Academic Articles & Research Papers

Climate change challenges, plant science solutions

Climate change is a defining challenge of the 21st century, and this decade is a critical time for action to mitigate the worst effects on human populations and ecosystems. Plant science can play an important role in developing crops with e...

Handbook of Plant Science

At a bookshelf-bending 4·5 kg, a bank-balance-denting £250, edited by a highly distinguished plant scientist, and released in the publisher's bicentenary year, you are entitled to expect something really special from this Handbook of Plant ...

Strasburger's Plant Sciences

Computational methods meet in vitro techniques: A case study on fusaric acid and its possible detoxification through cytochrome P450 enzymes

Mycotoxins are known environmental pollutants that may contaminate food and feed chains. Some mycotoxins are regulated in many countries to limit the trading of contaminated and harmful commodities. However, the so-called emerging mycotoxin...

Correction to: Evaluating a screener to quantify PTSD risk using emergency care information: a proof of concept study

An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article....

Learning to Co-Teach: A Systematic Review

Research on how teachers learn to co-teach is scarce. In this systematic review, the PRISMA method was used to examine the relationship between teacher learning and co-teaching in professional development programmes. Inclusion criteria was ...

Decline in activities of daily living in the rarer dementias

Rarer dementias are associated with atypical symptoms and younger onset, which result in a higher burden of care. We provide a review of the global literature on longitudinal decline in activities of daily living (ADLs) in dementias that ac...

The Effectiveness of Simultaneous Training of Various Executive Functions (Hot and Cool; Focused on Simultaneous Parent-Child Training) on Improving the Empathy of Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

The present study aimed to effectiveness of simultaneous training of various executive functions (hot and cool; focused on simultaneous parent-child training) on improving the empathy of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorde...

Evaluating the Role of Enabling Conditions for Collective Efficacy and Character Strengths and Virtues of Teachers in School Effectiveness

Objective: The present study aimed to evaluate the role of enabling conditions for collective efficacy and character strengths and virtues of teachers in the effectiveness of elementary schools from the perspective of teachers in Marvdasht,...

Pilot evaluation of an educational and lived experience training program on ketogenic metabolic therapy in mental health care for health care professionals

BackgroundSerious mental illness imposes a substantial burden. Pharmacologic treatments remain only partially effective and are associated with significant side effects, highlighting the need for novel treatment approaches. Ketogenic metabo...

Association between premenstrual syndrome severity and academic performance among adolescent girls in Bara Kahu, Islamabad

Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) affects many adolescent girls in terms of physique, behavior, and psychology. However, evidence regarding the association between PMS severity and academic performance among adolescents in peri-urban areas of Pak...

Phenomenon of spirituality in scientific discourse

Aim of the paper is to substantiate the concept of ‘spirituality’, to explain its relevance within the framework of modern education and social conditions as well as to clarify peculiarities of concept ‘spirituality’ within academic discour...

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...

Effects of Thinning Intensity on Ectomycorrhizal Fungal Communities in Pinus densiflora Plantations

Thinning is widely used to regulate tree growth and stand structure. However, its impact on belowground ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi in Korean pine forests remains insufficiently documented. Therefore, in this study, we investigated the effe...

Field Spectroscopy in the VNIR-SWIR Region to Discriminate between Mediterranean Native Plants and Exotic-Invasive Shrubs Based on Leaf Tannin Content

The invasive shrub, Acacia longifolia, native to southeastern Australia, has a negative impact on vegetation and ecosystem functioning in Portuguese dune ecosystems. In order to spectrally discriminate A. longifolia from other non-native an...

Climate factors dominate the elevational variation in grassland plant resource utilization strategies

Specific leaf area (SLA) and leaf dry matter content (LDMC) are key leaf functional traits often used to reflect plant resource utilization strategies and predict plant responses to environmental changes. In general, grassland plants at dif...

Particulate matter, air quality and climate: lessons learned and future needs

The literature on atmospheric particulate matter (PM), or atmospheric aerosol, has increased enormously over the last 2 decades and amounts now to some 1500–2000 papers per year in the refereed literature. This is in part due to the enormou...

A long-term daily 500 m snow cover extent product over China (1981–2000)

Due to the limitations of early satellite sensors in terms of spatial resolution, temporal resolution, and time series availability, there is currently a lack of long-term daily snow cover extent (SCE) products with 500 m spatial resolution...

North African humid periods over the past 800,000 years

Abstract The Sahara region has experienced periodic wet periods over the Quaternary and beyond. These North African Humid Periods (NAHPs) are astronomically paced by precession which controls the intensity of the African monsoon system. How...

Editorial: Bark-Water Interactions