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Abiotic and biotic factors influencing small-scale corn production along a shade spectrum in arid urban agriculture settings
by Brittany R. Kruger, Joshua D. Sackett
Urban agriculture may be an avenue to help alleviate strain on the global production of staple crops like corn (Zea mays), but significant knowledge gaps exist regarding the optimization of staple crop pro...
Author: Brittany R. Kruger
Posted: April 16, 2024, 2:00 pm
Transcriptome analyses in juvenile yellow perch (<i>Perca flavescens</i>) exposed <i>in vivo</i> to clothianidin and chlorantraniliprole: Possible sampling bias
by Maeva Giraudo, Laurie Mercier, Andrée Gendron, Jim Sherry, Magali Houde
The St. Lawrence River is an important North American waterway that is subject to anthropogenic pressures including intensive urbanization, and agricultural development. P...
Author: Maeva Giraudo
Posted: April 16, 2024, 2:00 pm
Predicting central choroidal thickness from colour fundus photographs using deep learning
by Yusuke Arai, Hidenori Takahashi, Takuya Takayama, Siamak Yousefi, Hironobu Tampo, Takehiro Yamashita, Tetsuya Hasegawa, Tomohiro Ohgami, Shozo Sonoda, Yoshiaki Tanaka, Satoru Inoda, Shinichi Sakamoto, Hidetoshi Kawashima, Yasuo Yanagi
The esti...
Author: Yusuke Arai
Posted: March 29, 2024, 2:00 pm
Intrauterine and early-life malnutrition in rats disrupts the circadian rhythm programming of energy metabolites through adulthood
by Dulce Jocelyn Bustamante-Valdez, Martin Alejandro Fuentes-Cano, Jesus Salvador Gonzalez-Ruano, Alonso Martinez-Canabal, Rene Cardenas-Vazquez, Pilar Duran
Maternal malnutrition plays a crucial role in functional development, resulting in behav...
Author: Dulce Jocelyn Bustamante-Valdez
Posted: March 27, 2024, 2:00 pm
Moonlight-driven biological choruses in Hawaiian coral reefs
by Daniel Duane, Simon Freeman, Lauren Freeman
Sounds from fish and invertebrates in coral reefs can create persistent cacophonies that can be recorded for ecosystem monitoring, including during nighttime hours where visual surveys are typically ...
Author: Daniel Duane
Posted: March 20, 2024, 2:00 pm
Moonless night sky increases <i>Isistius</i> species (cookiecutter shark) and live human contact
by Steven Minaglia, Melodee Liegl
The nocturnal feeding behavior and zoogeographical habitat of cookiecutter sharks Isistius brasiliensis and Isistius plutodus (Isistius spp.) greatly reduces interaction of this species with live humans. Attacks ...
Author: Steven Minaglia
Posted: February 21, 2024, 2:00 pm
Survival of hibernating little brown bats that are unaffected by white-nose syndrome: Using thermal cameras to understand arousal behavior
by Haley J. Gmutza, Rodney W. Foster, Jonathan M. Gmutza, Gerald G. Carter, Allen Kurta
White-nose syndrome is a fungal disease that has decimated hibernating bats from multiple North American species. In 2014, the invasive fungus arrived at a hi...
Author: Haley J. Gmutza
Posted: February 6, 2024, 2:00 pm
Does darkness increase the risk of certain types of crime? A registered report protocol
by Jim Uttley, Rosie Canwell, Jamie Smith, Sarah Falconer, Yichong Mao, Steve A. Fotios
Evidence about the relationship between lighting and crime is mixed. Although a review of evidence found that improved road / street lighting was associated w...
Author: Jim Uttley
Posted: January 19, 2024, 2:00 pm