Cytotoxic triterpenoid saponins from the root of Olax subscorpioidea Oliv. (Olacaceae) - Yemi A. Adekunle; Babatunde B. Samuel; Lutfun Nahar; Amos A. Fatokun; Satyajit D. Sarker (Phytochemistry, 2023)

Comments on Acosta-Velázquez et al. changes in mangrove coverage classification criteria could impact the conservation of mangroves in Mexico. Land Use Policy, 2023, 129, 106651 - Carlos H. Troche-Souza; Samuel Velázquez-Salazar; María Isabel Cruz-López; María Teresa Rodríguez-Zúñiga; José Alberto Alcántara-Maya; Berenice Vázquez-Balderas; Luis Valderrama-Landeros; Edgar Villeda-Chávez; Rainer Ressl (Land Use Policy, 2023)

The B isotopic signature of serpentine from obducted ophiolites: Mixing of fluids and tectonic implications - Celine Martin; Kennet E. Flores; George E. Harlow; Samuel Angiboust; Florent Hodel; George L. Guice (Lithos, 2023)

Co-crystallization of lactose-flavonoids using Panela cheese whey - Víctor E. Luján-Torres; Néstor Gutiérrez-Méndez; Diego E. Carballo-Carballo; Martha Y. Leal-Ramos; Iván Salmerón; Samuel B. Pérez-Vega; Sergio Martínez-Monteagudo (Journal of Food Engineering, 2023)

Drug discovery-based approach identifies new nitrification inhibitors - Fabian Beeckman; Andrzej Drozdzecki; Alexa De Knijf; Mario Corrochano-Monsalve; Samuel Bodé; Pieter Blom; Geert Goeminne; Carmen González-Murua; Sebastian Lücker; Pascal Boeckx; Christian V. Stevens; Dominique Audenaert; et al. (Journal of Environmental Management, 2023)

The composition, distribution, and socio-economic dimensions of Ghana's mangrove ecosystems - Samuel Appiah Ofori; Frederick Asante; Tessia Ama Boatemaa Boateng; Farid Dahdouh-Guebas (Journal of Environmental Management, 2023)

Characterisation and rare-metal potential of the Winneba-Mankoadze pegmatites, Southern Ghana: Evidence of two pegmatite fields - Salaam Jansbaka Adams; Marieke Van Lichtervelde; Prince Ofori Amponsah; Prosper Mackenzie Nude; Daniel Kwadwo Asiedu; Samuel Boakye Dampare (Journal of African Earth Sciences, 2023)

Mineralogy of explosive and effusive volcanic edifices in the Marius Hills Volcanic Complex - Marie J.B. Henderson; Briony H.N. Horgan; Samuel J. Lawrence; Julie D. Stopar; Lisa R. Gaddis (Icarus, 2023)

Groundwater characterization including prediction of the quality, fluoride, and nitrate occurrence in a typical artisanal mining area in Ghana: A hydrochemical and multivariate statistical approach - Mahamuda Abu; Musah Saeed Zango; Samuel Nunoo; Maxwell Anim-Gyampo (Groundwater for Sustainable Development, 2023)

Rapid and effective adsorption of selected heavy metals from battery wastewater using silicon-oxide nanoparticles derived rice husk - Lukman Shehu Mustapha; Sodiq Olayemi Durosinmi; Samuel Oluwatosin Jacob-Oricha; Sie Yon Lau; Kehinde Shola Obayomi (Groundwater for Sustainable Development, 2023)

An end-to-end approach to predict physical properties of heterogeneous porous media: Coupling deep learning and physics-based features - Yuqi Wu; Senyou An; Pejman Tahmasebi; Keyu Liu; Chengyan Lin; Serveh Kamrava; Chang Liu; Chenyang Yu; Tao Zhang; Shuyu Sun; Samuel Krevor; Vahid Niasar (Fuel, 2023)

Microwave co-pyrolysis of kitchen food waste and rice straw: Effects of susceptor on thermal, surface, and fuel properties of biochar - Samuel Mbugua Nyambura; Chao Li; Hua Li; Jialiang Xu; Jufei Wang; Xueru Zhu; Xuebin Feng; Xiaolin Li; Gbenontin V. Bertrand; Joseph Ndiithi Ndumia; Bridgid Lai Fui Chin (Fuel, 2023)

Assessment of machine learning algorithms for predicting autoignition and ignition delay time in microscale supercritical water oxidation process - Deewakar Sharma; Carole Lecoutre; Fabien Palencia; Olivier Nguyen; Arnaud Erriguible; Samuel Marre (Fuel, 2023)

A novel strategy to predict clonal composites by jointly modeling spatial variation and genetic competition - Filipe M. Ferreira; Saulo F.S. Chaves; Leonardo L. Bhering; Rodrigo S. Alves; Elizabete K. Takahashi; João E. Sousa; Marcos D.V. Resende; Fernando P. Leite; Salvador A. Gezan; José M.S. Viana; Samuel B. Fernandes; Kaio O.G. Dias (Forest Ecology and Management, 2023)

Earthworm effect on rhizosphere N-cycle microbial genes depends on soil properties - Ruben Puga-Freitas; Samuel Jacquiod; Manuel Blouin (European Journal of Soil Biology, 2023)

Soil erosion assessment in the Amazon basin in the last 60 years of deforestation - Nelva B. Riquetti; Samuel Beskow; Li Guo; Carlos R. Mello (Environmental Research, 2023)

Impact of salinity gradient, water pollution and land use types on greenhouse gas emissions from an urbanized estuary - Long Ho; Matti Barthel; Diego Panique-Casso; Kaat Vermeulen; Stijn Bruneel; Xingzhen Liu; Samuel Bodé; Johan Six; Pascal Boeckx; Peter Goethals (Environmental Pollution, 2023)

Evaluating the trophic transfer of PCBs from fish to humans: Insights from a synergism of environmental monitoring and physiologically-based pharmacokinetic modeling - Adam M. Simpson; Samuel A. Nutile; Olivia C. Hodgson; Ashley E. Russell; Jeremiah D. Keyes; Cody C. Wood; Ronald J. Buckanovich (Environmental Pollution, 2023)

Framework to assess climate change impact on heating and cooling energy demands in building stock: A case study of Belgium in 2050 and 2100 - Essam Elnagar; Samuel Gendebien; Emeline Georges; Umberto Berardi; Sébastien Doutreloup; Vincent Lemort (Energy and Buildings, 2023)

Household structure and electricity consumption in Ghana - Samuel Amoako; Francis Kwaw Andoh; Emmanuel Ekow Asmah (Energy Policy, 2023)

Miocene cave sediments record topographic, erosional and drainage development in the Western European Alps - François Lemot; Pierre G. Valla; Peter van der Beek; Marianna Jagercikova; Samuel Niedermann; Julien Carcaillet; Edward R. Sobel; Sergio Andò; Eduardo Garzanti; Xavier Robert; Mélanie Balvay; Matthias Bernet; et al. (Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2023)

Geochemical dynamics of Cu(II) in contrasting cocoa soils: Kinetics and isotherm modeling - Joseph Osafo Eduah; Alfred Arthur; Samuel Bortei (Colloids and Surfaces C: Environmental Aspects, 2023)

Tailoring stimuli-responsive PVDF-based copolymer membrane with engineered pore structure for efficient antibody purification - Pengtao Gao; Jianjun Huang; Efecan Pakkaner; Jeroen Wagemans; Samuel Eyley; Wim Thielemans; Rik Gijsbers; Mario Smet; Xing Yang (Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023)

Review of indium-free, transparent and flexible metallic fibers for wearable electronics - Bhavana Joshi; Edmund Samuel; Seongpil An; Siwung Kim; Alexander L. Yarin; Sam S. Yoon (Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023)

Mechanical ventilation and indoor air quality in recently constructed U.S. homes in marine and cold-dry climates - Chrissi A. Antonopoulos; Samuel I. Rosenberg; Haoran Zhao; Iain S. Walker; William W. Delp; Wanyu Rengie Chan; Brett C. Singer (Building and Environment, 2023)

Importance of genetic architecture in marker selection decisions for genomic prediction - Rafael Della Coletta; Samuel B. Fernandes; Patrick J. Monnahan; Mark A. Mikel; Martin O. Bohn; Alexander E. Lipka; Candice N. Hirsch (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2023)

Short-active gestational photoperiod reduces effortful choice behavior in mice, partial normalization by d-amphetamine - Benjamin Z. Roberts; Molly A. O’Connor; Johnny A. Kenton; Samuel A. Barnes; Jared W. Young (Psychopharmacology, 2023)

Primate population dynamics in Ngogo, Kibale National Park, Uganda, over nearly five decades - Colin A. Chapman; Samuel Angedakin; Thomas M. Butynski; Jan F. Gogarten; John C. Mitani; Thomas T. Struhsaker (Primates, 2023)

Peripheral temperature dysregulation associated with functionally altered NaV1.8 channels - Simon Loose; Annette Lischka; Samuel Kuehs; Carla Nau; Stefan H. Heinemann; Ingo Kurth; Enrico Leipold (Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology, 2023)
The voltage-gated sodium channel Na V 1.8 is prominently expressed in the soma and axons of small-caliber sensory neurons, and pathogenic variants of the corresponding gene SCN10A are associated with peripheral pain and autonomic dysfunction. While most disease-associated SCN10A variants confer gain-of-function properties to Na V 1.8, resulting in hyperexcitability of sensory neurons, a few affect afferent excitability through a loss-of-function mechanism. Using whole-exome sequencing, we here identify a rare heterozygous SCN10A missense variant resulting in alteration p.V1287I in Na V 1.8 in a patient with a 15-year history of progressively worsening temperature dysregulation in the distal extremities, particularly in the feet. Further symptoms include increasingly intensifying tingling and numbness in the fingers and increased sweating. To assess the impact of p.V1287I on channel function, we performed voltage-clamp recordings demonstrating that the alteration confers loss- and gain-of-function characteristics to Na V 1.8 characterized by a right-shifted voltage dependence of channel activation and inactivation. Current-clamp recordings from transfected mouse dorsal root ganglion neurons further revealed that Na V 1.8-V1287I channels broaden the action potentials of sensory neurons and increase their firing rates in response to depolarizing current stimulations, indicating a gain-of-function mechanism of the variant at the cellular level in a heterozygous setting. The data support the hypothesis that the properties of Na V 1.8 p.V1287I are causative for the patient’s symptoms and that nonpainful peripheral paresthesias should be considered part of the clinical spectrum of Na V 1.8-associated disorders.

Attraction of the two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae), to healthy and damaged strawberry plants mediated by volatile cues - Neby M. Mérida-Torres; Leopoldo Cruz-López; Edi A. Malo; Samuel Cruz-Esteban (Experimental and Applied Acarology, 2023)

Isopropyl alcohol inhalation versus 5-HT3 antagonists for treatment of nausea: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials - James S. Kimber; Joshua G. Kovoor; John M. Glynatsis; Samuel J. West; Thi Thien Nhi Mai; Jonathan Henry W. Jacobsen; Christopher D. Ovenden; Stephen Bacchi; Joseph N. Hewitt; Aashray K. Gupta; Suzanne Edwards; Fiona J. Taverner; et al. (European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2023)
Purpose Nausea is a common and unpleasant sensation for which current therapies such as serotonin (5-HT 3 ) antagonists are often ineffective, while also conferring a risk of potential adverse events. Isopropyl alcohol (IPA) has been proposed as a treatment for nausea. We aimed to compare IPA with 5-HT 3 antagonists for the treatment of nausea across all clinical settings. Methods MEDLINE, EMBASE, PubMed, CENTRAL and CINAHL were searched from inception to 17 July 2023 for randomised controlled trials (RCTs) comparing inhaled IPA and a 5-HT 3 antagonist for treatment of nausea. Severity and duration of nausea, rescue antiemetic use, adverse events and patient satisfaction were the outcomes sought. Risk of bias (RoB) was assessed using Cochrane RoB 2. Random-effects model was used for meta-analysis. Combination of meta-analyses and narrative review was used to synthesise findings. The evidence was appraised using GRADE. Results From 1242 records, 4 RCTs were included with 382 participants. Participants receiving IPA had a significantly lower mean time to 50% reduction in nausea (MD − 20.06; 95% CI − 26.26, − 13.85). Nausea score reduction at 30 min was significantly greater in the IPA group (MD 21.47; 95% CI 15.47, 27.47). IPA led to significantly reduced requirement for rescue antiemetics (OR 0.60; 95% CI 0.37, 0.95; p = 0.03). IPA led to no significant difference in patient satisfaction when compared with a 5-HT 3 antagonist. The overall GRADE assessment of evidence quality ranged from very low to low. Conclusion IPA may provide rapid, effective relief of nausea when compared with 5-HT 3 antagonists.

Using high-frequency monitoring data to quantify city-wide suspended-sediment load and evaluate TMDL goals - Samuel A. Miller; James S. Webber; John D. Jastram; Marcus F. Aguilar (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2023)
Excess sediment is a common reason water bodies in the USA become listed as impaired resulting in total maximum daily loads (TMDL) that require municipalities to invest millions of dollars annually on management practices aimed at reducing suspended-sediment loads (SSLs), yet monitoring data are rarely used to quantify SSLs and track TMDL progress. A monitoring network was created to quantify the SSL from the City of Roanoke, Virginia, USA (CoR), to the Roanoke River and Tinker Creek and help guide TMDL assessment and implementation. Suspended-sediment concentrations were estimated between 2020 and 2022 from high-frequency turbidity data using surrogate linear-regression models. Sixty-one percent of the total three-year SSL resulted from five large storm events. The average suspended-sediment yield from the CoR (58.1 metric tons/km 2 /year) was similar to other urban watersheds in the Eastern United States; however, the yield was nearly five times larger than the TMDL allocation (12.2 metric tons/km 2 /year). The TMDL allocated load was modeled based on a predominantly forested reference watershed and may not be a practical target for highly impervious watersheds within the CoR. The TMDL model used daily input data which likely does not capture the full range of SSLs during storm events, particularly from flashy urban streams. The average SSL following the five large storm events doubled that of the CoR’s annual allocated load from the TMDL. The results of this study highlight the importance of using high-frequency monitoring data to accurately estimate SSLs and evaluate TMDLs in urban areas.

Estimation of mercury released into the environment from the uncontrolled dumping of broken medical thermometers in hospitals in Cameroon, Africa - Samuel Tetsopgang (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2023)

Assessing the water quality and ecological sustainability of the Paga crocodile pond and the associated socio-economic implications - Nang Biyogue Douti; Ebenezer Ebo Yahans Amuah; Abdul-Wahab Mbelayim Imoro; Samuel Kojo Abanyie (Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2023)

Correction: Marginal abatement costs for GHG emissions in Canada: a shadow cost approach - Samuel Gamtessa; Monika Çule (Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 2023)

Prevalence of self-reported cancer based on sexual orientation in the United States: a comparative analysis between lesbian, bisexual, gay, and heterosexual individuals - Samuel Tundealao; Anusha Sajja; Tolulope Titiloye; Iman Egab; Iyanuoluwa Odole (Cancer Causes & Control, 2023)

The Influence of Follicular Fluid Metals on Assisted Reproduction Outcome - Rubí Rodríguez-Díaz; Raquel Blanes-Zamora; Soraya Paz-Montelongo; Jorge Gómez-Rodríguez; Sonsoles Rodríguez Fiestas; Dailos González-Weller; Ángel J. Gutiérrez; Carmen Rubio; Arturo Hardisson; Daniel Niebla-Canelo; Samuel Alejandro Vega; Enrique González-Dávila (Biological Trace Element Research, 2023)
Infertility has become more common, with an increased exposure to toxic compounds including heavy metals (HM). Follicular fluid (FF) surrounds the developing oocyte in the ovary and can be analysed to assess metal content. The levels of twenty-two metals were measured in the FF of ninety-three females in a reproduction unit, and their influence on assisted reproduction technique (ART), were examined. The metals were determined by optical emission spectrophotometry. Low values of copper, zinc, aluminium, and calcium favour polycystic ovary syndrome. The relationships between the number of oocytes and metals: iron ( r s =0.303; p =0.003) and calcium ( r s =−0.276; p =0.007) are significant, as well as between the number of mature oocytes with iron ( r s =0.319; p =0.002), calcium ( r s =−0.307; p =0.003) and sodium ( r s =−0.215; p =0.039) and are near to significance in the case of aluminium ( r s =−0.198; p =0.057). In the group with a fertilisation rate ≤ 75%, 36% of the women presented calcium >176.62 mg/kg compared to the group with a fertilisation rate ≥ 75% where this percentage was only 10% ( p =0.011). An excess of iron and calcium reduces the good quality embryo rate, and an excess of potassium impairs the blastocyst rate. If potassium is above 237.18 mg/kg and calcium is below 147.32 mg/kg, these conditions favour embryo implantation. Pregnancy is influenced by high potassium and low copper levels. Controlling exposure to toxic elements is recommended for all couples with reduced fertility or receiving an ART.

Polarization vision in terrestrial hermit crabs - Martin J. How; Alasdair Robertson; Samuel P. Smithers; David Wilby (Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 2023)
Polarization vision is used by a wide range of animals for navigating, orienting, and detecting objects or areas of interest. Shallow marine and semi-terrestrial crustaceans are particularly well known for their abilities to detect predator-like or conspecific-like objects based on their polarization properties. On land, some terrestrial invertebrates use polarization vision for detecting suitable habitats, oviposition sites or conspecifics, but examples of threat detection in the polarization domain are less well known. To test whether this also applies to crustaceans that have evolved to occupy terrestrial habitats, we determined the sensitivity of two species of land and one species of marine hermit crab to predator-like visual stimuli varying in the degree of polarization. All three species showed an ability to detect these cues based on polarization contrasts alone. One terrestrial species, Coenobita rugosus , showed an increased sensitivity to objects with a higher degree of polarization than the background. This is the inverse of most animals studied to date, suggesting that the ecological drivers for polarization vision may be different in the terrestrial environment.

How will increased atmospheric CO2 and climate change-induced wind trends alter the probability of tree failures from wind gusts - Samuel Woolsey; Horia Hangan; Hassan Peerhossaini; Danielle Way (Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2023)

Complete genome sequence of a new mitovirus associated with walking iris (Trimezia northiana) - Robert Alvarez-Quinto; Samuel Grinstead; Richard Jones; Dimitre Mollov (Archives of Virology, 2023)

Tidal gradients, fine‐scale homing and a potential cryptic ecotype of wild spawning pink salmon ( Oncorhynchus gorbuscha ) - Samuel A. May; Kyle R. Shedd; Peter S. Rand; Peter A. H. Westley (Molecular Ecology, 2023)
The homing behaviour of salmon is a remarkable natural phenomenon, critical for shaping the ecology and evolution of populations yet the spatial scale at which it occurs is poorly understood. This study investigated the spatial scale and mechanisms driving homing as depicted by spawning site‐choice behaviour in pink salmon ( Oncorhynchus gorbuscha ) in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Molecular pedigree analyses of over 30,000 adult spawners in four streams revealed that pink salmon exhibit fine‐scale site fidelity within a stream, returning to within

Life History Parameters to Inform Pattern of Prenatal Investment in Marine Mammals - Xiaoyu Huang; Mingming Liu; Samuel T. Turvey; Mingli Lin; Songhai Li (Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2023)
Marine mammals are a diverse group of aquatic animals that exhibit wide variation in body size, living conditions, breeding habitat, social behaviour and phylogeny. Although case studies about prenatal investment in cetaceans and pinnipeds have been investigated, comparative studies across different marine mammal taxonomic groups have not yet been conducted systematically. Here, six life history parameters from 75 marine mammal species were collected based on a meta-analysis of the existing literature, and prenatal investment patterns for different taxonomic groups were explored using an unsupervised artificial neural network of a self-organizing map (SOM). Most marine mammal species can be clearly divided into two clusters of small-bodied taxa (small-bodied toothed whales, pinnipeds) and large-bodied taxa (baleen whales, sperm whales and beaked whales, large-bodied toothed whales) based on their distribution within SOM feature maps. Gestation periods and breeding intervals are significantly shorter in pinnipeds than in small-bodied toothed dolphins despite being similar in body size, indicating their adaption to birthing and nursing on land or ice floes. Specific deep-dive feeding behaviour seems to have no impact on the prenatal investment of beaked whales and sperm whales, as these species exhibit a similar capital breeding strategy to baleen whales. Medium-bodied sirenians adopt an intermediate strategy between small-bodied and large-bodied toothed whales, suggesting their prenatal investment strategy is not affected by herbivorous habits. Overall, our results support the body-size hypothesis and breeding-substrate hypothesis and indicate that prenatal investment strategies of marine mammals are possibly not influenced by feeding habits or social behaviour. We suggest that effective conservation measures for small-bodied toothed whales and pinnipeds should prioritize the protection of habitats and minimize human disturbance, whereas conservation measures for large-bodied whales and beaked whales should focus on strategies to prevent substantial declines in population size.

Control Banding and the Global Rise of Qualitative Risk Assessment Strategies - Juliana H. Halbach; John M. Cala; Samuel Y. Paik; David M. Zalk (Current Environmental Health Reports, 2023)

The Arctic and the future Arctic? Soundscapes and marine mammal communities on the east and west sides of Svalbard characterized through acoustic data - Samuel M. Llobet; Heidi Ahonen; Christian Lydersen; Kit M. Kovacs (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023)
The Svalbard Archipelago, Norway, is warming rapidly, resulting in environmental change that is likely already affecting the underwater soundscape, a critical habitat feature for marine mammals. Baseline information about current sound levels is needed to monitor future changes. Fixed-location recorders were used in this study to characterize the soundscape and study the occurrence and phenology of marine mammals at two locations within Svalbard. Kongsfjorden (2017-2018), on the west coast, has already undergone vast environmental change, whereas M2 (2019-2020), on the east coast, remains more Arctic. The results of the study reveal that the soundscapes and species assemblages differed markedly west vs east. In the west, Arctic species were detected from winter to summer and migrant marine mammal species were detected occasionally through the autumn. In the east, Arctic species were detected constantly on an almost year-round basis, and a few migrant species were detected during summer. Vessels were detected more often in the west than in the east, in accordance with AIS traffic data that indicated more boat traffic in Kongsfjorden in the west than in the east of the archipelago. In terms of soundscapes, geophonies (wind, ice) were the main factors determining the sound energy at both locations. Kongsfjorden’s soundscape was characterized by glacier-melt sounds with moderate levels of anthropogenic noise and some biophonies (marine mammals). At M2, sea-ice noises shaped the soundscape, which was otherwise dominated by biophonies from Arctic marine mammals. At the east coast site there was little impact from anthropophonies (vessels). This study provides information on Svalbard’s current underwater soundscape, which is likely to be transformed in the future due to ongoing climate change, with the west coast reflecting future conditions in many Arctic regions if ship-traffic is not regulated.

Connecting memory and functional brain networks in older adults: a resting-state fMRI study - Jori L. Waner; Hanna K. Hausman; Jessica N. Kraft; Cheshire Hardcastle; Nicole D. Evangelista; Andrew O’Shea; Alejandro Albizu; Emanuel M. Boutzoukas; Emily J. Van Etten; Pradyumna K. Bharadwaj; Hyun Song; Samantha G. Smith; et al. (GeroScience, 2023)

Variation in the Physiological Condition of Common Coral Trout (Plectropomus leopardus) Unrelated to Coral Cover on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia - Morgan S. Pratchett; Ciemon F. Caballes; Jean-Paul A. Hobbs; Joseph D. DiBattista; Brock Bergseth; Peter Waldie; Curtis Champion; Samuel P. Mc Cormack; Andrew S. Hoey (Fishes, 2023)
There are a wide variety of fishes that occur exclusively on coral reefs, though it is unclear to what extent these species (especially larger-bodied fisheries target species) are reliant on the specific reef habitat provided by corals. This study explored variation in the physiological condition of common coral trout (Plecropomus leopardus) on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, explicitly testing whether fish condition varied with local coral cover in the aftermath of severe mass bleaching and coral loss. Both the physiological condition (specifically, the length–weight relationships, hepatocyte vacuolation, and electrical phase angle) of P. leopardus and the live cover of habitat-forming corals varied greatly among the sites considered in this study, but there was little correspondence between these factors. Fish condition was largely influenced by fish size and varied with latitude. While there was no apparent effect of recent coral bleaching and coral loss on the physiological condition of P. leopardus, this does not mean that these key fisheries species will be unaffected by further changes to the environmental conditions and reef habitat. It is important, therefore, that fisheries managers remain vigilant to apparent effects of climate change and other anthropogenic pressures on fisheries stocks.

Comprehensive assessment of biorefinery potential for biofuels production from macroalgal biomass: Towards a sustainable circular bioeconomy and greener future - Ravichandran Pravin; Gurunathan Baskar; Samuel Lalthazuala Rokhum; Arivalagan Pugazhendhi (Chemosphere, 2023)

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and the associated thyroid cancer risk: A case-control study in China - Haoran Li; Ming Yang; Jing Yang; Samuel Seery; Chaoying Ma; Yi Liu; Xiaoguang Zhang; Ang Li; Huicai Guo (Chemosphere, 2023)

Differentiating nutritional and water statuses in Hass avocado plantations through a temporal analysis of vegetation indices computed from aerial RGB images - Itamar Salazar-Reque; Daniel Arteaga; Fabiola Mendoza; Maria Elena Rojas; Jonell Soto; Samuel Huaman; Guillermo Kemper (Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2023)

Preliminary assessment of bacterial antibiotic resistance and Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus titer in three Florida commercial citrus groves - Marie de Gracia Coquerel; Jieli Wegerif; Andrew McAuley; Quentin D. Read; Nabil Chowdhury; Kwang Cheol Jeong; J. Glenn Morris; Samuel J. Martins; Erica M. Goss; Marina S. Ascunce (Crop Protection, 2023)

Assessment of the integrated coastal vulnerability index of Ghana toward future coastal infrastructure investment plans - Blessing Charuka; Donatus Bapentire Angnuureng; Emmanuel K. Brempong; Samuel K.M. Agblorti; Kwesi Twum Antwi Agyakwa (Ocean & Coastal Management, 2023)

Ovary organization and ultrastructure in six species of Amynthas and Metaphire earthworms (Annelida, Crassiclitellata, Megascolecidae) - Piotr Świątek; Rojen Singh Thounaojam; Th. Binoy Singh; Samuel James; Łukasz Gajda; Karol Małota; Dominika Raś; Anna Z. Urbisz (Zoology, 2023)

Study on the impact of ovality defect on structural stability of CIPP liner of drainage pipeline - Xuehao Wang; Yahong Zhao; Samuel T. Ariaratnam; Xuefeng Yan (Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 2023)

Justin O Schmidt - His extraordinary impact on toxinology and arthropod biodiversity science - Greta J. Binford; Samuel D. Robinson; Stephen A. Klotz (Toxicon, 2023)

Involvement of phospholipase A2 in the neuromuscular blockade caused by coralsnake (Micrurus spp.) venoms in mouse phrenic nerve-diaphragm preparations in vitro - Fernanda Y.G.M. Couceiro; Poliana J. Demico; Samuel R. Dias; Isabele N. Oliveira; Francis L. Pacagnelli; Elisangela O. Silva; Sávio S. Sant’Anna; Kathleen F. Grego; Karen Morais-Zani; Kristian A. Torres-Bonilla; Stephen Hyslop; Rafael S. Floriano (Toxicon, 2023)

Turning food loss and waste into animal feed: A Mexican spatial inventory of potential generation of agro-industrial wastes for livestock feed - Samuel Quintero-Herrera; Peggy Zwolinski; Damien Evrard; José Julián Cano-Gómez; Pasiano Rivas-García (Sustainable Production and Consumption, 2023)

Managing the pore system: Regenerating the functional pore spaces of natural soils by soil-health oriented farming systems - Gernot Bodner; Anna Zeiser; Katharina Keiblinger; Christoph Rosinger; Samuel Konrad Winkler; Christine Stumpp; Thomas Weninger (Soil and Tillage Research, 2023)

Amazonian earthworm biodiversity is heavily impacted by ancient and recent human disturbance - Ana C. Conrado; Wilian C. Demetrio; David W.G. Stanton; Marie L.C. Bartz; Samuel W. James; Alessandra Santos; Elodie da Silva; Talita Ferreira; Agno N.S. Acioli; Alexandre C. Ferreira; Lilianne S. Maia; Telma A.C. Silva; et al. (Science of The Total Environment, 2023)

Phenotyping urban built and natural environments with high-resolution satellite images and unsupervised deep learning - A. Barbara Metzler; Ricky Nathvani; Viktoriia Sharmanska; Wenjia Bai; Emily Muller; Simon Moulds; Charles Agyei-Asabere; Dina Adjei-Boadi; Elvis Kyere-Gyeabour; Jacob Doku Tetteh; George Owusu; Samuel Agyei-Mensah; et al. (Science of The Total Environment, 2023)

Observed fishery regulatory violations in Namibia and their possible implications for the sustainable management of fishery resources - Johannes A. Iitembu; Samuel K. Mafwila; Stanley Ndara; Victoria Ndinelago Erasmus (Regional Studies in Marine Science, 2023)

Comparing individual antimicrobial resistant and multi-drug resistant Salmonella enterica across serotypes, sampling sources, sampling periods, and food animal types in the United States (2014–2018) - Babafela Awosile; Md. Kaisar Rahman; Gizem Levent; Yesica Botero; Samuel Ajulo; Rasaq Ojasanya; Ryan B. Williams; Guy H. Loneragan (Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 2023)

A newly discovered 2030–2010 Ma magmatic suite records the dawn of Proterozoic extension on the southern margin of the Yilgarn Craton - Naomi M. Tucker; Justin L. Payne; Anthony I. Kemp; Christopher L. Kirkland; Ashleigh Smyth; Warrick Tunmer; Stephanie Harvey; Melissa Stinear; Adrian Machuca; Samuel Rangel Suarez; Bert De Waele (Precambrian Research, 2023)

Sterol composition in plants is specific to pollen, leaf, pollination and pollinator - Samuel Furse; Carlos Martel; Abdikarim Yusuf; Gemma C. Shearman; Hauke Koch; Philip C. Stevenson (Phytochemistry, 2023)

Shifts in species dominance related to spatial assemblages and variation in environmental parameters in a tropical mangrove estuary - Aniefiok Ini Inyang; Mei-Lin Wu; Ekpo Eyo Antai; Ita Ewa-Oboho; Ogooluwa Samuel Adeagbo (Marine Environmental Research, 2023)

Planning for cooler cities in Ghana: Contribution of green infrastructure to urban heat mitigation in Kumasi Metropolis - Isaac Sarfo; Shuoben Bi; Xiuhua Xu; Emmanuel Yeboah; Clement Kwang; Michael Batame; Foster Kofi Addai; Umar Wakil Adamu; Emmanuella Aboagye Appea; Michael Atuahene Djan; Henry Bortey Otchwemah; Vanessa Elikem Kudoh; et al. (Land Use Policy, 2023)

Can the inner eye canthus temperature be used as an alternative method to measure core temperature in sleep-deprived individuals? - Carlos Magno Amaral Costa; Fernanda Veruska Narciso; Valdênio Martins Brant; Andressa Silva; Diego de Alcantara Borba; João Paulo Pereira Rosa; Samuel Penna Wanner; Marco Aurélio Romano-Silva; Marco Túlio de Mello (Journal of Thermal Biology, 2023)

Greater post-exercise hypotension in healthy young untrained men after exercising in a hot compared to a temperate environment - Masahiro Horiuchi; Samuel J. Oliver (Journal of Thermal Biology, 2023)

Local modeling as a solution to the lack of stop-level ridership data - Samuel de França Marques; Cira Souza Pitombo (Journal of Transport Geography, 2023)

Visible light responsive AgBiS2 nanomaterials for photocatalytic applications in removal of antimicrobial compounds and bacterial pathogens: Possible electrochemical pathways - Yadav Sneha; Jijoe Samuel Prabagar; Thinley Tenzin; Behzad Shahmoradi; Kitirote Wantala; Sami Rtimi; Afshin Maleki; Diganta B. Das; Harikaranahalli Puttaiah Shivaraju (Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2023)

Treatment of fish processing plant wastewater using dissolved air flotation and pilot-scale biochar column filtration - Hanna Virpiranta; Samuel Okyere Abayie; Jarmo Mäkikangas; Mika Puirava; Kirsi Koivula; Tiina Leiviskä (Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2023)

Influence of the aqueous matrix on the degradation of cyanotoxins by CWPO: A study on the Iberian Peninsula freshwaters - David Ortiz; Macarena Munoz; Samuel Cirés; José L. Arribas Mediero; Maria C. Crisostomo; Andrea C. Forero Ortiz; Zahara M. de Pedro; Frank Rogalla; Antonio Quesada; Jose A. Casas (Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2023)

Effects of CO2 on creep deformation in sandstones at carbon sequestration reservoir conditions: An experimental study - Samuel Otu; Alex J. Rinehart; Andrew J. Luhmann; Jason Simmons; Peter Mozley (International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 2023)

Marine Isotope Stage 4 (71–57 ka) on the Western European margin: Insights to the drainage and dynamics of the Western European Ice Sheet - Samuel Toucanne; Teresa Rodrigues; Guillemette Menot; Guillaume Soulet; Sandrine Cheron; Isabelle Billy; Frederique Eynaud; Pierre Antoine; Jaap S. Sinninghe Damste; Edouard Bard; Maria-Fernanda Sanchez Goñi (Global and Planetary Change, 2023)

Detailed hydrocarbon speciation and particulate matter emissions during cold-start from turbocharged and naturally aspirated trucks - Melanie Moses-DeBusk; John M.E. Storey; Samuel A. Lewis Sr.; R. Maggie Connatser; Shannon M. Mahurin; Shean Huff; Cyril V. Thompson; Yensil Park (Fuel, 2023)

Application of yellow mustard mucilage in encapsulation of essential oils and polyphenols using spray drying - Haona Bao; Huihuang H. Ding; Anto Pradeep Raja Charles; Dafeng Hui; Sudipta Rakshit; Samuel Nahashon; Ying Wu (Food Hydrocolloids, 2023)

Organic cropping systems maintain yields but have lower yield levels and yield stability than conventional systems – Results from the DOK trial in Switzerland - Samuel Knapp; Lucie Gunst; Paul Mäder; Shiva Ghiasi; Jochen Mayer (Field Crops Research, 2023)

The effectiveness and role of phages in the disruption and inactivation of clinical P. aeruginosa biofilms - Samuel Namonyo; Karen D. Weynberg; Jianhua Guo; Gilda Carvalho (Environmental Research, 2023)

Microplastics in the Gulf of Guinea: An analysis of concentrations and distribution in sediments, gills, and guts of fish collected off the coast of Ghana - Francis Nuamah; Samuel Kofi Tulashie; Joseph Sefah Debrah; Rodrigue Orobiyi Edéya Pèlèbè (Environmental Research, 2023)

Benthic invertebrate biodiversity enhancement with reef cubes®, evidenced by environmental DNA analysis of sediment samples - Samuel Hickling; James Murphy; Caitlin Cox; Sebastian Mynott; Tom Birbeck; Steve Wright (Ecological Engineering, 2023)

The importance of initial particle position on filter performance in granular soils - Samuel Alexander William Holden; Adnan Sufian; Alexander Scheuermann (Computers and Geotechnics, 2023)

Controlled synthesis of Cu-Cr double-layer thin films for oxidative dehydrogenation of propane at low temperature - Cedric Karel Fonzeu Monguen; Samuel Daniel; Zhen-Yu Tian (Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023)

Rottlerin impairs early and late steps of Toxoplasma gondii infection in human trophoblast cells and villous explants - Samuel Cota Teixeira; Marina Paschoalino; Guilherme de Souza; Alessandra Monteiro Rosini; Joed Pires de Lima Junior; Luana Carvalho Luz; Aryani Felixa Fajardo Martínez; Rosiane Nascimento Alves; Marcos Paulo Oliveira Almeida; Jaqueline Lopes Damasceno; Marcelo José Barbosa Silva; Francesca Ietta; et al. (Chemico-Biological Interactions, 2023)

Ten questions concerning smart and healthy built environments for older adults - Sanjay Kumar; Samuel H. Underwood; Julie L. Masters; Natalie A. Manley; Iason Konstantzos; Josephine Lau; Ryan Haller; Lily M. Wang (Building and Environment, 2023)

An interview-based investigation of marine megafauna bycatch in the northern South China Sea - Mingli Lin; Mingming Liu; Samuel T. Turvey; Songhai Li (Biological Conservation, 2023)

SBcoyote: An extensible Python-based reaction editor and viewer - Jin Xu; Gary Geng; Nhan D. Nguyen; Carmen Perena-Cortes; Claire Samuels; Herbert M. Sauro (BioSystems, 2023)

Observing decoupling processes of NO2 pollution and GDP growth based on satellite observations for Los Angeles and Tokyo - Renée Bichler; Stefan Samuel Schönebeck; Michael Bittner (Atmospheric Environment, 2023)

Purification and characterization of acetylcholinesterase from Hide Beetle (Dermestes maculatus, De gee) larvae - Olawale Olorunjuwon Olorunnipa; Olufemi Samuel Bamidele (Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology, 2023)

Massive Fish Kill After the Discharge of Artificial Fertilizer into a Species Rich River in Southwestern Germany: a Conservation Case Study - Julia Gaye-Siessegger; Mark Schumann; Jan Baer; Samuel Roch; Lukas Ittner; Alexander Brinker (Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2023)
In the summer of 2015, large amounts of artificial fertilizer containing ammonium nitrate were accidentally discharged into the Jagst River along with water used to extinguish a serious fire. The incident caused a massive fish kill the first 25 km downstream of the spill and impacted fish density along a 50 km stretch of this sensitive and important river. In this study, the long-term effects of the accident on the local fish fauna were investigated, and the implemented restoration measures were evaluated. A majority of fish surviving the immediate effects of the incident exhibited massive gill damage and weakness to infections shortly after the accident, but survival over the following winter appeared unimpaired. Two years after the accident, most survived fish appeared healthy. In 2016, about 9500 individuals (500 kg fish of 11 autochthonous species) were caught in unaffected sections of the river and distributed systematically into severely affected sections. Two control sections were left unstocked. Species diversity and fish density remained low over the first winter 2015/16, but increased in autumn 2016, most likely as a result of systematic stocking measures taken in response to the disaster. Stocking and natural migration were able to restore species diversity back to pre-accident levels in due time, i.e., 36 months, but density remains lower and shows no sign of further recovery. A positive consequence of the catastrophe has been the enactment in the ensuing years of various measures to improve the resilience of the Jagst River. However, connectivity is still lacking in relevant sections of the river and this, in combination with high predation from an increasing population of cormorants, has hampered the recovery of fish stocks. Generalizable conservation measures to mitigate the impact of similar catastrophes are developed and discussed.

Assessing the sustainable management of Coastal Wetlands in Developing Economies: A Case Study on the Iture-Abakam Natural Wetland in Cape Coast, Ghana - Albert Ebo Duncan; Sara Pennellini; Samuel Barnie; Martha Osei-Marfo; Samuel Nketia Boateng; Alessandra Bonoli (Wetlands, 2023)

Calculation, visualization, and interpretation of three-dimensional atmosphere-ocean coupled empirical orthogonal functions using the reanalyses data - Thomas Q. Bui; Danielle Lafarga; Thomas M. Smith; Yuhe T. Song; Samuel S. P. Shen (Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2023)

The Effects of Cooling on Fine-Grained Sandstone in Relation to Wellbore Injection of Carbon Dioxide - Nikolaos Reppas; Colin T. Davie; Yilin Gui; Ben Wetenhall; Samuel P. Graham (Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 2023)
In Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) procedures, it is important to determine the stability of the wellbore during carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) injection and part of this involves assessing stresses on the rock near the wellbore due to changes in temperature and pressure. To address this, this study investigated the influence of cooling on the mechanical properties of a sandstone typical of those found in the central and southern North Sea. A series of uniaxial and triaxial compression tests was conducted on dry and saturated sandstone samples to determine the effects of cooling on the strength and stiffness under different confining pressures. The elastic modulus, shear modulus, bulk modulus and Poisson’s ratio were determined for three temperature conditions and three pressures representing different depths in a wellbore. Two methods, the International Society of Rock Mechanics (ISRM) and Wood’s (Soil behaviour and critical state soil mechanics. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1990), were used to determine the mechanical properties of the rock during the Uniaxial Compressive Strength (UCS) tests. For the triaxial test, only Wood’s (1990) method was applied due to the existence of confining pressure. Microstructural analysis on thin sections of the sandstones under plane and crossed polarised light conditions in the deformed and undeformed state was conducted to elucidate deformation mechanisms and aid interpretation of experimental results. It was identified that both an increase in confinement and a reduction in temperature, increased the strength of the sandstone and reduced the Poisson’s ratio. Additionally, by decreasing the temperature, especially in the UCS test the material dilated less. This is an important outcome as expanding the results to a wellbore stability problem, brittle behaviour may be more apparent and damage may occur when sub-zero injection temperatures are applied, especially at the wellbore head, where confinement is low.

Plant fruit extracts enhance the in vitro propagation of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) on Murashige and Skoog media - Grace Markin; John S. Y. Eleblu; Jacqueline N. Amissah; Samuel Reynolds; Charline Soraru; Melanie S. Craze; Emma J. Wallington; Alison R. Bentley; Eric Y. Danquah (Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 2023)
Cowpea ( Vigna unguiculata ) is a versatile legume with diverse nutritional and nutraceutical properties that serve as a food security and medicinal crop for millions of households across Africa. An efficient protocol was developed to propagate shoot tip and cotyledonary node explants from six cowpea breeding accessions in vitro on Murashige and Skoog (MS) basal media supplemented with either banana extract, coconut water, orange or tomato juice. Micropropagation performance was compared to MS medium supplemented with B5 vitamins. A total of 500 plantlets were obtained in vitro across treatments and MS basal media supplemented with tomato juice had the highest micropropagation performance (154 plantlets), followed by banana extract (112 plantlets), orange juice (107 plantlets), and coconut water (82 plantlets). Three accessions (AGRAC 216, TA, and Asontem) were found to be the most amenable to in vitro propagation using plant-derived extracts. Overall, this study successfully established that plant-derived extracts can support in vitro cowpea propagation in the absence of synthetic plant growth regulators.

Detection of Tornado damage in forested regions via convolutional neural networks and uncrewed aerial system photogrammetry - Samuel Carani; Thomas J. Pingel (Natural Hazards, 2023)

Cell-Free DNA as a Biomarker in a Rodent Model of Chlorpyrifos Poisoning Causing Mitochondrial Dysfunction - Shih-Han Kao; Frances S. Shofer; John C. Greenwood; Oladunni Alomaja; Abhay Ranganathan; Sarah Piel; Clementina Mesaros; Samuel S. Shin; Johannes K. Ehinger; Todd J. Kilbaugh; David H. Jang (Journal of Medical Toxicology, 2023)

Engaging the Community on Colorectal Cancer Screening Education: Additional Factors Identified by African–Americans as Potential Barriers During Focus Groups - Ankit Patel; Valeria Martinez Lebron; Ana Pabalan; Samuel Schueler; Jehan El-Bayoumi; Chavon Onumah; Marie L. Borum (Journal of Cancer Education, 2023)

The STOP Program: a Hybrid Smoking Prevention and Cessation Training for Cancer Care Providers in Colombia and Peru - Irene Tamí-Maury; Samuel Tundealao; Vilma Díaz; Elizabeth Ochoa; Esperanza Garcia; Johanna Rincon; Valeri Noé-Díaz; Carlos Castañeda; Jesús Acosta; María Fernández; Tatiana Vidaurre; John Crowley (Journal of Cancer Education, 2023)
We designed and tested the feasibility of the Smoking Cessation Training Program for Oncology Practice (STOP), a hybrid (face-to-face plus web-based) educational intervention to enhance Spanish-speaking cancer care professionals’ (CCPs’) ability to provide brief smoking prevention and cessation counseling to cancer patients and survivors. Changes in the CCPs’ competencies (knowledge, attitude, self-efficacy, and practices toward smoking and smoking cessation services) were assessed post-training. Sixty CCPs from one major cancer center in Colombia ( n = 30) and Peru ( n = 30) were invited to participate in a 4-module hybrid training program on smoking prevention and cessation. Demographic and pre- and post-test evaluation data were collected. The training’s acceptability was measured after each module. Bivariate analysis was conducted using Wilcoxon signed-rank test to compare the CCPs’ competencies before and after the delivery of the STOP Program. Effect sizes were computed over time to assess the sustainability of the acquired competencies. Twenty-nine CCPs in Colombia and 24 CCPs in Peru completed the STOP Program (96.6% and 80.0% retention rates, respectively). In both countries, 98.2% of the CCPs reported that the overall structure and organization of the program provided an excellent learning experience. The pre-post-test evaluations indicated that the CCPs significantly improved their knowledge, attitude, self-efficacy, and practices toward smoking, smoking prevention, and cessation services. We found that the CCPs’ self-efficacy and practices increased over time (1-, 3-, and 6-month assessments after completing the 4 educational modules). The STOP Program was effective and well-received, demonstrating remarkable changes in CCPs’ competencies in providing smoking prevention and cessation services to cancer patients.

Evaluating the Knowledge Change Before and After Continuing Cancer Education in Malawian Nurses - Jennifer Hotchkiss; Agatha Kapatuka Bula; Chifundo Zimba; Samuel Bingo; Mabel Chinkhata; Lixin Song; Ashley Leak Bryant (Journal of Cancer Education, 2023)

Rickettsia communities and their relationship with tick species within and around the national park of Iguaçu, Brazil - Amália Regina Mar Barbieri; Adriane Suzin; Lais Miguel Rezende; Matheus Henrique Tognolli; Alexandre Vogliotti; Pablo Henrique Nunes; Graziela Tolesano Pascoli; Vanessa do Nascimento Ramos; Jonny Yokosawa; Maria Carolina de Azevedo Serpa; Samuel Fernando Adami; Marcelo B. Labruna; et al. (Experimental and Applied Acarology, 2023)

Maize cob (Zea mays) as natural biomass sorbent for crude oil biosorptive removal from contaminated seawater: Taguchi process optimization and biosorptive removal mechanism - Blessing E. Eboibi; Michael C. Ogbue; Esther C. Udochukwu; Judith E. Umukoro; Laura O. Okan; Samuel E. Agarry (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2023)

Is Accurate Lumen Segmentation More Important than Outlet Boundary Condition in Image-Based Blood Flow Simulations for Intracranial Aneurysms? - Jana Korte; Samuel Voß; Gábor Janiga; Oliver Beuing; Daniel Behme; Sylvia Saalfeld; Philipp Berg (Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology, 2023)
Purpose Image-based blood flow simulations are increasingly used to investigate the hemodynamics in intracranial aneurysms (IAs). However, a strong variability in segmentation approaches as well as the absence of individualized boundary conditions (BCs) influence the quality of these simulation results leading to imprecision and decreased reliability. This study aims to analyze these influences on relevant hemodynamic parameters within IAs. Methods As a follow-up study of an international multiple aneurysms challenge, the segmentation results of five IAs differing in size and location were investigated. Specifically, five possible outlet BCs were considered in each of the IAs. These are comprised of the zero-pressure condition (BC1), a flow distribution based on Murray’s law with the exponents n = 2 (BC2) and n = 3 (BC3) as well as two advanced flow-splitting models considering the real vessels by including circular cross sections (BC4) or anatomical cross sections (BC5), respectively. In total, 120 time-dependent blood flow simulations were analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively, focusing on five representative intra-aneurysmal flow and five shear parameters such as vorticity and wall shear stress. Results The outlet BC variation revealed substantial differences. Higher shear stresses (up to Δ9.69 Pa), intrasaccular velocities (up to Δ0.15 m/s) and vorticities (up to Δ629.22 1/s) were detected when advanced flow-splitting was applied compared to the widely used zero-pressure BC. The tendency of outlets BCs to over- or underestimate hemodynamic parameters is consistent across different segmentations of a single aneurysm model. Segmentation-induced variability reaches Δ19.58 Pa, Δ0.42 m/s and Δ957.27 1/s, respectively. Excluding low fidelity segmentations, however, (a) reduces the deviation drastically (>43%) and (b) leads to a lower impact of the outlet BC on hemodynamic predictions. Conclusion With a more realistic lumen segmentation, the influence of the BC on the resulting hemodynamics is decreased. A realistic lumen segmentation can be ensured, e.g., by using high-resolved 2D images. Furthermore, the selection of an advanced outflow-splitting model is advised and the use of a zero-pressure BC and BC based on Murray’s law with exponent n = 3 should be avoided.

Rice endophytic communities are strongly dependent on microbial communities specific to each soil - Solomon Oloruntoba Samuel; Kazuki Suzuki; Rasit Asiloglu; Naoki Harada (Biology and Fertility of Soils, 2023)

Bioinoculants and organic soil amendments affect nematode diversity in apple orchards - Expedito Olimi; Samuel Bickel; Wisnu Adi Wicaksono; Peter Kusstatscher; Danny Coyne; Bettina Weber; Tomislav Cernava; Gabriele Berg (Applied Soil Ecology, 2023)

Effect of genotype on growth, fear-related behaviours, and walking ability of FUNAAB Alpha broiler chickens - Samuel O. Durosaro; Oluwaseun S. Iyasere; David O. Oguntade; Babatunde M. Ilori; Victor J. Oyeniran; Taye E. Eniafe; Rofiat O. Adeyemi; Samuel E. Adu; Michael O. Ozoje (Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 2023)

A molecularly imprinted screen-printed carbon electrode for electrochemical epinephrine, lactate, and cortisol metabolites detection in human sweat - Samuel M. Mugo; Scott V. Robertson; Weihao Lu (Analytica Chimica Acta, 2023)

Correction to: Island characteristics and species traits predict mammal diversity across islands of the great lakes of North America - Nathaniel H. Wehr; Hailey M. Boone; Samuel R. Wehr; Jerrold L. Belant (Biodiversity and Conservation, 2023)

Contribution of Elastic and Collagen Fibers to the Mechanical Behavior of Bovine Nuchal Ligament - Samuel Halvorsen; Ruizhi Wang; Yanhang Zhang (Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2023)

Validation of MODIS AOD retrievals in West Africa: a comparison with AERONET observations - Chinelo Okpalaonwuka; Christiana Funmilola Olusegun; Adeyemi Olusola; Samuel Ogunjo (Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health, 2023)

Metagenomic stable isotope probing reveals bacteriophage participation in soil carbon cycling - Samuel E. Barnett; Daniel H. Buckley (Environmental Microbiology, 2023)
Soil viruses are important components of the carbon (C) cycle, yet we still know little about viral ecology in soils. We added diverse 13 C‐labelled carbon sources to soil and we used metagenomic‐SIP to detect 13 C assimilation by viruses and their putative bacterial hosts. These data allowed us to link a 13 C‐labelled bacteriophage to its 13 C‐labelled Streptomyces putative host, and we used qPCR to track the dynamics of the putative host and phage in response to C inputs. Following C addition, putative host numbers increased rapidly for 3 days, and then more gradually, reaching maximal abundance on Day 6. Viral abundance and virus:host ratio increased dramatically over 6 days, and remained high thereafter (8.42 ± 2.94). From Days 6 to 30, virus:host ratio remained high, while putative host numbers declined more than 50%. Putative host populations were 13 C‐labelled on Days 3–30, while 13 C‐labelling of phage was detected on Days 14 and 30. This dynamic suggests rapid growth and 13 C‐labelling of the host fueled by new C inputs, followed by extensive host mortality driven by phage lysis. These findings indicate that the viral shunt promotes microbial turnover in soil following new C inputs, thereby altering microbial community dynamics, and facilitating soil organic matter production.

A novel palladium complex with a coumarin-thiosemicarbazone hybrid ligand inhibits Trypanosoma cruzi release from host cells and lowers the parasitemia in vivo - Santiago Rostán; Samuel Porto; Cesar L. N. Barbosa; Diego Assis; Natalia Alvarez; Fabiana Simão Machado; Graciela Mahler; Lucía Otero (JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, 2023)

Climate change coping and adaptation and its effect on livestock herd size and farmers’ welfare in the Upper West Region of Ghana - Bright K. D. Tetteh; Samuel A. Donkoh; Isaac G. K. Ansah (Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2023)

The potential role of biofilms in promoting fouling formation in radioactive discharge pipelines - Franky Barton; Ben F. Spencer; Romain Tartèse; James Graham; Samuel Shaw; Katherine Morris; Jonathan R. Lloyd (Biofouling, 2023)

Bioactive food components for colorectal cancer prevention and treatment: A good match - Samuel Amintas; Charles Dupin; Julian Boutin; Pauline Beaumont; François Moreau-Gaudry; Aurélie Bedel; Stéphanie Krisa; Véronique Vendrely; Sandrine Dabernat (Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 2023)

Deciphering the antimycobacterial, cytotoxicity and phytochemical profile of Entada abyssinica stem bark - Samuel Baker Obakiro; Timothy Omara; Ambrose Kiprop; Lydia Bunalema; Isaac Kowino; Elizabeth Kigondu (Vegetos, 2023)

Variations in soil chemical properties and growth traits of tissue culture banana under bio-slurry soil amendments in Uganda - Murongo Marius Flarian; Ayuke O. Frederick; Apori Obeng Samuel; Wangai K. John; Wacal Cosmas (Environmental Sustainability, 2023)

A Meta-analysis of Soil Susceptibility to Machinery-Induced Compaction in Forest Ecosystems Across Global Climatic Zones - Meisam Nazari; Emmanuel Arthur; Mathieu Lamandé; Thomas Keller; Nataliya Bilyera; Samuel Bickel (Current Forestry Reports, 2023)

Microbead beating extraction of avian eggs for polycyclic aromatic compounds - Zhe Xia; Ifeoluwa Idowu; Thor Halldorson; Amica-Mariae Lucas; Claire Stein; Manpreet Kaur; Thane Tomy; Chris Marvin; Philippe J. Thomas; Craig E. Hebert; Reyd A. Smith; Frederic Dwyer-Samuel; et al. (Chemosphere, 2023)

Failure to scale in digital agronomy: An analysis of site-specific nutrient management decision-support tools in developing countries - Tesfaye Shiferaw Sida; Samuel Gameda; Jordan Chamberlin; Jens A. Andersson; Mezegebu Getnet; Lennart Woltering; Peter Craufurd (Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2023)

Assessment of global fish footprint reveals growing challenges for sustainable production and consumption - Samuel Asumadu Sarkodie; Phebe Asantewaa Owusu (Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2023)

Impressions of the scientific training in fishery and aquaculture biotechnology in Mar del Plata, Argentina: Communication, networking, and multidisciplinary research - Ângelo Paggi Matos; Andressa Coimbra Pereira; Alejandro Perretta; Patricia Romero-Murillo; Luciana Melisa Del Gobbo; Emily Sol Garcia Martinez; Samuel Hilevski; Lucas Roberto Sepúlveda; Agustín Fernando Boan; Daniela Sartoni; Daiana Yanel Pereyra; Lucia García Martínez; et al. (Aquaculture, 2023)

Sexual differentiation and sex reversal in tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) by hormone 17 α methyltestosterone similar to that used in cultivation systems - Robson Campos Silva; Daniella Maria Coelho Britto; Conceição Aparecida Santos; Samuel Cunha Oliveira Giordani; Marcelo Mattos Pedreira (Aquaculture, 2023)

Moving towards open data, public access, and information sharing to combat marine plastics pollution in the Philippines and the Southeast Asian region - Ricardo C. Alindayu; Lance Oliver C. Licnachan; Ramgem L. Luzadas; Paul Samuel P. Ignacio; Deo Florence L. Onda (Ocean & Coastal Management, 2023)

Phenotypic plasticity in the anthropause: does reduced human activity impact novel nesting behaviour in an urban bird? - Samuel A. Bressler; Eleanor S. Diamant; Christina Cen; Pamela J. Yeh (Animal Behaviour, 2023)

LP-57: Increasing Confidence in New Approach Methodologies for Inhalation Risk Assessment with Multiple End Point Assays Using 5-day RepeatExposure to 1,3-dichloropropene - I. Paudel; R. Barutcu; R. Samuel; M. Moreau; S. Slattery; J. Scaglione; L. Recio (Toxicology Letters, 2023)

Quality-assurance of heat-flow data: The new structure and evaluation scheme of the IHFC Global Heat Flow Database - Sven Fuchs; Ben Norden; Florian Neumann; Norbert Kaul; Akiko Tanaka; Ilmo T. Kukkonen; Christophe Pascal; Rodolfo Christiansen; Gianluca Gola; Jan Šafanda; Orlando Miguel Espinoza-Ojeda; Ignacio Marzan; et al. (Tectonophysics, 2023)

Does forest fire modify the diametric distribution of lianas? A study case in a semideciduous seasonal forest with Araucaria angustifolia (Bertol.) Kuntze in Brazil - Indira Bifano Comini; Gumercindo Souza Lima; Carlos Moreira Miquelino Eleto Torres; Fillipe Tamiozzo Pereira Torres; Lívia Thaís Moreira de Figueiredo; Virgínia Londe de Camargos; Otávio Miranda Verly; Tiago Vital Urgal; Larissa Pires Oliveira; Samuel José Silva Soares da Rocha (South African Journal of Botany, 2023)

Integration of renewable energy sources for sustainable energy development in Slovenia till 2050 - Andrej Senegačnik; Rok Stropnik; Mihael Sekavčnik; Samuel Rodman Oprešnik; Urška Mlakar; Štefan Ivanjko; Uroš Stritih (Sustainable Cities and Society, 2023)

Quantifying root-induced soil strength, measured as soil penetration resistance, from different crop plants and soil types - Francis Kumi; Peter B. Obour; Emmanuel Arthur; Stephen E. Moore; Paul A. Asare; Joel Asiedu; Donatus B. Angnuureng; Kofi Atiah; Kwadwo K. Amoah; Shadrack K. Amponsah; Selorm Y. Dorvlo; Samuel Banafo; et al. (Soil and Tillage Research, 2023)

Enzymatically hydrolyzed fluorescence-based chemical probe enables in situ mapping of chitinase activity in the rhizosphere - Elias K. Zegeye; Vivian S. Lin; Jamie R. Nuñez; Nick A. Sconzo; Samuel O. Purvine; Aaron T. Wright; James J. Moran (Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2023)

Response of stable isotopes (δ2H, δ13C, δ15N, δ18O) of lake water, dissolved organic matter, seston, and zooplankton to an extreme precipitation event - Matthias Pilecky; Travis B. Meador; Samuel K. Kämmer; Katharina Winter; Radka Ptacnikova; Leonard I. Wassenaar; Martin J. Kainz (Science of The Total Environment, 2023)

Monkeypox viral nucleic acids detected using both DNA and RNA extraction workflows - Mark E. Sharkey; Kristina M. Babler; Bhavarth S. Shukla; Samantha M. Abelson; Bader Alsuliman; Ayaaz Amirali; Samuel Comerford; George S. Grills; Naresh Kumar; Jennifer Laine; Jisue Lee; Walter E. Lamar; et al. (Science of The Total Environment, 2023)

Northern spotted owl nesting habitat under high potential wildfire threats along the California Coastal Redwood Forest - Logan B. Hysen; Samuel A. Cushman; Frank A. Fogarty; Erin C. Kelly; Danial Nayeri; Ho Yi Wan (Science of The Total Environment, 2023)

Plant mediates soil water content effects on soil microbiota independently of its water uptake - Clémence Thiour-Mauprivez; Romain Schellenberger; Franck Zenk; Julien Martinet; Manuel Blouin; Samuel Jacquiod (Rhizosphere, 2023)

Using Streptomyces spp. as plant growth promoters and biocontrol agents - Mateus Torres Nazari; Vera Analise Schommer; Julia Catiane Arenhart Braun; Lara Franco dos Santos; Samuel Teixeira Lopes; Viviane Simon; Bruna Strieder Machado; Valdecir Ferrari; Luciane Maria Colla; Jeferson Steffanello Piccin (Rhizosphere, 2023)

On the timing of megafaunal extinction and associated floristic consequences in Australia through the lens of functional palaeoecology - Matthew Adesanya Adeleye; Samuel Charles Andrew; Rachael Gallagher; Sander van der Kaars; Patrick De Deckker; Quan Hua; Simon Graeme Haberle (Quaternary Science Reviews, 2023)

Hidden species diversity and mito-nuclear discordance within the Mediterranean cone snail, Lautoconus ventricosus - Samuel Abalde; Fabio Crocetta; Manuel J. Tenorio; Salvatore D'Aniello; Giulia Fassio; Paula C. Rodríguez-Flores; Juan E. Uribe; Carlos M.L. Afonso; Marco Oliverio; Rafael Zardoya (Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2023)

Fluids in the Earth's lithosphere: From petrology to geodynamics - Samuel Angiboust; Aitor Cambeses; Ake Fagereng; Luca Menegon; Frieder Klein; Tom Raimondo; Cécile Prigent (Lithos, 2023)

Explaining sustainability performance and maturity in SMEs – Learnings from a 100-participant sustainability innovation project - Rodrigo Salvador; Peder Veng Søberg; Michael Søgaard Jørgensen; Lise-Lotte Schmidt-Kallesøe; Samuel Brüning Larsen (Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023)

Coupling ozone with microbubbles (OMB) water for food disinfection: Effects on microbiological safety, physicochemical quality, and reducing pink discoloration of jumbo squid (Dosidicus gigas) - Chia-Min Lin; Samuel Herianto; Chang-Wei Hsieh; Ming-Kuei Shih; Jhih-Ying Ciou; Jing-Chung Huang; Tsu-Tung Liu; Hsiu-Ling Chen; Chih-Yao Hou (Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023)

Green synthesis of Ag nanoparticles from Argemone mexicana L. leaf extract coated with MOF-5 for the removal of metronidazole antibiotics from aqueous solution - Babalola Aisosa Oni; Samuel Eshorame Sanni; Kingsley Chukwunonso Agu; Olusegun Stanley Tomomewo (Journal of Environmental Management, 2023)

Mapping subsurface geological structures in the Birimian Supergroup, Ghana using airborne magnetic and radiometric data: Implications for gold exploration - Samuel Kwame Atta (Journal of African Earth Sciences, 2023)

Performance analysis of a CO2/NH3 cascade refrigeration system with subcooling for low temperature freezing applications - Vaishak S; Prosenjit Singha; Mani Sankar Dasgupta; Armin Hafner; Kristina Widell; Souvik Bhattacharyya; Santosh Kumar Saini; B.S. Arun; Manoj P. Samuel; George Ninan (International Journal of Refrigeration, 2023)

Boron adsorption in clay minerals: Implications for martian groundwater chemistry and boron on Mars - Matthew A. Nellessen; Patrick Gasda; Laura Crossey; Eric Peterson; Abdulmehdi Ali; Jin Zhang; Wenyi Zhou; Ming Hao; Michael Spilde; Horton Newsom; Nina Lanza; Adriana Reyes-Newell; et al. (Icarus, 2023)

Soot formation of renewable gasoline: From fuel chemistry to particulate emissions from engines - Julia Zinsmeister; Michael Storch; Jens Melder; Sandra Richter; Nina Gaiser; Samuel Schlichting; Clemens Naumann; Erik Schünemann; Manfred Aigner; Patrick Oßwald; Markus Köhler (Fuel, 2023)

Tree size drives growth interactions in mixed mature stands of black spruce (Picea mariana) and tamarack (Larix laricina) - Samuel Roy Proulx; Alain Leduc; Nelson Thiffault; Aitor Ameztegui (Forest Ecology and Management, 2023)

Multi-stakeholder actors in resource management in Ghana: Dynamics of community-state collaboration in resource use management of the Mole National Park, Larabanga - Samuel Ziem Bonye; Gordon Yenglier Yiridomoh; Vivian Nsiah (Forest Policy and Economics, 2023)

FEMA GRAS assessment of natural flavor complexes: Sage oil, Orris Root Extract and Tagetes Oil and related flavoring ingredients - Nigel J. Gooderham; Samuel M. Cohen; Gerhard Eisenbrand; Shoji Fukushima; F. Peter Guengerich; Stephen S. Hecht; Ivonne M.C.M. Rietjens; Thomas J. Rosol; Jeanne M. Davidsen; Christie L. Harman; Shannen E. Kelly; Sean V. Taylor (Food and Chemical Toxicology, 2023)

Variability of earthworm's functional traits in eastern Amazon is more species-dependent than environment-dependent - André Luiz Raposo Barros; Márcio Fernandes Alves Leite; Luis Manuel Hernández-García; Sandriel Costa Sousa; Samuel Wooster James; Guillaume Xavier Rousseau (European Journal of Soil Biology, 2023)

Synergistic effect of electrotrophic perchlorate reducing microorganisms and chemically modified electrodes for enhancing bioelectrochemical perchlorate removal - Felipe Torres-Rojas; Diana Muñoz; Camila Pía Canales; Samuel A. Hevia; Felipe Leyton; Nicolás Veloso; Mauricio Isaacs; Ignacio T. Vargas (Environmental Research, 2023)

Does air pollution confound associations between environmental noise and cardiovascular outcomes? - A systematic review - Katie Eminson; Yutong Samuel Cai; Yingxin Chen; Claire Blackmore; Georgia Rodgers; Nigel Jones; John Gulliver; Benjamin Fenech; Anna L Hansell (Environmental Research, 2023)

M-LASH: Hydrological and computational enhancements of the LASH model - Marcelle Martins Vargas; Samuel Beskow; Carlos Rogério de Mello; Maíra Martim de Moura; Zandra Almeida da Cunha; Tamara Leitzke Caldeira Beskow; Luís Carlos Timm (Environmental Modelling & Software, 2023)

Cooling-related electricity consumption patterns for small and medium businesses in California: Current impacts and future projections under climate change - Tao Sun; Chad Zanocco; June Flora; Samuel Johnson; Herie J. Soto; Ram Rajagopal (Energy and Buildings, 2023)

Accuracy of hourly energy predictions for demand flexibility applications - Jessica Granderson; Samuel Fernandes; Eliot Crowe; Mrinalini Sharma; David Jump; Devan Johnson (Energy and Buildings, 2023)

Characterisation and analysis of uncertainties in building heat transfer estimates from co-heating tests - Virginia Gori; David Johnston; Rémi Bouchié; Samuel Stamp (Energy and Buildings, 2023)

Correcting for the effects of class imbalance improves the performance of machine-learning based species distribution models - Donald J. Benkendorf; Samuel D. Schwartz; D. Richard Cutler; Charles P. Hawkins (Ecological Modelling, 2023)

Complementarity of road salt and heavy metal pollutant removal through invasive Typha and Phragmites harvest in urban wetland detention basins - Andrew M. Monks; Shane C. Lishawa; Brian M. Ohsowski; Samuel J. Schurkamp; Beth A. Lawrence (Ecological Engineering, 2023)

Chemomechanical pretreatment for efficient delignification and saccharification of corn stover biomass - Samuel Ntakirutimana; Tao Xu; Ming-Zhu Ding; Zhi-Hua Liu; Bing-Zhi Li; Ying-Jin Yuan (Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023)

Trace elements in sedimentary pyrite track redox and nutrient fluctuations in the Ediacaran/Cambrian Bambuí Group, Brazil - Matheus F. de Lima; Fabrício A. Caxito; Ross Large; Indrani Mukherjee; Gabriel J. Uhlein; João Pedro T.M. Hippertt; Samuel A. Moura; Juliana Okubo; Lucas Warren (Chemical Geology, 2023)

A grain-by-grain comparison of apatite fission-track analysis by LA-ICP-MS and the External Detector Method - Christian Seiler; Samuel C. Boone; Barry P. Kohn; Andrew J.W. Gleadow (Chemical Geology, 2023)

Evaluating the impact of air purifiers and window operation upon indoor air quality - UK nurseries during Covid-19 - Shuo Zhang; Samuel Stamp; Elizabeth Cooper; Katherine Curran; Dejan Mumovic (Building and Environment, 2023)

Valorizing waste palm oil towards biodiesel production using calcareous eggshell based heterogeneous catalyst - Wasi Ur Rahman; Rashid Imran Ahmad Khan; Sadaf Ahmad; Syed Mohd Yahya; Zahid A. Khan; Samuel Lalthazuala Rokhum; Gopinath Halder (Bioresource Technology Reports, 2023)

Wet air oxidation of HTL aqueous waste - Uriah J. Kilgore; Senthil Subramaniam; Samuel P. Fox; Dylan J. Cronin; Mond F. Guo; Andrew J. Schmidt; Karthikeyan K. Ramasamy; Michael R. Thorson (Biomass and Bioenergy, 2023)

Comparison of multi-model ensembles of global and regional climate model projections for daily characteristics of precipitation over four major river basins in southern Africa. Part II: Future changes under 1.5 °C, 2.0 °C and 3.0 °C warming levels - Sydney Samuel; Alessandro Dosio; Kgakgamatso Mphale; Dieudonne Nsadisa Faka; Modise Wiston (Atmospheric Research, 2023)

Study of the ageing and the sorption of polyaromatic hydrocarbons as influencing factors on the effects of microplastics on blue mussel - Romaric Moncrieffe; Maria Masry; Binbin Cai; Stéphanie Rossignol; Abderrahmane Kamari; Laurence Poirier; Samuel Bertrand; Pascal Wong-Wah-Chung; Aurore Zalouk-Vergnoux (Aquatic Toxicology, 2023)

Soil zinc fertilisation does not increase maize yields in 17 out of 19 sites in Sub-Saharan Africa but improves nutritional maize quality in most sites - Elise Van Eynde; Mirjam S. Breure; Regis Chikowo; Samuel Njoroge; Rob N. J. Comans; Ellis Hoffland (Plant and Soil, 2023)
Aims Fertilisating crops with zinc (Zn) is considered important to enhance agricultural productivity and combat human Zn deficiencies in sub-Saharan Africa. However, it is unclear on which soils Zn fertilisation can lead to higher yields and increased grain Zn concentrations. This study aimed to find soil properties that predict where soil Zn is limiting maize yields and grain Zn concentrations, and where these respond positively to Zn fertilisation. Methods Zinc omission trials were set up at multiple farm locations in Kenya (n = 5), Zambia (n = 4) and Zimbabwe (n = 10). Grain yields and tissue Zn concentrations were analysed from plots with a full fertiliser treatment as compared to plots where Zn was omitted. Results A positive maize yield response to soil Zn fertilisation was found at only two out of nineteen locations, despite soil Zn levels being below suggested critical concentrations at most locations. Soil properties nor plant concentrations were able to explain maize yield response to Zn fertilisation. However, positive responses in Zn uptake and grain Zn concentrations to Zn fertilisation were found at the majority of sites, especially in soils with low pH and organic carbon contents. Labile soil Zn measurements related more with Zn uptake (R 2 = 0.35) and grain Zn concentrations (R 2 = 0.26) than actual available Zn measurements. Conclusions We conclude that soil Zn fertilisation did not increase maize yields, but can increase maize grain Zn concentrations, especially in soils with low pH and organic carbon content. Predicting a yield response to Zn fertilisation based on soil properties remains a challenge.

Nickel enhances rice resistance against Bipolaris oryzae infection - Caroline Hawerroth; Andersom M. Einhardt; Bianca A. Fontes; Verônica V. Brás; Samuel V. Valadares; Fabrício A. Rodrigues (Plant and Soil, 2023)

Generation of stable transgenic Brassica napus cv. Jet Neuf cell cultures as a tool to investigate in planta protein function - Jake Landers; Sutton Mooney; Samuel Smalley; Raed Al-Saharin; Michael Knoblauch; Hanjo Hellmann (Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 2023)

Evaluation and assessment of clique arrangements for the estimation of omnipolar electrograms in high density electrode arrays: an experimental animal model study - Samuel Ruipérez-Campillo; Marina Crespo; Álvaro Tormos; Antonio Guill; Antonio Cebrián; Antonio Alberola; Jakob Heimer; Francisco J. Chorro; José Millet; Francisco Castells (Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine, 2023)
High-density catheters combined with Orientation Independent Sensing (OIS) methods have emerged as a groundbreaking technology for cardiac substrate characterisation. In this study, we aim to assess the arrangements and constraints to reliably estimate the so-called omnipolar electrogram (oEGM). Performance was evaluated using an experimental animal model. Thirty-eight recordings from nine retrospective experiments on isolated perfused rabbit hearts with an epicardial HD multielectrode were used. We estimated oEGMs according to the classic triangular clique (4 possible orientations) and a novel cross-orientation clique arrangement. Furthermore, we tested the effects of interelectrode spacing from 1 to 4 mm. Performance was evaluated by means of several parameters that measured amplitude rejection ratios, electric field loop area, activation pulse width and morphology distortion. Most reliable oEGM estimations were obtained with cross-configurations and interelectrode spacings $$\le 2$$ ≤ 2 mm. Estimations from triangular cliques resulted in wider electric field loops and unreliable detection of the direction of the propagation wavefront. Moreover, increasing interelectrode distance resulted in increased pulse width and morphology distortion. The results prove that current oEGM estimation techniques are insufficiently accurate. This study opens a new standpoint for the design of new-generation HD catheters and mapping software.

Constitutively Synergistic Multiagent Drug Formulations Targeting MERTK, FLT3, and BCL-2 for Treatment of AML - James M. Kelvin; Juhi Jain; Aashis Thapa; Min Qui; Lacey A. Birnbaum; Samuel G. Moore; Henry Zecca; Ryan J. Summers; Jeffrey M. Switchenko; Emma Costanza; Biaggio Uricoli; Xiaodong Wang; et al. (Pharmaceutical Research, 2023)

Flood inundation and risk mapping under climate change scenarios in the lower Bilate catchment, Ethiopia - Muluneh Legesse Edamo; Samuel Dagalo Hatiye; Thomas T. Minda; Tigistu Yisihak Ukumo (Natural Hazards, 2023)

The age and potential causes of the giant Green Lake Landslide, Fiordland, New Zealand - Shaun R. Eaves; Samuel T. McColl; Levan G. Tielidze; Kevin P. Norton; Jenni L. Hopkins; Alan J. Hidy (Landslides, 2023)
Landslide deposits preserved in the geological record afford opportunities to better inform hillslope and seismic hazard and risk models, particularly in regions where observational records are short. In the Southern Alps of New Zealand, small coseismic landslides are frequent, but the geological record preserves several instances of more substantial (> 1 km 3 ) but infrequent mass failures. With an estimated volume of 27 km 3 , the giant Green Lake Landslide represents one of the largest subaerial landslides on Earth. Previous work has suggested this deep-seated mass movement was most likely triggered by high-intensity seismic shaking, but that local structural weakness and/or glacial debuttressing may help to explain the anomalously large failure volume. Resolving the potential contribution of the latter is important given predictions concerning alpine deglaciation in the coming decades to centuries. Key to resolution are secure chronologies of landslide emplacement and past glacier change. Here we present in situ cosmogenic 10 Be exposure ages from the Green Lake Landslide that suggest an emplacement age of 15.5 ± 0.7 ka. Recent work shows that glacial retreat in the region was underway by 19 ka, indicating that the Green Lake Landslide was emplaced 3–4 kyr after the onset of glacier retreat. Given the geometry of the former confining valley glacier, we expect that the deglaciation-landslide age gap is closer to the upper end of this estimate. If correct, this conclusion places greater weight on the roles of local geological structure and/or a great earthquake as factors contributing to the exceptionally large volume of this event.

Ocular microtremor: a structured review - Lisa Graham; Julia Das; Rodrigo Vitorio; Claire McDonald; Richard Walker; Alan Godfrey; Rosie Morris; Samuel Stuart (Experimental Brain Research, 2023)
Ocular microtremor (OMT) is the smallest of three involuntary fixational micro eye movements, which has led to it being under researched in comparison. The link between OMT and brain function generates a strong rationale for further study as there is potential for its use as a biomarker in populations with neurological injury and disease. This structured review focused on populations previously studied, instrumentation used for measurement, commonly reported OMT outcomes, and recommendations concerning protocol design and future studies. Current methods of quantifying OMT will be reviewed to analyze their efficacy and efficiency and guide potential development and understanding of novel techniques. Electronic databases were systematically searched and compared with predetermined inclusion criteria. 216 articles were identified in the search and screened by two reviewers. 16 articles were included for review. Findings showed that piezoelectric probe is the most common method of measuring OMT, with fewer studies involving non-invasive approaches, such as contact lenses and laser imaging. OMT frequency was seen to be reduced during general anesthesia at loss of consciousness and in neurologically impaired participants when compared to healthy adults. We identified the need for a non-invasive technique for measuring OMT and highlight its potential in clinical applications as an objective biomarker for neurological assessments. We highlight the need for further research on the clinical validation of OMT to establish its potential to identify or predict a meaningful clinical or functional state, specifically, regarding accuracy, precision, and reliability of OMT.

Identifying key contributing pollen and stigma biochemical traits driving genetic diversity and sexual compatibility in kola [Cola nitida (Vent.) Schott & Endl.] - Daniel Nyadanu; Samuel Tetteh Lowor; Jerome Agbesi Dogbatsey; Abraham Akpertey (Euphytica, 2023)

An evolutionary-assisted machine learning model for global solar radiation prediction in Minas Gerais region, southeastern Brazil - Samuel da Costa Alves Basílio; Fernando Ferrari Putti; Angélica Carvalho Cunha; Leonardo Goliatt (Earth Science Informatics, 2023)

Molecular characterization of the invasive fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) feeding on finger millet, Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn - Thiravidamani Sathyan; Natarajan Sathiah; Subbarayalu Mohankumar; Venkatasamy Balasubramani; Eswaran Kokiladevi; Rajasekaran Ravikesavan; John Samuel Kennedy (Cereal Research Communications, 2023)

Nuclear Export Inhibitors Selinexor (KPT-330) and Eltanexor (KPT-8602) Provide a Novel Therapy to Reduce Tumor Growth by Induction of PANoptosis - Samuel Camilli; Richard Lockey; Narasaiah Kolliputi (Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics, 2023)

Navigating ecological security research over the last 30 years: a scoping review - Benhui Zhu; Shizuka Hashimoto; Samuel A. Cushman (Sustainability Science, 2023)
Intensification of human activities is pushing our use of ecosystems beyond thresholds of resiliency. Given the accelerating global crisis of ecological sustainability, there has been enormous growth in research related to ecological security. However, differences in opinions on ecological security have hindered understanding and effective applications of this concept. To understand the development of research on ecological security, we reviewed its achievements and limitations over the past 30 years from three dimensions: definition, evaluation method, and approach to identify measures to improve the ecological security level. We used the Web of Science search engine to retrieve peer-reviewed journal articles published from 1990 to 2021 containing the keywords “ecological security” or “ecological safety”. There are three main ethical perspectives among the definitions of ecological security: nature-centric, human-centric, and eclectic; the human-centric view, which focuses on human well-being, is predominant in the field. Most studies employed the following three evaluation methods: quantitative comparison, composite indicators, and spatial analysis. However, the results of ecological security analyses were difficult to compare. Three main approaches (causality, correlation, and landscape) were used to identify the drivers of ecological security and propose measures for ensuring or improving ecological security. Owing to the complexity and heterogeneity of ecosystems, universally effective measures to ensure ecological security rarely exist. For the definition and evaluation of ecological security, a broader, non-anthropocentric perspective that incorporates the intrinsic value of non-humans in the context of cost–benefit, security–efficiency evaluations is essential. When proposing evaluation methods, the comparability of evaluation results should be given priority. To improve ecological security level, identifying the key drivers and/or potential optimal patterns of ecological security may be a promising solution.

Shotgun proteomics reveals temperature-dependent regulation of major nutrient metabolism in coastal Synechococcus sp. WH5701 - Craig J. Dedman; Samuel Barton; Marjorie Fournier; Rosalind E.M. Rickaby (Algal Research, 2023)

Comparative analysis between ERA5 reanalysis data and MRR observation data at different altitudes for fall velocity and liquid water content - Joseph Sunday Ojo; David Ayeni; Samuel Toluwalope Ogunjo (Advances in Space Research, 2023)

Warm temperatures and host tree abundance explain variation in directional spread by laurel wilt - Samuel F. Ward; John J. Riggins (Biological Invasions, 2023)

Burial history, thermal history and hydrocarbon generative potential and modelling of Urandab Shale within Ogaden Basin, Ethiopia - Samuel Getnet Tsegaye (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2023)

Complexity of air temperature along different altitudes of the troposphere over Nigeria - Akinsusi Joshua Oluwayemi; Fuwape Ibiyinka Agboola; Adelakun Adedayo Oke; Ogunjo Samuel Toluwalope (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2023)

Seasonal development of a tidal mixing front drives shifts in community structure and diversity of bacterioplankton - Nathan G. King; Sophie‐B Wilmes; Samuel S. Browett; Amy Healey; Allan D. McDevitt; Niall J. McKeown; Ronan Roche; Ilze Skujina; Dan A. Smale; Jamie M. Thorpe; Shelagh Malham (Molecular Ecology, 2023)
Bacterioplankton underpin biogeochemical cycles and an improved understanding of the patterns and drivers of variability in their distribution is needed to determine their wider functioning and importance. Sharp environmental gradients and dispersal barriers associated with ocean fronts are emerging as key determinants of bacterioplankton biodiversity patterns. We examined how the development of the Celtic Sea Front (CF), a tidal mixing front on the Northwest European Shelf affects bacterioplankton communities. We performed 16S‐rRNA metabarcoding on 60 seawater samples collected from three depths (surface, 20 m and seafloor), across two research cruises (May and September 2018), encompassing the intra‐annual range of the CF intensity. Communities above the thermocline of stratified frontal waters were clearly differentiated and less diverse than those below the thermocline and communities in the well‐mixed waters of the Irish Sea. This effect was much more pronounced in September, when the CF was at its peak intensity. The stratified zone likely represents a stressful environment for bacterioplankton due to a combination of high temperatures and low nutrients, which fewer taxa can tolerate. Much of the observed variation was driven by Synechococcus spp. (cyanobacteria), which were more abundant within the stratified zone and are known to thrive in warm oligotrophic waters. Synechococcus spp. are key contributors to global primary productivity and carbon cycling and, as such, variability driven by the CF is likely to influence regional biogeochemical processes. However, further studies are required to explicitly link shifts in community structure to function and quantify their wider importance to pelagic ecosystems.

A holistic and comprehensive data approach validates the distribution of the critically endangered flapper skate ( Dipturus intermedius ) - Amy Garbett; Sophie L. Loca; Thomas Barreau; Manuel Biscoito; Caroline Bradley; Joe Breen; Maurice Clarke; Jim R. Ellis; Andrew M. Griffiths; Gary Hannon; Klara Jakobsdóttir; Claudia Junge; et al. (Journal of Fish Biology, 2023)
Morphological similarities between skates of the genus Dipturus in the north‐eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean have resulted in longstanding confusion, misidentification and misreporting. Current evidence indicates that the common skate is best explained as two species, the flapper skate ( Dipturus intermedius ) and the common blue skate ( D. batis ). However, some management and conservation initiatives developed prior to the separation continue to refer to common skate (as ‘ D. batis’ ). This taxonomic uncertainty can lead to errors in estimating population viability, distribution range, and impact on fisheries management and conservation status. Here, we demonstrate how a concerted taxonomic approach, using molecular data and a combination of survey, angler and fisheries data, in addition to expert witness statements, can be used to build a higher resolution picture of the current distribution of D. intermedius . Collated data indicate that flapper skate has a more constrained distribution compared to the perceived distribution of the ‘common skate’, with most observations recorded from Norway and the western and northern seaboards of Ireland and Scotland, with occasional specimens from Portugal and the Azores. Overall, the revised spatial distribution of D. intermedius has significantly reduced the extant range of the species, indicating a possibly fragmented distribution range.

Giants of the Amazon: How does environmental variation drive the diversity patterns of large trees? - Robson Borges de Lima; Eric Bastos Görgens; Diego Armando S. da Silva; Cinthia Pereira de Oliveira; Anderson Pedro B. Batista; Rinaldo L. Caraciolo Ferreira; Flavia R. C. Costa; Renato A. Ferreira de Lima; Perseu da Silva Aparício; Jadson Coelho de Abreu; José Antônio Aleixo da Silva; Aretha Franklin Guimaraes; et al. (Global Change Biology, 2023)
For more than three decades, major efforts in sampling and analyzing tree diversity in South America have focused almost exclusively on trees with stems of at least 10 and 2.5 cm diameter, showing highest species diversity in the wetter western and northern Amazon forests. By contrast, little attention has been paid to patterns and drivers of diversity in the largest canopy and emergent trees, which is surprising given these have dominant ecological functions. Here, we use a machine learning approach to quantify the importance of environmental factors and apply it to generate spatial predictions of the species diversity of all trees (dbh ≥ 10 cm) and for very large trees (dbh ≥ 70 cm) using data from 243 forest plots (108,450 trees and 2832 species) distributed across different forest types and biogeographic regions of the Brazilian Amazon. The diversity of large trees and of all trees was significantly associated with three environmental factors, but in contrasting ways across regions and forest types. Environmental variables associated with disturbances, for example, the lightning flash rate and wind speed, as well as the fraction of photosynthetically active radiation, tend to govern the diversity of large trees. Upland rainforests in the Guiana Shield and Roraima regions had a high diversity of large trees. By contrast, variables associated with resources tend to govern tree diversity in general. Places such as the province of Imeri and the northern portion of the province of Madeira stand out for their high diversity of species in general. Climatic and topographic stability and functional adaptation mechanisms promote ideal conditions for species diversity. Finally, we mapped general patterns of tree species diversity in the Brazilian Amazon, which differ substantially depending on size class.

Picturing local adaptation: Spectral and structural traits from drone remote sensing reveal clinal responses to climate transfer in common‐garden trials of interior spruce ( Picea engelmannii × glauca ) - Samuel Grubinger; Nicholas C. Coops; Gregory A. O'Neill (Global Change Biology, 2023)
Common‐garden trials of forest trees provide phenotype data used to assess growth and local adaptation; this information is foundational to tree breeding programs, genecology, and gene conservation. As jurisdictions consider assisted migration strategies to match populations to suitable climates, in situ progeny and provenance trials provide experimental evidence of adaptive responses to climate change. We used drone technology, multispectral imaging, and digital aerial photogrammetry to quantify spectral traits related to stress, photosynthesis, and carotenoids, and structural traits describing crown height, size, and complexity at six climatically disparate common‐garden trials of interior spruce ( Picea engelmannii × glauca ) in western Canada. Through principal component analysis, we identified key components of climate related to temperature, moisture, and elevational gradients. Phenotypic clines in remotely sensed traits were analyzed as trait correlations with provenance climate transfer distances along principal components (PCs). We used traits showing clinal variation to model best linear unbiased predictions for tree height ( R 2 = .98–.99, root mean square error [RMSE] = 0.06–0.10 m) and diameter at breast height (DBH, R 2 = .71–.97, RMSE = 2.57–3.80 mm) and generated multivariate climate transfer functions with the model predictions. Significant ( p

Comparative experimental evolution reveals species‐specific idiosyncrasies in marine phytoplankton adaptation to warming - Samuel Barton; Daniel Padfield; Abigail Masterson; Angus Buckling; Nicholas Smirnoff; Gabriel Yvon‐Durocher (Global Change Biology, 2023)
A number of experimental studies have demonstrated that phytoplankton can display rapid thermal adaptation in response to warmed environments. While these studies provide insight into the evolutionary responses of single species, they tend to employ different experimental techniques. Consequently, our ability to compare the potential for thermal adaptation across different, ecologically relevant, species remains limited. Here, we address this limitation by conducting simultaneous long‐term warming experiments with the same experimental design on clonal isolates of three phylogenetically diverse species of marine phytoplankton; the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp., the prasinophyte Ostreococcus tauri and the diatom Phaeodoactylum tricornutum . Over the same experimental time period, we observed differing levels of thermal adaptation in response to stressful supra‐optimal temperatures. Synechococcus sp. displayed the greatest improvement in fitness (i.e., growth rate) and thermal tolerance (i.e., temperature limits of growth). Ostreococcus tauri was able to improve fitness and thermal tolerance, but to a lesser extent. Finally, Phaeodoactylum tricornutum showed no signs of adaptation. These findings could help us understand how the structure of phytoplankton communities may change in response to warming, and possible biogeochemical implications, as some species show relatively more rapid adaptive shifts in their thermal tolerance.

Human‐induced salinity changes impact marine organisms and ecosystems - Till Röthig; Stacey M. Trevathan‐Tackett; Christian R. Voolstra; Cliff Ross; Samuel Chaffron; Paul J. Durack; Laura M. Warmuth; Michael Sweet (Global Change Biology, 2023)
Climate change is fundamentally altering marine and coastal ecosystems on a global scale. While the effects of ocean warming and acidification on ecology and ecosystem functions and services are being comprehensively researched, less attention is directed toward understanding the impacts of human‐driven ocean salinity changes. The global water cycle operates through water fluxes expressed as precipitation, evaporation, and freshwater runoff from land. Changes to these in turn modulate ocean salinity and shape the marine and coastal environment by affecting ocean currents, stratification, oxygen saturation, and sea level rise. Besides the direct impact on ocean physical processes, salinity changes impact ocean biological functions with the ecophysiological consequences are being poorly understood. This is surprising as salinity changes may impact diversity, ecosystem and habitat structure loss, and community shifts including trophic cascades. Climate model future projections (of end of the century salinity changes) indicate magnitudes that lead to modification of open ocean plankton community structure and habitat suitability of coral reef communities. Such salinity changes are also capable of affecting the diversity and metabolic capacity of coastal microorganisms and impairing the photosynthetic capacity of (coastal and open ocean) phytoplankton, macroalgae, and seagrass, with downstream ramifications on global biogeochemical cycling. The scarcity of comprehensive salinity data in dynamic coastal regions warrants additional attention. Such datasets are crucial to quantify salinity‐based ecosystem function relationships and project such changes that ultimately link into carbon sequestration and freshwater as well as food availability to human populations around the globe. It is critical to integrate vigorous high‐quality salinity data with interacting key environmental parameters (e.g., temperature, nutrients, oxygen) for a comprehensive understanding of anthropogenically induced marine changes and its impact on human health and the global economy.

Ocean mixing during Hurricane Ida (2021): the impact of a freshwater barrier layer - Travis N. Miles; Samuel J. Coakley; Julia M. Engdahl; Johna E. Rudzin; Senam Tsei; Scott M. Glenn (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023)
Tropical cyclones are one of the costliest and deadliest natural disasters globally, and impacts are currently expected to worsen with a changing climate. Hurricane Ida (2021) made landfall as a category 4 storm on the US Gulf coast after intensifying over a Loop Current eddy and a freshwater barrier layer. This freshwater layer extended from the coast to the open ocean waters south of the shelf-break of the northern Gulf of Mexico (GoM). An autonomous underwater glider sampled this ocean feature ahead of Hurricane Ida operated through a partnership between NOAA, Navy, and academic institutions. In this study we evaluate hurricane upper ocean metrics ahead of and during the storm as well as carry out 1-D shear driven mixed layer model simulations to investigate the sensitivity of the upper ocean mixing to a barrier layer during Ida’s intensification period. In our simulations we find that the freshwater barrier layer inhibited cooling by as much as 57% and resulted in enhanced enthalpy flux to the atmosphere by as much as 11% and an increase in dynamic potential intensity (DPI) of 5 m s -1 (~9.72 knots) in the 16 hours leading up to landfall. This highlights the utility of new ocean observing systems in identifying localized ocean features that may impact storm intensity ahead of landfall. It also emphasizes the northern Gulf of Mexico and the associated Mississippi River plume as a region and feature where the details of upper ocean metrics need to be carefully considered ahead of landfalling storms.

Field monitoring and analysis of soil deformation of curved steel pipe jacking in Gongbei tunnel - Peng Zhang; Yunlong Zhang; Samuel T. Ariaratnam; Baosong Ma; Cong Zeng; Kaixin Liu (Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 2023)

Robust design of CAV-Dedicated lanes considering CAV demand uncertainty and lane reallocation policy - Sania E. Seilabi; Mohammadhosein Pourgholamali; Gonçalo Homem de Almeida Correia; Samuel Labi (Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 2023)

Pandemic vulnerability index of US cities: A hybrid knowledge-based and data-driven approach - Md. Shahinoor Rahman; Kamal Chandra Paul; Md. Mokhlesur Rahman; Jim Samuel; Jean-Claude Thill; Md. Amjad Hossain; G. G. Md. Nawaz Ali (Sustainable Cities and Society, 2023)

Decontamination of recycled LDPE using different washing methods - Samuel S. Núñez; Juan A. Conesa; Julia Moltó; Andrés Fullana (Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2023)

Cooperativism as a solution or as an obligation? The formation of cooperatives in small-scale mining in Brazil - Samuel Soares da Silva; Alan Ferreira de Freitas; Alair Ferreira de Freitas; Alex dos Santos Macedo (Resources Policy, 2023)

Key local factors, supplier and linkage effectiveness: Evidence from the upstream petroleum sector of Ghana - Frank Yao Gbadago; Francis Enu-Kwesi; Samuel Kwaku Agyei; John Gartchie Gatsi (Resources Policy, 2023)

Neanderthal footprints in the “Matalascañas trampled surface” (SW Spain): new OSL dating and Mousterian lithic industry - Carlos Neto de Carvalho; Fernando Muñiz; Luis M. Cáceres; Joaquín Rodríguez-Vidal; Alicia Medialdea; Miren del Val; Pedro Proença Cunha; Jose María García; Francisco Giles-Guzmán; José S. Carrión; Zain Belaústegui; Antonio Toscano; et al. (Quaternary Science Reviews, 2023)

Coastal raptors and raiders: New bird tracks in the Pleistocene of SW iberian Peninsula - Carlos Neto de Carvalho; João Belo; Silvério Figueiredo; Pedro P. Cunha; Fernando Muñiz; Zain Belaústegui; Mário Cachão; Joaquín Rodriguez-Vidal; Luis M. Cáceres; Andrea Baucon; Andrew S. Murray; Jan-Pieter Buylaert; et al. (Quaternary Science Reviews, 2023)

The nocturnal distribution of deep-pelagic fish on the continental slope of the Bay of Biscay - Liz Loutrage; Jérôme Spitz; Samuel P. Iglésias; Anik Brind'Amour (Progress in Oceanography, 2023)

Corrigendum to “A DNA-structured mathematical model of cell-cycle progression in cyclic hypoxia” [J. Theor. Biol. 545 (2022) 111104] - Giulia L. Celora; Samuel B. Bader; Ester M. Hammond; Philip K. Maini; Joe M. Pitt-Francis; Helen M. Byrne (Journal of Theoretical Biology, 2023)

Paleoecological indicators of the highstand sea level on the Amazonian supralittoral until the last two millennia - Samuel Rodrigues Ribeiro; Roberto Célio Valadão; Makênia Oliveira Soares Gomes; Jonathas S. Bittencourt; Raquel Araújo Alves (Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 2023)

Photocatalytic degradation of recalcitrant aromatic hydrocarbon compounds in oilfield-produced water: A critical review - Ojo Samuel; Mohd Hafiz Dzarfan Othman; Roziana Kamaludin; Hazlini Dzinun; Aniqa Imtiaz; Tao Li; Tijjani El-badawy; Asmat Ullah Khan; Mohd Hafiz Puteh; Erna Yuliwati; Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan (Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023)