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Grey squirrels ( Sciurus carolinensis ) are an invasive non-native species in the UK which can strip bark from trees, detrimentally impacting biodiversity and forestry. Extensive control measures are undertaken to reduce grey squirrel populations each year; however, it is unclear if abundance influences the extent of damage. Predicting changes in abundance could be an important technique to increase the efficacy of control mea...
Contextualizing Early to Middle Pleistocene hominin ecology in the Indian SubcontinentNARA Subscribed
The paleoecology of early hominin dispersal(s) out of Africa remains a central topic of discussion in paleoanthropology. While African and Eurasian records are relatively well documented, the Indian Subcontinent has remained underrepresented in this discourse. Here, we present the first multiproxy paleoecological reconstruction of Early‐to‐Middle Pleistocene (2.58–0.4 Ma) environments in the northern Indian Subcontinent, combi...
Intertidal organisms are exposed to extreme and variable thermal conditions due to periodic aerial exposure by tides. For sessile species that cannot seek refuge, heat stress is strongly influenced by the timing of low tides, which in semidiurnal tidal systems is governed by the spring–neap tidal cycle. Here, we deployed biomimetic loggers, designed to replicate body temperature of the mussel Mytilus edulis , at two climatolog...
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...
Integrated Reanalysis of Global Riverine Fish eDNA Datasets Shows Robustness and Congruence of Biodiversity ConclusionsNARA Subscribed
The analysis of environmental DNA (eDNA) has revolutionized biodiversity assessments in aquatic ecosystems, enabling non‐invasive monitoring of fish communities across diverse regions. However, the global comparability of these eDNA datasets remains ambiguous due to heterogeneous sampling protocols and bioinformatic workflows across studies, making it difficult to assess how robust and comparable the biodiversity patterns infe...
Evaluating dementia risk prediction in mild cognitive impairment: an early health technology assessment of the AI-Mind toolNARA Subscribed
This study aimed to evaluate the potential cost-effectiveness of implementing a prediction tool for estimating mild cognitive impairment (MCI) to dementia conversion risk. A decision-analytic model was developed to compare the costs and effects of current practice for subjects with MCI to a situation in which the risk of dementia is estimated using a prediction tool. Different scenarios in terms of prediction horizons, predict...
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...
Purpose of Review Forest ecosystem multifunctionality, the capacity of forests to simultaneously deliver multiple ecosystem functions and services, is being increasingly affected by pressures stemming from anthropogenic activities and climate change. Here, we conducted a systematic literature review to explore how forest ecosystem multifunctionality was evaluated in the literature, and to identify its main drivers. Recent Find...