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Controlled co-delivery of anti-inflammatory drugs from bilayer polymer films coating a meniscus implantNARA Subscribed
Knee osteoarthritis (OA), a degenerative joint disease, is increasingly prevalent worldwide and often results from a meniscal deterioration that leads to meniscus removal. Replacing the damaged meniscus with a non-biodegradable prosthesis offers an innovative solution to prevent OA progression, particularly in older patients. However, the long-term use of anti-inflammatory drugs for pain relief and prosthesis integration can c...
Aim Habitat breadth shapes species' responses to environmental change and influences large‐scale biodiversity patterns. According to Vrba's resource‐use hypothesis, biome specialists (inhabiting a single biome) exhibit higher speciation rates than generalists due to increased population isolation during habitat fragmentation, generally associated with past climate changes, particularly in biomes at extremes of the global clima...
Our primary objective was to compile a comprehensive dataset on bird–window collisions throughout the Neotropical region, including both published and unpublished sources. On May 12, 2020, we extensively disseminated invitations to provide data via email and social media platforms. By providing a template worksheet, we required standardized information from collaborators to complete and register their data. To better understan...
The apparent lack of physical barriers in the marine realm has created the conception that many groups have a constant gene flow. However, changes in ocean circulation patterns, glacial cycles, temperature, and salinity gradients are responsible for vicariant events in many fish species, including sharks. The bonnethead shark, Sphyrna tiburo , is an endangered small coastal shark species. Although considerable efforts have rec...
The crab-eating raccoon ( Procyon cancrivorus ) is a carnivoran of the family Procyonidae geographically distributed in Central and South America. It is a scansorial species with more terrestrial than arboreal abilities. Previous studies have described the intrinsic shoulder and brachial muscles in this species; however, the terminology and some muscle attachments differ among them. Besides, these studies did not consider the...
The swimbladder, when present, is the main contributor to the acoustical target strength (TS) of fish. Numerical modeling of target strength must include swimbladder dimensions, orientation, and shape for the proper estimation of target strength and its directivity. Several Atlantic Bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus, ABFT) specimens between 90 and 100 cm of fork length were studied by performing computed tomographic (CT) post-mort...
The reorganization of predator–prey networks over 20 million years explains extinction patterns of mammalian carnivoresNARA Subscribed
Linking the species interactions occurring at the scale of local communities to their potential impact at evolutionary timescales is challenging. Here, we used the high‐resolution fossil record of mammals from the Iberian Peninsula to reconstruct a timeseries of trophic networks spanning more than 20 million years and asked whether predator–prey interactions affected regional extinction patterns. We found that, despite small c...
Unearthing the soil‐borne microbiome of land plantsNARA Subscribed
Plant–soil biodiversity interactions are fundamental for the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems. Yet, the existence of a set of globally distributed topsoil microbial and small invertebrate organisms consistently associated with land plants (i.e., their consistent soil‐borne microbiome), together with the environmental preferences and functional capabilities of these organisms, remains unknown. We conducted a standardized f...