The Kulanaokuaiki Tephra Unit 3 (900 C.E.) was a subplinian basaltic scoria eruption, the largest known to have occurred at Kīlauea’s summit. The initiation mechanism and cause(s) of this highly hazardous eruption remain poorly understood, particularly as this style of activity has not been observed in the modern period. We use olivine diffusion timescales from Fe-Mg and lithium zoning to assess magma storage timescales and ev...

Micro-computed tomography of the unique skeleton of Eurotamandua joresi Storch, 1981 (middle Eocene, Grube Messel)—initially described as the oldest myrmecophagid and the only known Old World xenarthran—reveals details of its skeletal anatomy that were previously obscured, enabling close comparative study for the first time. In this report we focus on the forelimb. The segmentation of scapula, humerus, radius, ulna, carpals, m...

Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by significant clinical and genetic heterogeneity, with approximately 40% of cases linked to hereditary genetic mutations, including MAPT , GRN , and C9ORF72 . Recently, microRNAs (miRNAs) have emerged as key regulators of cellular processes related to neurodegeneration and as potential biomarkers for FTD. However, their relevance in presymptomatic stag...

The development of water resources in Nigeria has not risen alongside population increase. Although groundwater is the available source of water at all locations in Nigeria, groundwater aquifer is becoming deeper due to increased groundwater harvest, especially in urban areas. There is a need for continuous groundwater modelling using geological, climatic, environmental data, and spatial tools especially under climate change a...

This study created a composite polymer for 3D printing from agave by-product using mechanical alloying process. The cold milling technique used by the ball mill is a standard procedure to homogenize metallic mixtures. This paper reports results from a series of laboratory tests to create a homogeneous mixture that could be extruded into a printable filament mixture of agave bagasse fibres and PLA pellets by using the kinetic e...

Aim The ways in which abiotic factors contribute to parallel evolution—the evolution of similar, derived phenotypes in independent, closely related lineages—remain understudied. Australian cockroaches of the subfamilies Panesthiinae (“wood feeders”) and Geoscapheinae (“soil burrowers”) are two closely related groups that provide a striking example of parallel evolution of burrowing behaviour. The ancestral wood‐feeding panesth...