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Expert consensus on passive heating interventions to promote skeletal muscle strength and mass: a delphi studyNARA Subscribed
Purpose Passive heating has emerged as a potential non‑exercise method to support muscle strength and mass, but its application is limited by inconsistent protocols and unclear dosage and safety guidelines. This study used a Delphi methodology to establish expert consensus on key parameters for passive heating interventions targeting neuromuscular and muscle morphology outcomes. Methods An international panel of academic exper...
Marine megafauna species are affected by a wide range of anthropogenic threats. To evaluate the risk of such threats, species’ vulnerability to each threat must first be determined. We build on the existing threats classification scheme and ranking system of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species by assessing the vulnerability of 256 marine megafauna species to 23 at‐sea threat...
This systematic review examines the prevalence, underlying mechanisms, cohort characteristics, evaluation criteria, and cohort types in white matter hyperintensity (WMH) pipeline and implementation literature spanning the last two decades. Following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) guidelines, we categorized WMH segmentation tools based on their methodologies from January 1, 2000, to...
Reforestation has large potential for mitigating climate change through carbon sequestration. Native mixed‐species plantings have a higher potential to reverse biodiversity loss than do plantations of production species, but there are few data on their capacity to store carbon. A chronosequence (5–45 years) of 36 native mixed‐species plantings, paired with adjacent pastures, was measured to investigate changes to stocks among...
Lack of association between color morphs of the Jellyfish Cassiopea andromeda and zooxanthella cladeNARA Subscribed
Understanding the ecology and evolution of the cnidarian‐algal symbiosis is of major scientific interest as it is sensitive to temperature and strong light and may therefore be susceptible to climate change. The stability of this mutualism is often mediated by host color pigments that influence photosynthetic activity in symbiotic dinoflagellates either by providing the photosystem with irradiance of suitable wavelength or by...
Lidar remote sensing variables predict breeding habitat of a Neotropical migrant birdNARA Subscribed
A topic of recurring interest in ecological research is the degree to which vegetation structure influences the distribution and abundance of species. Here we test the applicability of remote sensing, particularly novel use of waveform lidar measurements, for quantifying the habitat heterogeneity of a contiguous northern hardwoods forest in the northeastern United States. We apply these results to predict the breeding habitat...
Mortality of developing floodplain forests subjected to a drying climate and water extractionNARA Subscribed
River regulation and water extraction have altered the hydrology of rivers resulting in substantial changes to forest structure and the dieback of floodplain forests globally. Forest mortality, due to water extraction, is likely to be exacerbated by climate change‐induced droughts. In 1965, a plantation trial was established within a natural floodplain forest to examine the effect of planting density on timber production. We u...
Recent sampling of the abyssal zone of Lake Baikal (Siberia) made possible redescriptions of the poorly known species Lymphachaeta pinnigera Snimschikova, Rhyacodriloides abyssalis Chekanovskaya, Tubifex bazikalovae Chekanovskaya, and descriptions of Burchanidrilus petitbonum gen. n., sp. n. and Rhyacodriloides gladiiseta sp. n. Lymphachaeta and Burchanidrilus belong to a complex of small Tubificinae, characterised by true pen...
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