A systems-level understanding of livestock production and its environmental consequences is essential for informing sustainability transitions and evidence-based policy in Europe. While life cycle assessment (LCA) is widely applied in this context, the use of consequential LCA (CLCA), which aims to capture market-mediated and structural system responses, remains comparatively limited. This study provides a critical synthesis o...

Purpose Running-related lower extremity injuries are common and often linked to modifiable biomechanical factors. Gait retraining (GR) using real-time feedback (RTF) has emerged as a potential intervention to alter running biomechanics and reduce pain, but the clinical effectiveness in injured runners has not been determined. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of GR with RTF on lower extremity pain and...

Thermal breadth ( T br ) is a critical trait influencing organisms' response to climate change. Three hypotheses seek to explain interspecific and interpopulation variation in T br , each relying on a different temperature driver: Climate Variability Hypothesis (CVH)–annual temperature range; Thermal Constraints Hypothesis (TCH)–mean annual temperature; and Diel Narrowing Hypothesis (DNH)–mean diel temperature range. We test t...

Many ant species show dramatic shifts in behaviour when infected with parasites, but the molecular basis of these behavioural changes is not well understood. An example is the wood ant, Formica aserva , which serves as an intermediate host for the lancet liver fluke, Dicrocoelium dendriticum . Infected ants leave their nests during the cool hours of the day, ascend a flower and then attach themselves to a petal with their mand...

Bumble bee ( Bombus Latreille) populations of certain species have declined precipitously in North America over several decades. Hypotheses for declines include exposure to the pathogen Nosema bombi and neonicotinoid pesticides. Importantly, populations of some bumble bee species remain stable despite their presumed exposure to these same stressors. We hypothesise that declining and stable species exhibit distinct responses to...

Earthworms (Annelida: Clitellata: Crassiclitellata) are prominent members of the soil community, important to many ecosystem functions. Despite this, and like many other soil invertebrates, they are rarely considered in conservation assessments, including the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List assessments used to assess species’ extinction risk. To investigate the applicability of the IUCN Regional...

A large number of drugs and compounds produced by the chemical and agrochemical industry, often referred to as ‘non-genotoxic carcinogens’ (NGC), score as tumour promotors in rodent models. It is unclear whether these compounds act similarly in humans. The most extensively investigated compounds have been the anti-convulsive drugs, phenobarbital (PB), and phenytoin. Liver tumours induced by PB are dependent upon the activation...