Predictive coding is a theory that tries to account for how the brain processes in an anticipatory manner the expected stimuli, and reorganizes the underlying neural networks as a consequence of the outcome of predictions: Correct or incorrect. EEG has the advantage of making a continuous and almost instantaneous record of brain activity. The present report summarizes work on Event-Related Potentials (ERPs) and reviews the neu...

Urban areas face growing climate pressures from projected heat increases and rapid urbanisation, yet empirical studies assessing Indigenous population distributions relative to climate exposure and green infrastructure remain scarce. This study examines spatial associations between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population sizes and urban environmental conditions across 614 urban areas in New South Wales, Australia, tes...

The novelty of this study lies in the integration of fermentation in a magnetically stabilized fluidized bed bioreactor with S. cerevisiae supported on calcium alginate with magnetic particles and using levoglucosan, a pyrolytic sugar from sugarcane bagasse, as a substrate for bioethanol production. Sugarcane bagasse was pretreated with acetic acid to remove alkali/alkaline earth metals (AAEMs) aiming to intensify levoglucosan...

Purpose This study investigated the correlation between growth disorders and indirect pesticide exposure in children of farmers. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted with 134 children of farmers occupationally exposed to organophosphate pesticides in the ejido Venustiano Carranza, an agricultural community in San Quintín, Baja California, Mexico. These children were compared with a control group of 56 unexposed childr...

Environmentally driven curtailment strategies—based on increasing wind turbine cut-in speeds during high bat activity—are increasingly adopted in wind energy regulations worldwide. These measures, typically enforced during summer nights, aim to reduce bat mortality but lead to energy losses that can compromise the economic performance of wind farms. This study assesses the impact of such regulations by analyzing three key vari...

Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) are sites of significance for the global persistence of biodiversity. Based on the Global Standard for the Identification of Key Biodiversity Areas (KBA Standard), published in 2016, sites are currently being assessed for KBA designation in a growing number of countries across the world. For these assessments, the KBA criteria are applied to all species and ecosystems with available data. We revie...

Over the last decades, climate change biology has become a central field in global science, yet knowledge production and its inclusion in global strategies remain profoundly unequal. Our bibliometric analysis of over 580,000 records shows that ~80% of author affiliations come from Global North institutions, meaning that research agendas, theoretical frameworks, and priorities are still largely shaped outside the regions with t...