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Synergies in Agricultural Biodiversity Conservation: Decomposing the Interaction Between Nature Parks and Agri‐Environment Schemes

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Understanding how policy instruments with overlapping goals interact is crucial for leveraging their synergies. This study explores the mechanisms for regional nature parks (a form of protected areas that impose no restrictions on agriculture) to enhance the adoption of biodiversity‐conserving agri‐environment schemes (AES) in Switzerland ...
Yanbing Wang, Christian Ritzel, Antonia Kaiser, Gabriele Mack   +3 more
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Jointless Tongue‐Like Bioactuator for Multidirectional Motion Through Directional Electrical Stimulation

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
A tongue‐like bioactuator is developed using orthogonally aligned cultured skeletal muscle tissues. By applying directional electrical stimulation of varying strengths, the actuator achieves jointless, multidirectional movements. The device features a fully soft, skeleton‐free design, enabling biomimetic deformation and functional actuation, and offers
Xuankai Gao, Kouhei Okasaki, Hirono Ohashi, Takeshi Sakurai, Yuya Morimoto   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Seeds of change: The impact of Ethiopia's direct seed marketing approach on smallholders' seed purchases and productivity

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract While multiple factors explain low adoption rates of improved varieties by small‐scale farmers in sub‐Saharan Africa, a key supply‐side constraint is the limited availability of seed embodying new traits in the volume, quality, price, and timeliness required by farmers. This constraint is partly attributable to classical failures in the market
Dawit Mekonnen, Gashaw T. Abate, Seid Yimam, Rui Benfica, David J. Spielman, Frank Place   +5 more
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Trisoxazole Macrolides Potentiate the Microtubule Assembly and Antimitotic Activities of Taxanes

Angewandte Chemie, EarlyView.
Photoaffinity experiments identified tubulin as a new target of mycalolides. Though weakly cytotoxic, the trisoxazole macrolactone moiety enhanced paclitaxel's microtubule assembly and antimitotic effects. Molecular modeling studies suggested that MyC stabilizes α/β‐tubulin heterodimer interactions.
Shohei Ebihara, Rio Takaiso, Shota Kawaguchi, Atsunori Oshima, Masaki Kita   +4 more
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Optimization and verification of high‐fat diet formulation for establishing a rat model of obesity‐related precocious puberty

Animal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.
We identified 45% HFD as the optimal formulation to establish a juvenile rat model of obesity‐related precocious puberty. It elicits robust phenotypic (early vaginal opening, obesity), histological (advanced ovarian development), and endocrine (elevated HPG axis hormones) alterations, with leptin‐mediated GnRH secretion as a core mechanistic driver ...
Jiayi Gong, Wei Qian, Deji Song, Kang Li, Li Zhang, Li Shi   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Molecular mechanism of ischemic postconditioning in promoting diabetic ischemic brain injury repair via the microRNA‐34a–BDNF–SIX3 signaling axis

Animal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.
Diabetes combined with ischemic stroke (DMIS) exacerbates brain infarct size and neuronal damage compared to nondiabetic ischemic stroke (IS). This study reveals that microRNA‐34a (miR‐34a) plays a key role in DMIS pathogenesis: miR‐34a directly targets and suppresses brain‐derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and Sine oculis homeobox 3 (SIX3), promoting
Ling Zhao, Chunlan Zou, Junxian Li, Yang Yang, Yuanyuan Han, Tingyu Ke   +5 more
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Wireless blood pressure sensor implantation in sheep: A detailed technique

Animal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.
Twelve adult sheep underwent wireless blood pressure sensor implantation. The procedure lasted an average of 36 min, with mean systolic and diastolic blood pressures of 93 ± 6 and 65 ± 5 mmHg, respectively. This rapid, minimally invasive protocol is a powerful platform for cardiovascular device development.
David Santer, Paul Ecker, Judith Radloff, Katharina Heissl, Smruti Mirchandani, Sabine Leitner, Bruno Mora, Martin Czerny, Roman Gottardi, Michael Moore, Bruno K. Podesser   +10 more
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Metformin enhances external urethral sphincter integrity and restores continence via AMPK activation in a rat model of stress urinary incontinence

Animal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.
The pathogenesis of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is intimately associated with injury to the external urethral sphincter (EUS). In this study, we established an SUI model induced by double vaginal distension and demonstrated that metformin treatment activated the AMPK signaling in the EUS tissue.
Yuting Xu, Xuhong Li, Alvaro Munoz, Li Jiang, Lihua Huang, Yanhua Zhou, Liping Zhu, Youbo Yang   +7 more
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Equine models in translational medicine: A comparative approach to human health

Animal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.
This diagram summarizes and contrasts rodent and equine models, outlining their strengths, limitations, and applications. Horses offer naturally occurring diseases, genetic and physiological similarities to humans, and suitability for longitudinal and clinical‐scale studies.
Shayan Boozarjomehri Amnieh, Katarzyna Ropka‐Molik   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Acoustofluidic Patterning for Improved Microtissue Histology

Advanced NanoBiomed Research, EarlyView.
Microtissue histology is widely used to characterize microtissue phenotype and morphology. However, conventional microtissue histology workflows are inefficient and time‐consuming. This work introduces a novel embedding technique that uses acoustofluidics to improve the efficiency of microtissue histology and reduce the time required for data analysis.
Dhananjay V. Deshmukh, Emilie Vuille‐dit‐Bille, Saumitra Joshi, Nicola Gerber, Christine Fux, Annina Eichenberger, Epifania Bono, Markus Rimann, Sarah Heub, Daniel Migliozzi, Stephanie Boder‐Pasche, Gilles Weder, Jurg Dual, Mark W. Tibbitt   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source