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Monitoring of Colorectal Cancer Screening Adherence Among African American Patients of North Florida Community Health CentersNARA Subscribed
In the United States, colorectal cancer (CRC) mortality rates are higher in African Americans compared to non-Hispanic whites, partly due to advanced stage cancer diagnosis. Timely CRC screening helps to increase CRC early detection and survival in this population. The objective of this monitoring study was to survey African American patients of Community Health Centers (CHC) in north Florida and to monitor CRC screening adher...
Historically, racial minority private forest landowners have been underserved in conservation programs. We review the literature to explore the factors that influence landowners of color (LOCs) decisions to participate (or not) in conservation programs and the challenges they face in accessing these programs. Our review is largely based on the experiences of African American forest landowners (generally referred to as “landown...
Precision measurement of the Ds*+-Ds+ meson mass differenceNARA Subscribed
Exposure to chemical pollutants can alter the rate and genome‐wide distribution of germline mutations. However, studies measuring the effects of chemical exposure on mutation rates and spectra have not considered the ecological and evolutionary backgrounds of the studied genotypes, which could influence the rates and patterns of germline mutations in altered environments, for example, chemical pollution. Utilising a study of n...
Interpretable deep learning reveals spatiotemporal MRI features of brain aging that align with neurodegenerationNARA Subscribed
Cortical thinning and atrophy are hallmarks of brain aging that have been characterized using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Brain aging involves many neuroanatomic features whose effects on brain structure remain unexplored. To address this challenge, we trained interpretable deep neural networks (DNNs) to estimate brain age (BA) from T 1 -weighted ( T 1 w) MRI. By identifying MRI features unapparent to humans, DNNs can fi...
Urbanization drives genetic erosion and population structure in a historically connected carnivore populationNARA Subscribed
Urbanization is a dominant driver of habitat fragmentation globally, creating small, isolated wildlife populations vulnerable to accelerated genetic drift, reduced genetic diversity, and increased population differentiation. We investigated how urban development affects the genetic structure of caracals ( Caracal caracal ) in Cape Town, South Africa using microsatellites and mitochondrial DNA sequence data. Sampling across fou...
Diversification and Colonisation in the Indo‐Australian Archipelago: Genomic Insights From Colubrid SnakesNARA Subscribed
Aim The Indo‐Australian Archipelago (IAA) is one of the most geologically complex and species‐rich regions on Earth. However, our knowledge of the geological processes and dispersal mechanisms that generate archipelago‐wide distributions across the IAA is limited to a few vertebrate groups and often solely attributed to Plio‐Pleistocene sea‐level fluctuations. In this study, we use phylogenomics‐based analyses to investigate t...
Paleomagnetism relies4 on stable remanent magnetizations held in rocks to reconstruct the ancient geomagnetic field direction and intensity. However, rocks may carry secondary overprints that obscure or completely destroy the original signal. To study the stability of the magnetic vector(s), laboratories routinely apply static alternating field demagnetization along three orthogonal axes (AFD₃), which is fast, non-destructive,...
Non-Tensorial Anhysteretic Remanent Anisotropy and the Detection of Composite FabricsNARA Subscribed
The anisotropy of anhysteretic remanent magnetization (AARM) provides a powerful, nondestructive means of assessing magnetic fabrics. It is widely applied to infer strain and emplacement conditions in sedimentary, volcanic, and intrusive rocks. AARM is generally represented by a symmetric second-rank tensor describing its orientation, strength, and shape. AARM, however, departs from a tensorial shape when the number of grains...
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) disproportionately affects women and carriers of the apolipoprotein E ε4 allele (APOE4), yet little is known about how sex and APOE interact to influence white matter (WM) integrity during disease progression. We integrated diffusion MRI and matched blood transcriptomic data to investigate these interactions and their underlying biological mechanisms. WM microstructure was quantified using diffusion te...
Small-scale fisheries play an essential role in supporting food security and economic resilience in Madagascar’s coastal communities. These fisheries are diverse, ranging from offshore net and line fishing, often dominated by men, to nearshore gleaning and hand-held spearfishing, frequently practiced by women. Despite their importance, they remain underrepresented in official statistics, and women’s contributions are often und...