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Scaling from microsite to landscape to resolve litter decomposition dynamics in globally extensive drylands

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Decomposition is the transformation of dead organic matter into its inorganic constituents. In most biomes, decomposition rates can be accurately predicted with simple mathematical models, but these models have long under‐predicted decomposition in globally extensive ...
Heather L. Throop, Jiwei Li, Daryl L. Moorhead, Sasha C. Reed, Katherine E. O. Todd‐Brown, Alexi C. Besser, Dellena Evelyn Bloom, Thomas C. Ingalls, Alejandro Cueva   +8 more
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From individuals to networks: The role of variation in plant–pollinator communities' responses to global change

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
This paper argues that variation among individuals—not just species differences—can shape the sensitivity, robustness and resilience of plant–pollinator communities under global change. By linking individual traits and interaction structure to network dynamics, it provides a new framework and future research directions for predicting community ...
James DeWitt Crall, Marilia Palumbo Gaiarsa   +1 more
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Rhamnose-containing glycans and lipids differentially contribute to the Sporothrix-host interaction

Frontiers in Microbiology
BackgroundRhamnose is a distinctive component of the cell wall of pathogenic Sporothrix species and plays important roles in host–pathogen interactions, including immune recognition, phagocytosis, and virulence.
Iván Martínez-Duncker, Joaquín O. Chávez-Santiago, Roberta Salinas-Marín, Manuela Gómez-Gaviria, Andréa Regina de Souza Baptista, Héctor M. Mora-Montes   +5 more
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Nicotine suppresses Parkinson’s disease like phenotypes induced by Synphilin-1 overexpression in Drosophila melanogaster by increasing tyrosine hydroxylase and dopamine levels

Scientific Reports, 2021
It has been observed that there is a lower Parkinson’s disease (PD) incidence in tobacco users. Nicotine is a cholinergic agonist and is the principal psychoactive compound in tobacco linked to cigarette addiction.
Angel Carvajal-Oliveros, Carmen Domínguez-Baleón, Rafaella V. Zárate, Jorge M. Campusano, Verónica Narváez-Padilla, Enrique Reynaud   +5 more
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Pest‐preservation paradox among insects

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
The pest‐preservation paradox is a non‐binary perspective that insects range from those that are harmful and requiring management on the one side, to those requiring conservation intervention on the opposite end of the spectrum. Importantly, the vast majority of insects occur somewhere in the center of the two extremes, and their position along the ...
Michael J. Samways, Charl Deacon, René Gaigher, James S. Pryke   +3 more
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Naturally coloured poly(3‐hydroxybutyrate)

Coloration Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study reports an innovative approach for producing intrinsically coloured poly(3‐hydroxybutyrate) [P(3HB)] films by incorporating natural dyes—turmeric, paprika, annatto, beetroot and hibiscus—directly into the fermentation medium of Ralstonia solanacearum RS.
Maria Luiza de Oliveira Zanini, Ketnen Rieffel Das Chagas, Camila Rios Piecha, Andressa Baptista Nörnberg, André Ricardo Fajardo, Patrícia Silva Diaz   +5 more
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Dinâmica Molecular Clássica Reativa – ReaxFF: Teoria e aplicações em nanociência [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Ensino de Física
Resumo O método de dinâmica molecular clássica é uma ferramenta fundamental para a descrição das interações dinâmicas em escala microscópica aplicável em diferentes tipos de sistemas nanoestruturados desenvolvidos em nanociência.
J.M. De Sousa
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Introduced dung beetles suppress methane emissions from cattle dung and alter the temporal dynamics of greenhouse gas flux Los escarabajos peloteros introducidos suprimen las emisiones de metano del estiércol de ganado y alteran la dinámica temporal del flujo de gases de efecto invernadero Besouros coprófagos introduzidos suprimem as emissões de metano do esterco bovino e alteram a dinâmica temporal do fluxo de gases de efeito estufa

Ecological Entomology, EarlyView.
Dung beetles suppressed cumulative methane flux from cattle dung by 85% and reduced total greenhouse gas emissions by 18%. Beetle activity accelerated initial CO2 release but did not alter total cumulative flux. N2O and NH3 fluxes were transient and not consistently driven by beetle presence.
Jean Holley, Martin Brummell, Nigel R. Andrew   +2 more
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Effects of organic solvents on the depth‐of‐cure determination of conventional and bulk‐fill resin composites

European Journal of Oral Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract This study investigated the influence of organic solvents on the depth of cure (DOC) of resin composites. Two conventional (Filtek Universal [FU] and Beautifil II [BE]) and two bulk‐fill (Filtek One Bulk Fill [FO] and Beautifil‐Bulk [BB]) composites were evaluated.
Beatriz de Cássia Romano, Frederick Allen Rueggeberg, Jorge Soto‐Montero, Carolina Bosso Andre, Marcelo Giannini   +4 more
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Predictive evolutionary genomics: principles, validation, and practice

New Phytologist, EarlyView.
Summary Climate change and habitat loss are driving rapid evolutionary responses in populations world‐wide, which creates an urgent need for evolutionary forecasting in conservation and agriculture. Such forecasting can be categorized into three time scales: trait‐based models that use multivariate quantitative genetic equations to project correlated ...
Daniel Ortiz‐Barrientos, Maddie E. James, Yang Liu, Dan Bock, Moisés Exposito‐Alonso, Loren H. Rieseberg   +5 more
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