Academic Articles & Research Papers

Modernizing GNSS data acquisition, pre-processing, and distribution at volcanological observatories

In recent years, the field of geodetic monitoring is undergoing a profound transformation driven by the transition from GPS-only positioning to a fully multi-GNSS environment. With Galileo, BeiDou, and modernized GPS & GLONASS constella...

Fractals and Chaos in Geology and Geophysics

The fundamental concepts of fractal geometry and chaotic dynamics, along with the related concepts of multifractals, self-similar time series, wavelets, and self-organised criticality, are introduced in this book, for a broad range of reade...

Eleven years’ data of grassland management data in Germany

<i>Escherichia coli</i> Optoelectronic Sensors for In Situ Monitoring of Selected Materials Across Water Supply Systems

Chemical monitoring of pollutants and hazardous materials in water supply systems traditionally depends on centralized laboratories, advanced instrumentation, and trained personnel, limiting accessibility and preventing real-time, on-site a...

Xylan Is Critical for Proper Bundling and Alignment of Cellulose Microfibrils in Plant Secondary Cell Walls

Plant biomass represents an abundant and increasingly important natural resource and it mainly consists of a number of cell types that have undergone extensive secondary cell wall (SCW) formation. These cell types are abundant in the stems ...

A practical introduction to skeletons for the plant sciences

Before the availability of digital photography resulting from the invention of charged couple devices in 1969, the measurement of plant architecture was a manual process either on the plant itself or on traditional photographs. The introduc...

Distinct Infection Mechanisms of <i>Rhizoctonia solani</i> AG-1 IA and AG-4 HG-I+II in <i>Brachypodium distachyon</i> and Barley

Rhizoctonia solani is a basidiomycete phytopathogenic fungus that causes rapid necrosis in a wide range of crop species, leading to substantial agricultural losses worldwide. The species complex is divided into 13 anastomosis groups (AGs) b...

LC–MS/MS-guided discovery of japonamides C and D, two new cyclohexadepsipeptides, from the Nicotiana tabacum-derived endophytic fungus Aspergillus japonicus TE-739D

Endophytic fungi belonging to the Aspergillus genus have received substantial attention due to their notable secondary metabolic potential. In this study, chemical investigations using LC–MS/MS-based molecular networking on the endophytic f...

Molecular Taxonomy of Conogethes punctiferalis and Conogethes pinicolalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) Based on Mitochondrial DNA Sequences

Conogethes punctiferalis (Guenée) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) was originally considered as one species with fruit-feeding type (FFT) and pinaceae-feeding type (PFT), but it has subsequently been divided into two different species of Conogethes...

The heterogeneous herd: Drivers of close‐contact variation in African buffalo and implications for pathogen invasion

Abstract Many infectious pathogens are shared through social interactions, and examining host connectivity has offered valuable insights for understanding patterns of pathogen transmission across wildlife species. African buffalo are social...

Outbreaks of human respiratory syncytial virus in wild gorillas highlight the importance of prevention measures and integrated surveillance for risk mitigation

Transmission of human respiratory pathogens to wild, human-habituated great apes has been repeatedly documented within research and tourism projects. While the implementation of hygiene measures has significantly reduced the risk of pathoge...

Reconciling surface deflections from simulations of global mantle convection

The modern state of the mantle and its evolution on geological timescales are of widespread importance for the Earth sciences. For instance, it is generally agreed that mantle flow is manifest in topographic and drainage network evolution, ...

Sugar Signaling and Post-transcriptional Regulation in Plants: An Overlooked or an Emerging Topic?

Plants are autotrophic organisms that self-produce sugars through photosynthesis. These sugars serve as an energy source, carbon skeletons, and signaling entities throughout plants’ life. Post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression p...

Research on scientific research system resilience based on WoS data

In recent years, research systems have faced increasingly complex sustainability challenges, and improving system resilience has become the key to ensuring their continuous and efficient operation. Based on the data of Web of Science co-aut...

Editorial Vol9 no2

In November 2008 the Child Care History Network held its inaugural conference at the Barns Conference and Study Centre at Toddington in Gloucestershire. The meeting was attended (among others) by three staff from the Scottish Institute for ...

The “black box” of treatment: Patients’ perspective on what works in opioid maintenance treatment for opioid dependence

Abstract Background A lack of conceptual modeling of how the components of opioid maintenance treatment (OMT) for opioid dependence (OD) work causes it to occasionally be labeled the “black-box” of treatment. This study had a two-fold objec...

Recent Applications of Electrospun Nanofibrous Scaffold in Tissue Engineering

Tissue engineering is a relatively new area of research that combines medical, biological, and engineering fundamentals to create tissue-engineered constructs that regenerate, preserve, or slightly increase the functions of tissues. To crea...

Optimal exercise type and dose to improve sleep quality in older adults: a systematic review and network meta-analysis

Abstract Background Sleep quality decreased can result in a major health issue in older people with age. While not all sleep changes are pathological in older people’s life, severe disturbances may lead to depression, cognitive impairments,...

Brain plasticity in response to artistic and non-artistic training aimed at promoting creativity: How can we enhance creativity and capture the process in neuroscience?

Creativity has been consensually defined as an ability to produce novel and original ideas/works, a definition shared both by the general public and among scholars. Since creativity is one of the most important and unique cognitive construc...

UltraFast Layer-Resolved Encoding (uFLARE) functional MRI deciphers bidirectional signaling from spontaneous activity

Abstract Deciphering the directionality of information flow in cortical circuits is essential for understanding brain dynamics, learning, and neuroplasticity after injury. However, current noninvasive methods cannot distinguish bottom-up fr...