Rockbursts are critical geohazards during the construction of deep buried tunnels under high in-situ stress conditions. However, their accurate predictions and effective mitigations remain challenging in complex geo-stress environments. This study utilizes an in-house combined finite-discrete element method (FDEM) to conduct a case study on the rockbursts observed in a deep buried railway tunnel in southwestern China revealing...

Aim Islands have recently been recognised as potential sources of biodiversity, challenging the traditional view that their small population sizes and low genetic diversity limit such a role. This raises the question of how insular genetic variation becomes incorporated into continental populations, contrary to expectations of unidirectional colonisation. Here, we investigate whether and how island‐derived genetic variation ha...

The purpose of this study was to quantify the sleep disturbances caused by climate change using disability-adjusted life years (DALY). The revised sleep quality index for daily sleep (SQIDS2), a self-administered questionnaire for daily sleep quality, was developed to assess daily sleep disturbances. This questionnaire referenced and simplified the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). This study was conducted in Nagoya City...

The biological pump that transports carbon from the surface ocean to the ocean interior is an important determinant of ocean carbon absorption from the atmosphere, and of biological activity beneath the euphotic zone. Various factors influence the magnitude and efficiency of this biological pump, such as primary production, particle size, and the composition of consumers of particulate organic carbon (POC). The complex factors...