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Compelling evidence supporting that cassava is a C3 plantNARA Subscribed
The Asia region harbors exceptional chondrichthyan (shark, ray, and chimaera) diversity but faces intense fishing pressure. The Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA) process provides a collaborative, evidence-based framework to identify critical habitats and inform spatial management. We assessed ISRAs across the Bay of Bengal, Southeast Asia, and the Northwest Pacific to characterize their extent, ecological significance, and...
Vertical profiles are a common type of oceanographic observation, involving measurements of a variable across a range of depths, and are widely used to identify physical and biogeochemical features of the water column. Recent studies have shown that oceanographic profiles can be represented as functional data objects, where each profile is treated as a single datum and expressed as a function of pressure. This study applies a...
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...
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...
Social enhancement of cocaine intake: behavioral mechanisms and role of reinforcing stimulusNARA Subscribed
Rationale One of the leading prognosticators of whether an adolescent or young adult will use drugs is whether the person’s peers use drugs. Preclinical studies report that cocaine intake increases in the presence of a social partner that is also self-administering cocaine, but it is not known whether this effect extends across reinforcers. Objectives The purpose of this study was to examine the role of the reinforcing stimulu...
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...
The Toxicology Investigators Consortium 2024 Annual ReportNARA Subscribed
Widespread marine heatwaves (MHWs) affected Australia over the 2024/25 summer and autumn. They impacted marine species, ecosystems, and coastal communities, with emerging economic consequences. Across northern Australia, severe coral bleaching occurred for the first time along both the western and eastern coasts, and a mass fish kill occurred in Western Australia. In South Australia, prolonged MHW conditions and impacts from a...
Influences of Dispersal and Environmental Selection on Zooplankton Distributions Across the Upper 1000 m of the North PacificNARA Subscribed
Aim Test the response of mesopelagic zooplankton community composition and distributional ranges to dispersal potential and environment, in comparison with the epipelagic zooplankton community. Location Epipelagic (0–200 m) and mesopelagic (200–1000 m) depth zones of the North Pacific Ocean. Taxon Multicellular zooplankton. Methods Metabarcoding of two molecular markers (18S and COI) in combination with a global ocean circulat...
Blue carbon ecosystems, such as mangroves, tidal marshes, and seagrasses, are important for climate mitigation. As carbon sinks, they often exhibit higher per hectare carbon storage capacity and sequestration rates than terrestrial systems. These ecosystems provide additional benefits, including enhancing water quality, sustaining biodiversity, and maintaining coastal resilience to climate change impacts. The widespread loss o...
Hydrogeology, European colonialism, local communities and First Peoples: moving beyond business as usualNARA Subscribed
European colonialism altered the connections between First Peoples, local communities, and groundwater systems across the world. In many countries, the practice of hydrogeology remains intertwined with the economic agendas of colonial settler communities, making colonialism a useful lens through which to consider our work. This paper briefly summarizes connections between First Peoples, local communities and groundwater, as we...