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SNAPSHOT USA 2024: Year 6 of the Coordinated National Camera Trap Survey of the United StatesNARA Subscribed
Motivation SNAPSHOT USA is an annual, multi‐contributor camera trap survey of mammals across the United States. The growing SNAPSHOT USA dataset is intended for tracking the spatial and temporal responses of mammal populations to changes in land use, land cover and climate. These data will be useful for exploring the drivers of spatial and temporal changes in relative abundance and distribution, as well as the impacts of speci...
The Toxicology Investigators Consortium 2024 Annual ReportNARA Subscribed
Deep neural networks and genome-wide associations reveal the polygenic architecture of local brain agingNARA Subscribed
Local brain age (LBA) is a regional metric of brain aging that offers a spatially resolved alternative to global brain age, but whose genetic basis is unexplored. This study reports the first genome-wide association study of cortical LBA, as estimated by a deep neural network from the T 1 -weighted magnetic resonance images of 41,708 cognitively normal adults in the UK Biobank. We identified 1,212 single-nucleotide polymorphis...
Multi-step advanced anaerobic digestion (AAD) pretreatment of feedstocks increases biogas yields compared to non-pretreated feedstocks, and is key to the processing of recalcitrant lignocellulosic feedstock to make commercial biogas production more economically viable. Here, we present several low energy and eco-friendly pretreatments to commercially relevant lignocellulosic feedstocks (rye and maize), to increase biomethane y...
Motivation Here, we make available a second version of the BioTIME database, which compiles records of abundance estimates for species in sample events of ecological assemblages through time. The updated version expands version 1.0 of the database by doubling the number of studies and includes substantial additional curation to the taxonomic accuracy of the records, as well as the metadata. Moreover, we now provide an R packag...
In T 1 -weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), cortical thickness (CT) and gray-white matter contrast (GWC) capture brain morphological traits and vary with age-related disease. To gain insight into genetic factors underlying brain structure and dynamics observed during neurodegeneration, this genome-wide association study (GWAS) quantifies the relationship between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and both CT and GWC...
Global Marine Flyways Identified for Long‐Distance Migrating Seabirds From Tracking DataNARA Subscribed
Aim To identify the broad‐scale oceanic migration routes (‘marine flyways’) used by multiple pelagic, long‐distance migratory seabirds based on a global compilation of tracking data. Location Global. Time Period 1989–2023. Major Taxa Studied Seabirds (Families: Phaethontidae, Hydrobatidae, Diomedeidae, Procellariidae, Laridae and Stercorariidae). Methods We collated a comprehensive global tracking dataset that included the mig...
Agricultural commercialisation and food consumption: pathways and trade-offs across four African contextsNARA Subscribed
The relationship between agricultural commercialisation and nutrition is empirically contested, with findings suggesting different trends for different indicators, and across different contexts. Using novel cross-sectional survey data from a study of commercialisation in four African countries, this paper aims to understand associations and trade-offs between agricultural commercialisation and food consumption using three diff...
The Toxicology Investigators Consortium 2023 Annual ReportNARA Subscribed
Metrics and Considerations for Evaluating How Forest Treatments Alter Wildfire Behavior and EffectsNARA Subscribed
The influence of forest treatments on wildfire effects is challenging to interpret. This is, in part, because the impact forest treatments have on wildfire can be slight and variable across many factors. Effectiveness of a treatment also depends on the metric considered. We present and define human–fire interaction, fire behavior, and ecological metrics of forest treatment effects on wildfire and discuss important consideratio...