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Global patterns and regional insights into kelp forest protection, restoration, and stewardshipNARA Subscribed
Kelp forests are among the most extensive and productive coastal ecosystems, yet they remain underrepresented in global conservation policy despite widespread declines driven by interacting global- (i.e., ocean warming, marine heatwaves) to local-scale stressors. At the same time, kelp conservation and restoration efforts are expanding rapidly across regions, but measures of success and syntheses tend to primarily focus on eco...
Site Fidelity, Depth Preference and Vertical Movement Patterns of Lentic and Lotic European Catfish Silurus glanisNARA Subscribed
To study variables that may trigger the dispersion of the currently expanding European catfish in its native distribution limits, 42 individuals were captured from Upper Lake Constance (lentic) and 42 from two streaming tributaries (lotic), fitted with pressure and temperature loggers, and released at the site of capture (control: lotic or lentic) or into a new environment (lotic‐to‐lentic or lentic‐to‐lotic). Twenty‐seven fis...
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...
Unravelling the impact of changing rainy seasons on rice production in Southeast Asia: a climate change high-resolution perspectiveNARA Subscribed
Southeast Asia is a major contributor to global rice production. Yet, this production is increasingly threatened by climate change, particularly by changes in the rainy season. In this study, We examine the impact of shifts in seasonal cumulative rainfall and characteristics of the rainy season on rice production across Southeast Asia. To achieve this, we utilize the framework of the High-Resolution Model Intercomparison Proje...
The effective dissemination of geological content in an engaging and easy-to-follow manner is challenging, especially because in most situations the general public has a limited geological background. This is particularly evident when considering dissemination outdoors. This study introduces a comprehensive workflow and methodology designed to transform complex geological research into accessible and engaging content for visit...
Stimulation of histamine H1-receptors produces a positive inotropic effect in the human atriumNARA Subscribed
There is a controversy whether histamine H 1 -receptor activation raises or lowers or does not affect contractility in the human heart. Therefore, we studied stimulation of H 1 -receptors in isolated electrically stimulated (one beat per second) human atrial preparations (HAP). For comparison, we measured force of contraction in left atrial preparations (LA) from mice with overexpression of the histamine H 1 -receptor in the h...
Predicting the progression of MCI and Alzheimer’s disease on structural brain integrity and other features with machine learningNARA Subscribed
Machine learning (ML) on structural MRI data shows high potential for classifying Alzheimer’s disease (AD) progression, but the specific contribution of brain regions, demographics, and proteinopathy remains unclear. Using Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) data, we applied an extreme gradient-boosting algorithm and SHAP (SHapley Additive exPlanations) values to classify cognitively normal (CN) older adults, th...
Quo vadis Scots pine forestry in northern Germany: How do silvicultural management and climate change determine an uncertain future?NARA Subscribed
Scots pine is of greatest importance in northern Germany regarding its cultivation area and expected capability to perform in climate change. However, pine predominantly occurs in monocultures. Therefore, future pine forestry depends on an adaptation to climate change while improving ecological and economic forest functions. Yet future development of pine remains uncertain due to leeway in silvicultural guidelines and future c...
Chromosome instability and aneuploidy in the mammalian brainNARA Subscribed
Does treatment of brown trout with the parasite causing PKD increase stocking success and boost resilience against the disease?NARA Subscribed
In Salmonidae, infections with the parasite Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae may lead to a temperature‐dependent proliferative disease of the kidney (PKD). Trout that survive infection and recover become resistant to the disease. The use of this approach to improve brown trout ( Salmo trutta ) stocking success was tested in three PKD‐affected streams in southern Germany. Fish were treated using local spores of the parasite and ke...
Modelling rainfall extremes and dry periods over the Southeast Asia (SEA) region is challenging due to the characteristics of the region, which consists of the Maritime Continent and a mountainous region; it also experiences monsoonal conditions, as it is located between the Asian summer monsoon and the Australian summer monsoon. Representing rainfall extremes is important for flood and drought assessments in the region. This...
Multiple stressors co-occurring in coastal waters are of increasing concern to local fisheries. Many economically, culturally, or ecologically important species (e.g., oysters, crabs, pteropods) in the Pacific Northwest are already directly affected by ocean acidification (OA), warming, and hypoxia. Additional indirect economic impacts on the finfish industry are possible due to losses of prey species. Because of strong season...
Global maps of soil temperatureNARA Subscribed
Research in global change ecology relies heavily on global climatic grids derived from estimates of air temperature in open areas at around 2 m above the ground. These climatic grids do not reflect conditions below vegetation canopies and near the ground surface, where critical ecosystem functions occur and most terrestrial species reside. Here, we provide global maps of soil temperature and bioclimatic variables at a 1‐km 2 r...