Human‐modified tropical landscapes are mosaics of farmland, young regrowing forests, and old‐growth forests. These fragmented landscapes are hotter and drier than forested landscapes and, combined with climate change, may lead to shifts in forest community composition. We asked how macroclimate and surrounding landscape shape community‐level drought strategies of young regrowing secondary forests. We assessed community composi...

Realigning structural MR images to stereotactic AC-PC space is a standard procedure that enhances anatomical consistency both within and across neuroimaging studies, allowing for precise spatial localization and reliable cross-subject comparisons in both clinical and research contexts. However, different versions of AC-PC spaces, stemming from varying definitions of the AC-PC axis as outlined in common stereotactic atlases lik...

Frailty and cognitive impairments frequently co-occur in older adults. It remains unclear whether this overlap reflects shared underlying biological mechanisms or parallel but distinct disease pathways. We hypothesize that physical weakness and cognitive impairment share circulating markers already in an early disease stage. We therefore recruited and analyzed a relatively healthy population with partially overlapping pre-frai...

The hippocampus and amygdala play essential roles in human cognition and emotion, through their extensive connectivity with other brain regions and close interaction between them. Uncovering the functional organization of the hippocampus–amygdala complex and its relationship with neurotransmitter distribution can enhance our understanding of their biological functionality, and provide a basis for further exploration of the cli...

Motivation Given that land use is a major driver of biodiversity loss worldwide, it is key to understand how different land use types and management practices affect biodiversity. Existing global databases on biodiversity responses to land use generally distinguish only broad land use types, focus on a wide taxonomic coverage at the expense of detail or completeness, or do not include biodiversity in primary vegetation as a be...

Smart data use in precision potato production was one of the key note topics at the EAPR July 2024 conference in Oslo, Norway. Key enabling technologies for soil and crop monitoring, crop management, and harvest as used in the Netherlands were presented. Statistics on the adoption of the technologies and results of applications were given if available. Key technologies are FMIS, GNSS, satellite imagery, proximal sensors, cloud...

The Newfoundland capelin stock in Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization Divisions 2J3KL collapsed in 1991 with only a modest recovery over 30+ years. Resource limitation is hypothesized to be a driver of this slow stock recovery. Using detailed seasonal diet data (1999–2022), capelin diet was dominated by calanoid copepods in both spring and autumn, with hyperiid amphipods, euphausiids, and appendicularians increasing in i...

Background Vestibulospinal reflexes play a role in maintaining the upright posture of the trunk. Head orientation has been shown to modify the vestibulospinal reflexes during standing. This study investigated how vestibular signals affect paraspinal muscle activity during walking, and whether head orientation changes these effects. Methods Sixteen participants were instructed to walk on a treadmill for 8 min at 78 steps/min an...

Aim To quantify the intra‐community variability of leaf‐out (ICVLo) among dominant trees in temperate deciduous forests, assess its links with specific and phylogenetic diversity, identify its environmental drivers and deduce its ecological consequences with regard to radiation received and exposure to late frost. Location Eastern North America (ENA) and Europe (EUR). Time Period 2009–2022. Major Taxa Studied Temperate deciduo...

The mechanism underlying the possible causal association between long-term sleep disruption and Alzheimer’s disease remains unclear Musiek et al. 2015. A hypothesised pathway through increased brain amyloid load was not confirmed in previous work in our cohort of maritime pilots with long-term work-related sleep disruption Thomas et al. Alzheimer’s Res Ther 2020;12:101. Here, using functional MRI, T2-FLAIR, and arterial spin l...