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Uniting citizen science and plural valuation: Potential for leveraging transformative changeNARA Subscribed
The current ecological crisis asks for system-wide transformation toward more sustainable views, structures and practices. Recognition and integration of the plural ways people value nature, including intrinsic, instrumental and relational values, is one of the key aspects of this transformative change. To achieve this, diverse societal actors should participate in decision-making processes of environmental policies. We highli...
New remains of Stegodon zhaotongensis (Proboscidea, Stegodontidae) from the Late Miocene site of Shuitangba, Yunnan Province, ChinaNARA Subscribed
The Late Miocene site of Shuitangba in southwestern China has yielded a diverse vertebrate fauna and abundant plant fossils from swamp-edge and shallow lake sediments, indicating a warm, humid climate with strong temperature and precipitation seasonality, and higher regional rainfall amounts than in modern times at the site. Subtropical, evergreen broad-leaved forest dominated the ecosystem, accompanied by aquatic vegetation,...
The safety of using ethanol-based products for hygienic hand disinfection in healthcare workers is controlled by restricting air levels. This raises the question of whether these workers are sufficiently protected against potential dermal absorption. The study aim was to determine the contribution of the dermal route to the total uptake of ethanol. A laboratory-controlled study of 25 sequential alcohol-based-hand-rubs (ABHRs)...
Interactions between people and wildlife are increasing as development encroaches on natural habitats. Concurrently, young mammals suspected to be orphans are brought to wildlife rehabilitation centers. Four common orphaned mammals presented to rehabilitation facilities in North America are the Virginia opossum ( Didelphis virginiana , DIVI), common raccoon ( Procyon lotor , PRLO), eastern gray squirrel ( Sciurus carolinensis...
Quantifying Pathogen eDNA at a Trap‐and‐Haul Facility for Adult Chinook Salmon ( Oncorhynchus tshawytscha )NARA Subscribed
Adult Chinook salmon ( Oncorhynchus tshawytscha ) trap‐and‐haul operations exist in rivers across the Pacific Northwest with the objective of re‐establishing salmon populations above impoundments. These efforts are complicated by high prespawn mortality (PSM), which can hinder restoration by reducing reproductive success. Recent improvements at trapping facilities in the Willamette River Basin, Oregon, USA, may reduce PSM by s...
The late Early Miocene site of Buluk, Kenya, has yielded a rich mammalian fauna comprised of about 30 species in 20 genera, notably including a stem cercopithecoid and a range of primitive hominoids. This temporal interval is poorly represented in Africa but is important because it coincides with the Miocene Climatic Optimum (MCO), a previous period of global warming tied to a carbon excursion. As the only late Early Miocene f...
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...
Mechanisms driving variation in American marten winter rest site use across the Western Great Lakes RegionNARA Subscribed
At high latitudes, the thermal protection of snowpack is important for many small-bodied mammal species during the winter. As depth and persistence of snow changes due to climate change, species that rely on snowpack’s insulation must increasingly depend on alternative thermal refuges. For the American marten ( Martes americana ), winter rest sites are predominantly in ground microsites. In some regions, however, martens prima...
Enhancing the beneficial environmental impacts of seaweed cultivation: what do we understand about best practices?NARA Subscribed
Seaweed is increasingly discussed as a sustainable biomass source of the future, with applications in agricultural, food and cosmetics products and other areas of the biobased economy. The potential positive environmental impacts of seaweed cultivation have triggered public and private sector interest. This paper outlines the evidence for potential environmental benefits arising from seaweed cultivation focusing on climate cha...
Regulation of chemicals demands assessment of risks rather than identification of hazards onlyNARA Subscribed
This position paper was collaboratively written during the international expert symposium “EU Chemicals Assessment - Risk- or Hazard-based?” that was organised by the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) in Berlin on November 27th and 28th 2025. Twenty experts from several institutions and European countries considered the scientific merits of both hazard-based and risk-based approaches to chemical safety assessm...
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) disproportionately affects women and carriers of the apolipoprotein E ε4 allele (APOE4), yet little is known about how sex and APOE interact to influence white matter (WM) integrity during disease progression. We integrated diffusion MRI and matched blood transcriptomic data to investigate these interactions and their underlying biological mechanisms. WM microstructure was quantified using diffusion te...