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Land use and propolis composition: an analysis of the wax content of Apis mellifera propolisNARA Subscribed
Propolis is a plant-derived resin collected by honeybees, essential for maintaining colony health by protecting against pathogens and building the hive. With the aim of determining influencing factors on the wax content of propolis, 139 samples of propolis were collected from hives across the United Kingdom in 2025 via an extensive nationwide citizen-science approach. We determined propolis mass and wax content, used a general...
Addressing Bias in Non‐Probability Fisheries Surveys Using Multilevel Regression and Poststratification ApproachesNARA Subscribed
Quantifying harvest of fish stocks is challenging as census data are often unavailable, so surveys are required. Traditional probability‐based surveys use random sampling to obtain representative data that can be scaled to estimate total impact. However, these surveys are costly, so cheaper, non‐probability, citizen science surveys of self‐selected participants are becoming commonplace. Respondents in these surveys may not be...
Sustainable groundwater management is key to building resilience to hydrological extremes but remains challenging in data-scarce transboundary river basins. In this study, a transboundary, collaborative, physically based groundwater modelling approach has been developed for the Limpopo River Basin (LRB), which is highly vulnerable to floods and droughts. Monitoring data and model results consistently suggest that prolonged wet...
The hyperiid amphipod Brachyscelus rapacoides is a warm-water species associated with gelatinous zooplankton. In the Mediterranean it has been reported in association with Rhopilema nomadica in both Israel and Turkey. Here, we document the first record of B. rapacoides in Greek waters, representing the first confirmed record for Europe, based on both morphological examination and DNA barcoding of the mitochondrial COI gene. Sp...
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...
Ethiopia’s food production and rural livelihoods are increasingly threatened by land degradation and climate variability, particularly in dryland areas vulnerable to climatic shocks. Exclosure, a designated area shielded from human and animal disruption, has emerged as a vital restoration approach, especially in northern Ethiopia. Empirical studies have largely focused on ecological outcomes and have provided limited and mixed...
Addressing urgent conservation issues, such as the drastic declines of North American migratory birds, requires creative, evidence‐based, efficient, and collaborative approaches. The abundance of over 50% of monitored North American shorebird populations has declined by over 50% since 1980. To address these declines, we developed a partnership of scientists and practitioners called the Shorebird Science and Conservation Collec...
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...
Short-term effects of Greenlandic glacial rock flour on soil physical properties and maize yieldNARA Subscribed
Greenlandic glacial rock flour (GRF) serves as a valuable source of silicate minerals for CO₂ uptake through enhanced weathering. Additionally, its physico-chemical properties may influence soil hydro-physical characteristics and may also have a separate effect on crop yields. This study evaluated the effects of GRF application at 50 and 100 t/ha, along with an unamended control, on soil water content at field capacity (FC), p...