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Soil microbial communities underpin ecosystem functions critical for sustainable agriculture, yet our understanding of how long‐term management of tropical agroecosystems shapes these communities remains limited. This is particularly the case in sub‐Saharan Africa where soil health challenges are most acute for food security. Using four long‐term (~20 years) experiments across contrasting agroecological zones in Kenya, we stud...
Earth and environmental research (E&E) involves managing complex, large-scale data streams that require robust processing, thorough documentation, and secure long-term preservation. The O2A (Observations to Analysis and Archives) Data Flow Framework presents a modular solution linking raw observations to standardized workflows and archival systems, facilitating the transformation of diverse sensor outputs into curated and acce...
The economics of mine waste reduction: The case of ore-sandNARA Subscribed
A new species of the genus Tympanopleura is described from the Iquiri River, a tributary of the Ituxi River, a right‐bank tributary to the Purus River, Amazon River, northern Brazil. The new species is distinguished from all its congeners by a combination of features, such as the presence of an intensely pigmented square‐shaped blotch on the supraoccipital, a semicircular dark blotch above each eye and an inconspicuous vertica...
A rapid and sensitive RPA-Cas12a assay for detection of banana bunchy top virus (Babuvirus musae)NARA Subscribed
Banana bunchy top virus (BBTV, Babuvirus musae ) is one of the most damaging viral threats to banana production, yet frontline diagnostics rely on PCR, ELISA or proprietary assays that are poorly suited to low resource deployment or associated with high per test cost. We developed a recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA)-Cas12a assay that achieves high sensitivity using crude extracts with fluorescence or lateral flow read...
Interpretable deep learning reveals spatiotemporal MRI features of brain aging that align with neurodegenerationNARA Subscribed
Cortical thinning and atrophy are hallmarks of brain aging that have been characterized using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Brain aging involves many neuroanatomic features whose effects on brain structure remain unexplored. To address this challenge, we trained interpretable deep neural networks (DNNs) to estimate brain age (BA) from T 1 -weighted ( T 1 w) MRI. By identifying MRI features unapparent to humans, DNNs can fi...
Early Imaging Biomarkers of Cartilage Strain After ACL Reconstruction Predict Patient Pain and Altered Knee LoadingNARA Subscribed
Purpose To investigate temporal evolution of cartilage strain and relaxometry following ACL reconstruction, and examine associations between MRI metrics, pain, and knee loading patterns during gait as potential early markers of cartilage degeneration. Methods Twenty-five participants (15 female, 10 male; mean age 25.6 years) undergoing ACL reconstruction completed MRI assessments at 6 and 12 month post-surgery, including displ...