Biogenic structural complexity is a key driver of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, yet its ecological and environmental determinants remain poorly understood across broad biogeographic scales. Here, we conducted standardized 90‐day field experiments at 16 coastal sites, spanning a 41‐degree latitudinal gradient, using naturally assembled marine fouling communities on settlement panels. We measured rugosity as our metric...

Background The hereditary cerebellar ataxias are a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by progressive cerebellar degeneration leading to incoordination of gait, speech, limb, and eye movements. Hundreds of genes encoding diverse proteins underlie this family of degenerative disorders that may exhibit autosomal dominant, recessive, mitochondrial, or X-linked inheritance. Variations in clini...

Within the bovine immune response, a distinct type of immunoglobulin (Ig), known as ultralong complementarity-determining region 3 (CDR3) antibodies, coexists alongside canonical Igs. These ultralong heavy chains (HC) feature a remarkable structure with a lengthened CDR3 of the heavy chain (CDR H3), allowing them to adopt either a smaller and more extended paratope than canonical antibodies. However, very little is known about...

SCA6 patients with the same size CAG repeat allele can vary significantly in age at onset (AAO) and clinical progression. The specific external factors affecting SCA6 have yet to be investigated. We assessed the effect of early life events on AAO, severity, and progression in SCA6 patients using a social determinant of health approach. We performed a survey of biological and social factors in SCA6 patients enrolled in the SCA6...

Pediatric obesity is a major public health concern. Genetic susceptibility and increased availability of energy-dense food are known risk factors for obesity. However, the extent to which these factors jointly bias behavior and neural circuitry towards increased adiposity in children remains unclear. While undergoing fMRI, 108 children (ages 5-11y) performed a food-specific go/no-go task. Participants were instructed to either...

Participatory approaches to science and decision making, including stakeholder engagement, are increasingly common for managing complex socio-ecological challenges in working landscapes. However, critical questions about stakeholder engagement in this space remain. These include normative, political, and ethical questions concerning who participates, who benefits and loses, what good can be accomplished, and for what, whom, an...

Drones, or unoccupied aircraft systems (UAS), can transform the way scientific information on wildlife populations is collected. UAS surveys produce accurate estimates of ground-nesting seabirds and a variety of waterbirds, but few studies have examined the trade-offs of this methodology for counting cliff-nesting seabirds. In this study, we examined how different UAS survey parameters might influence seabird counts for popula...