Prosun Bhattacharya (Chemosphere, 2024)

Human skin absorption of three phthalates - Nancy B. Hopf; Hélène P. De Luca; Myriam Borgatta; Holger M. Koch; Claudia Pälmke; Manon Benedetti; Aurélie Berthet; Elena Reale (Toxicology Letters, 2024)

Gestational buprenorphine-naloxone exposure and fetal neurobehavior - Lauren M. Jansson; Krystle McConnell; Martha L. Velez; Nancy Spencer; Lorraine Milio; Jeannie Leoutsakos; Janet A. DiPietro (Neurotoxicology and Teratology, 2024)

Prevention and Treatment of Malnutrition in Older Adults Living in Long-Term Care or the Community: An Evidence-Based Nutrition Practice Guideline - Emily Riddle; Nancy Munoz; Krista Clark; Nancy Collins; Anne Coltman; Lamia Nasrallah; Shinta Nishioka; Terese Scollard; Judy R. Simon; Lisa Moloney (Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 2024)

Microencapsulation of vitamins: A review and meta-analysis of coating materials, release and food fortification - Luis Alfredo Espinoza-Espinoza; Henry Daniel Muñoz-More; Juliana Maricielo Nole-Jaramillo; Luis Alberto Ruiz-Flores; Nancy Maribel Arana-Torres; Luz Arelis Moreno-Quispe; Jaime Valdiviezo-Marcelo (Food Research International, 2024)

Correction to: Dissolved polycyclic aromatic compounds in Canada’s Athabasca River in relation to Oil Sands from 2013 through 2019 - Lucie M. J. Lévesque; Julie Roy; Nancy E. Glozier; Leah Dirk; Colin A. Cooke (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2024)

Physiology and comparative genomics of the haloalkalitolerant and hydrocarbonoclastic marine strain Rhodococcus ruber MSA14 - Salvador Embarcadero-Jiménez; Cynthia Lizzeth Araujo-Palomares; Tonatiuh Moreno-Perlín; Nancy Ramírez-Álvarez; Cristina Quezada-Hernández; Ramón Alberto Batista-García; Alejandro Sanchez-Flores; Gabriela Calcáneo-Hernández; Hortencia Silva-Jiménez (Archives of Microbiology, 2024)

Associations between epigenetic aging and diabetes mellitus in a Swedish longitudinal study - Daniel Wikström Shemer; Shayan Mostafaei; Bowen Tang; Nancy L Pedersen; Ida K Karlsson; Tove Fall; Sara Hägg (GeroScience, 2024)
Diabetes mellitus type 2 (T2D) is associated with accelerated biological aging and the increased risk of onset of other age-related diseases. Epigenetic changes in DNA methylation levels have been found to serve as reliable biomarkers for biological aging. This study explores the relationship between various epigenetic biomarkers of aging and diabetes risk using longitudinal data. Data from the Swedish Adoption/Twin Study of Aging (SATSA) was collected from 1984 to 2014 and included 536 individuals with at least one epigenetic measurement. The following epigenetic biomarkers of aging were employed: DNAm PAI-1, DNAmTL, DunedinPACE, PCHorvath1, PCHorvath2, PCHannum, PCPhenoAge, and PCGrimAge. Firstly, longitudinal analysis of biomarker trajectories was done. Secondly, linear correlations between the biomarkers and time to diabetes were studied within individuals developing diabetes. Thirdly, Cox proportional hazards (PH) models were used to assess the associations between these biomarkers and time of diabetes diagnosis, with adjustments for chronological age, sex, education, smoking, blood glucose, and BMI. The longitudinal trajectories of the biomarkers revealed differences between individuals with and without diabetes. Smoothened average curves for DunedinPACE and DNAm PAI-1 were higher for individuals with diabetes around the age 60–70, compared to controls. Likewise, DunedinPACE and DNAm PAI-1 were higher closer to diabetes onset. However, no significant associations were found between the epigenetic biomarkers of aging and risk of diabetes in Cox PH models. Our findings suggest the potential value of developing epigenetic biomarkers specifically tailored to T2D, should we wish to model and explore the potential for predicting the disease.

Association of polymorphisms of HSD11B1 and ACE genes with trachoma disease - LAURA L. VALDEZ-VELAZQUEZ; HÉCTOR OCHOA-DÍAZ-LÓPEZ; IVÁN DELGADO-ENCISO; HÉCTOR RANGEL-VILLALOBOS; IRÁM P. RODRÍGUEZ-SÁNCHEZ; ROSARIO GARCÍA-MIRANDA; DOIREYNER DANIEL VELÁZQUEZ-RAMÍREZ; NANCY A. REYES-MÉNDEZ; CARLOS EDUARDO BARAJAS-SAUCEDO; MARGARITA L. MARTÍNEZ-FIERRO (Journal of Genetics, 2024)

Insecticidal and biochemical impacts with molecular docking analysis of three essential oils against Spodoptera littoralis (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) - Mona Awad; Nancy N. Hassan; Nawal AbdulAziz Alfuhaid; Alia Amer; Mohamed Z.M. Salem; Adrien Fónagy; Moataz A.M. Moustafa (Crop Protection, 2024)

Critical shear stress of sunken, No. 6 heavy fuel oil in fresh water - Melissa D. Gloekler; Nancy E. Kinner; Thomas P. Ballestero; Tori Sweet; John Ahern (Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2024)

Application of ecotoxicological tools to evaluate the quality status of mangroves under restoration in the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico - Mariana V. Capparelli; Rosela Pérez-Ceballos; Gabriel M. Moulatlet; María Amparo Rodríguez-Santiago; Ricardo Dzul-Caamal; Abrahan Mora; Nancy Yolimar Suárez-Mozo; Denis M. Abessa; Arturo Zaldívar-Jiménez (Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2024)

New limits proposed for the management of non-mutagenic impurities - Anja Slikkerveer; Olaf Doehr; Nancy Claude; Richard Hutchinson; James Harvey; Steven Spanhaak (Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, 2024)

Steppe-tundra composition and deglacial floristic turnover in interior Alaska revealed by sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) - Charlotte L. Clarke; Peter D. Heintzman; Youri Lammers; Alistair J. Monteath; Nancy H. Bigelow; Joshua D. Reuther; Ben A. Potter; Paul D.M. Hughes; Inger G. Alsos; Mary E. Edwards (Quaternary Science Reviews, 2024)

Fine-scale foraging ecology and habitat use of sympatric green and hawksbill turtles in the Western Indian ocean - Cheryl L. Sanchez; Paolo Casale; Nancy Bunbury; Luke A'Bear; Veronique Banane; Frances Benstrong; Maria Bielsa; Christopher W. Jones; Anna Koester; Susan Murasko; Martin C. van Rooyen; Frauke Fleischer-Dogley; et al. (Marine Environmental Research, 2024)

Assessing SWAT+ Performance in Simulating Drainage Water Management and Parameter Transferability for Watershed-Scale Applications - Abhinav Sharma; Sushant Mehan; Rachel McDaniel; Jeff Arnold; Todd Trooien; Nancy Sammons; Louis Amegbletor (Journal of Hydrology, 2024)

Nitric oxide-mediated regulation of Aspergillus flavus asexual development by targeting TCA cycle and mitochondrial function - Kunlong Yang; Yue Luo; Tongzheng Sun; Han Qiu; Qingru Geng; Yongxin Li; Man Liu; Nancy P. Keller; Fengqin Song; Jun Tian (Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2024)

Effect of combining ultrasound and UVC treatments for processing orange juice and mango nectar on their microbiological, physicochemical, and sensory characteristics - Nelly Ramírez-Corona; Nancy A. García; Martha J. Martínez; Aurelio López-Malo; Emma Mani-López (Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies, 2024)

Production of activated carbon from agave residues and its synergistic application in a hybrid adsorption-AOPs system for effective removal of sulfamethazine from aqueous solutions - Juan Carlos Serna-Carrizales; Ana I. Zárate Guzmán; Angélica Forgionny; Nancy Acelas; Sebastián Pérez; Juan Muñoz-Saldaña; Raúl Ocampo-Perez (Environmental Research, 2024)

Local adaptive variation in a highly migratory fish: The smooth hammerhead shark Sphyrna zygaena - Daniela G. Félix-López; Axayácatl Rocha-Olivares; Nancy C. Saavedra-Sotelo (Ecological Genetics and Genomics, 2024)

6-benzylaminopurine induces somatic embryogenesis in the staminodia of new genotypes of Theobroma cacao L. from the Papaloapan Basin of Mexico and differs from that of T. bicolor Bonpl. - Nancy Carmín Martínez-Hernández; Carlos Antonio Dávila-Figueroa; José Antonio Morales-Serna; Karla Viridiana Castro-Cerritos; Nelda Xanath Martínez-Galero; Héctor López-Arjona; Enrique Villalobos-Amador (Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 2024)

A Novel Thermo-Alkaline Stable GDSL/SGNH Esterase with Broad Substrate Specificity from a Deep-Sea Pseudomonas sp. - José Luis Rodríguez-Mejía; Itzel Anahí Hidalgo-Manzano; Luis Felipe Muriel-Millán; Nancy Rivera-Gomez; Diana X. Sahonero-Canavesi; Edmundo Castillo; Liliana Pardo-López (Marine Biotechnology, 2024)
Marine environments harbor a plethora of microorganisms that represent a valuable source of new biomolecules of biotechnological interest. In particular, enzymes from marine bacteria exhibit unique properties due to their high catalytic activity under various stressful and fluctuating conditions, such as temperature, pH, and salinity, fluctuations which are common during several industrial processes. In this study, we report a new esterase (EstGoM) from a marine Pseudomonas sp. isolated at a depth of 1000 m in the Gulf of Mexico. Bioinformatic analyses revealed that EstGoM is an autotransporter esterase (type Va) and belongs to the lipolytic family II, forming a new subgroup. The purified recombinant EstGoM, with a molecular mass of 67.4 kDa, showed the highest hydrolytic activity with p -nitrophenyl octanoate ( p -NP C8), although it was also active against p -NP C4, C5, C10, and C12. The optimum pH and temperature for EstGoM were 9 and 60 °C, respectively, but it retained more than 50% of its activity over the pH range of 7–11 and temperature range of 10–75 °C. In addition, EstGoM was tolerant of up to 1 M NaCl and resistant to the presence of several metal ions, detergents, and chemical reagents, such as EDTA and β-mercaptoethanol. The enzymatic properties of EstGoM make it a potential candidate for several industrial applications.

Phylogeny and systematics of early Paleogene bats - Matthew F. Jones; K. Christopher Beard; Nancy B. Simmons (Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 2024)

Understanding Consumer Attitudes Towards Sustainable Business Models—A Qualitative Study with Finnish Consumers - Kaisa Vehmas; Nancy Bocken; Hannamaija Tuovila (Circular Economy and Sustainability, 2024)
Sustainable business models have been presented in the literature as a way to gain stepwise improvements in environmental impact compared to just selling a product, and many companies have started experimenting with them. However, these models are not yet scaled up across sectors. One of the barriers is understanding how consumers perceive sustainable business models and how much they would be ready to pay products and services from sustainable offerings. To this extent, our study investigated the following research questions: How do consumers perceive the sustainability attributes of novel sustainable business models? How does this affect consumer willingness to pay (WTP) for the offering provided? This study uses a qualitative research approach, conducting online discussions among 44 Finnish consumers. Finland is in focus as it has a top ranking in sustainability country indexes. Through the study, it was found that consumers pay attention to sustainability of the products and services they consume. They are willing to use available information and assess this to make sustainable purchasing decisions. However, they lack trustworthy information and sometimes it is too time-consuming to find the data. When making purchasing decisions, consumers perceive certain positive environmental and social impacts. However, the environmental and social impact of the studied business models did not turn into consumer WTP especially when considering expensive products, or business models with a social impact only. Still, in general, over half of the participants are willing to pay more about responsible produced products.

Agroecological alternatives for small and medium tropical crop farmers in the Ecuadorian Amazon for adaptation to climate change - Marco Vizuete-Montero; Pablo Carrera-Oscullo; Nancy De Las Mercedes Barreno-Silva; Maritza Sánchez; Hilter Figueroa-Saavedra; Wladimir Moya (Agricultural Systems, 2024)

The organic geochemistry of crude oil in the Saltpond Basin (Ghana): Organic source input, depositional environment, and thermal maturity - Kojo Amoako; Ningning Zhong; Nancy Pearl Osei-Boakye; Ebenezer Apesegah (Acta Geochimica, 2024)
The Saltpond Basin, situated within the South Atlantic margin of Ghana, is a significant area for petroleum exploration but has received relatively limited research attention. Previous studies have examined source rock composition, but data on crude oil organic chemistry are lacking, hindering understanding of the basin’s petroleum system and evolution. To address this gap, we analyzed biomarkers and stable carbon-isotope ratios in Saltpond Basin crude oil using gas chromatography–mass spectrometry and gas chromatography–isotope ratio mass spectrometry to elucidate organic matter source, depositional environment, and thermal maturity. Findings were compared with oils from the West African segment of the South Atlantic margin, namely the Tano Basin and the Niger Delta Basin, to identify potential correlations and gain insights into regional variations. Molecular and isotopic results unveiled a significant prevalence of organic matter derived from lower marine organisms. Patterns of organic matter deposition and preservation in Saltpond oil samples suggested a suboxic marine transitional environment, contradicting conventional understanding of terrestrial dominance in such settings. Moreover, the potential for degradation processes to obscure differentiation between terrestrial and marine organic matter origins underscores the complex nature of organic matter dynamics in transitional marine environments. Analysis of molecular thermal maturity indices suggested Saltpond oils were expelled from source rocks exhibiting thermal maturity at the early maturity stage. Correlation analysis unveiled genetic disparities among crude oils sourced from the Saltpond Basin and those from the Tano and Niger Delta Basin, primarily due to variations in source input and depositional environment conditions. Saltpond oil exhibits lower terrestrial organic input than Tano Basin’s crude oils, which also have less terrestrial input than Niger Delta Basin crude oils. Additionally, its paleodepositional environment notably differs from oils in the Tano Basin (anoxic transitional marine-lacustrine settings) and the Niger Delta Basin (suboxic–oxic terrigenous deltaic or marine or lacustrine environments). Thermal maturity range of Saltpond oil is comparable to oils in the Tano Basin but lower than oils in the Niger Delta Basin. These findings provide valuable insights into petroleum generation history and unique organic geochemical characteristics within the Saltpond Basin, essential for exploration, production, and environmental management efforts in the region. Furthermore, correlation studies provide evidence that distinct biological, geological, and paleoenvironmental conditions shaped various oil types in the West African segment of the South Atlantic margin.

Extreme wildfires in Canada and their contribution to global loss in tree cover and carbon emissions in 2023 - James MacCarthy; Alexandra Tyukavina; Mikaela J Weisse; Nancy Harris; Erin Glen (Global Change Biology, 2024)
Canadian wildfires in 2023 were record breaking with wide‐reaching impacts on people, nature, and climate. Extreme heat and low rainfall associated with climate change led to unprecedented forest fires that released enormous amounts of carbon as they burned. This study used data on fire‐driven tree cover loss and forest carbon fluxes to estimate the total extent of stand‐replacing forest fires and their associated carbon emissions. We found that the 2023 Canadian wildfires burned nearly 7.8 million hectares of forest and accounted for more than a quarter of all tree cover loss globally. Furthermore, forests impacted by wildfires emitted nearly 3 billion tons of CO 2 or about 25% more carbon than all primary tropical tree cover loss that year. These results have important implications for global carbon budgets because emissions from these wildfires will largely be excluded from official greenhouse gas reporting.

In vitro propagation of Bergenia stracheyi: an alternative approach for higher production of valuable bioactive compounds - Awzia Amin; Nancy Sharma; Phalisteen Sultan; Sumit G. Gandhi; Kota Srinivas; Qazi Parvaiz Hassan; Zabeer Ahmed (Vegetos, 2024)

Potential inhibitory effect of geraniol isolated from lemongrass ( Cymbopogon commutatus Stapf) on tilmicosin-induced oxidative stress in cardiac tissue - Rebai Ben Ammar; Sarah Abdulaziz Alamer; Maged Elsayed Mohamed; Duaa Althumairy; Saeed Y. Al-Ramadan; Manal Alfwuaires; Nancy S. Younis; Thnaian A. Althnaian; Ibrahim R. I. H.; Peramaiyan Rajendran (Natural Product Research, 2024)

Mixed stock analysis identifies natal origins of green turtles at foraging grounds in southeastern Australia - Joanna Day; Jane Hall; Karrie Rose; Kimberly Vinette Herrin; Duane March; Olly Pitt; Nancy N. FitzSimmons; Libby Hall; Kieran Marshall; Sigrid Iredell; Phoebe Meagher (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2024)
Introduction Identifying critical habitats for marine turtles and connectivity between genetic stocks and the foraging grounds they use is a conservation priority worldwide. Green turtles ( Chelonia mydas ) are impacted by a wide range of anthropogenic threats that can vary by geographic region and the ontogenetic stage of the individual. In Australia, the strengthening of the East Australian Current due to climate change is increasing ocean temperatures, particularly in southern New South Wales (NSW), which is having large-scale impacts on the distribution and abundance of marine resources. Green turtles are frequently observed in temperate southern NSW waters, but our knowledge of their habitat use, migration patterns and the impact of threatening processes is limited. Methods To assess the origins of green turtles from foraging grounds in southeastern Australia, samples were obtained from green turtles of all size classes (post-hatchlings to adults) that had stranded along an ~870 km expanse of the NSW coast and Lord Howe Island between 1997 and 2021. Mitochondrial DNA control region sequences for 283 individuals were compared to 25 potential source genetic stocks in the Indo-Pacific using mixed-stock analysis. Results A total of 26 haplotypes were identified in NSW, of which 14 had been previously observed at a rookery, eight had been identified previously, but not at a rookery (i.e. orphan haplotypes), and four were previously undescribed. Mixed-stock analysis revealed that NSW waters support multiple genetic stocks but are dominated by those of the southern Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia genetic stocks. A small proportion of green turtles originated from more distant stocks in the Indo-Pacific region. Discussion Understanding the connectivity between green turtle rookeries and foraging grounds provides an opportunity to assess the impact of anthropogenic threats to turtle stocks, and in turn, prioritize management actions for the conservation of green turtles across regional, national and international jurisdictions.

Interactions between management context and tree water use influence stormwater management potential of urban forests - Sarah Ponte; A. Christopher Oishi; Nancy F. Sonti; Dexter H. Locke; Tuana H. Phillips; Mitchell A. Pavao-Zuckerman (Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2024)

Corrigendum to “Cleaner production of metal-organic framework MIL-101(Cr) for toluene adsorption” [Sustain. Prod. Consum. 40 (2023) 159–168] - Alan A. Rico-Barragán; J. Raziel Álvarez; Sandra Pioquinto-García; Joelis Rodríguez-Hernández; Pasiano Rivas-García; Nancy E. Dávila-Guzmán (Sustainable Production and Consumption, 2024)

Warming increases the compositional and functional variability of a temperate protist community - Antonia Ahme; Anika Happe; Maren Striebel; Marco J. Cabrerizo; Markus Olsson; Jakob Giesler; Ruben Schulte-Hillen; Alexander Sentimenti; Nancy Kühne; Uwe John (Science of The Total Environment, 2024)

Who are the value transformers, value co-operators and value gatekeepers? New routes to value preservation in a sufficiency-based circular economy - Louise Møller Haase; Ruth Mugge; Mette Alberg Mosgaard; Nancy Bocken; Melanie Jaeger-Erben; Massimo Pizzol; Michael Søgaard Jørgensen (Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2024)

Skin Carotenoids Measured by Reflection Spectroscopy Correlate With Dietary Carotenoid Intake in Racially and Ethnically Diverse US Toddlers From Houston, Texas - Varsha Varghese; Aliye B. Cepni; Jocelyn Chang; Hanjoe Kim; Nancy E. Moran; Tracey A. Ledoux (Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 2024)

Enhancing agency and empowerment in agricultural development projects: A synthesis of mixed methods impact evaluations from the Gender, Agriculture, and Assets Project, Phase 2 (GAAP2) - Agnes R. Quisumbing; Ruth Meinzen-Dick; Hazel J. Malapit; Greg Seymour; Jessica Heckert; Cheryl Doss; Nancy Johnson; Deborah Rubin; Giang Thai; Gayathri Ramani; Emily Myers; Agnes Quisumbing; et al. (Journal of Rural Studies, 2024)

Phototactic response of angoumois grain moth Sitotroga cerealella (olivier) to visible spectrum: Attraction analysis and modelling using machine learning - P.N. Guru; Virinder Kumar; Dhritiman Saha; Yogesh B. Kalnar; M. Nancy; Akanksha Singla (Journal of Stored Products Research, 2024)

Comment: A reexamination of , bed-scale impact and recovery of a commercially important intertidal seaweed - Robin Hadlock Seeley; Sarah Hardy; Nancy K. Prentiss; Walter H. Adey (Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 2024)

Reviewing the climatic impacts of product service systems: Implications for research and practice - Steven Sarasini; Nancy Bocken; Derek Diener; Myrthe Velter; Katherine Whalen (Journal of Cleaner Production, 2024)

Comparative review of nutri-functional and sensorial properties, health benefits and environmental impact of dairy (bovine milk) and plant-based milk (soy, almond, and oat milk) - Pranav Vashisht; Aakash Sharma; Nancy Awasti; Surabhi Wason; Lovepreet Singh; Sonali Sharma; Anto Pradeep Raja Charles; Sachin Sharma; Aakash Gill; Arshpreet Kaur Khattra (Food and Humanity, 2024)

Association of prenatal chlorpyrifos exposure with sexually dimorphic differences in anogenital distance among Thai farmworker children - Thomas Dang; Neha Sehgal; Dana Boyd Barr; Parinya Panuwet; Donghai Liang; Melissa Smarr; Warangkana Naksen; Nancy Fiedler; Nattawadee Promkam; Tippawan Prapamontol; Panrapee Suttiwan; Supattra Sittiwang; et al. (Environmental Research, 2024)

Placental transcriptome variation associated with season, location, and urinary prenatal pyrethroid metabolites of Thai farm-working women - Yewei Wang; Karen Hermetz; Amber Burt; Elizabeth M. Kennedy; Corina Lesseur; Parinya Panuwet; Nancy Fiedler; Tippawan Prapamontol; Panrapee Suttiwan; Warangkana Naksen; Dana B Barr; Ke Hao; et al. (Environmental Pollution, 2024)

Metal and oxidative potential exposure through particle inhalation and oxidative stress biomarkers: a 2-week pilot prospective study among Parisian subway workers - Jean-Jacques Sauvain; Maud Hemmendinger; Thomas Charreau; Valérie Jouannique; Amélie Debatisse; Guillaume Suárez; Nancy B. Hopf; Irina Guseva Canu (International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, 2024)
Objective In this pilot study on subway workers, we explored the relationships between particle exposure and oxidative stress biomarkers in exhaled breath condensate (EBC) and urine to identify the most relevant biomarkers for a large-scale study in this field. Methods We constructed a comprehensive occupational exposure assessment among subway workers in three distinct jobs over 10 working days, measuring daily concentrations of particulate matter (PM), their metal content and oxidative potential (OP). Individual pre- and post-shift EBC and urine samples were collected daily. Three oxidative stress biomarkers were measured in these matrices: malondialdehyde (MDA), 8-hydroxy-2′deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) and 8-isoprostane. The association between each effect biomarker and exposure variables was estimated by multivariable multilevel mixed-effect models with and without lag times. Results The OP was positively associated with Fe and Mn, but not associated with any effect biomarkers. Concentration changes of effect biomarkers in EBC and urine were associated with transition metals in PM (Cu and Zn) and furthermore with specific metals in EBC (Ba, Co, Cr and Mn) and in urine (Ba, Cu, Co, Mo, Ni, Ti and Zn). The direction of these associations was both metal- and time-dependent. Associations between Cu or Zn and MDA EBC generally reached statistical significance after a delayed time of 12 or 24 h after exposure. Changes in metal concentrations in EBC and urine were associated with MDA and 8-OHdG concentrations the same day. Conclusion Associations between MDA in both EBC and urine gave opposite response for subway particles containing Zn versus Cu. This diverting Zn and Cu pattern was also observed for 8-OHdG and urinary concentrations of these two metals. Overall, MDA and 8-OHdG responses were sensitive for same-day metal exposures in both matrices. We recommend MDA and 8-OHdG in large field studies to account for oxidative stress originating from metals in inhaled particulate matter.

Associations between resilience to weaning stress and startle response in nursery age gilts - Bora Lee; Andrea M. Luttman; Catherine W. Ernst; Juan P. Steibel; Nancy E. Raney; Janice M. Siegford (Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 2024)

The phylogenetic analysis of two invasive Trapa species in the United States revealed by chloroplast genomes and morphological traits - Xiang-Rong Fan; Nancy Rybicki; Lynde L. Dodd; Jie Min; Wei Li; Xiu-Ling Li; Godfrey Kinyori Wagutu; Yuan-Yuan Chen (Biological Invasions, 2024)

Stilbenes: a journey from folklore to pharmaceutical innovation - Gursharan Kaur; Rajinder Kaur; Gurleen Kaur Sodhi; Nancy George; Santosh Kumar Rath; Harleen Kaur Walia; Vagish Dwibedi; Sanjai Saxena (Archives of Microbiology, 2024)

Correction: Current Status of Phytoseiid Mites as Biological Control Agents in Latin America and Experiences from Argentina Using Neoseiulus californicus - Carlos Vásquez; Yelitza Coromoto Colmenárez; Nancy Greco; Mayra Ramos (Neotropical Entomology, 2024)

Sex differences in interacting genetic and functional connectivity biomarkers in Alzheimer’s disease - Jordan N. Williamson; Shirley A. James; Sean P. Mullen; Bradley P. Sutton; Tracey Wszalek; Beni Mulyana; Peter Mukli; Andriy Yabluchanskiy; Michael Weiner; Paul Aisen; Ronald Petersen; Clifford R. Jack; et al. (GeroScience, 2024)

The ABCB1 and ABCG2 efflux transporters limit brain disposition of the SYK inhibitors entospletinib and lanraplenib - Nancy H.C. Loos; Rolf W. Sparidans; Paniz Heydari; Viët Bui; Maria C. Lebre; Jos H. Beijnen; Alfred H. Schinkel (Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, 2024)

Glyphosate-based restoration of a degraded grassland threatens soil health and the diversity of nematode communities - J. Parr McQueen; Eli M.S. Gendron; Adam J. Solon; Clifton P. Bueno de Mesquita; Rebecca A. Hufft; Nancy Shackelford; Katharine N. Suding; Steven K. Schmidt; Dorota L. Porazinska (Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2024)

Consumer isoscapes reveal heterogeneous food webs in deep-sea submarine canyons and adjacent slopes - Amanda W.J. Demopoulos; Brian J. Smith; Jill R. Bourque; Jason D. Chaytor; Jennifer McClain-Counts; Nancy Prouty; Steve W. Ross; Sandra Brooke; Gerard Duineveld; Furu Mienis (Progress in Oceanography, 2024)

Organic geochemical heterogeneity of cretaceous mudrocks and reassessment of oil sources in the Tano Basin, Ghana - Kojo Amoako; Ningning Zhong; Shengbao Shi; N'Guessan Francois De Sales Konan; Nancy Pearl Osei-Boakye; Gordon Foli; Prince Opoku Appau; Clifford Fenyi; Ebenezer Apesegah (Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2024)

Return to the countryside: An ethnographic study of young urbanites in Japan's shrinking regions - Nancy Yao Ji (Journal of Rural Studies, 2024)

Trophic position and prey preferences of snappers (Teleostei: Lutjanidae) in a connected bay-to-reef Caribbean system - León F. Martínez-Juárez; Juan J. Schmitter-Soto; Norman Mercado-Silva; Nancy Cabanillas-Terán (Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 2024)

Airmass history, night-time particulate organonitrates, and meteorology impact urban SOA formation rate - Fangzhou Guo; Alexander A.T. Bui; Benjamin C. Schulze; Qili Dai; Subin Yoon; Sujan Shrestha; Henry W. Wallace; Nancy P. Sanchez; Sergio Alvarez; Matthew H. Erickson; Rebecca J. Sheesley; Sascha Usenko; et al. (Atmospheric Environment, 2024)

Germination Response of the Freshwater Invasive Iris pseudacorus to Brackish and Marine Salinity as Well as Implications for Coastal Invasion - Hanna M. Thomson; Nancy Shackelford; Miranda A. Gilbert; Travis G. Gerwing (Wetlands, 2024)

In-vitro Anti-inflammatory Potential of Standardized Rottlerin Enriched Fraction of Mallotus philippensis Muell. Arg Anti-inflammatory Potential of Rottlerin Enriched Fraction of Mallotus philippensis - Nancy Tripathi; Kapil Mandrah; Bharat Goel; Nivedita Bhardwaj; Vinod Kumar Paswan; G. Ravikanth; Somendu K. Roy; Shreyans K. Jain (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences, 2024)

Effects of linear edges on tree communities and soil properties in a moist semi-deciduous forest in Ghana - Patrick Addo-Fordjour; Jennifer Abrokwah; Albert Paintsil Arko; Nii Acquaye Pappoe; Daniel Yawson; Nancy Yeboah; Anthony RobertTsiquaye; Rita Naamwintome Puobe; Kofi Anane-Frimpong; Samuel Adu Fosu; Jane Ansah-Owusu; Love Danso Dankwa; et al. (Plant Ecology, 2024)

Motor and non-motor symptoms, drugs, and their mode of action in Parkinson’s disease (PD): a review - Nancy Saini; Neetu Singh; Navneet Kaur; Sonali Garg; Manvinder Kaur; Asim Kumar; Meenakshi Verma; Kishanpal Singh; Harvinder Singh Sohal (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2024)

Small-scale movements and site fidelity of two sympatric sea turtle species at a remote atoll - Cheryl L. Sanchez; Nancy Bunbury; Jeanne A. Mortimer; Luke A’Bear; Jennifer Appoo; Michael Betts; Rainer von Brandis; Lorraine Cook; Janske van de Crommenacker; Jock C. Currie; Naomi Doak; Frauke Fleischer-Dogley; et al. (Marine Biology, 2024)
Understanding natural movement patterns and ecological roles of marine megafauna is a research priority best studied in areas with minimal human impact. The spatial distribution patterns specifically for immature turtles at foraging grounds have been highlighted as a research gap for effective management and conservation strategies for sea turtle populations. Capture–mark–recapture (CMR) records ( n = 2287) of 1672 immature green ( Chelonia mydas ) ( n = 1158) and hawksbill turtles ( Eretmochelys imbricata ) ( n = 514) from a long-term (1981–2021) in-water CMR program at Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, were analyzed for 10 sites (0.35–25 km apart). Site fidelity was not correlated with either season or turtle size. Green turtles had lower site fidelity than hawksbill turtles. Green turtles showed avoidance (i.e., opposite of fidelity) of three sites, while hawksbill turtles displayed high fidelity to two sites. Sites displaying non-random behavior (avoidance and/or fidelity) did not share the same benthic habitat types. Results indicate that fidelity can be detected at a fine scale with CMR, but that further exploration into the habitat characteristics of the sites and the ecological roles of both species at the atoll is needed.

Correction: Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Education and Knowledge among Medical and Dental Trainees - Burinrutt Thanasuwat; Shuk On Annie Leung; Kelly Welch; Eileen Duffey-Lind; Nancy Pena; Sarah Feldman; Alessandro Villa (Journal of Cancer Education, 2024)

Geochemical fingerprints and hydrocarbon potential of Paleocene mudrocks in the Tano Basin, Ghana: insights from biomarkers and stable carbon isotopes - Kojo Amoako; Nancy Pearl Osei-Boakye; Ningning Zhong; N’Guessan Francois De Sales Konan; Gordon Foli; Prince Opoku Appau; Clifford Fenyi; Ebenezer Apesegah (Acta Geochimica, 2024)

Life goes on: Spatial heterogeneity promotes biodiversity in an urbanized coastal marine ecosystem - Shelby E. McIlroy; Isis Guibert; Anand Archana; Wing Yi Haze Chung; J. Emmett Duffy; Rinaldi Gotama; Jerome Hui; Nancy Knowlton; Matthieu Leray; Chris Meyer; Gianni Panagiotou; Gustav Paulay; et al. (Global Change Biology, 2024)
Both human populations and marine biodiversity are concentrated along coastlines, with growing conservation interest in how these ecosystems can survive intense anthropogenic impacts. Tropical urban centres provide valuable research opportunities because these megacities are often adjacent to mega‐diverse coral reef systems. The Pearl River Delta is a prime exemplar, as it encompasses one of the most densely populated and impacted regions in the world and is located just northwest of the Coral Triangle. However, the spatial and taxonomic complexity of this biodiversity, most of which is small, cryptic in habitat and poorly known, make comparative analyses challenging. We deployed standardized settlement structures at seven sites differing in the intensity of human impacts and used COI metabarcoding to characterize benthic biodiversity, with a focus on metazoans. We found a total of 7184 OTUs, with an average of 665 OTUs per sampling unit; these numbers exceed those observed in many previous studies using comparable methods, despite the location of our study in an urbanized environment. Beta diversity was also high, with 52% of the OTUs found at just one site. As expected, we found that the sites close to point sources of pollution had substantially lower diversity (44% less) relative to sites bathed in less polluted oceanic waters. However, the polluted sites contributed substantially to the total animal diversity of the region, with 25% of all OTUs occurring only within polluted sites. Further analysis of Arthropoda, Annelida and Mollusca showed that phylogenetic clustering within a site was common, suggesting that environmental filtering reduced biodiversity to a subset of lineages present within the region, a pattern that was most pronounced in polluted sites and for the Arthropoda. The water quality gradients surrounding the PRD highlight the unique role of in situ studies for understanding the impacts of complex urbanization pressures on biodiversity.

DeepN4: Learning N4ITK Bias Field Correction for T1-weighted Images - Praitayini Kanakaraj; Tianyuan Yao; Leon Y. Cai; Ho Hin Lee; Nancy R. Newlin; Michael E. Kim; Chenyu Gao; Kimberly R. Pechman; Derek Archer; Timothy Hohman; Angela Jefferson; Lori L. Beason-Held; et al. (Neuroinformatics, 2024)

Smart and sustainable urban manufacturing for a circular economy - Muhammad Saad Amjad; Nancy Diaz-Elsayed (Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2024)

Towards Sustainable Pest Management: Toxicity, Biochemical Effects, and Molecular Docking Analysis of Ocimum basilicum (Lamiaceae) Essential Oil on Agrotis ipsilon and Spodoptera littoralis (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) - Mona Awad; Nawal Abdulaziz Alfuhaid; Alia Amer; Nancy N. Hassan; Moataz A. M. Moustafa (Neotropical Entomology, 2024)
Over the last decade, essential oils (EOs) have become potential ingredients for insecticide formulations due to their widespread availability and perceived safety. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the toxicity and biochemical efficacy of basil ( Ocimum basilicum ) (Lamiaceae) against two destructive pests Noctuidae, Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel) and Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). In addition, a molecular docking study was performed to gain insight into the binding pattern between glutathione S-transferase (GST) and linalool, the main component of EO. GC–MS analysis of O. basilicum EO revealed that linalool is the most abundant compound (29.34%). However, the toxicity tests showed no significant difference between the values of LC 50 of O. basilicum EO to A. ipsilon and S. littoralis . On the other hand, the sublethal experiments indicated that treating the second instar larvae with LC 15 or LC 50 values of O. basilicum EO significantly prolonged the larval duration in both insects, compared to the control. Regarding the biochemical effect of O. basilicum EO, the treatments significantly impacted the activity of detoxification enzymes. A notable elevation in glutathione S-transferase (GST) activity was recorded in A. ipsilon larvae compared with a reduction in S. littoralis larvae. The molecular docking analysis revealed that linalool bonded with the amino acid serine (SER 9) of GST, indicating its binding affinity with the enzyme. The obtained results could offer valuable insights into the mode of action of O. basilicum and can encourage the adoption of sustainable pest control practices that incorporate essential oils.

Tolerance and behavioral responses of crabs in disturbed mangroves during a heatwave event - Mariana V. Capparelli; Rosela Pérez-Ceballos; Nancy Yolimar Suárez-Mozo; Gabriel M. Moulatlet (Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2024)

Advances in metabolomics to optimize quality parameters of culinary mushrooms - Nancy Dewi Yuliana; Henny Saraswati; Yane Regiyana; Adri Nora; Donald John Calvien Hutabarat; Hanifah Nuryani Lioe (Trends in Food Science & Technology, 2024)

Rethinking atoll futures: local resilience to global challenges - Sebastian Steibl; Paul S. Kench; Hillary S. Young; Alex S. Wegmann; Nick D. Holmes; Nancy Bunbury; Teurumereariki Hinano Teavai-Murphy; Neil Davies; Frank Murphy; James C. Russell (Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2024)

Metarhabditis amsactae: A potential biopesticide isolated from Punjab (India) with potent insecticidal activity and immunomodulatory effects against Galleria mellonella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) - Sandeep Kour; Nancy Sharma; Randeep Singh; Sumit G. Gandhi; Puja Ohri (Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 2024)

Long-term vegetation trajectories to inform nature recovery strategies: The Greater Côa Valley as a case study - Aaron Elphick; Nancy Ockendon; Sara Aliácar; Merry Crowson; Nathalie Pettorelli (Journal of Environmental Management, 2024)

Mixing model of Phobos’ bulk elemental composition for the determination of its origin: Multivariate analysis of MMX/MEGANE data - Kaori Hirata; Tomohiro Usui; Ryuki Hyodo; Hidenori Genda; Ryota Fukai; David J. Lawrence; Nancy L. Chabot; Patrick N. Peplowski; Hiroki Kusano (Icarus, 2024)

Dynamics of soil organic carbon pools following conversion of savannah to cocoa agroforestry systems in the Centre region of Cameroon - Eltson Eteckji Fonkeng; Tiphaine Chevallier; Marie Sauvadet; Seguy Enock; Nancy Rakotondrazafy; Lydie Chapuis-Lardy; Bertin Takoutsing; Oben Tabi Fritz; Jean-Michel Harmand (Geoderma Regional, 2024)

Modeling of methane and carbon dioxide sorption capacity in tight reservoirs using Machine learning techniques - Mohsen Tavakolian; Reza Najafi-Silab; Nancy Chen; Apostolos Kantzas (Fuel, 2024)

Plant Community Stability over 40 Years in a Fraser River Estuary Tidal Freshwater Marsh - Stefanie L. Lane; Nancy Shackelford; Gary E. Bradfield; Madlen Denoth; Tara G. Martin (Wetlands, 2024)

Lupin and Lima Beans Diminish Potatoes’ N and P Uptake, Uptake Efficiency and Use Efficiency - Mustafa A. Haile; Nancy N. Karanja; Shadrack O. Nyawade; Harun I. Gitari; Gladys Cheruto; Lukelysia Nyawira; Muhammad Ali Raza; Solomon Kamau (Potato Research, 2024)

Polymer-mediated nanoformulations: a promising strategy for cancer immunotherapy - Simranjit Kaur; Adesh K. Saini; Hardeep Singh Tuli; Nancy Garg; Hemant Joshi; Mehmet Varol; Jagjit Kaur; Anil K. Chhillar; Reena V. Saini (Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology, 2024)

Plant Growth Promotion and Induction of Defense Response in Crocus sativus L. by Two Native Bacillus Species Against Fusarium oxysporum R1 - Tahir Ali; Nancy Bhagat; Shanu Magotra; Jyoti Vakhlu (Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 2024)

Protective Effect of Platelet-Rich Plasma on Cisplatin-Induced Nephrotoxicity in Adult Male Albino Rats: Histological and Immunohistochemical Study - Melad N. Kelada; Amany Elagawany; Nancy Mohamed El Sekily; Mona El Mallah; Maha W. Abou Nazel (Biological Trace Element Research, 2024)
Cisplatin is a potent antineoplastic drug that is used for treatment of many solid tumors. It has a wide range of adverse effects. Nephrotoxicity is the most common one of them. Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is an autologous human plasma that activates the tissue regeneration through cell proliferation and differentiation. Study the role of PRP in amelioration of cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity on the kidney of adult male albino rats by biochemical, morphometric, histological, and immunohistochemical studies. Thirty-five adult male albino rats were used. Thirty rats were included as experimental group and five were used to obtain the PRP. The experimental group was classified into as follows: control group which received 1mL of sterile saline by intraperitoneal injection (IP), cisplatin-treated group which received cisplatin 7.5 mg/kg IP in a single dose and cisplatin and PRP-treated group rats received cisplatin 7.5 mg/kg single IP dose followed by 1ml of PRP IP after 24 h of cisplatin injection. There was a significant increase in urea and creatinine levels in cisplatin-treated group in comparison to the control and the PRP groups. The kidneys of cisplatin-treated group showed distorted renal structure, where specimens of PRP-treated group revealed restoration of the classical appearance of the renal tissue similar to the control group. PRP has protective effects on renal structure and functions and it helps to ameliorate the histological changes induced by cisplatin.

Farm forests, seasonal hunger, and biomass poverty: Evidence of induced intensification from panel data in the Ethiopian Highlands - Nathan Morrow; Nancy B. Mock; Andrea Gatto; Andrea Colantoni; Luca Salvati (Ambio, 2024)
Seasonal hunger is the most common food insecurity experience for millions of small dryland farmers. This study tests the relationships between food insecurity, farm forests, and biomass poverty using a longitudinal dataset from the Amhara region of Ethiopia. These data form part of the Ethiopia Socioeconomic Survey, which collected panel data over three survey rounds from 530 households between 2011 and 2016. This dataset represents a collection of unique socioeconomic, wellbeing, and micro-land use measures, including farm forests. Hierarchical mixed effect regression models assessed the relationship between food insecurity and farm forests as well as the conditional effects of biomass poverty among the poorest farmers and women-headed households. Over a six-year study period, farmers reported increased stress from smaller land holdings, higher prices, and climate-related shocks. A clear trend towards spontaneous dispersed afforestation is observed by both researchers and satellite remote sensing. Model results indicate, dedicating approximately 10% of farm area to forest reduces months of food insecurity by half. The greatest reductions in food insecurity from farm forests are reported by ultra-poor and crop residue-burning households, suggesting that biomass poverty may be a major constraint to resilient food security on these farms. This research provides novel quantitative evidence of induced intensification and food security impacts of farm management preserving and building stores of biomass value as green assets. The results reported here have important implications for nature-based solutions as a major strategy to achieve sustainable development in some contexts.

Detection of organochlorine pesticides in infertile eggs of crocodylus acutus from sinaloa - Ernestina Pérez-González; Iván Patricio Quintero-Borquez; María Nancy Herrera-Moreno; César Paul Ley-Quiñónez; Arturo Polanco-Torres; Héctor Abelardo González-Ocampo; Omar Llanes-Cárdenas; Víctor Manuel Salomón-Soto (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2024)

Serum S100β Levels Are Linked with Cognitive Decline and Peripheral Inflammation in Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2 - Yaimeé Vázquez-Mojena; Roberto Rodríguez-Labrada; Yanetsy Córdova-Rodríguez; Yennis Domínguez-Barrios; Mario E. Fernández-Herrera; Karen León-Arcia; Nancy Pavón-Fuentes; Maria de los Angeles Robinson-Agramonte; Luis Velázquez-Pérez (The Cerebellum, 2024)

Genotoxic effects induced by iprodione and tebuconazole in meristematic cells of Allium cepa: responses dependent on concentration and exposure time - Grace Stephany Mendoza Solano; Nancy Beatriz Andrioli (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2024)

Relationships between the specific growth rate and the thermal-unit growth coefficient applied to cultured juvenile fish - Lorenzo Márquez; Eduardo Almansa; Nancy E. Ruiz Díaz; Manuel Díaz; Francisco J. Moyano (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2024)
The growth of cultured juvenile fish is usually quantified by two indexes, the specific growth rate or SGR, and the thermal-unit growth coefficient or TGC. The SGR is a relative growth index based on logarithms of body weights, and it decreases with body weight. The classical TGC is based on one-third powers of body weights and the summation of temperature over time. It can also depend on body weight, but it is possible to release this dependency by empirically adjusting the power function in its mathematical definition. These two indexes are usually presented in the same article to compare the growth attained by different groups of fish subjected to different experimental treatments. However, no formal framework linking both indexes is available for researchers up to the moment, the meanings of SGR and TGC remaining unrelated. The present work shows that the TGC of a group of fish growing at a given temperature can be expressed as a function of the SGR. In addition, the relationship between SGR and TGC here reported provides the basis to re-defined the TGC as a size-independent index with application to fish culture.

Ecosystem management to reduce human–elephant conflict in Thailand - Rawadee Jarungrattanapong; Nancy Olewiler (Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2024)

An XAS study of Hg(II) sorption to Al-based drinking water treatment residuals - Samuel M. Wallace; Lang Zhou; Qing Ma; Nancy D. Denslow; Jean-Claude J. Bonzongo; Jean-Francois Gaillard (Chemosphere, 2024)

Anthropogenic nutrients and phytoplankton diversity in Kenya's coastal waters: An ecological quality assessment of sea turtle foraging sites - Nancy A. Oduor; Cosmas N. Munga; Linet K. Imbayi; Paul K. Botwe; Ezekiel O. Nyanjong; Charles M. Muthama; Neville A. Mise; Nils Moosdorf (Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2024)

Performance of novel Ca-biocomposites produced from banana peel and eggshell for highly efficient removal and recovery of phosphate from domestic wastewater - Valentina Ospina-Montoya; Sebastián Pérez; Juan Muñoz-Saldaña; Angélica Forgionny; Elizabeth Flórez; Nancy Acelas (Journal of Environmental Management, 2024)

Improved electrochemical detection of levofloxacin in diverse aquatic samples using 3D flower-like Co@CaPO4 nanospheres - Krishnapandi Alagumalai; Selvakumar Palanisamy; Ponnaiah Sathish Kumar; Nancy A. ElNaker; Seong-Cheol Kim; Matteo Chiesa; Periakaruppan Prakash (Environmental Pollution, 2024)

Geotechnical characterisation of coal spoil piles using high-resolution optical and multispectral data: A machine learning approach - Sureka Thiruchittampalam; Bikram Pratap Banerjee; Nancy F. Glenn; Simit Raval (Engineering Geology, 2024)

Molecular warfare between pathogenic Fusarium oxysporum R1 and host Crocus sativus L. unraveled by dual transcriptomics - Nancy Bhagat; Ritika Mansotra; Karan Patel; Sheetal Ambardar; Jyoti Vakhlu (Plant Cell Reports, 2024)

Gut-Brain Axis Deregulation and Its Possible Contribution to Neurodegenerative Disorders - Francisca Villavicencio-Tejo; Margrethe A. Olesen; Laura Navarro; Nancy Calisto; Cristian Iribarren; Katherine García; Gino Corsini; Rodrigo A. Quintanilla (Neurotoxicity Research, 2024)

Curation and cheminformatics analysis of a Ugi-reaction derived library (URDL) of synthetically tractable small molecules for virtual screening application - Mukesh Tandi; Nancy Tripathi; Animesh Gaur; Balasubramanian Gopal; Sandeep Sundriyal (Molecular Diversity, 2024)

Correction: Relation between flexibility and intrinsically disorder regions in thermosensitive TRP channels reveal allosteric effects - Abigail García‑Morales; Nancy O. Pulido; Daniel Balleza (European Biophysics Journal, 2024)

Correction to: Relation between flexibility and intrinsically disorder regions in thermosensitive TRP channels reveal allosteric effects - Abigail García‑Morales; Nancy O. Pulido; Daniel Balleza (European Biophysics Journal, 2024)

Relation between flexibility and intrinsically disorder regions in thermosensitive TRP channels reveal allosteric effects - Abigail García‑Morales; Nancy O. Pulido; Daniel Balleza (European Biophysics Journal, 2024)

First report of pseudopithomyces mori causing leaf spot on mandarin in Italy - Ornella Incerti; Mario Masiello; Marika Desopo; Nancy Terlizzi; Rosalba Latrofa; Asia Mostacci; Lucia Convertini; Paola Ferrante; Antonio Ippolito; Simona Marianna Sanzani (Journal of Plant Pathology, 2024)

Do GC/MS methods available for furan and alkylfurans in food provide comparable results? – An interlaboratory study and safety assessment of 2-pentylfuran in food - Nancy Frank; Thierry Delatour; Mathieu Dubois; Ondrej Novotny; Thierry Dufossé; Julie Mollergues; Gabriele Scholz; Julie Moulin (Food Additives & Contaminants: Part A, 2024)

Levels and species-specific organochlorine accumulation in three shark species from the western Gulf of California with different life history traits - Ángela Ángel-Moreno Briones; Nancy Ramírez-Álvarez; Félix Augusto Hernández-Guzmán; Felipe Galván-Magaña; Ana Judith Marmolejo-Rodríguez; Alberto Sánchez-González; Isis Baró-Camarasa; Rogelio González-Armas (Science of The Total Environment, 2024)

Personal protective equipment (PPE) pollution associated with the COVID-19 pandemic on beaches in the eastern region of the Gulf of California, Mexico - José Ángel Ortega-Borchardt; Isai David Barba-Acuña; Gabriel E. De-la-Torre; Nancy Ramírez-Álvarez; Jaqueline García-Hernández (Science of The Total Environment, 2024)

The state of research on Ghana’s oil and gas resources: Themes and future directions - Alex Osei-Kojo; Lord Horlali Bobbie; Nathan Andrews; Alex Dylan Wilkerson; Ellis Adjei Adams; Nancy Leech (Resources Policy, 2024)

Applied soft classes and fuzzy confusion in a patchwork semi-arid ecosystem: Stitching together classification techniques to preserve ecologically-meaningful information - Josh Enterkine; T. Trevor Caughlin; Hamid Dashti; Nancy F. Glenn (Remote Sensing of Environment, 2024)

Active films and coatings based on commercial chitosan with natural extracts addition from coconut by-products: Physicochemical characterization and antifungal protection on tomato fruits - Paola Montes-Ramírez; Beatriz Montaño-Leyva; Francisco J. Blancas-Benitez; Pedro U. Bautista-Rosales; Nancy D. Ruelas-Hernández; Karla Martínez-Robinson; Ramsés R. González-Estrada (Food Control, 2024)

Assessment of reproductive toxicity of gold nanoparticles and its reversibility in male albino rats - Nancy A. Abdulhaq; Dina A. Elnady; Hend M. Abo El-atta; Doaa A. El-Morsi; Seham A. Gad El-Hak (Toxicological Research, 2024)
Nanotechnology has become a trending area in science all over the world. Although gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have been utilized widely in biomedical fields, potential toxicities may arise from their interactions with biological systems. The current study aimed at evaluating the toxic effects of AuNPs on the reproductive system of adult male albino rats and assessing the recovery probability. In this study, AuNPs (13 ± 4 nm in diameter) were synthesized, and the experimental work was conducted on 60 adult male albino rats divided into the following groups: control group (received deionized water daily intraperitoneally (IP) for 28 days), test group, and withdrawal groups I and II (received 570 μg/kg of 13 ± 4 nm AuNPs daily IP for 28 days). Withdrawal groups I and II were left for another 30 and 60 days without sacrification, respectively. The test group showed significant decreases in final body and absolute testicular weights, testosterone hormone level, sperm count and motility, and spermatogenesis score, as well as significant increase in the percentage of sperms of abnormal morphology compared to the control group, associated with significant light and electron microscopic histopathological changes. Partial improvement of all studied reproductive parameters was detected after one month of withdrawal in withdrawal group I, and significant improvement and reversibility of all these parameters were reported after two months of withdrawal in withdrawal group II. So, AuNPs induce male reproductive toxicity, which partially improves after one month of withdrawal and significantly improves and reverses after two months of withdrawal.

The impact of in-house pathology services on downstaging cervical cancer in Tanzania over an 18-year period - Caroline G. Fuss; Khadija Msami; Crispin Kahesa; Julius Mwaiselage; Amanda Gordon; Nancy Sohler; Lindsey J. Mattick; Amr S. Soliman (Cancer Causes & Control, 2024)

Molecular signatures of alternative reproductive strategies in a facultatively social hover wasp - Benjamin A. Taylor; Daisy Taylor; Alexandrina Bodrug‐Schepers; Francisco Câmara Ferreira; Nancy Stralis‐Pavese; Heinz Himmelbauer; Roderic Guigó; Max Reuter; Seirian Sumner (Molecular Ecology, 2024)
Social insect reproductives and non‐reproductives represent ideal models with which to understand the expression and regulation of alternative phenotypes. Most research in this area has focused on the developmental regulation of reproductive phenotypes in obligately social taxa such as honey bees, while relatively few studies have addressed the molecular correlates of reproductive differentiation in species in which the division of reproductive labour is established only in plastic dominance hierarchies. To address this knowledge gap, we generate the first genome for any stenogastrine wasp and analyse brain transcriptomic data for non‐reproductives and reproductives of the facultatively social species Liostenogaster flavolineata , a representative of one of the simplest forms of social living. By experimentally manipulating the reproductive ‘queues’ exhibited by social colonies of this species, we show that reproductive division of labour in this species is associated with transcriptomic signatures that are more subtle and variable than those observed in social taxa in which colony living has become obligate; that variation in gene expression among non‐reproductives reflects their investment into foraging effort more than their social rank; and that genes associated with reproductive division of labour overlap to some extent with those underlying division of labour in the separate polistine origin of wasp sociality but only explain a small portion of overall variation in this trait. These results indicate that broad patterns of within‐colony transcriptomic differentiation in this species are similar to those in Polistinae but offer little support for the existence of a strongly conserved ‘toolkit’ for sociality.

Relating social, ecological, and technological vulnerability to future flood exposure at two spatial scales in four U.S. cities - Jason Sauer; Arun Pallathadka; Idowu Ajibade; Marta Berbés-Blázquez; Heejun Chang; Elizabeth M. Cook; Nancy B. Grimm; David M. Iwaniec; Robert Lloyd; Gregory C. Post (Sustainable Cities and Society, 2023)

Greenness and whiteness evaluated triple divisor-continuous wavelet transform spectrophotometric and advanced chemometric methods for the simultaneous determination of four photoinitiators in saliva and intravenous injection solution - Mirna Gamil; Noha M. El Zahar; Nancy Magdy; Amira M. El-Kosasy (Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy, 2023)

Transferred communities of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal persist in novel climates and soils - Martina Janoušková; Michael Remke; Nancy Collins Johnson; Alena Blažková; Jana Rydlová; Zuzana Kolaříková; Matthew A. Bowker (Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2023)

A systematic review on the current situation of emerging pollutants in Mexico: A perspective on policies, regulation, detection, and elimination in water and wastewater - Angélica Aguilar-Aguilar; Lorena Díaz de León-Martínez; Angélica Forgionny; Nancy Y. Acelas Soto; Sergio Rosales Mendoza; Ana I. Zárate-Guzmán (Science of The Total Environment, 2023)

Tree canopy extent and height change in Europe, 2001–2021, quantified using Landsat data archive - Svetlana Turubanova; Peter Potapov; Matthew C. Hansen; Xinyuan Li; Alexandra Tyukavina; Amy H. Pickens; Andres Hernandez-Serna; Adrian Pascual Arranz; Juan Guerra-Hernandez; Cornelius Senf; Tuomas Häme; Ruben Valbuena; et al. (Remote Sensing of Environment, 2023)

Isotopic niche shift in the sea urchins Echinometra lucunter and E. viridis after massive arrivals of Sargassum in the Mexican Caribbean - Isabella Pérez-Posada; Nancy Cabanillas-Terán; Rigoberto Rosas-Luis; Héctor A. Hernández-Arana; Alberto Sánchez-Gonzalez (Regional Studies in Marine Science, 2023)

Regional regulatory harmonisation initiatives: Their potential contribution to the newly established African Medicines Agency - Nancy Ngum; Margareth Ndomondo-Sigonda; Stuart Walker; Sam Salek (Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, 2023)

A biophysical model of Calanus hyperboreus in the Gulf of St. Lawrence: Interannual variability in phenology and circulation drive the timing and location of right whale foraging habitat in spring and early summer - Nicolas Le Corre; Catherine E. Brennan; Joël Chassé; Catherine L. Johnson; Diane Lavoie; Jean-Philippe Paquin; Nancy Soontiens; Stéphane Plourde (Progress in Oceanography, 2023)

Trauma-Informed Care Training for Dietetic Interns Improves Attitudes Toward Women Who Have Experienced Trauma - Nancy Rodriguez; Diana M. Gonzales-Pacheco; Laura D. Byham-Gray; Pamela Rothpletz-Puglia (Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 2023)

High-pressure vapor-liquid equilibrium measurements of methane + water mixtures by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy - Samantha L. Miller; Michael Sartini; Bret C. Windom; Christopher L. Suiter; Mark O. McLinden; Nancy E. Levinger; Jason A. Widegren (Gas Science and Engineering, 2023)

Investigating activated carbons for SO2 adsorption in wet flue gas - John H. Jacobs; Nancy Chou; Kevin L. Lesage; Ye Xiao; Josephine M. Hill; Robert A. Marriott (Fuel, 2023)

Mechanistic evaluation in the removal of chlorpheniramine and ciprofloxacin on activated carbons. - Luis Alfonso Cavazos-Cuello; Nancy Elizabeth Dávila-Guzmán; Jesús Botello-González; Raúl Ocampo-Pérez; Adriana Karina Leura-Vicencio; Jacob J. Salazar Rábago (Environmental Research, 2023)

Valorization of lemon peels wastes into a potential adsorbent for simultaneous removal of copper ion (Cu2+) and Congo red from wastewater - Sebastián Pérez; Moisés Ulloa; Elizabeth Flórez; Nancy Acelas; Raúl Ocampo- Pérez; Erika Padilla-Ortega; Angélica Forgionny (Environmental Nanotechnology, Monitoring & Management, 2023)

Tracking the permeation of PVS2 components in living Mentha x Piperita SHOOT TIPS USING OPTICAL MICROSCOPIES - Heidi D. Kreckel; Albert Ochoa Castillo; Remi Bonnart; Gayle M. Volk; Dominik Stich; Nancy E. Levinger (Cryobiology, 2023)

Direct measurement of rice (ORYZA SATIVA) callus cell responses to PVS2 - Kylie C. Pearce; Fionna M.D. Samuels; Nancy E. Levinger (Cryobiology, 2023)

Intensifying levulinic acid hydrogenation using mechanochemically prepared copper on manganese oxide catalysts - Nayan Jyoti Mazumdar; Praveen Kumar; Miryam Arredondo-Arechavala; Nancy Artioli; Haresh Manyar (Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023)

The interplay between cell wall integrity and cell cycle progression in plants - Nancy Soni; Laura Bacete (Plant Molecular Biology, 2023)
Plant cell walls are dynamic structures that play crucial roles in growth, development, and stress responses. Despite our growing understanding of cell wall biology, the connections between cell wall integrity (CWI) and cell cycle progression in plants remain poorly understood. This review aims to explore the intricate relationship between CWI and cell cycle progression in plants, drawing insights from studies in yeast and mammals. We provide an overview of the plant cell cycle, highlight the role of endoreplication in cell wall composition, and discuss recent findings on the molecular mechanisms linking CWI perception to cell wall biosynthesis and gene expression regulation. Furthermore, we address future perspectives and unanswered questions in the field, such as the identification of specific CWI sensing mechanisms and the role of CWI maintenance in the growth-defense trade-off. Elucidating these connections could have significant implications for crop improvement and sustainable agriculture.

Candida guilliermondii/Kodamaea ohmeri Endocarditis - Jonathan N. Wilcock; Andrew J. Gallagher; Nancy L. Wengenack; Cindy D. Noyes; John C. Klick; Christina M. Wojewoda (Mycopathologia, 2023)

Serum miRNA-21, miRNA-146a and plasma cell free DNA as novel biomarkers for assessing systemic lupus erythematosus activity - Muhammed R.Kh. Ibrahim; Nancy GFM Waly; Hend Moness; Shimaa S. Ahmed; Reham Ibrahem (Molecular Biology Reports, 2023)
Background MicroRNA and cell-free DNA have shown significant correlations with several autoimmune disorders including systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). SLE has been associated with challenges in determining its activity, so that the need for biomarkers contributing to assessing its activity is emerging. The current study investigated miRNA-21, miRNA-146a and plasma cf-DNA in determination of SLE activity, in addition their association with clinical data including complement factor 3 (C3), complement factor(C4), anti-dsDNA, and other disease activity indices. Methods and results Eighty subjects divided into; twenty active patients (with SLE-DAI2K score of 16–18) twenty inactive patients (with SLE-DAI2K score of 1–3), and forty healthy control participants) were included in this study. Serum miR-21, miR-146a, and plasma cf-DNA were quantified by real time PCR and their correlation with clinical data was statistically analyzed. The results demonstrated that active cases have significant upregulation of serum miRNA-21 and plasma cf-DNA. Moreover, miR-21 showed a negative, significant pertaining to C3, C4 and was positively related to Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index 2 K score (SLE-DAI Index2K score) and Systemic-Lupus-Erythematosus-Disease Activity-Index 2 K activity (SLE-DAI 2 K activity). Also, Active group miRNA-146a was negatively, significantly correlated with C3, as well as a positive significant relationship with SLE-DAI2K score and SLEDAI 2 K activity, in addition to anti DNA Autoantibodies. Furthermore, miR-21 and cf-DNA demonstrated a differential value through Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curve’s study. Conclusions the present study illustrated miR-21, miR-146a, and cf-DNA relationship with SLE clinical data. In addition to their potential value in SLE diagnosis, and activity determination.

Comparative phylogeography and demographic histories of five widely distributed tropical eastern Pacific fishes - Paola N. Palmerín-Serrano; Victor J. Piñeros; D. Ross Robertson; Arturo Angulo; Eduardo Espinoza; Enrique Barraza; Juan E. Martínez-Gómez; María G. Solís-Gúzman; Nancy Calderón-Cortés; Jonathan Valdiviezo-Rivera; Omar Domínguez-Domínguez (Marine Biology, 2023)

Middle to late Holocene paleolimnology of a sinkhole lake in the northern Bahamas and its linkage to regional climate variability - Anne E. Tamalavage; Peter J. van Hengstum; Sarah J. Feakins; Shawna N. Little; Sloan Coats; Tyler S. Winkler; Richard M. Sullivan; Patrick Louchouarn; Jeffrey P. Donnelly; Nancy A. Albury (Journal of Paleolimnology, 2023)

Early Eocene Arctic volcanism from carbonate-metasomatized mantle - James M. D. Day; D. Graham Pearson; Bruce A. Kjarsgaard; Abigail K. Barker; Geoff M. Nowell; Nancy Joyce; David Lowry; Chiranjeeb Sarkar; Christopher Harrison (Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 2023)
Melilitite, nephelinite, basanite, and alkali basalt, along with phonolite differentiates, form the Freemans Cove Complex (FCC) in the south-eastern extremity of Bathurst Island (Nunavut, Canada). New 40 Ar/ 39 Ar chronology indicates their emplacement between ~ 56 and ~ 54 million years ago within a localized extensional structure. Melilitites and nephelinites, along with phonolite differentiates, likely relate to the beginning and end phases of extension, whereas alkali basalts were emplaced during a main extensional episode at ~ 55 Ma. The melilitites, nephelinites, and alkali basalts show no strong evidence for significant assimilation of crust, in contrast to some phonolites. Partial melting occurred within both the garnet- and spinel-facies mantle and sampled sources with He, O, Nd, Hf, and Os isotope characteristics indicative of peridotite with two distinct components. The first, expressed in higher degree partial melts, represents a relatively depleted component (“A”; 3 He/ 4 He ~ 8 R A , ε Nd i ~ + 3 ε Hf i ~ + 7, γ Os i ~ 0). The second was an enriched component (“B” 3 He/ 4 He < 3 R A , ε Nd i < – 1 ε Hf i < + 3, γ Os i > + 70) sampled by the lowest degree partial melts and represents carbonate-metasomatized peridotite. Magmatism in the FCC shows that rifting extended from the Labrador Sea to Bathurst Island and reached a zenith at ~ 55 Ma, during the Eurekan orogeny. The incompatible trace-element abundances and isotopic signatures of FCC rocks indicate melt generation occurred at the base of relatively thin lithosphere at the margin of a thick craton, with no mantle plume influence. FCC melt compositions are distinct from other continental rift magmatic provinces worldwide, and their metasomatized mantle source was plausibly formed synchronously with emplacement of Cretaceous kimberlites. The FCC illustrates that the range of isotopic compositions preserved in continental rift magmas are likely to be dominated by temporal changes in the extent of partial melting, as well as by the timing and degree of metasomatism recorded in the underlying continental lithosphere.

Environment and shipping drive environmental DNA beta‐diversity among commercial ports - Jose Andrés; Paul Czechowski; Erin Grey; Mandana Saebi; Kara Andres; Christopher Brown; Nitesh Chawla; James J. Corbett; Rein Brys; Phillip Cassey; Nancy Correa; Marty R. Deveney; et al. (Molecular Ecology, 2023)
The spread of nonindigenous species by shipping is a large and growing global problem that harms coastal ecosystems and economies and may blur coastal biogeographical patterns. This study coupled eukaryotic environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding with dissimilarity regression to test the hypothesis that ship‐borne species spread homogenizes port communities. We first collected and metabarcoded water samples from ports in Europe, Asia, Australia and the Americas. We then calculated community dissimilarities between port pairs and tested for effects of environmental dissimilarity, biogeographical region and four alternative measures of ship‐borne species transport risk. We predicted that higher shipping between ports would decrease community dissimilarity, that the effect of shipping would be small compared to that of environment dissimilarity and shared biogeography, and that more complex shipping risk metrics (which account for ballast water and stepping‐stone spread) would perform better. Consistent with our hypotheses, community dissimilarities increased significantly with environmental dissimilarity and, to a lesser extent, decreased with ship‐borne species transport risks, particularly if the ports had similar environments and stepping‐stone risks were considered. Unexpectedly, we found no clear effect of shared biogeography, and that risk metrics incorporating estimates of ballast discharge did not offer more explanatory power than simpler traffic‐based risks. Overall, we found that shipping homogenizes eukaryotic communities between ports in predictable ways, which could inform improvements in invasive species policy and management. We demonstrated the usefulness of eDNA metabarcoding and dissimilarity regression for disentangling the drivers of large‐scale biodiversity patterns. We conclude by outlining logistical considerations and recommendations for future studies using this approach.

Microbiomes associated with avian malaria survival differ between susceptible Hawaiian honeycreepers and sympatric malaria‐resistant introduced birds - Amanda K. Navine; Kristina L. Paxton; Eben H. Paxton; Patrick J. Hart; Jeffrey T. Foster; Nancy McInerney; Robert C. Fleischer; Elin Videvall (Molecular Ecology, 2023)
Of the estimated 55 Hawaiian honeycreepers (subfamily Carduelinae) only 17 species remain, nine of which the International Union for Conservation of Nature considers endangered. Among the most pressing threats to honeycreeper survival is avian malaria, caused by the introduced blood parasite Plasmodium relictum , which is increasing in distribution in Hawaiʻi as a result of climate change. Preventing further honeycreeper decline will require innovative conservation strategies that confront malaria from multiple angles. Research on mammals has revealed strong connections between gut microbiome composition and malaria susceptibility, illuminating a potential novel approach to malaria control through the manipulation of gut microbiota. One honeycreeper species, Hawaiʻi ʻamakihi ( Chlorodrepanis virens ), persists in areas of high malaria prevalence, indicating they have acquired some level of immunity. To investigate if avian host‐specific microbes may be associated with malaria survival, we characterized cloacal microbiomes and malaria infection for 174 ʻamakihi and 172 malaria‐resistant warbling white‐eyes ( Zosterops japonicus ) from Hawaiʻi Island using 16S rRNA gene metabarcoding and quantitative polymerase chain reaction. Neither microbial alpha nor beta diversity covaried with infection, but 149 microbes showed positive associations with malaria survivors. Among these were Escherichia and Lactobacillus spp . , which appear to mitigate malaria severity in mammalian hosts, revealing promising candidates for future probiotic research for augmenting malaria immunity in sensitive endangered species.

Accounting for herbaceous communities in process‐based models will advance our understanding of “grassy” ecosystems - Kevin R. Wilcox; Anping Chen; Meghan L. Avolio; Ethan E. Butler; Scott Collins; Rosie Fisher; Trevor Keenan; Nancy Y. Kiang; Alan K. Knapp; Sally E. Koerner; Lara Kueppers; Guopeng Liang; et al. (Global Change Biology, 2023)
Grassland and other herbaceous communities cover significant portions of Earth's terrestrial surface and provide many critical services, such as carbon sequestration, wildlife habitat, and food production. Forecasts of global change impacts on these services will require predictive tools, such as process‐based dynamic vegetation models. Yet, model representation of herbaceous communities and ecosystems lags substantially behind that of tree communities and forests. The limited representation of herbaceous communities within models arises from two important knowledge gaps: first, our empirical understanding of the principles governing herbaceous vegetation dynamics is either incomplete or does not provide mechanistic information necessary to drive herbaceous community processes with models; second, current model structure and parameterization of grass and other herbaceous plant functional types limits the ability of models to predict outcomes of competition and growth for herbaceous vegetation. In this review, we provide direction for addressing these gaps by: (1) presenting a brief history of how vegetation dynamics have been developed and incorporated into earth system models, (2) reporting on a model simulation activity to evaluate current model capability to represent herbaceous vegetation dynamics and ecosystem function, and (3) detailing several ecological properties and phenomena that should be a focus for both empiricists and modelers to improve representation of herbaceous vegetation in models. Together, empiricists and modelers can improve representation of herbaceous ecosystem processes within models. In so doing, we will greatly enhance our ability to forecast future states of the earth system, which is of high importance given the rapid rate of environmental change on our planet.

Rice husk–based pyrogenic carbonaceous material efficiently promoted peroxymonosulfate activation toward the non-radical pathway for the degradation of pharmaceuticals in water - Marcela Paredes-Laverde; Jazmín Porras; Nancy Acelas; Jhonnaifer J. Romero-Hernández; Sindy D. Jojoa-Sierra; Lázaro Huerta; Efraím A. Serna-Galvis; Ricardo A. Torres-Palma (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2023)
Pristine pyrogenic carbonaceous material (BRH) obtained from rice husk and modified with FeCl 3 (BRH-FeCl 3 ) were prepared and explored as carbocatalysts for the activation of peroxymonosulfate (PMS) to degrade a model pharmaceutical (acetaminophen, ACE) in water. The BRH-FeCl 3 /PMS system removed the pharmaceutical faster than the BRH/PMS. This is explained because in BRH-FeCl 3 , compared to BRH, the modification (iron played a role as a structuring agent mainly) increased the average pore diameter and the presence of functional groups such as -COO − , -Si–O − , or oxygen vacancies, which allowed to remove the pollutant through an adsorption process and significant carbocatalytic degradation. BRH-FeCl 3 was reusable during four cycles and had a higher efficiency for activating PMS than another inorganic peroxide (peroxydisulfate, PDS). The effects of BRH-FeCl 3 and PMS concentrations were evaluated and optimized through an experimental design, maximizing the ACE degradation. In the optimized system, a non-radical pathway (i.e., the action of singlet oxygen, from the interaction of PMS with defects and/or -COO − /-Si–O − moieties on the BRH-FeCl 3 ) was found. The BRH-FeCl 3 /PMS system generated only one primary degradation product that was more susceptible to biodegradation and less active against living organisms than ACE. Also, the BRH-FeCl 3 /PMS system induced partial removals of chemical oxygen demand and dissolved organic carbon. Furthermore, the carbocatalytic system eliminated ACE in a wide pH range and in simulated urine, having a low-moderate electric energy consumption, indicating the feasibility of the carbocatalytic process to treat water polluted with pharmaceuticals.

Investigation of NOx and related secondary pollutants at Anand Vihar, one of the most polluted area of Delhi - Nancy Kaushik; Rupesh M. Das (Urban Climate, 2023)

Restoration ecology through the lens of coexistence theory - Lauren M. Hallett; Lina Aoyama; György Barabás; Benjamin Gilbert; Loralee Larios; Nancy Shackelford; Chhaya M. Werner; Oscar Godoy; Emma R. Ladouceur; Jacob E. Lucero; Christopher P. Weiss-Lehman; Jonathan M. Chase; et al. (Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2023)

Time series modelling for wastewater-based epidemiology of COVID-19: A nationwide study in 40 wastewater treatment plants of Belgium, February 2021 to June 2022 - Xander Bertels; Sven Hanoteaux; Raphael Janssens; Hadrien Maloux; Bavo Verhaegen; Peter Delputte; Tim Boogaerts; Alexander L.N. van Nuijs; Delphine Brogna; Catherine Linard; Jonathan Marescaux; Christian Didy; et al. (Science of The Total Environment, 2023)

Simulating spatio-temporal dynamics of surface PM2.5 emitted from Alaskan wildfires - Dong Chen; Michael Billmire; Christopher P. Loughner; Allison Bredder; Nancy H.F. French; Hyun Cheol Kim; Tatiana V. Loboda (Science of The Total Environment, 2023)

Shampoo made with goat milk yogurt: Physicochemical characteristics, dirt dispersion and conditioning performance - Davinia Sánchez Macías; Nancy Seraquive Gualán; Belén Saldaña Muñoz; Estefanía Peña Zúñiga; José Miranda Yuquilema (Small Ruminant Research, 2023)

Distribution of importin-α isoforms in poultry species and their tissue- and age-related differences - Alexandra Herbst; Frederik Bexter; Nancy Mounogou Kouassi; Gülsah Gabriel; Silke Rautenschlein (Research in Veterinary Science, 2023)

Uncovering the role of juvenile hormone in ovary development and egg laying in bumble bees - Enya Wynants; Cédric Van Dun; Nancy Lenaerts; Sarah A. Princen; Ella Tuyttens; Hagai Y. Shpigler; Tom Wenseleers; Annette Van Oystaeyen (Journal of Insect Physiology, 2023)

Sustainable by design: An organizational design tool for sustainable business model innovation - Matthew Coffay; Nancy Bocken (Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023)

Production of fired clay bricks as a safe removal method for spent adsorbents from sunflower and corn residues - Daiana Simón; Sebastián Gass; Nancy Quaranta; Adrián Cristóbal (Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023)

Nanoscale evolution of rubber-oil modified asphalt binder after thermal and UV aging - Lei Lyu; Jianzhong Pei; Nancy A. Burnham; Elham H. Fini; Lily D. Poulikakos (Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023)

Seasonal occurrence of toxic phytoplankton and phycotoxins at a mussel aquaculture site in Nova Scotia, Canada - Nancy I. Lewis; Rencheng Yu; Cheryl Rafuse; Michael A. Quilliam (Harmful Algae, 2023)

Layer by layer self-assembly for coating a nanosuspension to modify drug release and stability for oral delivery - Nancy M. Elbaz; Lee M. Tatham; Andrew Owen; Steve Rannard; Tom O. McDonald (Food Hydrocolloids, 2023)

Morphoanatomical study of the Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw. (cucurbitaceae) fruit due to its potential usefulness in industrial processes - Clara María Mejía-Doria; Ángela María Morales-Trujillo; Rocío Stella Suárez-Román; Sneyder Rodríguez Barona; Nancy Mariel Apóstolo (Flora, 2023)

Integrated Exposure–Response of Dupilumab in Children, Adolescents, and Adults With Atopic Dermatitis Using Categorical and Continuous Efficacy Assessments: A Population Analysis - Emily Briggs; Mohamed A. Kamal; Matthew P. Kosloski; Ian Linsmeier; Natalie Jusko; Nancy Dolphin; Jason Chittenden; Eric L. Simpson; Amy S. Paller; Elaine C. Siegfried; Brad Shumel; Noah A. Levit; et al. (Pharmaceutical Research, 2023)
Background While the majority of patients with atopic dermatitis (AD) achieve disease control with dupilumab treatment, there is variability in which patients achieve clear disease. The predictors of these responses are currently unclear. Integrated models were developed to evaluate the exposure–response (E-R) relationship of dupilumab in children, adolescents, and adults with AD. Methods Data from six Phase II and III clinical studies were pooled (2,366 adults [> 18 years], 243 adolescents [≥ 12 to < 18 years] and 359 children [≥ 6 to < 12 years]) for model development. Efficacy was assessed using the Eczema Area and Severity Index (EASI) and Investigator’s Global Assessment (IGA). Indirect response models were applied to link measures of efficacy and functional serum dupilumab concentrations. The covariates on individual placebo-corrected response were assessed. Clinical trial scenarios were simulated to compare E-R relationships across age groups. Safety was not explored. Results After correcting for differences in placebo response and dupilumab exposure: 1) older age, higher body weight, lower baseline thymus and activation-regulated chemokine, and Asian race were associated with slightly lower EASI response, and no clear covariates were identified on IGA response; 2) clinical trial simulations generally showed slightly higher response at a given dupilumab concentration in children compared to adults and adolescents with severe and moderate AD. Conclusions The collectively tested covariates explain some of the variability in dupilumab response in patients with AD. Patients in all age groups showed adequate response to dupilumab; however, children showed slightly higher drug effects compared to adults and adolescents at equivalent concentrations.

Utilization of Rosuvastatin and Endogenous Biomarkers in Evaluating the Impact of Ritlecitinib on BCRP, OATP1B1, and OAT3 Transporter Activity - Yeamin Huh; Anna Plotka; Hua Wei; Julia Kaplan; Nancy Raha; Justin Towner; Vivek S. Purohit; Martin E. Dowty; Robert Wolk; Manoli Vourvahis; Amanda King-Ahmad; Sumathy Mathialagan; et al. (Pharmaceutical Research, 2023)
Purpose Ritlecitinib, an inhibitor of Janus kinase 3 and tyrosine kinase expressed in hepatocellular carcinoma family kinases, is in development for inflammatory diseases. This study assessed the impact of ritlecitinib on drug transporters using a probe drug and endogenous biomarkers. Methods In vitro transporter-mediated substrate uptake and inhibition by ritlecitinib and its major metabolite were evaluated. Subsequently, a clinical drug interaction study was conducted in 12 healthy adult participants to assess the effect of ritlecitinib on pharmacokinetics of rosuvastatin, a substrate of breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP), organic anion transporting polypeptide 1B1 (OATP1B1), and organic anion transporter 3 (OAT3). Plasma concentrations of coproporphyrin I (CP-I) and pyridoxic acid (PDA) were assessed as endogenous biomarkers for OATP1B1 and OAT1/3 function, respectively. Results In vitro studies suggested that ritlecitinib can potentially inhibit BCRP, OATP1B1 and OAT1/3 based on regulatory cutoffs. In the subsequent clinical study, coadministration of ritlecitinib decreased rosuvastatin plasma exposure area under the curve from time 0 to infinity (AUC inf ) by ~ 13% and maximum concentration (C max ) by ~ 27% relative to rosuvastatin administered alone. Renal clearance was comparable in the absence and presence of ritlecitinib coadministration. PK parameters of AUC inf and C max for CP-I and PDA were also similar regardless of ritlecitinib coadministration. Conclusion Ritlecitinib does not inhibit BCRP, OATP1B1, and OAT3 and is unlikely to cause a clinically relevant interaction through these transporters. Furthermore, our findings add to the body of evidence supporting the utility of CP-I and PDA as endogenous biomarkers for assessment of OATP1B1 and OAT1/3 transporter activity.

Role of some inflammasomes in rheumatoid arthritis patients in Egypt - Reham Ibrahem; Mervat A. Raghip; Mamdouh M. Abdelwahed; Noha S. Amin; Esam M. Abualfadl; Nancy G. F. M. Waly (Molecular Biology Reports, 2023)
Aim This study aims to demonstrate the role of some inflammasomes genes: NLRC4 (the NLR family, CARD domain-containing protein 4), NLRP1 (NLR family, pyrin domain-containing 1), ASC (Apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a CARD), and CASPASE-1 in the pathogenesis of Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in Egyptian population. Main methods The expression level of NLRC4, NLRP1, ASC, and CASPASE-1 within PBMCs isolated from all RA subjects by quantitative real-time PCR. GAPDH gene was used as a reference gene. Measurement of serum level of IL-1β and IL-18 was performed using ELISA. Key findings Results showed dysregulated inflammasomes expression that may participate in the pathogenesis of the inflammatory process of the disease. Significance Understanding the role of inflammasomes in RA pathogenesis helps in finding promising therapy for the treatment and management of this disease.

Correction: Identification of variants in genes associated with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in Mexican patients - Catalina García-Vielma; Luis Gerardo Lazalde-Córdova; José Cruz Arzola-Hernández; Erick Noel González-Aceves; Herminio López-Zertuche; Nancy Elena Guzmán-Delgado; Francisco González-Salazar (Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 2023)

Identification of variants in genes associated with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in Mexican patients - Catalina García-Vielma; Luis Gerardo Lazalde-Córdova; José Cruz Arzola-Hernández; Erick Noel González-Aceves; Herminio López-Zertuche; Nancy Elena Guzmán-Delgado; Francisco González-Salazar (Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 2023)
The objective of this work was to identify genetic variants in Mexican patients diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). According to world literature, the genes mainly involved are MHY7 and MYBPC3, although variants have been found in more than 50 genes related to heart disease and sudden death, and to our knowledge there are no studies in the Mexican population. These variants are reported and classified in the ClinVar (PubMed) database and only some of them are recognized in the Online Mendelian Information in Men (OMIM). The present study included 37 patients, with 14 sporadic cases and 6 familial cases, with a total of 21 index cases. Next-generation sequencing was performed on a predesigned panel of 168 genes associated with heart disease and sudden death. The sequencing analysis revealed twelve (57%) pathogenic or probably pathogenic variants, 9 of them were familial cases, managing to identify pathogenic variants in relatives without symptoms of the disease. At the molecular level, nine of the 12 variants (75%) were single nucleotide changes, 2 (17%) deletions, and 1 (8%) splice site alteration. The genes involved were MYH7 (25%), MYBPC3 (25%) and ACADVL, KCNE1, TNNI3, TPM1, SLC22A5, TNNT2 (8%). In conclusion; we found five variants that were not previously reported in public databases. It is important to follow up on the reclassification of variants, especially those of uncertain significance in patients with symptoms of the condition. All patients included in the study and their relatives received family genetic counseling.

Differential disruption on glucose and insulin metabolism in two rat models of diet-induced obesity, based on carbohydrates or lipids - Corazón de María Márquez Álvarez; Nancy Patricia Gómez-Crisóstomo; Erick Natividad De la Cruz-Hernández; Cecilia Zazueta; Carlos Francisco Aguilar-Gamas; Eduardo Martínez-Abundis (Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 2023)

Seismic modelling of the Upper Cretaceous, Khalda oil field, Shushan Basin, Western Desert, Egypt - Nancy H. El Dally; Farouk I. Metwalli; Amir Ismail (Modeling Earth Systems and Environment, 2023)

Molecular modeling of the phosphoglycerate kinase and fructose-bisphosphate aldolase proteins from Candida glabrata and Candida albicans - Nancy A. Vázquez-López; Rodrigo Aguayo-Ortiz; Mayra Cuéllar-Cruz (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2023)

Towards Green Synthesis of Fluorescent Metal Nanoclusters - Ritika Mittal; Nancy Gupta (Journal of Fluorescence, 2023)

Dissolved polycyclic aromatic compounds in Canada’s Athabasca River in relation to Oil Sands from 2013 through 2019 - Lucie M. J. Lévesque; Julie Roy; Nancy E. Glozier; Leah Dirk; Colin A. Cooke (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2023)
The Canada-Alberta Oil Sands Monitoring (OSM) Program began long-term surface water quality monitoring on the lower Athabasca River in 2012. Sampling of low level, bio-accumulative polycyclic aromatic compounds (PACs) targeted a suite of parent and alkylated compounds in the Athabasca River (AR) mainstem using semi-permeable membrane devices (SPMDs). Samples were collected along a gradient from upstream reference near Athabasca, Alberta, through exposure to the Athabasca oil sands deposit (AOSD), various tributary inflows, and mining activities within the OSMA, to downstream recovery near Wood Buffalo National Park (WBNP) and reference on the Slave River. The program adapted over the years, shifting in response to program review and environmental events. The AOSD chemical fingerprint was present in samples collected within the AOSD, through the oil sands mineable area (OSMA), downstream to recovery from 2013 to 2019. PACs were dominated by alkylated phenanthrenes/anthracenes (PAs) and dibenzothiophenes (Ds), with elevated levels of alkylated fluorenes (Fs), naphthalenes (Ns), fluoranthenes/pyrenes (FlPys) and benzo[a]anthracenes/chrysenes (BaACs), increasing in concentration from C1 < C2 < C3 < C4. Concentrations of these petrogenic PACs were at their highest within the OSMA and downstream of tributaries. The AOSD fingerprint was absent from sites located outside of the influence of the AOSD and downstream of the Peace-Athabasca Delta on the Slave River. PAC concentrations in the AR increased with mainstem discharge and loadings from tributaries, were moderated by the PAD, and diluted by the Peace River. This work bolsters the baseline PAC information previously reported for the Athabasca River and waters downstream, reporting 7 years of data, from all sites within the mainstem monitoring program, and exploring potential regional and hydrological drivers of these between sites and over time.

Seasonal Rainfall, Shrub Cover and Soil Properties Drive Production of Winter Annuals in the Northern Sonoran Desert - Julea A. Shaw; Scott L. Collins; Timothy J. Ohlert; Hannah Heavenrich; Elizabeth Cook; Megan M. Wheeler; Nancy B. Grimm; Sharon J. Hall (Ecosystems, 2023)

Assessing resilience, equity, and sustainability of future visions across two urban scales - Marta Berbés-Blázquez; Elizabeth M. Cook; Nancy B. Grimm; David M. Iwaniec; Lelani M. Mannetti; Tischa A. Muñoz-Erickson; Darin Wahl (Sustainability Science, 2023)
Cities need to take swift action to deal with the impacts of extreme climate events. The co-production of positive visions offers the potential to not only imagine but also intervene in guiding change toward more desirable urban futures. While participatory visioning continues to be used as a tool for urban planning, there needs to be a way of comparing and evaluating future visions so that they can inform decision-making. Traditional tools for comparison tend to favor quantitative modeling, which is limited in its ability to capture nuances or normative elements of visions. In this paper, we offer a qualitative method to assess the resilience, equity, and sustainability of future urban visions and demonstrate its use by applying it to 11 visions from Phoenix, AZ. The visions were co-produced at two different governance scales: five visions were created at the village (or borough) scale, and six visions were created at the regional (or metropolitan) scale. Our analysis reveals different emphases in the mechanisms present in the visions to advance resilience, sustainability, and equity. In particular, we note that regional future visions align with a green sustainability agenda, whereas village visions focus on social issues and emphasize equity-driven approaches. The visions have implications for future trajectories, and the priorities that manifest at the two scales speak of the political nature of visioning and the need to explore how these processes may interact in complementary, synergistic, or antagonistic ways.