Skill of Hydrological Extended Range Forecasts for Water Resources Management in Switzerland - Konrad Bogner; Katharina Liechti; Luzi Bernhard; Samuel Monhart; Massimiliano Zappa (Water Resources Management, 2018)

Trends in mean and extreme temperatures over Ibadan, Southwest Nigeria - Abayomi A. Abatan; Tolulope Osayomi; Samuel O. Akande; Babatunde J. Abiodun; William J. Gutowski (Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2018)

LCA of mobility solutions: approaches and findings—66th LCA forum, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, 30 August, 2017 - Rolf Frischknecht; Christian Bauer; Andreas Froemelt; Stefanie Hellweg; Kirsten Biemann; Thomas Buetler; Brian Cox; Peter de Haan; Sebastian Hoerl; René Itten; Niels Jungbluth; Yorick Ligen; et al. (The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 2018)

Recipe for IBD: can we use food to control inflammatory bowel disease? - Mario Witkowski; Marco Witkowski; Nicola Gagliani; Samuel Huber (Seminars in Immunopathology, 2018)

Monocyte and macrophage immunometabolism in atherosclerosis - Laszlo Groh; Samuel T. Keating; Leo A. B. Joosten; Mihai G. Netea; Niels P. Riksen (Seminars in Immunopathology, 2018)

Water body type and land cover shape the dragonfly communities (Odonata) in the Pampa biome, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil - Samuel Renner; Eduardo Périco; Marina Schmidt Dalzochio; Göran Sahlén (Journal of Insect Conservation, 2018)

Effect of tree plantations on the functional composition of Odonata species in the highlands of southern Brazil - Marina Schmidt Dalzochio; Eduardo Périco; Samuel Renner; Göran Sahlén (Hydrobiologia, 2018)

Technology generation to dissemination: lessons learned from the tef improvement project - Gina Cannarozzi; Solomon Chanyalew; Kebebew Assefa; Abate Bekele; Regula Blösch; Annett Weichert; Dominik Klauser; Sonia Plaza-Wüthrich; Korinna Esfeld; Moritz Jöst; Abiel Rindisbacher; Habte Jifar; et al. (Euphytica, 2018)
Indigenous crops also known as orphan crops are key contributors to food security, which is becoming increasingly vulnerable with the current trend of population growth and climate change. They have the major advantage that they fit well into the general socio-economic and ecological context of developing world agriculture. However, most indigenous crops did not benefit from the Green Revolution, which dramatically increased the yield of major crops such as wheat and rice. Here, we describe the Tef Improvement Project, which employs both conventional- and molecular-breeding techniques to improve tef—an orphan crop important to the food security in the Horn of Africa, a region of the world with recurring devastating famines. We have established an efficient pipeline to bring improved tef lines from the laboratory to the farmers of Ethiopia. Of critical importance to the long-term success of this project is the cooperation among participants in Ethiopia and Switzerland, including donors, policy makers, research institutions, and farmers. Together, European and African scientists have developed a pipeline using breeding and genomic tools to improve the orphan crop tef and bring new cultivars to the farmers in Ethiopia. We highlight a new variety, Tesfa , developed in this pipeline and possessing a novel and desirable combination of traits. Tesfa ’s recent approval for release illustrates the success of the project and marks a milestone as it is the first variety (of many in the pipeline) to be released.

Utilization of reverse osmosis (RO) for reuse of MBR-treated wastewater in irrigation-preliminary tests and quality analysis of product water - Samuel Bunani; Eren Yörükoğlu; Gökhan Sert; Nalan Kabay; Ümran Yüksel; Mithat Yüksel; Özdemir Egemen; Taylan Özgür Pek (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018)

Blockage of saline intrusions in restricted, two-layer exchange flows across a submerged sill obstruction - Alan Cuthbertson; Janek Laanearu; Magda Carr; Joel Sommeria; Samuel Viboud (Environmental Fluid Mechanics, 2018)

The Benefits of Reduced Anthropogenic Climate changE (BRACE): a synthesis - Brian C. O’Neill; James M. Done; Andrew Gettelman; Peter Lawrence; Flavio Lehner; Jean-Francois Lamarque; Lei Lin; Andrew J. Monaghan; Keith Oleson; Xiaolin Ren; Benjamin M. Sanderson; Claudia Tebaldi; et al. (Climatic Change, 2018)

Avoided economic impacts of climate change on agriculture: integrating a land surface model (CLM) with a global economic model (iPETS) - Xiaolin Ren; Matthias Weitzel; Brian C. O’Neill; Peter Lawrence; Prasanth Meiyappan; Samuel Levis; Edward J. Balistreri; Michael Dalton (Climatic Change, 2018)

CLMcrop yields and water requirements: avoided impacts by choosing RCP 4.5 over 8.5 - Samuel Levis; Andrew Badger; Beth Drewniak; Cynthia Nevison; Xiaolin Ren (Climatic Change, 2018)

Examining the response programming function of the Quiet Eye: Do tougher shots need a quieter eye? - Rosanna Walters-Symons; Mark Wilson; Andre Klostermann; Samuel Vine (Cognitive Processing, 2018)

Considering total intracranial volume and other nuisance variables in brain voxel based morphometry in idiopathic PD - Samuel Crowley; Haiqing Huang; Jared Tanner; Qing Zhao; Nadine A. Schwab; Loren Hizel; Daniel Ramon; Babette Brumback; Mingzhou Ding; Catherine C. Price (Brain Imaging and Behavior, 2018)

Soil bacteria show different tolerance ranges to an unprecedented disturbance - Inês Nunes; Stephanie Jurburg; Samuel Jacquiod; Asker Brejnrod; Joana Falcão Salles; Anders Priemé; Søren J. Sørensen (Biology and Fertility of Soils, 2018)

Making ecological models adequate - Wayne M. Getz; Charles R. Marshall; Colin J. Carlson; Luca Giuggioli; Sadie J. Ryan; Stephanie S. Romañach; Carl Boettiger; Samuel D. Chamberlain; Laurel Larsen; Paolo D’Odorico; David O’Sullivan (Ecology Letters, 2018)
Critical evaluation of the adequacy of ecological models is urgently needed to enhance their utility in developing theory and enabling environmental managers and policymakers to make informed decisions. Poorly supported management can have detrimental, costly or irreversible impacts on the environment and society. Here, we examine common issues in ecological modelling and suggest criteria for improving modelling frameworks. An appropriate level of process description is crucial to constructing the best possible model, given the available data and understanding of ecological structures. Model details unsupported by data typically lead to over parameterisation and poor model performance. Conversely, a lack of mechanistic details may limit a model's ability to predict ecological systems’ responses to management. Ecological studies that employ models should follow a set of model adequacy assessment protocols that include: asking a series of critical questions regarding state and control variable selection, the determinacy of data, and the sensitivity and validity of analyses. We also need to improve model elaboration, refinement and coarse graining procedures to better understand the relevancy and adequacy of our models and the role they play in advancing theory, improving hind and forecasting, and enabling problem solving and management.

Variation and drivers of airflow patterns associated with olfactory concealment and habitat selection - Dillon T. Fogarty; R. Dwayne Elmore; Samuel D. Fuhlendorf; Scott R. Loss (Ecology, 2018)
Many terrestrial predators rely on olfaction to detect prey; therefore, prey should select habitat to reduce detectability of their odor cues. One way prey can potentially conceal their odor is by selecting locations with high turbulence and/or updrafts, conditions that disperse odor plumes and make odor sources difficult to locate. However, it is unclear how these conditions vary among vegetation cover types and which vegetative features drive them. We assessed variation and drivers of variables hypothesized to influence olfactory concealment (turbulence intensity and airflow slope) and experimentally evaluated whether these variables indeed influence predator detection of simulated prey. Specifically, we compared vegetation patch‐scale values of turbulence intensity and airflow slope among grassland, shrubland, and forest and assessed relationships among these airflow variables and local‐scale vegetative features within each vegetation type. Additionally, we experimentally investigated the importance of turbulence intensity, airflow slope, and visual concealment for predicting predator detection of scented quail eggs. In all vegetation types, we documented high variability in airflow conditions. At the patch scale, turbulence intensity was greater in shrubland and grassland than in forest, and updrafts were most common in shrubland whereas downdrafts were most common in grassland. Grassland was the only vegetation type with strong relationships among turbulence intensity and local vegetation features; both visual concealment and vegetation height were positively related to turbulence intensity. Additionally, persistence of scented quail eggs in grassland was best predicted by turbulence intensity; egg persistence increased with turbulence intensity. Our characterization of differences in olfactory variables among vegetation types provides an important step towards building a clearer understanding of olfactory landscapes. Further, our observation of both patch‐ and local‐scale variation in olfactory variables suggests that prey can potentially select for olfactory concealment at multiple scales. We hypothesize that olfactory concealment provided by high levels of turbulence intensity is an important component of cover in grassland, and that in grassland/shrubland landscapes, prey selection of shrubland patches reduces odor detectability. Our finding of a positive relationship between turbulence intensity and visual concealment also suggests that olfactory concealment may be a previously underappreciated confounding factor in studies of habitat selection.

Association Between Whole-Body Vibration and Low-Back Disorders in Farmers: A Scoping Review - Samuel Kwaku Essien; Catherine Trask; Muhammad Khan; Catherine Boden; Brenna Bath (Journal of Agromedicine, 2018)

New insights into the systematics of North Atlantic Gaidropsarus (Gadiformes, Gadidae): flagging synonymies and hidden diversity - David Barros-García; Rafael Bañón; Juan Carlos Arronte; Lourdes Fernández-Peralta; Ramón García; Samuel Paco Iglésias; Daniel Y. Sellos; João Pedro Barreiros; Ángel Sebastián Comesaña; Alejandro De Carlos (Marine Biology Research, 2018)

At-Site Flood Frequency Analysis Coupled with Multiparameter Probability Distributions - Felício Cassalho; Samuel Beskow; Carlos Rogério de Mello; Maíra Martim de Moura; Laura Kerstner; Leo Fernandes Ávila (Water Resources Management, 2018)

Linkage between the I-3 gene for resistance to Fusarium wilt race 3 and increased sensitivity to bacterial spot in tomato - Jian Li; Jessica Chitwood; Naama Menda; Lukas Mueller; Samuel F. Hutton (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2018)

Influence of Low-Molecular-Weight Excipients on the Phase Behavior of PVPVA64 Amorphous Solid Dispersions - Kristin Lehmkemper; Samuel O. Kyeremateng; Matthias Degenhardt; Gabriele Sadowski (Pharmaceutical Research, 2018)

Relaxant effect of structurally related flavonoids on isolated tracheal rat rings: a SAR study - Angélica Flores-Flores; Sergio Hidalgo-Figueroa; Rafael Villalobos-Molina; Maximiliano Ibarra-Barajas; Blanca Bazán-Perkins; Gabriel Navarrete-Vázquez; Samuel Estrada-Soto (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2018)

Analysis of a fragmentary diatom record from Lake Van (Turkey) reveals substantial lake-level variability during previous interglacials MIS7 and MIS5e - Samuel M. North; Mona Stockhecke; Yama Tomonaga; Anson W. Mackay (Journal of Paleolimnology, 2018)

Two new cytotoxic stilbenoid dimers isolated from Cajanus cajan - Nenling Zhang; Xiangchun Shen; Xiaofei Jiang; Jiazhong Cai; Xiaoling Shen; Yingjie Hu; Samuel X. Qiu (Journal of Natural Medicines, 2018)

Regulated deficit irrigation effects on physiological parameters, yield, fruit quality and antioxidants of Vaccinium corymbosum plants cv. Brigitta - Tomás E. Lobos; Jorge B. Retamales; Samuel Ortega-Farías; Eric J. Hanson; Rafael López-Olivari; María L. Mora (Irrigation Science, 2018)

Environmentally benign nanometric neem-laced urea emulsion for controlling mosquito population in environment - Prabhakar Mishra; Merlyn Keziah Samuel; Ruchishya Reddy; Brij Kishore Tyagi; Amitava Mukherjee; Natarajan Chandrasekaran (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018)

Mistral and Tramontane wind systems in climate simulations from 1950 to 2100 - Anika Obermann-Hellhund; Dario Conte; Samuel Somot; Csaba Zsolt Torma; Bodo Ahrens (Climate Dynamics, 2018)

Cultural evolution and US agricultural institutions: a historical case study of Maine’s blueberry industry - Samuel P. Hanes; Timothy M. Waring (Sustainability Science, 2018)

Songbird chemical signals reflect uropygial gland androgen sensitivity and predict aggression: implications for the role of the periphery in chemosignaling - Danielle J. Whittaker; Kimberly A. Rosvall; Samuel P. Slowinski; Helena A. Soini; Milos V. Novotny; Ellen D. Ketterson (Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 2018)

Forest cover and level of protection influence the island-wide distribution of an apex carnivore and umbrella species, the Sri Lankan leopard (Panthera pardus kotiya) - Andrew M. Kittle; Anjali C. Watson; Samuel A. Cushman; David. W. Macdonald (Biodiversity and Conservation, 2018)

Caspase cleavage of transcription factor Sp1 enhances apoptosis - Behzad Torabi; Samuel Flashner; Kate Beishline; Aislinn Sowash; Kelly Donovan; Garrett Bassett; Jane Azizkhan-Clifford (Apoptosis, 2018)

Singing through winter nights: Seasonal and diel occurrence of humpback whale ( Megaptera novaeangliae ) calls in and around the Gully MPA , offshore eastern Canada - Katie Kowarski; Clair Evers; Hilary Moors‐Murphy; Bruce Martin; Samuel L. Denes (Marine Mammal Science, 2018)
Humpback whale use of areas off eastern Canada is poorly understood, a knowledge gap that could impact future conservation efforts. We describe the acoustic occurrence of humpback whales in and around the Gully Marine Protected Area ( MPA ), an eastern Scotian Shelf submarine canyon. Near‐continuous acoustic recordings sampling at 16 kH z were collected from the MPA and nearby slope areas from October 2012 to September 2014 using near‐bottom recorders. In an offshore region where humpbacks were thought to be rare, we observed calls from October to June with a peak in song and nonsong calls in December and January. This suggests that some individuals occur in Canadian waters in winter and the Gully region may be a North Atlantic humpback whale migratory corridor. Calls were predominantly songs indicating potential mating activities. Song and nonsong calls occurred more at sunset and during hours of darkness than during daylight. This study improves our understanding of the seasonal occurrence of humpback whales on the Scotian Slope and, more specifically, their use of an offshore protected area.

Natural acidification changes the timing and rate of succession, alters community structure, and increases homogeneity in marine biofouling communities - Norah E. M. Brown; Marco Milazzo; Samuel P. S. Rastrick; Jason M. Hall‐Spencer; Thomas W. Therriault; Christopher D. G. Harley (Global Change Biology, 2018)
Ocean acidification may have far‐reaching consequences for marine community and ecosystem dynamics, but its full impacts remain poorly understood due to the difficulty of manipulating p CO 2 at the ecosystem level to mimic realistic fluctuations that occur on a number of different timescales. It is especially unclear how quickly communities at various stages of development respond to intermediate‐scale p CO 2 change and, if high p CO 2 is relieved mid‐succession, whether past acidification effects persist, are reversed by alleviation of p CO 2 stress, or are worsened by departures from prior high p CO 2 conditions to which organisms had acclimatized. Here, we used reciprocal transplant experiments along a shallow water volcanic p CO 2 gradient to assess the importance of the timing and duration of high p CO 2 exposure (i.e., discrete events at different stages of successional development vs. continuous exposure) on patterns of colonization and succession in a benthic fouling community. We show that succession at the acidified site was initially delayed (less community change by 8 weeks) but then caught up over the next 4 weeks. These changes in succession led to homogenization of communities maintained in or transplanted to acidified conditions, and altered community structure in ways that reflected both short‐ and longer‐term acidification history. These community shifts are likely a result of interspecific variability in response to increased p CO 2 and changes in species interactions. High p CO 2 altered biofilm development, allowing serpulids to do best at the acidified site by the end of the experiment, although early (pretransplant) negative effects of p CO 2 on recruitment of these worms were still detectable. The ascidians Diplosoma sp. and Botryllus sp. settled later and were more tolerant to acidification. Overall, transient and persistent acidification‐driven changes in the biofouling community, via both past and more recent exposure, could have important implications for ecosystem function and food web dynamics.

Monthly calibration of Hargreaves–Samani equation using remote sensing and topoclimatology in central-southern Chile - Luis Morales-Salinas; Samuel Ortega-Farías; Camilo Riveros-Burgos; José Neira-Román; Marcos Carrasco-Benavides; Rafael López-Olivari (International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2017)

Calibration and validation of an aerodynamic method to estimate the spatial variability of sensible and latent heat fluxes over a drip-irrigated Merlot vineyard - Marcos Carrasco-Benavides; Samuel Ortega-Farias; Luis Morales-Salinas; Carlos Poblete-Echeverría; José L. Chávez (International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2017)

Nest design in a changing world: Great tit Parus major nests from a Mediterranean city environment as a case study - Marcel M. Lambrechts; Anne Charmantier; Virginie Demeyrier; Annick Lucas; Samuel Perret; Matthieu Abouladzé; Michel Bonnet; Coline Canonne; Virginie Faucon; Stéphanie Grosset; Gaëlle le Prado; Frédéric Lidon; et al. (Urban Ecosystems, 2017)

δ18O and δ2H characteristics of rainwater, groundwater and springs in a mountainous region of Ghana: implication with respect to groundwater recharge and circulation - Abass Gibrilla; Dickson Adomako; Geophrey Anornu; Samuel Ganyaglo; Tibor Stigter; Joseph R. Fianko; ShivePrakash Rai; Andrews Ako Ako (Sustainable Water Resources Management, 2017)

Chemical and Biophysical Characteristics of Monoclonal Antibody Solutions Containing Aggregates Formed during Metal Catalyzed Oxidation - Linda O. Narhi; Quanzhou Luo; Jette Wypych; Riccardo Torosantucci; Andrea Hawe; Kiyoshi Fujimori; Yasser Nashed-Samuel; Vibha Jawa; Marisa K. Joubert; Wim Jiskoot (Pharmaceutical Research, 2017)

Mineral chemistry of magnetite from magnetite-apatite mineralization and their host rocks: examples from Kiruna, Sweden, and El Laco, Chile - Shannon G. Broughm; John M. Hanchar; Fernando Tornos; Anne Westhues; Samuel Attersley (Mineralium Deposita, 2017)

Light rare earth element systematics as a tool for investigating the petrogenesis of phoscorite-carbonatite associations, as exemplified by the Phalaborwa Complex, South Africa - Lorenzo Milani; Robert Bolhar; Dirk Frei; Daniel E. Harlov; Vinod O. Samuel (Mineralium Deposita, 2017)

Evaluation of wind potential and its trends in the mid-Atlantic - Adekunle Ayodotun Osinowo; Emmanuel Chilekwu Okogbue; Emmanuel Olaoluwa Eresanya; Olumide Samuel Akande (Modeling Earth Systems and Environment, 2017)

Total petroleum hydrocarbons and heavy metals in road-deposited sediments in Tijuana, Mexico - Analy Quiñonez-Plaza; Fernando Toyohiko Wakida; Juan Temores-Peña; Diana Dolores Rodriguez-Mendivil; Enrique Garcia-Flores; Miguel Angel Pastrana-Corral; Samuel Guillermo Melendez-Lopez (Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2017)

Managing Breast Cancer: Echoes from Patients in Lagos, Nigeria - Samuel Ojima Adejoh; Adetayo Olorunlana (Journal of Cancer Education, 2017)

Effect of heat stress on protein utilization and nutrient transporters in meat-type chickens - Walid S. Habashy; Marie C. Milfort; Alberta L. Fuller; Youssef A. Attia; Romdhane Rekaya; Samuel E. Aggrey (International Journal of Biometeorology, 2017)

Development of rubberized asphalt binder specification - Louay N. Mohammad; Mostafa Elseifi; Samuel Cooper (Innovative Infrastructure Solutions, 2017)

A small proportion of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia, compared to healthcare-associated cases, in two South African provinces - O. Perovic; A. Singh-Moodley; N. P. Govender; R. Kularatne; A. Whitelaw; V. Chibabhai; P. Naicker; N. Mbelle; R. Lekalakala; V. Quan; C. Samuel; E. Van Schalkwyk (European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 2017)

Hurricane Recovery and Ecological Resilience: Measuring the Impacts of Wetland Alteration Post Hurricane Ike on the Upper TX Coast - Md Y. Reja; Samuel D. Brody; Wesley E. Highfield; Galen D. Newman (Environmental Management, 2017)

Re-awakening dormant life history variation: stable isotopes indicate anadromy in bull trout following dam removal on the Elwha River, Washington - Thomas P. Quinn; Morgan H. Bond; Samuel J. Brenkman; Rebecca Paradis; Roger J. Peters (Environmental Biology of Fishes, 2017)

Contract farming and the adoption of climate change coping and adaptation strategies in the northern region of Ghana - Shaibu Baanni Azumah; Samuel A. Donkoh; Isaac Gershon K. Ansah (Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2017)

A spatial model for rare binary events - Samuel A. Morris; Brian J. Reich; Krishna Pacifici; Yuancai Lei (Environmental and Ecological Statistics, 2017)

The Influence of Legacy P on Lake Water Quality in a Midwestern Agricultural Watershed - Melissa Motew; Xi Chen; Eric G. Booth; Stephen R. Carpenter; Pavel Pinkas; Samuel C. Zipper; Steven P. Loheide; Simon D. Donner; Kai Tsuruta; Peter A. Vadas; Christopher J. Kucharik (Ecosystems, 2017)

Genetic diversity, phylogeographic structure and effect of selection at the mitochondrial hypervariable region of Nigerian chicken populations - Abdulhakeem B. Ajibike; Oluwagbemiga O. Adeleye; Babatunde M. Ilori; Damilola A. Osinbowale; Omolola A. Adeniyi; Samuel O. Durosaro; Adeyinka J. Sanda; Oluwafunmilayo A. Adebambo; Ayotunde O. Adebambo (Journal of Genetics, 2017)

Aflatoxin risk management in commercial groundnut products in Malawi (Sub-Saharan Africa): a call for a more socially responsible industry - Kennedy Magamba; Limbikani Matumba; Grey Matita; Aggrey P. Gama; Lazarus Singano; Maurice Monjerezi; Samuel M. C. Njoroge (Journal of Consumer Protection and Food Safety, 2017)

Bromoethylindole (BEI-9) redirects NF-κB signaling induced by camptothecin and TNFα to promote cell death in colon cancer cells - Rupak Chowdhury; Dominique Gales; Paloma Valenzuela; Sonni Miller; Teshome Yehualaeshet; Upender Manne; Giulio Francia; Temesgen Samuel (Apoptosis, 2017)

Asynchrony among local communities stabilises ecosystem function of metacommunities - Kevin R. Wilcox; Andrew T. Tredennick; Sally E. Koerner; Emily Grman; Lauren M. Hallett; Meghan L. Avolio; Kimberly J. La Pierre; Gregory R. Houseman; Forest Isbell; David Samuel Johnson; Juha M. Alatalo; Andrew H. Baldwin; et al. (Ecology Letters, 2017)
Temporal stability of ecosystem functioning increases the predictability and reliability of ecosystem services, and understanding the drivers of stability across spatial scales is important for land management and policy decisions. We used species‐level abundance data from 62 plant communities across five continents to assess mechanisms of temporal stability across spatial scales. We assessed how asynchrony (i.e. different units responding dissimilarly through time) of species and local communities stabilised metacommunity ecosystem function. Asynchrony of species increased stability of local communities, and asynchrony among local communities enhanced metacommunity stability by a wide range of magnitudes (1–315%); this range was positively correlated with the size of the metacommunity. Additionally, asynchronous responses among local communities were linked with species’ populations fluctuating asynchronously across space, perhaps stemming from physical and/or competitive differences among local communities. Accordingly, we suggest spatial heterogeneity should be a major focus for maintaining the stability of ecosystem services at larger spatial scales.

The therapeutic potential of plant flavonoids on rheumatoid arthritis - Samuel D. Hughes; Natkunam Ketheesan; Nagaraja Haleagrahara (Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 2017)

Comparison of mixing layer heights determined using LiDAR, radiosonde, and numerical weather prediction model at a rural site in southern India - R. Vishnu; Y. Bhavani Kumar; P. R. Sinha; T. Narayana Rao; E. James Jebaseelan Samuel; P. Kumar (International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2017)

Mechanisms of action of plant growth promoting bacteria - Oluwaseyi Samuel Olanrewaju; Bernard R. Glick; Olubukola Oluranti Babalola (World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2017)

Rodent herbivory differentially affects mortality rates of 14 native plant species with contrasting life history and growth form traits - Tiffanny R. Sharp Bowman; Brock R. McMillan; Samuel B. St. Clair (Oecologia, 2017)

Prolonged perceived stress and saliva cortisol in a large cohort of Danish public service employees: cross-sectional and longitudinal associations - Sigurd Mikkelsen; Julie Lyng Forman; Samuel Fink; Marianne Agergaard Vammen; Jane Frølund Thomsen; Matias Brødsgaard Grynderup; Åse Marie Hansen; Linda Kaerlev; Henrik Albert Kolstad; Reiner Rugulies; Jens Peter Bonde (International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, 2017)

Do metabolites that are produced during resistance exercise enhance muscle hypertrophy? - Scott J. Dankel; Kevin T. Mattocks; Matthew B. Jessee; Samuel L. Buckner; J. Grant Mouser; Jeremy P. Loenneke (European Journal of Applied Physiology, 2017)

Determining the optimal vancomycin daily dose for pediatrics: a meta-analysis - Geisa Cristina da Silva Alves; Samuel Dutra da Silva; Virginia Paula Frade; Danielle Rodrigues; André de Oliveira Baldoni; Whocely Victor de Castro; Cristina Sanches (European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2017)

Differential expression of molecular rust resistance components have distinctive profiles in Coffea arabica - Hemileia vastatrix interactions - Geleta Dugassa Barka; Eveline Teixeira Caixeta; Robson Ferreira de Almeida; Samuel Mazzinghy Alvarenga; Laércio Zambolim (European Journal of Plant Pathology, 2017)

Factors Affecting Public Preferences for Grassland Landscape Heterogeneity in the Great Plains - Omkar Joshi; Terrie A. Becerra; David M. Engle; Samuel D. Fuhlendorf; R. Dwayne Elmore (Environmental Management, 2017)

Cancer in populations of African Ancestry: studies of the African Caribbean Cancer Consortium - Camille Ragin; Elizabeth Blackman; Robin Roberts; Raleigh Butler; Samuel Gathere; Darron Halliday; Kimlin Ashing (Cancer Causes & Control, 2017)

Evaluation of Density Corrections to Methane Fluxes Measured by Open-Path Eddy Covariance over Contrasting Landscapes - Samuel D. Chamberlain; Joseph Verfaillie; Elke Eichelmann; Kyle S. Hemes; Dennis D. Baldocchi (Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 2017)

Seascape genomics reveals fine‐scale patterns of dispersal for a reef fish along the ecologically divergent coast of Northwestern Australia - Joseph D. DiBattista; Michael J. Travers; Glenn I. Moore; Richard D. Evans; Stephen J. Newman; Ming Feng; Samuel D. Moyle; Rebecca J. Gorton; Thor Saunders; Oliver Berry (Molecular Ecology, 2017)
Understanding the drivers of dispersal among populations is a central topic in marine ecology and fundamental for spatially explicit management of marine resources. The extensive coast of Northwestern Australia provides an emerging frontier for implementing new genomic tools to comparatively identify patterns of dispersal across diverse and extreme environmental conditions. Here, we focused on the stripey snapper ( Lutjanus carponotatus ), which is important to recreational, charter‐based and customary fishers throughout the Indo‐West Pacific. We collected 1,016 L. carponotatus samples at 51 locations in the coastal waters of Northwestern Australia ranging from the Northern Territory to Shark Bay and adopted a genotype‐by‐sequencing approach to test whether realized connectivity (via larval dispersal) was related to extreme gradients in coastal hydrodynamics. Hydrodynamic simulations using CONNIE and a more detailed treatment in the Kimberley Bioregion provided null models for comparison. Based on 4,402 polymorphic single nucleotide polymorphism loci shared across all individuals, we demonstrated significant genetic subdivision between the Shark Bay Bioregion in the south and all locations within the remaining, more northern bioregions. More importantly, we identified a zone of admixture spanning a distance of 180 km at the border of the Kimberley and Canning bioregions, including the Buccaneer Archipelago and adjacent waters, which collectively experiences the largest tropical tidal range and some of the fastest tidal currents in the world. Further testing of the generality of this admixture zone in other shallow water species across broader geographic ranges will be critical for our understanding of the population dynamics and genetic structure of marine taxa in our tropical oceans.

Proper estimate of residue input as condition for understanding drivers of soil carbon dynamics - Sonja G. Keel; Juliane Hirte; Samuel Abiven; Chloé Wüst‐Galley; Jens Leifeld (Global Change Biology, 2017)

High resolution visualization and exo‐proteomics reveal the physiological role of XlnR and AraR in plant biomass colonization and degradation by Aspergillus niger - Joanna E. Kowalczyk; Claire Khosravi; Samuel Purvine; Alice Dohnalkova; William B. Chrisler; Galya Orr; Errol Robinson; Erika Zink; Ad Wiebenga; Mao Peng; Evy Battaglia; Scott Baker; et al. (Environmental Microbiology, 2017)
Summary In A. niger , two transcription factors, AraR and XlnR, regulate the production of enzymes involved in degradation of arabinoxylan and catabolism of the released l ‐arabinose and d ‐xylose. Deletion of both araR and xlnR in leads to reduced production of (hemi)cellulolytic enzymes and reduced growth on arabinan, arabinogalactan and xylan. In this study, we investigated the colonization and degradation of wheat bran by the A. niger reference strain CBS 137562 and araR / xlnR regulatory mutants using high‐resolution microscopy and exo‐proteomics. We discovered that wheat bran flakes have a ‘rough’ and ‘smooth’ surface with substantially different affinity towards fungal hyphae. While colonization of the rough side was possible for all strains, the xlnR mutants struggled to survive on the smooth side of the wheat bran particles after 20 and 40 h post inoculation. Impaired colonization ability of the smooth surface of wheat bran was linked to reduced potential of Δ xlnR to secrete arabinoxylan and cellulose‐degrading enzymes and indicates that XlnR is the major regulator that drives colonization of wheat bran in A. niger .

High-Resolution Habitat Suitability Models for the Conservation and Management of Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems on the Louisville Seamount Chain, South Pacific Ocean - Ashley A. Rowden; Owen F. Anderson; Samuel E. Georgian; David A. Bowden; Malcolm R. Clark; Arne Pallentin; Andrew Miller (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2017)

A Dose Ranging Pharmacokinetic Evaluation of IQP-0528 Released from Intravaginal Rings in Non-Human Primates - Jonathan T. Su; Ryan S. Teller; Priya Srinivasan; Jining Zhang; Amy Martin; Samuel Sung; James M. Smith; Patrick F. Kiser (Pharmaceutical Research, 2017)

Influence of farmyard manure on some morphological and biochemical parameters of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) seedling grown in cadmium-treated soil - Samuel Ogheneovo Asagba; Theresa Ezedom; Helen Kadiri (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2017)

Prioritisation of native legume species for further evaluation as potential forage crops in water-limited agricultural systems in South Africa - Francuois L. Müller; Lincoln M. Raitt; Samson B. M. Chimphango; M. Igshaan Samuels; Clement F. Cupido; J. Stephen Boatwright; Richard Knight; Marike Trytsman (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2017)

Lipopolysaccharide Activates Toll-Like Receptor 4 and Prevents Cardiac Fibroblast-to-Myofibroblast Differentiation - Samir Bolívar; Roxana Santana; Pedro Ayala; Rodolfo Landaeta; Pía Boza; Claudio Humeres; Raúl Vivar; Claudia Muñoz; Viviana Pardo; Samuel Fernandez; Renatto Anfossi; Guillermo Diaz-Araya (Cardiovascular Toxicology, 2017)

Human subcortical brain asymmetries in 15,847 people worldwide reveal effects of age and sex - Tulio Guadalupe; Samuel R. Mathias; Theo G. M. vanErp; Christopher D. Whelan; Marcel P. Zwiers; Yoshinari Abe; Lucija Abramovic; Ingrid Agartz; Ole A. Andreassen; Alejandro Arias-Vásquez; Benjamin S. Aribisala; Nicola J. Armstrong; et al. (Brain Imaging and Behavior, 2017)

General practitioner attitudes towards prescribing aspirin to carriers of Lynch Syndrome: findings from a national survey - Samuel G. Smith; Robbie Foy; Jennifer McGowan; Lindsay C. Kobayashi; John Burn; Karen Brown; Lucy Side; Jack Cuzick (Familial Cancer, 2017)

Genomic and antigenic relationships between two ‘HoBi’-like strains and other members of the Pestivirus genus - Ana Cristina S. Mósena; Samuel P. Cibulski; Matheus N. Weber; Simone Silveira; Mariana S. Silva; Fabiana Q. Mayer; Paulo M. Roehe; Cláudio W. Canal (Archives of Virology, 2017)

Genome‐scale data reveal that endemic Poecilia populations from small sulphidic springs display no evidence of inbreeding - Anthony P. Brown; Ryan Greenway; Samuel Morgan; Corey R. Quackenbush; Luca Giordani; Lenin Arias‐Rodriguez; Michael Tobler; Joanna L. Kelley (Molecular Ecology, 2017)
Populations with limited ranges can be highly vulnerable to changes in their environment and are, thus, of high conservation concern. Populations that experience human‐induced range reductions are often highly inbred and lack genetic diversity, but it is unknown whether this is also the case for populations with naturally small ranges. The fishes Poecilia sulphuraria (listed as critically endangered) and Poecilia thermalis , which are endemic to small hydrogen sulphide‐rich springs in southern Mexico, are examples of such populations with inherently small habitats. We used geometric morphometrics and population genetics to quantify phenotypic and genetic variation within and among two populations of P. sulphuraria and one population of P. thermalis . Principal component analyses revealed phenotypic and genetic differences among the populations. Evidence for inbreeding was low compared to populations that have undergone habitat reduction. The genetic data were also used to infer the demographic history of these populations to obtain estimates for effective population sizes and migration rates. Effective population sizes were large given the small habitats of these populations. Our results imply that these three endemic extremophile populations should each be considered separately for conservation purposes. Additionally, this study suggests that populations in naturally small habitats may have lower rates of inbreeding and higher genetic diversity than expected, and therefore may be better equipped to handle environmental perturbations than anticipated. We caution, however, that the inferred lack of inbreeding and the large effective population sizes could potentially be a result of colonization by genetically diverse ancestors.

Conserving threatened riparian ecosystems in the American West: Precipitation gradients and river networks drive genetic connectivity and diversity in a foundation riparian tree ( Populus angustifolia ) - Helen M. Bothwell; Samuel A. Cushman; Scott A. Woolbright; Erika I. Hersch‐Green; Luke M. Evans; Thomas G. Whitham; Gerard J. Allan (Molecular Ecology, 2017)
Gene flow is an evolutionary process that supports genetic connectivity and contributes to the capacity of species to adapt to environmental change. Yet, for most species, little is known about the specific environmental factors that influence genetic connectivity, or their effects on genetic diversity and differentiation. We used a landscape genetic approach to understand how geography and climate influence genetic connectivity in a foundation riparian tree ( Populus angustifolia ), and their relationships with specieswide patterns of genetic diversity and differentiation. Using multivariate restricted optimization in a reciprocal causal modelling framework, we quantified the relative contributions of riparian network connectivity, terrestrial upland resistance and climate gradients on genetic connectivity. We found that (i) all riparian corridors, regardless of river order, equally facilitated connectivity, while terrestrial uplands provided 2.5× more resistance to gene flow than riparian corridors. (ii) Cumulative differences in precipitation seasonality and precipitation of the warmest quarter were the primary climatic factors driving genetic differentiation; furthermore, maximum climate resistance was 45× greater than riparian resistance. (iii) Genetic diversity was positively correlated with connectivity ( R 2 = 0.3744, p = .0019), illustrating the utility of resistance models for identifying landscape conditions that can support a species' ability to adapt to environmental change. From these results, we present a map highlighting key genetic connectivity corridors across P. angustifolia's range that if disrupted could have long‐term ecological and evolutionary consequences. Our findings provide recommendations for conservation and restoration management of threatened riparian ecosystems throughout the western USA and the high biodiversity they support.

Testing for thresholds of ecosystem collapse in seagrass meadows - Sean D. Connell; Milena Fernandes; Owen W. Burnell; Zoë A. Doubleday; Kingsley J. Griffin; Andrew D. Irving; Jonathan Y.S. Leung; Samuel Owen; Bayden D. Russell; Laura J. Falkenberg (Conservation Biology, 2017)
Although the public desire for healthy environments is clear‐cut, the science and management of ecosystem health has not been as simple. Ecological systems can be dynamic and can shift abruptly from one ecosystem state to another. Such unpredictable shifts result when ecological thresholds are crossed; that is, small cumulative increases in an environmental stressor drive a much greater change than could be predicted from linear effects, suggesting an unforeseen tipping point is crossed. In coastal waters, broad‐scale seagrass loss often occurs as a sudden event associated with human‐driven nutrient enrichment (eutrophication). We tested whether the response of seagrass ecosystems to coastal nutrient enrichment is subject to a threshold effect. We exposed seagrass plots to different levels of nutrient enrichment (dissolved inorganic nitrogen) for 10 months and measured net production. Seagrass response exhibited a threshold pattern when nutrient enrichment exceeded moderate levels: there was an abrupt and large shift from positive to negative net leaf production (from approximately 0.04 leaf production to 0.02 leaf loss per day). Epiphyte load also increased as nutrient enrichment increased, which may have driven the shift in leaf production. Inadvertently crossing such thresholds, as can occur through ineffective management of land‐derived inputs such as wastewater and stormwater runoff along urbanized coasts, may account for the widely observed sudden loss of seagrass meadows. Identification of tipping points may improve not only adaptive‐management monitoring that seeks to avoid threshold effects, but also restoration approaches in systems that have crossed them.

Use of ACRU, a distributed hydrological model, to evaluate how errors from downscaled rainfall are propagated in simulated runoff in uMngeni catchment, South Africa - Samuel Kusangaya; Michele Warburton; Emma Archer van Garderen (Hydrological Sciences Journal, 2017)

Secondary metabolites with antiproliferative effects from Albizia glaberrima var glabrescens Oliv. (Mimosoideae) - Ghislain Wabo Fotso; Justin Kamga; Bathelemy Ngameni; Shota Uesugi; Misa Ohno; Ken-Ichi Kimura; Hiroyuki Momma; Eunsang Kwon; Hiroshi Furuno; Yoshihito Shiono; Simo K. Ingrid; Samuel O. Yeboah; et al. (Natural Product Research, 2017)

Behind the scenes in urinalysis: to report or not to report - Samuel Azuz; Jan Berg Gertsen; Sofie Skovmand Rasmussen; Christian Salgaard Jensen; Erik Filip Jansåker; David Fuglsang-Damgaard (Infectious Diseases, 2017)

Omics to Explore Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Evolution: the Central Role of Arginine and Proline Metabolism - Franck Patin; Philippe Corcia; Patrick Vourc’h; Lydie Nadal-Desbarats; Thomas Baranek; Jean-François Goossens; Sylviane Marouillat; Anne-Frédérique Dessein; Amandine Descat; Blandine Madji Hounoum; Clément Bruno; Samuel Leman; et al. (Molecular Neurobiology, 2017)

Impact of a 3-Day Introductory Oncology Course on First-Year International Medical Students - Leeat Granek; Yuval Mizrakli; Samuel Ariad; Alan Jotkowitz; David B. Geffen (Journal of Cancer Education, 2017)

Racial Disparities in Emotional Distress Among Cancer Survivors: Insights from the Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS) - Bettye A. Apenteng; Andrew R. Hansen; Samuel T. Opoku; William A. Mase (Journal of Cancer Education, 2017)

Representativeness of Scholander chamber measurements as a function of time after leaf removal - Genei Antonio Dalmago; Gilberto Rocca da Cunha; Anderson Santi; Elizandro Fochesatto; Samuel Kovaleski (International Journal of Biometeorology, 2017)

The activity of the serotonin receptor 2C is regulated by alternative splicing - Stefan Stamm; Samuel B. Gruber; Alexander G. Rabchevsky; Ronald B. Emeson (Human Genetics, 2017)

Health risk assessment of heavy metal variability in sachet water sold in Ado-Odo Ota, South-Western Nigeria - PraiseGod Chidozie Emenike; Theophilus Imokhai Tenebe; Maxwell Omeje; Damilare Samuel Osinubi (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2017)

Effect of chronic arsenic exposure under environmental conditions on bioaccumulation, oxidative stress, and antioxidant enzymatic defenses in wild trout Salmo trutta (Pisces, Teleostei) - Samuel Greani; Radia Lourkisti; Liliane Berti; Bernard Marchand; Jean Giannettini; Jérémie Santini; Yann Quilichini (Ecotoxicology, 2017)

Carbon Dioxide and Methane Fluxes From Tree Stems, Coarse Woody Debris, and Soils in an Upland Temperate Forest - Daniel L. Warner; Samuel Villarreal; Kelsey McWilliams; Shreeram Inamdar; Rodrigo Vargas (Ecosystems, 2017)

Towards a Better Understanding of the Origins of Microlens Arrays in Mesozoic Ophiuroids and Asteroids - Przemysław Gorzelak; Imran A. Rahman; Samuel Zamora; Arkadiusz Gąsiński; Jerzy Trzciński; Tomasz Brachaniec; Mariusz A. Salamon (Evolutionary Biology, 2017)

Rib Geometry Explains Variation in Dynamic Structural Response: Potential Implications for Frontal Impact Fracture Risk - Michelle M. Murach; Yun-Seok Kang; Samuel D. Goldman; Michelle A. Schafman; Stephen H. Schlecht; Kevin Moorhouse; John H. Bolte; Amanda M. Agnew (Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2017)

Local genes for local bacteria: Evidence of allopatry in the genomes of transatlantic Campylobacter populations - Ben Pascoe; Guillaume Méric; Koji Yahara; Helen Wimalarathna; Susan Murray; Matthew D. Hitchings; Emma L. Sproston; Catherine D. Carrillo; Eduardo N. Taboada; Kerry K. Cooper; Steven Huynh; Alison J. Cody; et al. (Molecular Ecology, 2017)
The genetic structure of bacterial populations can be related to geographical locations of isolation. In some species, there is a strong correlation between geographical distance and genetic distance, which can be caused by different evolutionary mechanisms. Patterns of ancient admixture in Helicobacter pylori can be reconstructed in concordance with past human migration, whereas in Mycobacterium tuberculosis it is the lack of recombination that causes allopatric clusters. In Campylobacter , analyses of genomic data and molecular typing have been successful in determining the reservoir host species, but not geographical origin. We investigated biogeographical variation in highly recombining genes to determine the extent of clustering between genomes from geographically distinct Campylobacter populations. Whole‐genome sequences from 294 Campylobacter isolates from North America and the UK were analysed. Isolates from within the same country shared more recently recombined DNA than isolates from different countries. Using 15 UK /American closely matched pairs of isolates that shared ancestors, we identify regions that have frequently and recently recombined to test their correlation with geographical origin. The seven genes that demonstrated the greatest clustering by geography were used in an attribution model to infer geographical origin which was tested using a further 383 UK clinical isolates to detect signatures of recent foreign travel. Patient records indicated that in 46 cases, travel abroad had occurred UK origin. Identification of biogeographical markers in Campylobacter genomes will contribute to improved source attribution of clinical Campylobacter infection and inform intervention strategies to reduce campylobacteriosis.

The euphotic zone under Arctic Ocean sea ice: Vertical extents and seasonal trends - Samuel R. Laney; Richard A. Krishfield; John. M. Toole (Limnology and Oceanography, 2017)
Eight Ice‐Tethered Profilers were deployed in the Arctic Ocean between 2011 and 2013 to measure vertical distributions of photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) and other bio‐optical properties in ice‐covered water columns, multiple times a day over periods of up to a year. With the radiometers used on these profilers, PAR could be measured to depths of only ∼20–40 m in the central Arctic in late summer under sea ice ∼1 m thick. At lower latitudes in the Beaufort Gyre, late summer PAR was measurable under ice to depths exceeding 125 m. The maximum depths of measurable PAR followed seasonal trends in insolation, with isolumes shoaling in the fall as solar elevation decreased and deepening in spring and early summer after insolation resumed and sea ice diminished. PAR intensities were often anomalously low above 20 m, likely due to a shading effect associated with local horizontal heterogeneity in light transmittance by the overlying sea ice. A model was developed to parameterize these complex vertical PAR distributions to improve estimates of the water column diffuse attenuation coefficient and other related parameters. Such a model is necessary to separate the effect of surface ice heterogeneity on under‐ice PAR profiles from that of the water column itself, so that euphotic zone depth in ice‐covered water columns can be computed using canonical metrics such as the 1% light level. Water column diffuse attenuation coefficients derived from such autonomously‐collected PAR profile data, using this model, agreed favorably with values determined manually in complementary studies.

Genes essential for phototrophic growth by a purple alphaproteobacterium - Jianming Yang; Liang Yin; Faith H. Lessner; Ernesto S. Nakayasu; Samuel H. Payne; Kathryn R. Fixen; Larry Gallagher; Caroline S. Harwood (Environmental Microbiology, 2017)
Summary Tn‐seq was used to identify genes essential for phototrophic growth by the purple bacterium Rhodopseudomonas palustris . About 167 genes required for anaerobic growth on acetate in light were identified, 35 of which are annotated as photosynthesis genes. The essentiality of many of these genes by analysing the phenotypes of independently generated mutants that had altered pigmentation was verified. Three genes were identified, two possibly involved in biogenesis of the membrane‐bound photosynthetic apparatus and one for phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis, that were not known to be essential for phototrophic growth. Site‐directed mutagenesis was used to show that the NADH:quinone oxidoreductase complex I E was essential for phototrophic growth under strictly anaerobic conditions and appeared to play a role in reverse electron transport to generate NADH. A homologous NADH:quinone oxidoreductase complex I A likely operates in the opposite direction to oxidize NADH. The operation of the two enzymes in opposition would allow R. palustris to maintain redox balance. As a complement to the genetic data, proteomics experiments were carried out in which it was found that 408 proteins were present in significantly higher amounts in cells grown anaerobically in light compared with aerobically. Among these were proteins encoded by subset of the phototrophic growth‐essential genes.

Estimation of sampling error uncertainties in observed surface air temperature change in China - Wei Hua; Samuel S. P. Shen; Alexander Weithmann; Huijun Wang (Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2017)

Assessing remotely sensed temperature humidity index as human comfort indicator relative to landuse landcover change in Abuja, Nigeria - Samuel O. Ige; Vincent O. Ajayi; O. E. Adeyeri; K. S. A. Oyekan (Spatial Information Research, 2017)

Tsunami Detection by High Frequency Radar Beyond the Continental Shelf: II. Extension of Time Correlation Algorithm and Validation on Realistic Case Studies - Stéphan T. Grilli; Charles-Antoine Guérin; Michael Shelby; Annette R. Grilli; Patrick Moran; Samuel Grosdidier; Tania L. Insua (Pure and Applied Geophysics, 2017)

Hydraulic hazard exposure of humans swept away in a whitewater river - Michael A. Strom; Gregory B. Pasternack; Scott G. Burman; Helen E. Dahlke; Samuel Sandoval-Solis (Natural Hazards, 2017)

A globally deployable strategy for co-development of adaptation preferences to sea-level rise: the public participation case of Santos, Brazil - Jose A. Marengo; Luci H. Nunes; Celia R. G. Souza; Joseph Harari; Frank Muller-Karger; Roberto Greco; Eduardo K. Hosokawa; Ernesto K. Tabuchi; Samuel B. Merrill; Catherine J. Reynolds; Mark Pelling; Lincoln M. Alves; et al. (Natural Hazards, 2017)

Effects of high-altitude exposure on supraspinal fatigue and corticospinal excitability and inhibition - Mathieu Marillier; Pierrick J. Arnal; Thibault Le Roux Mallouf; Thomas Rupp; Guillaume Y. Millet; Samuel Verges (European Journal of Applied Physiology, 2017)

Post-exercise blood flow restriction attenuates hyperemia similarly in males and females - Scott J. Dankel; J. Grant Mouser; Matthew B. Jessee; Kevin T. Mattocks; Samuel L. Buckner; Jeremy P. Loenneke (European Journal of Applied Physiology, 2017)

The mining sector of Liberia: current practices and environmental challenges - Samuel T. K. Wilson; Hongtao Wang; Martin Kabenge; Xuejiao Qi (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2017)

Insectifugal and insecticidal potentials of two tropical botanical essential oils against cowpea seed bruchid - Samuel Adelani Babarinde; Olufemi Olutoyin Richard Pitan; Michael Oluwole Ajala; Ganiyu Olatunji Olatunde (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2017)

Contamination status of arsenic in fish and shellfish from three river basins in Ghana - Francis Gbogbo; Samuel Darlynton Otoo; Obed Asomaning; Robert Quaye Huago (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2017)

Flow and quiet eye: the role of attentional control in flow experience - David J. Harris; Samuel J. Vine; Mark R. Wilson (Cognitive Processing, 2017)

Stratagems employed for 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid removal from polluted water sources - Evy Alice Abigail M; Melvin Samuel S; Santhanam Needhidasan; Chidambaram Ramalingam (Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 2017)

Coffee consumption and risk of renal cell carcinoma - Samuel O. Antwi; Jeanette E. Eckel-Passow; Nancy D. Diehl; Daniel J. Serie; Kaitlynn M. Custer; Michelle L. Arnold; Kevin J. Wu; John C. Cheville; David D. Thiel; Bradley C. Leibovich; Alexander S. Parker (Cancer Causes & Control, 2017)

Plant Community Chemical Composition Influences Trembling Aspen (Populus tremuloides) Intake by Sheep - Kristen Y. Heroy; Samuel B. St. Clair; Elizabeth A. Burritt; Juan J. Villalba (Journal of Chemical Ecology, 2017)

Inhalation of gas metal arc–stainless steel welding fume promotes lung tumorigenesis in A/J mice - Lauryn M. Falcone; Aaron Erdely; Terence G. Meighan; Lori A. Battelli; Rebecca Salmen; Walter McKinney; Samuel Stone; Amy Cumpston; Jared Cumpston; Ronnee N. Andrews; Michael Kashon; James M. Antonini; et al. (Archives of Toxicology, 2017)

Spatio-temporal dynamics of gross rainfall partitioning and nutrient fluxes in shaded-cocoa (Theobroma cocoa) systems in a tropical semi-deciduous forest - Evans K. Dawoe; Victor R. Barnes; Samuel K. Oppong (Agroforestry Systems, 2017)

Monosodium glutamate-associated alterations in open field, anxiety-related and conditioned place preference behaviours in mice - Olakunle James Onaolapo; Olaleye Samuel Aremu; Adejoke Yetunde Onaolapo (Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology, 2017)

Review of Hierarchical Modeling and Analysis for Spatial Data by Banerjee, S., Carlin, B. P., and Gelfand, A. E. - Samuel Soubeyrand (Mathematical Geosciences, 2017)

Fatty acid recovery after starvation: insights into the fatty acid conversion capabilities of a benthic copepod (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) - Eva Werbrouck; Samuel Bodé; Dirk Van Gansbeke; Ann Vanreusel; Marleen De Troch (Marine Biology, 2017)

Decomposition of soil organic carbon influenced by soil temperature and moisture in Andisol and Inceptisol paddy soils in a cold temperate region of Japan - Shuirong Tang; Weiguo Cheng; Ronggui Hu; Miyuki Nakajima; Julien Guigue; Samuel Munyaka Kimani; Satoru Sato; Keitaro Tawaraya; Xingkai Xu (Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2017)

Synthesis, Characterization and Solvatochromic Studies Using the Solvent Polarity Parameter, ENT on 2-Chloro-3-Ethylamino-1,4-Naphthoquinone - Arulappan Durairaj; Asir Obadiah; Subramanian Ramanathan; Princy Merlin Johnson; Antony Paulraj Bella; Samuel Vasanthkumar (Journal of Fluorescence, 2017)

A tale of three cuffs: the hemodynamics of blood flow restriction - J. Grant Mouser; Scott J. Dankel; Matthew B. Jessee; Kevin T. Mattocks; Samuel L. Buckner; Brittany R. Counts; Jeremy P. Loenneke (European Journal of Applied Physiology, 2017)

Associations of human skeletal muscle fiber type and insulin sensitivity, blood lipids, and vascular hemodynamics in a cohort of premenopausal women - Gordon Fisher; Samuel T. Windham; Perry Griffin; Jonathan L. Warren; Barbara A. Gower; Gary R. Hunter (European Journal of Applied Physiology, 2017)

Enhancement of sorption capacity of cocoa shell biomass modified with non-thermal plasma for removal of both cationic and anionic dyes from aqueous solution - Brice Takam; Elie Acayanka; Georges Y. Kamgang; Merlin T. Pedekwang; Samuel Laminsi (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2017)

Environmental risk assessment in five rivers of Parana River basin, Southern Brazil, through biomarkers in Astyanax spp. - Ivaldete Tijolin Barros; Juliana Parolin Ceccon; Andressa Glinski; Samuel Liebel; Sonia Regina Grötzner; Marco Antonio Ferreira Randi; Evanilde Benedito; Claudia Feijó Ortolani-Machado; Francisco Filipak Neto; Ciro Alberto de Oliveira Ribeiro (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2017)

Analysis of soil microbial communities based on amplicon sequencing of marker genes - Anne Schöler; Samuel Jacquiod; Gisle Vestergaard; Stefanie Schulz; Michael Schloter (Biology and Fertility of Soils, 2017)

Bradyrhizobium centrolobii and Bradyrhizobium macuxiense sp. nov. isolated from Centrolobium paraense grown in soil of Amazonia, Brazil - Daniele C. Michel; Samuel R. Passos; Jean L. Simões-Araujo; Alexandre C. Baraúna; Krisle da Silva; Marcia M. Parma; Itamar S. Melo; Sofie E. De Meyer; Graham O’Hara; Jerri E. Zilli (Archives of Microbiology, 2017)

Molecular diversity and distribution of eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean dogfishes Squalus highlight taxonomic issues in the genus - Ana Veríssimo; Diana Zaera‐Perez; Rob Leslie; Samuel P. Iglésias; Bernard Séret; Panagiotis Grigoriou; Aspasia Sterioti; Chrysoula Gubili; Claudio Barría; Clinton Duffy; Sebastián Hernández; Ioannis E. Batjakas; et al. (Zoologica Scripta, 2017)
The alpha taxonomy of the globally distributed shark genus Squalus has been under intense investigation recently, and many new species have been described over the last decade. However, taxonomic uncertainty remains about several taxa. Without consistent nomenclature and the ability to reliably distinguish between the different Squalus species, basic data collection, downstream conservation and management efforts are seriously compromised. To aid in clarifying the taxonomic status of Squalus species in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, we assessed species diversity at the molecular level and evaluated the consistency in species identification in the region. Samples from all nominal Squalus species recognized in the above regions were collected in an international effort and sequenced for regions of the mitochondrial COI and ND 2 genes. These data were further analysed alongside publicly available sequences, including 19 of the 26 Squalus species globally recognized, to compare the regional genus‐level diversity with that found elsewhere. Our results confirm inconsistent species identification in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Squalus , particularly concerning S. blainville and S. megalops , and reinforce the need to revise the status of S. megalops and S. mitsukurii as they may include several distinct species distributed around the world. The status of S. blainville is also discussed in the light of the current findings and its problematic taxonomic history.

Deciphering conjugative plasmid permissiveness in wastewater microbiomes - Samuel Jacquiod; Asker Brejnrod; Stefan M. Morberg; Waleed Abu Al‐Soud; Søren J. Sørensen; Leise Riber (Molecular Ecology, 2017)
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are designed to robustly treat polluted water. They are characterized by ceaseless flows of organic, chemical and microbial matter, followed by treatment steps before environmental release. WWTPs are hotspots of horizontal gene transfer between bacteria via conjugative plasmids, leading to dissemination of potentially hazardous genetic material such as antimicrobial resistance genes (AMRGs). While current focus is on the threat of AMRGs spreading and their environmental maintenance, conjugative plasmid transfer dynamics within and between bacterial communities still remains largely uncharted. Furthermore, current in vitro methods used to assess conjugation in complex microbiomes do not include in situ behaviours of recipient cells, resulting in partial understanding of transfers. We investigated the in vitro conjugation capacities of WWTP microbiomes from inlet sewage and outlet treated water using the broad‐host range IncP‐1 conjugative plasmid, pKJK5. A thorough molecular approach coupling metagenomes to 16S rRNA DNA/cDNA amplicon sequencing was established to characterize microbiomes using the ecological concept of functional response groups. A broad diversity of recipient bacterial phyla for the plasmid was observed, especially in WWTP outlets. We also identified permissive bacteria potentially able to cross WWTPs and engage in conjugation before and after water treatment. Bacterial activity and lifestyle seem to influence conjugation extent, as treated water copiotrophs were the most represented strategist amongst transconjugants. Correlation analysis highlighted possible plasmid transmission routes into communities between the sewage to the environment, with identification of keystone members (e.g., Arcobacter ) potentially involved in cross‐border exchanges between distant Gram‐positive and Gram‐negative phyla.

Preliminary sex differentiation of Indo‐Pacific humpback dolphins ( Sousa chinensis) in the Pearl River estuary and eastern Taiwan Strait using scarring of dorsal fins - Katherine A. Wright; John Y. Wang; Samuel K. Hung; Kimberly N. Riehl; Shih Chu Yang; Bradley N. White (Marine Mammal Science, 2017)

State transitions: a major mortality risk for seasonal species - Julie Landes; Martine Perret; Isabelle Hardy; Carlo Giovanni Camarda; Pierre‐Yves Henry; Samuel Pavard (Ecology Letters, 2017)
Ageing results from the accumulation of multifactorial damage over time. However, the temporal distribution of this damage remains unknown. In seasonal species, transitions between seasons are critical periods of massive physiological remodelling. We hypothesised that these recurrent peaks of physiological remodelling are costly in terms of survival. We tested whether captive small primates exposed to an experimentally increased frequency of seasonal transitions die sooner than individuals living under natural seasonality. The results show that experiencing one additional season per year increases the mortality hazard by a factor of 3 to 4, whereas the expected number of seasons lived is only slightly impacted by the seasonal rhythm. These results demonstrate that physiological transitions between periods of high and low metabolic activity represent a major mortality risk for seasonal organisms, which has been ignored until now.

Application of geochemical and stable isotopic tracers to investigate groundwater salinity in the Ochi-Narkwa Basin, Ghana - Samuel Y. Ganyaglo; Shiloh Osae; Tetteh Akiti; Thomas Armah; Laurence Gourcy; Tomas Vitvar; Mari Ito; Isaac A. Otoo (Hydrological Sciences Journal, 2017)

Ungulate copiparvovirus 2 in healthy and postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome-affected pigs - Samuel P. Cibulski; Thais F. Teixeira; Ana Paula M. Varela; Camila M. Scheffer; Helton F. Santos; Francisco E. S. Lima; Paulo M. Roehe (Tropical Animal Health and Production, 2017)

Water balance and water productivity of rice paddy in unpuddled sandy loam soil - Samuel Dagalo Hatiye; K. S. Hari Prasad; C. S. P. Ojha (Sustainable Water Resources Management, 2017)

Effect of light and natural ventilation systems on the growth parameters and carvacrol content in the in vitro cultures of Plectranthus amboinicus (Lour.) Spreng - Sâmia Torres Silva; Suzan Kelly Vilela Bertolucci; Samuel Henrique Braga da Cunha; Luiz Eduardo Santos Lazzarini; Marília Claudiano Tavares; José Eduardo Brasil Pereira Pinto (Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 2017)

Association of recently identified type 2 diabetes gene variants with Gestational Diabetes in Asian Indian population - Sekar Kanthimathi; Manickam Chidambaram; Dhanasekaran Bodhini; Samuel Liju; Aruyerchelvan Bhavatharini; Ram Uma; Ranjit Mohan Anjana; Viswanathan Mohan; Venkatesan Radha (Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 2017)

A simple method for the synthesis of 1,3-diaminopropan-2-ols derivatives and their ex vivo relaxant activity on isolated rat tracheal rings - Fabiola I. López; Fabiola N. de la Cruz; Julio López; J. Merced Martínez; Yolanda Alcaraz; Francisco Delgado; Amanda Sánchez-Recillas; Samuel Estrada-Soto; Miguel A. Vázquez (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2017)

Methodological perspectives on the application of compound-specific stable isotope fingerprinting for sediment source apportionment - Hari R. Upadhayay; Samuel Bodé; Marco Griepentrog; Dries Huygens; Roshan M. Bajracharya; William H. Blake; Gerd Dercon; Lionel Mabit; Max Gibbs; Brice X. Semmens; Brian C. Stock; Wim Cornelis; et al. (Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2017)

Differential effects of early-life nutrient restriction in long-lived GHR-KO and normal mice - Yimin Fang; Samuel McFadden; Justin Darcy; Cristal M. Hill; Joshua A. Huber; Steve Verhulst; John J. Kopchick; Richard A. Miller; Liou Y. Sun; Andrzej Bartke (GeroScience, 2017)

Determinants and income effect of yam postharvest loss management: evidence from the Zabzugu District of Northern Ghana - Isaac Gershon Kodwo Ansah; Bright K. D. Tetteh; Samuel A. Donkoh (Food Security, 2017)

Muscle size and strength: another study not designed to answer the question - Samuel L. Buckner; Scott J. Dankel; Kevin T. Mattocks; Matthew B. Jessee; J. Grant Mouser; Jeremy P. Loenneke (European Journal of Applied Physiology, 2017)

The effect of high-intensity aerobic interval training on markers of systemic inflammation in sedentary populations - Nicholas G. Allen; Samuel M. Higham; Amy E. Mendham; Tegan E. Kastelein; Penelope S. Larsen; Rob Duffield (European Journal of Applied Physiology, 2017)

QTL detection for flowering time in faba bean and the responses to ambient temperature and photoperiod - Samuel C. Catt; Shivraj Braich; Sukhjiwan Kaur; Jeffrey G. Paull (Euphytica, 2017)

Putative mechanisms of genotoxicity induced by fluoride: a comprehensive review - Daniel Araki Ribeiro; Veronica Quispe Yujra; Victor Hugo Pereira da Silva; Samuel Rangel Claudio; Debora Estadella; Milena de Barros Viana; Celina Tizuko Fujiyama Oshima (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2017)

Erratum to: Trends in land use and land cover change in the protected and communal areas of the Zambezi region, Namibia - Jonathan Mutau Kamwi; Christoph Kaetsch; Friedrich Patrick Graz; Paxie Chirwa; Samuel Manda (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2017)

Applying the process of backward design in revising an environmental science program - Caralyn B. Zehnder; Kalina Manoylov; Christine Mutiti; Samuel Mutiti; Allison R. VandeVoort (Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, 2017)

River-plume sedimentation and 210Pb/7Be seabed delivery on the Mississippi River delta front - Gregory Keller; Samuel J. Bentley; Ioannis Y. Georgiou; Jillian Maloney; Michael D. Miner; Kehui Xu (Geo-Marine Letters, 2017)

Organoid and Organ-on-a-Chip Systems: New Paradigms for Modeling Neurological and Gastrointestinal Disease - Aslam Abbasi Akhtar; Samuel Sances; Robert Barrett; Joshua J. Breunig (Current Stem Cell Reports, 2017)

Towards the genetic control of invasive species - Tim Harvey-Samuel; Thomas Ant; Luke Alphey (Biological Invasions, 2017)

Erratum to: Spatially explicit uncertainty modeling of zoonotic pathogen distribution: a case of Listeria monocytogenes in New York State, USA - Rita Mwima; Anthony Gidudu; Allan Mazimwe; Arika Ligmann-Zielinska; Samuel Majalija; Margaret Khaitsa; John David Kabasa; Peter Bergholz (Applied Geomatics, 2017)

Population genetic structure and adaptation of malaria parasites on the edge of endemic distribution - Craig W. Duffy; Hampate Ba; Samuel Assefa; Ambroise D. Ahouidi; Yacine B. Deh; Abderahmane Tandia; Freja C. M. Kirsebom; Dominic P. Kwiatkowski; David J. Conway (Molecular Ecology, 2017)
To determine whether the major human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum exhibits fragmented population structure or local adaptation at the northern limit of its African distribution where the dry Sahel zone meets the Sahara, samples were collected from diverse locations within Mauritania over a range of ~1000 km. Microsatellite genotypes were obtained for 203 clinical infection samples from eight locations, and Illumina paired‐end sequences were obtained to yield high coverage genomewide single nucleotide polymorphism ( SNP ) data for 65 clinical infection samples from four locations. Most infections contained single parasite genotypes, reflecting low rates of transmission and superinfection locally, in contrast to the situation seen in population samples from countries further south. A minority of infections shared related or identical genotypes locally, indicating some repeated transmission of parasite clones without recombination. This caused some multilocus linkage disequilibrium and local divergence, but aside from the effect of repeated genotypes there was minimal differentiation between locations. Several chromosomal regions had elevated integrated haplotype scores (| iHS |) indicating recent selection, including those containing drug resistance genes. A genomewide F ST scan comparison with previous sequence data from an area in West Africa with higher infection endemicity indicates that regional gene flow prevents genetic isolation, but revealed allele frequency differentiation at three drug resistance loci and an erythrocyte invasion ligand gene. Contrast of extended haplotype signatures revealed none to be unique to Mauritania. Discrete foci of infection on the edge of the Sahara are genetically highly connected to the wider continental parasite population, and local elimination would be difficult to achieve without very substantial reduction in malaria throughout the region.

Does Aquaculture Support the Needs of Nutritionally Vulnerable Nations? - Christopher D. Golden; Katherine L. Seto; Madan M. Dey; Oai L. Chen; Jessica A. Gephart; Samuel S. Myers; Matthew Smith; Bapu Vaitla; Edward H. Allison (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2017)

The MICE facility – a new tool to study plant–soil C cycling with a holistic approach - Mirjam S. Studer; Roland Künzli; Reto Maier; Michael W. I. Schmidt; Rolf T. W. Siegwolf; Ivan Woodhatch; Samuel Abiven (Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies, 2017)

Intra-Specific Variation Reveals Potential for Adaptation to Ocean Acidification in a Cold-Water Coral from the Gulf of Mexico - Melissa D. Kurman; Carlos E. Gómez; Samuel E. Georgian; Jay J. Lunden; Erik E. Cordes (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2017)

Comparative life cycle analysis of producing charcoal from bamboo, teak, and acacia species in Ghana - Samuel T. Partey; Oliver B. Frith; Michael Y. Kwaku; Daniel A. Sarfo (The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 2017)

Aflatoxin B1 levels in groundnut products from local markets in Zambia - Samuel M. C. Njoroge; Limbikani Matumba; Kennedy Kanenga; Moses Siambi; Farid Waliyar; Joseph Maruwo; Norah Machinjiri; Emmanuel S. Monyo (Mycotoxin Research, 2017)

Giant Cicada Emergence, Protandry and Chorus Centers Formation as Revealed by Studies Using a Sound Trap - Samuel de Carvalho Andrade; Nilza Maria Martinelli; Guilherme D. Rossi; Daniel J. Andrade (Journal of Insect Behavior, 2017)

Carbon dioxide emission and economic growth of China—the role of international trade - Kofi Baah Boamah; Jianguo Du; Isaac Asare Bediako; Angela Jacinta Boamah; Alhassan Alolo Abdul-Rasheed; Samuel Mensah Owusu (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2017)

Trends in land use and land cover change in the protected and communal areas of the Zambezi Region, Namibia - Jonathan Mutau Kamwi; Christoph Kaetsch; Friedrich Patric Graz; Paxie Chirwa; Samuel Manda (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2017)

Structural and functional alterations in the prefrontal cortex after post-weaning social isolation: relationship with species-typical and deviant aggression - Laszlo Biro; Mate Toth; Eszter Sipos; Biborka Bruzsik; Aron Tulogdi; Samuel Bendahan; Carmen Sandi; Jozsef Haller (Brain Structure and Function, 2017)

A haplotype spanning P2X7R, P2X4R and CAMKK2 may mark susceptibility to pulmonary non-tuberculous mycobacterial disease - Samuel Halstrom; Catherine L. Cherry; Michael Black; Rachel Thomson; Hayley Goullee; Svetlana Baltic; Richard Allcock; Suzanna E L Temple; Patricia Price (Immunogenetics, 2017)

Export von Membranproteinen durch bakterielle Injektionsnadeln - Lea Krampen; Samuel Wagner (BIOspektrum, 2017)

Genome sequence of bubaline alphaherpesvirus 1 (BuHV1) isolated in Australia in 1972 - Camila Mengue Scheffer; Ana Paula Muterle Varela; Samuel Paulo Cibulski; Candice Schmidt; Fabrício Souza Campos; Willian Pinto Paim; Raíssa Nunes dos Santos; Thais Fumaco Teixeira; Márcia Regina Loiko; Caroline Tochetto; Helton Fernandes dos Santos; Diane Alves de Lima; et al. (Archives of Virology, 2017)

Methodological and Environmental Impacts on Bioaccessibility Estimates Provided by Single-Point Tenax Extractions - Samuel A. Nutile; Amanda D. Harwood; Federico L. Sinche; Kara E. Huff Hartz; Peter F. Landrum; Michael J. Lydy (Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2017)

Increasing nest predation will be insufficient to maintain polar bear body condition in the face of sea ice loss - Cody J. Dey; Evan Richardson; David McGeachy; Samuel A. Iverson; Hugh G. Gilchrist; Christina A. D. Semeniuk (Global Change Biology, 2017)
Climate change can influence interspecific interactions by differentially affecting species‐specific phenology. In seasonal ice environments, there is evidence that polar bear predation of Arctic bird eggs is increasing because of earlier sea ice breakup, which forces polar bears into nearshore terrestrial environments where Arctic birds are nesting. Because polar bears can consume a large number of nests before becoming satiated, and because they can swim between island colonies, they could have dramatic influences on seabird and sea duck reproductive success. However, it is unclear whether nest foraging can provide an energetic benefit to polar bear populations, especially given the capacity of bird populations to redistribute in response to increasing predation pressure. In this study, we develop a spatially explicit agent‐based model of the predator–prey relationship between polar bears and common eiders, a common and culturally important bird species for northern peoples. Our model is composed of two types of agents (polar bear agents and common eider hen agents) whose movements and decision heuristics are based on species‐specific bioenergetic and behavioral ecological principles, and are influenced by historical and extrapolated sea ice conditions. Our model reproduces empirical findings that polar bear predation of bird nests is increasing and predicts an accelerating relationship between advancing ice breakup dates and the number of nests depredated. Despite increases in nest predation, our model predicts that polar bear body condition during the ice‐free period will continue to decline. Finally, our model predicts that common eider nests will become more dispersed and will move closer to the mainland in response to increasing predation, possibly increasing their exposure to land‐based predators and influencing the livelihood of local people that collect eider eggs and down. These results show that predator–prey interactions can have nonlinear responses to changes in climate and provides important predictions of ecological change in Arctic ecosystems.

Extreme climatic events constrain space use and survival of a ground‐nesting bird - Evan P. Tanner; R. Dwayne Elmore; Samuel D. Fuhlendorf; Craig. A. Davis; David K. Dahlgren; Jeremy P. Orange (Global Change Biology, 2017)
Two fundamental issues in ecology are understanding what influences the distribution and abundance of organisms through space and time. While it is well established that broad‐scale patterns of abiotic and biotic conditions affect organisms’ distributions and population fluctuations, discrete events may be important drivers of space use, survival, and persistence. These discrete extreme climatic events can constrain populations and space use at fine scales beyond that which is typically measured in ecological studies. Recently, a growing body of literature has identified thermal stress as a potential mechanism in determining space use and survival. We sought to determine how ambient temperature at fine temporal scales affected survival and space use for a ground‐nesting quail species ( Colinus virginianus ; northern bobwhite). We modeled space use across an ambient temperature gradient (ranging from −20 to 38 °C) through a maxent algorithm. We also used Andersen–Gill proportional hazard models to assess the influence of ambient temperature‐related variables on survival through time. Estimated available useable space ranged from 18.6% to 57.1% of the landscape depending on ambient temperature. The lowest and highest ambient temperature categories ( 35 °C, respectively) were associated with the least amount of estimated useable space (18.6% and 24.6%, respectively). Range overlap analysis indicated dissimilarity in areas where Colinus virginianus were restricted during times of thermal extremes (range overlap = 0.38). This suggests that habitat under a given condition is not necessarily a habitat under alternative conditions. Further, we found survival was most influenced by weekly minimum ambient temperatures. Our results demonstrate that ecological constraints can occur along a thermal gradient and that understanding the effects of these discrete events and how they change over time may be more important to conservation of organisms than are average and broad‐scale conditions as typically measured in ecological studies.

Effort rights‐based management - Dale Squires; Mark Maunder; Robin Allen; Peder Andersen; Kepa Astorkiza; Douglas Butterworth; Gonzalo Caballero; Raymond Clarke; Hans Ellefsen; Patrice Guillotreau; John Hampton; Rögnvaldur Hannesson; et al. (Fish and Fisheries, 2017)
Effort rights‐based fisheries management ( RBM ) is less widely used than catch rights, whether for groups or individuals. Because RBM on catch or effort necessarily requires a total allowable catch ( TAC ) or total allowable effort ( TAE ), RBM is discussed in conjunction with issues in assessing fish populations and providing TAC s or TAE s. Both approaches have advantages and disadvantages, and there are trade‐offs between the two approaches. In a narrow economic sense, catch rights are superior because of the type of incentives created, but once the costs of research to improve stock assessments and the associated risks of determining the TAC and costs of monitoring, control, surveillance and enforcement are taken into consideration, the choice between catch or effort RBM becomes more complex and less clear. The results will be case specific. Hybrid systems based on both catch and effort are increasingly employed to manage marine fisheries to capture the advantages of both approaches. In hybrid systems, catch or effort RBM dominates and controls on the other supplements. RBM using either catch or effort by itself addresses only the target species stock externality and not the remaining externalities associated with by‐catch and the ecosystem.

Application of hydrogeophysical techniques to study the distribution of a burrowing crayfish in a wetland - Sarah C. Sweat; Samuel Mutiti; Christopher E. Skelton (Wetlands Ecology and Management, 2017)

An Extension of the Stefan-Type Solution Method Applicable to Multi-component, Multi-phase 1D Systems - K. C. Lewis; Samuel Coakley; Sean Miele (Transport in Porous Media, 2017)

Analysis and Indications on Long-term Forecasting of the Oceanic Niño Index with Wavelet-Induced Components - Adrien Deliège; Samuel Nicolay (Pure and Applied Geophysics, 2017)

Reproductive allocation in pulsed-resource environments: a comparative study in two populations of wild boar - Marlène Gamelon; Stefano Focardi; Eric Baubet; Serge Brandt; Barbara Franzetti; Francesca Ronchi; Samuel Venner; Bernt-Erik Sæther; Jean-Michel Gaillard (Oecologia, 2017)

Cellular and Circuitry Bases of Autism: Lessons Learned from the Temporospatial Manipulation of Autism Genes in the Brain - Samuel W. Hulbert; Yong-hui Jiang (Neuroscience Bulletin, 2017)

Integrated management of branch canker disease (Macrophoma sp.) in tea under field level - Mareeswaran Jeyaraman; Premkumar Samuel Asir Robert (Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection, 2017)

A Modeling Study on Inspired CO2 Rebreathing Device for Sleep Apnea Treatment by Means of CFD Analysis and Experiment - Mehdi Shokoueinejad; Arman Pazouki; Jake Levin; Fa Wang; Chris Fernandez; Samuel Rusk; Ícaro dos Santos; Ashley Mulchrone; Jerome Dempsey; John G. Webster (Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering, 2017)

Neurons in the pontomedullary reticular formation receive converging inputs from the hindlimb and labyrinth - Derek M. Miller; William M. DeMayo; George H. Bourdages; Samuel R. Wittman; Bill J. Yates; Andrew A. McCall (Experimental Brain Research, 2017)

The impact of floral spot and ring markings on pollinator foraging dynamics - Marinus L. de Jager; Edward Willis-Jones; Samuel Critchley; Beverley J. Glover (Evolutionary Ecology, 2017)

Structural imaging of mild traumatic brain injury may not be enough: overview of functional and metabolic imaging of mild traumatic brain injury - Samuel S. Shin; James W. Bales; C. Edward Dixon; Misun Hwang (Brain Imaging and Behavior, 2017)

All in the family? Analyzing the impact of family history in addition to genotype on medullary thyroid carcinoma aggressiveness in MEN2A patients - Kristin L. Long; Carol Etzel; Thereasa Rich; Samuel Hyde; Nancy D. Perrier; Paul H. Graham; Jeffrey E. Lee; Mimi I. Hu; Gilbert J. Cote; Robert Gagel; Elizabeth G. Grubbs (Familial Cancer, 2017)

Expanding the genotype–phenotype spectrum in hereditary colorectal cancer by gene panel testing - Anna Rohlin; Eva Rambech; Anders Kvist; Therese Törngren; Frida Eiengård; Ulf Lundstam; Theofanis Zagoras; Samuel Gebre-Medhin; Åke Borg; Jan Björk; Mef Nilbert; Margareta Nordling (Familial Cancer, 2017)

Depositional environment changes during the early–late Serravallian boundary dated by the Central Paratethys bioevents - Andrej Ruman; Samuel Rybár; Natália Hudáčková; Michal Šujan; Eva Halásová (Facies, 2017)

Precipitation timing and soil heterogeneity regulate the growth and seed production of the invasive grass red brome - Kevin J. Horn; Tara B. B. Bishop; Samuel B. St. Clair (Biological Invasions, 2017)

Genomic characterization of a bovine viral diarrhea virus subtype 1i in Brazil - Ana Cristina S. Mósena; Matheus N. Weber; Samuel P. Cibulski; Simone Silveira; Mariana S. Silva; Fabiana Q. Mayer; Cláudio W. Canal (Archives of Virology, 2017)

Characterization and complete genome sequence of a panicovirus from Bermuda grass by high-throughput sequencing - Muhammad N. Tahir; Ben Lockhart; Samuel Grinstead; Dimitre Mollov (Archives of Virology, 2017)

Modulation of N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptors (NMDAR), Bcl-2 and C-Fos Gene Expressions on Exposure to Individual and Mixtures of Low Concentration Metals in Zebrafish (Danio rerio) - Samuel Jerry Cobbina; Guanghua Mao; Ting Zhao; Hai Xu; Zhen Zhang; Hongyang Liu; Yanmin Zou; Xiangyang Wu; Liuqing Yang (Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2017)

Stereolithography-Based 3D Printed “Pillar Plates” that Minimizes Fluid Transfers During Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assays - Justin D. McCallen; Alison Schaefer; Phoebe Lee; Loretta Hing; Samuel K. Lai (Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2017)

Bioactive compounds of Aspergillus terreus—F7, an endophytic fungus from Hyptis suaveolens (L.) Poit - Igor Pereira da Silva; Elson Brissow; Luis Claudio Kellner Filho; Jaqueline Senabio; Kátia Aparecida de Siqueira; Samuel Vandresen Filho; Jaqueline Lopes Damasceno; Suzana Amorim Mendes; Denise Crispim Tavares; Lizandra Guidi Magalhães; Policarpo Ademar Sales Junior; Ana Helena Januário; et al. (World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2017)

Efficacy and safety of metformin and sitagliptin based triple antihyperglycemic therapy (STRATEGY): a multicenter, randomized, controlled, non-inferiority clinical trial - Wen Xu; Yiming Mu; Jiajun Zhao; Dalong Zhu; Qiuhe Ji; Zhiguang Zhou; Bin Yao; Anhua Mao; Samuel S. Engel; Bin Zhao; Yan Bi; Longyi Zeng; et al. (Science China Life Sciences, 2017)

Characterization of Culturable Actinomycetes Associated with Halophytic Rhizosphere as Potential Source of Antibiotics - Appadurai Muthamil Iniyan; Rajaretinam Rajesh Kannan; Samuel Gnana Prakash Vincent (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences, 2017)

Herbicide application during pasture renewal initially increases root turnover and carbon input to soil in perennial ryegrass and white clover pasture - Samuel R. McNally; Daniel C. Laughlin; Susanna Rutledge; Mike B. Dodd; Johan Six; Louis A. Schipper (Plant and Soil, 2017)

Changes in the Spectral Features of Zinc Phthalocyanine Induced by Nitrogen Dioxide Gas in Solution and in Solid Polymer Nanofiber Media - Ruphino Zugle; Samuel Tetteh (Journal of Fluorescence, 2017)

The impact of energy, agriculture, macroeconomic and human-induced indicators on environmental pollution: evidence from Ghana - Samuel Asumadu-Sarkodie; Phebe Asantewaa Owusu (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2017)

Advancing Ecosystem Science by Promoting Greater Use of Theory and Multiple Research Approaches in Graduate Education - Kathryn L. Cottingham; Samuel B. Fey; Keith J. Fritschie; Jessica V. Trout-Haney (Ecosystems, 2017)

Low sediment loads affect survival of coral recruits: the first weeks are crucial - Mareen Moeller; Samuel Nietzer; Tom Schils; Peter J. Schupp (Coral Reefs, 2017)

Using mathematical methods for designing optimal mixtures for building bricks prepared by solid industrial waste - Eliane Wolff; Wilfrid Keller Schwabe; Samuel Vieira Conceição; Jisela Aparecida Santanna-Greco; Marcelo Greco; Raiane Ribeiro Machado (Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 2017)

A multi-criteria geographic information systems approach for the measurement of vulnerability to climate change - Daniel Miller Runfola; Samuel Ratick; Julie Blue; Elia Axinia Machado; Nupur Hiremath; Nick Giner; Kathleen White; Jeffrey Arnold (Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 2017)

Spatially explicit uncertainty modeling of zoonotic pathogen distribution: a case of Listeria monocytogenes in New York State, USA - Rita Mwima; Anthony Gidudu; Allan Mazimwe; Arika Ligmann-Zielinska; Samuel Majalija; Margaret Khaitsa; John David Kabasa; Peter Bergholz (Applied Geomatics, 2017)

Design Considerations of a Fiber Optic Pressure Sensor Protective Housing for Intramuscular Pressure Measurements - Shanette A. Go; Elisabeth R. Jensen; Shawn M. O’Connor; Loribeth Q. Evertz; Duane A. Morrow; Samuel R. Ward; Richard L. Lieber; Kenton R. Kaufman (Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2017)

Potentials of Bamboo-Based Agroforestry for Sustainable Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review - Samuel T. Partey; Daniel A. Sarfo; Oliver Frith; Michael Kwaku; Naresh V. Thevathasan (Agricultural Research, 2017)

Atmospheric analogues for physically consistent scenarios of surface weather in Europe and Maghreb - Damien Raynaud; Benoit Hingray; Isabella Zin; Sandrine Anquetin; Samuel Debionne; Robert Vautard (International Journal of Climatology, 2017)
This study compares the multivariate predictions of daily temperature, temperature range, precipitation, surface wind and solar radiation of a single‐model analogue approach with an original multi‐model analogy over 12 regions in Europe and Maghreb. Both approaches are based on two‐level analogue models where atmospheric predictors are either dynamic or thermodynamic. In the multi‐model approach, independent analogue models with predictand‐specific predictors are used. In the single‐model one, a unique analogue model and its associated set of predictors is applied to all predictands. Testing numerous large‐scale predictors, we first identify the best predictor sets for each modelling strategy. Those obtained for the single‐model approach are significantly different from those of the predictand‐specific models. This is especially the case for local temperature and wind speed. Both methods perform similarly for precipitation, temperature range and radiation. We next assess the ability of both approaches to simulate physically coherent multivariate weather scenarios. With the single‐model method, weather scenarios are obtained for each prediction day from observations sampled simultaneously on one analogue day. The physical consistency between variables is thus automatically fulfilled each day. This allows the single‐model method to reproduce well the observed inter‐predictand correlations, especially the significant correlations between radiation and precipitation and between radiation and temperature range. These results suggest a hybrid analogue model using a single‐model for radiation, temperature range and precipitation, combined with a univariate approach for wind. Two options are proposed for temperature for which either the predictand‐specific method or a single‐model approach with an additional correction are conceivable. This hybrid approach leads to a possible compromise between reasonable univariate prediction skills and realistic inter‐predictands correlations, both classically required for many impact studies.

Denial of long‐term issues with agriculture on tropical peatlands will have devastating consequences - Lahiru S. Wijedasa; Jyrki Jauhiainen; Mari Könönen; Maija Lampela; Harri Vasander; Marie‐Claire Leblanc; Stephanie Evers; Thomas E. L. Smith; Catherine M. Yule; Helena Varkkey; Massimo Lupascu; Faizal Parish; et al. (Global Change Biology, 2017)

Inferring infection hazard in wildlife populations by linking data across individual and population scales - Kim M. Pepin; Shannon L. Kay; Ben D. Golas; Susan S. Shriner; Amy T. Gilbert; Ryan S. Miller; Andrea L. Graham; Steven Riley; Paul C. Cross; Michael D. Samuel; Mevin B. Hooten; Jennifer A. Hoeting; et al. (Ecology Letters, 2017)
Our ability to infer unobservable disease‐dynamic processes such as force of infection (infection hazard for susceptible hosts) has transformed our understanding of disease transmission mechanisms and capacity to predict disease dynamics. Conventional methods for inferring FOI estimate a time‐averaged value and are based on population‐level processes. Because many pathogens exhibit epidemic cycling and FOI is the result of processes acting across the scales of individuals and populations, a flexible framework that extends to epidemic dynamics and links within‐host processes to FOI is needed. Specifically, within‐host antibody kinetics in wildlife hosts can be short‐lived and produce patterns that are repeatable across individuals, suggesting individual‐level antibody concentrations could be used to infer time since infection and hence FOI . Using simulations and case studies (influenza A in lesser snow geese and Yersinia pestis in coyotes), we argue that with careful experimental and surveillance design, the population‐level FOI signal can be recovered from individual‐level antibody kinetics, despite substantial individual‐level variation. In addition to improving inference, the cross‐scale quantitative antibody approach we describe can reveal insights into drivers of individual‐based variation in disease response, and the role of poorly understood processes such as secondary infections, in population‐level dynamics of disease.

Phytoremediation Potential of Helianthus annuus and Hydrangea paniculata in Copper and Lead-Contaminated Soil - Jenna Forte; Samuel Mutiti (Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2017)