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Improving predictions of rainfall-triggered debris flows using area-based probability intensity curvesNARA Subscribed
Rainfall-triggered debris flows represent one of the greatest growing threats to co-located populations, infrastructure, and communities on or adjacent to steep slopes worldwide. Landslide-triggering rainfall thresholds are formulated to provide practical warnings of debris flow hazards. Statistical models, intensity-duration (I-D) curves or some adaptation thereof, account for about 70% of the methods used to define these thr...
Aim We aim to reconstruct the phylogeographical history of Musa acuminata subsp. banksii across New Guinea and Australia and to test whether its occurrence in Australia results from ancient natural dispersal or recent human‐mediated translocation. Location New Guinea and northern Australia (Sahul Shelf). Taxon M. acuminata subsp. banksii (F.Muell.) N.W.Simmonds (Musaceae). Methods We generated genome‐wide single nucleotide pol...
Lack of Lumpfish ( Cyclopterus lumpus ) Susceptibility to the Infectious Salmon Anaemia Virus ( ISAV ) Using In Vivo ChallengesNARA Subscribed
Infectious salmon anaemia virus (ISAV) can cause disease and mortality in Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar ). The virus is endemic in several regions including the Atlantic coast of Canada. Lumpfish ( Cyclopterus lumpus ) are increasingly utilised as cleaner fish to control sea lice levels in Atlantic salmon farms. With welfare concerns for both species, and the possibility of escaped fish, the objective of this study was to dete...
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...
SNAPSHOT USA 2024: Year 6 of the Coordinated National Camera Trap Survey of the United StatesNARA Subscribed
Motivation SNAPSHOT USA is an annual, multi‐contributor camera trap survey of mammals across the United States. The growing SNAPSHOT USA dataset is intended for tracking the spatial and temporal responses of mammal populations to changes in land use, land cover and climate. These data will be useful for exploring the drivers of spatial and temporal changes in relative abundance and distribution, as well as the impacts of speci...
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...
Offshore energy structures introduce hard substrate to soft substrate-dominant habitats and may act as artificial reefs providing shelter and food to aggregating fish. In the Northeast Atlantic, knowledge on these effects is limited to shallow habitats in the southern North Sea. Given that effects may be misinterpreted as ‘nature positive’ contributions, or underestimated and impacting ecosystem services like fisheries, this d...
Huntington’s disease (HD) is a movement disorder commonly recognized as being neurodegenerative. An increasing number of studies also show primary HD dysfunction in multiple tissues, consistent with the widespread expression of the mutated huntingtin gene. Studies of HD skeletal muscle have revealed membrane hyperexcitability and prolonged action potentials due to Cl – and K + channel dysfunction as well as decreased Ca 2+ rel...
Conservation genomics of the imperiled Leon springs pupfish, Cyprinodon bovinus, across temporal and spatial scalesNARA Subscribed
The Leon Springs pupfish, Cyprinodon bovinus , is federally listed as endangered and currently confined to spring-fed pools on the Diamond Y Spring Preserve in Pecos County, Texas, USA. A refuge population is maintained by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Dexter, New Mexico, USA because of ongoing threats from hybridization with the introduced congener, the sheepshead minnow, C. variegatus. To inform continued conservation an...