Digital technology plays an increasingly important role in wildlife management and conservation, by enhancing monitoring capabilities and reshaping human-wildlife interactions. However, the transformative potential of these digital solutions for coexistence remains unclear. This paper presents a novel framework to assess the transformative potential of digital systems in wildlife management and conservation, focusing on two ke...

Usutu virus (USUV) is a zoonotic arbovirus causing systemic and neuroinvasive diseases in birds and flu-like or sporadic neuroinvasive disease in humans. USUV-associated encephalitis is morphologically well-characterized in birds, while the mechanisms of cell-damage in spontaneously infected birds remain poorly understood. For the closely related West Nile virus, apoptosis significantly contributes to the pathogenesis of othof...

Estuaries around the world are extensively modified to support dense human populations. They trap both fluvial and marine sediments, creating regions with high suspended sediment concentrations (SSCs), called estuarine turbidity maxima (ETM), which affect port navigability and ecological values. The impact of human-induced narrowing and deepening on sediment trapping and flushing is still subject to debate, particularly in str...

Pancreatic cancer has a dismal prognosis in the general population. However, early detection and treatment of disease in high-risk individuals can improve survival, as patients with localized disease and especially patients with lesions smaller than 10 mm show greatly improved 5-year survival rates. To achieve early detection through MRI surveillance programs, optimization of imaging is required. Advances in MRI technologies i...

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a leading cause of cancer-related deaths and is associated with a poor prognosis. The majority of these cancers are detected at a late stage, contributing to the bad prognosis. This underscores the need for novel, enhanced early detection strategies to improve the outcomes. While population-based screening is not recommended due to the relatively low incidence of PDAC, surveillance is...

In this study, we present an extension to the Monin–Obukov similarity theory (MOST) for the roughness sublayer (RSL) over short vegetation. We test our theory using temperature measurements from fiber optic cables in an array-shaped set-up. This provides a high vertical measurement resolution that enables us to measure the sharp temperature gradients near the surface. It is well-known that MOST is invalid in the RSL as the flo...

The bimodal wave climate of the semi-protected shallow Gulf St Vincent in South Australia has been analyzed through a forty-year (1980-2020) wave hindcast and an investigation into the climatic drivers of wave climate anomalies is presented. The sea and swell partitions of the wave climate were modelled independently as well as using an integrated model with both partitions represented. The wave hindcast was validated against...

The occurrence of facultative endosymbionts has been studied in many commercially important crop pest aphids, but their occurrence and effects in non‐commercial aphid species in natural populations have received less attention. We screened 437 aphid samples belonging to 106 aphid species for the eight most common facultative aphid endosymbionts. We found one or more facultative endosymbionts in 53% (56 of 106) of the species i...

Ancient environmental samples, including permafrost soils and frozen animal remains, represent an archive with microbial communities that have barely been explored. This yet unexplored microbial world is a genetic resource that may provide us with new evolutionary insights into recent genomic changes, as well as novel metabolic pathways and chemistry. Here, we describe Actinomycetota Micromonospora , Oerskovia , Saccharopolysp...

Estuaries are continuously adapting to anthropogenic pressure. Because of sea-level rise and reduced fluvial sediment supply, they are at risk of sediment starvation. Contrarily, some estuaries require frequent dredging after artificially deepening the channel to maintain port operations. To optimize current estuarine functions and make estuaries more resilient to future threats, improved understanding of estuarine development...