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Widespread and strong impacts of river fragmentation by anthropogenic barriers on fishes in the Mekong River Basin

Communications Earth & Environment
The Mekong River, a global freshwater biodiversity hotspot, has suffered from intensive barrier construction, resulting in major challenges in safeguarding its fauna.
Jingrui Sun, Damiano Baldan, Martyn C. Lucas, Jie Wang, Amaia A. Rodeles, Shams M. Galib, Juan Tao, Mingbo Li, Daming He, Chengzhi Ding   +9 more
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Unprecedented recent summer warming and cross-sphere hydrological coupling in Asian Water Towers

npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
The Asian Water Towers play a crucial role by storing and releasing vast amounts of freshwater, thereby sustaining the base flow of major Asian rivers and water security for billions of people at sub-continent to hemispheric scales. Instrumental records,
Youping Chen, Feng Chen, Mao Hu, Xiaoen Zhao, Honghua Cao, Shijie Wang, Jan Esper, Ulf Büntgen, Max C. A. Torbenson, Tiyuan Hou, Hongfan Xu, Yufeng Lin   +11 more
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Estimation of glacier ice storage in western China constrained by field ground-penetrating Radar surveys

Advances in Climate Change Research, 2022
Recent decades have witnessed the accelerated retreat of alpine glaciers, which likely portends a decline in the glacial ice melt on which large downstream populations rely for freshwater. Thus, estimating water storage in alpine glaciers is critical for
Peng-Bin Liang, Li-De Tian
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Governing Security [PDF]

, 2013
The Ohio State University Mershon Center for International Security StudiesThe media can be accessed here: http://streaming.osu.edu/knowledgebank/Mershon13/032813.mp4In "Governing Security," Cuéllar takes up a complex and timely question at the ...
Cuéllar, Mariano-Florentino
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Does Long‐Term Lower Extremity Strength Training in Adults With Knee Osteoarthritis and Varus Alignment Reduce Knee Joint Loading During Gait?

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We examined whether 18 months of strength training in individuals with knee varus alignment and medial tibiofemoral osteoarthritis (OA) reduced knee joint loads during walking compared to an attention control group. Methods This study was a secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial that compared the effects of strength training to a ...
Stephen P. Messier, Matthew N. Vigliotti, Paige E. Rice, Brian Pietrosimone, Shannon L. Mihalko, Edward H. Ip, Richard F. Loeser, David J. Hunter, Ali Guermazi, Ryan Hill, Santiago Saldana, Kim L. Bennell, Paul DeVita   +12 more
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Cryptocurrency forensics automation: a deep learning and NLP-based approach for mobile platforms

Discover Computing
As cryptocurrencies have become increasingly used as an alternative to regular cash and credit card payments, the wallet solutions/apps that facilitate their use have also become increasingly popular.
Abhishek Bhattarai, Abdulhadi Sahin, Maryna Veksler, Ahmet Kurt, Devrim Aras, Carlos Imery, Kemal Akkaya   +6 more
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Spatiotemporal patterns of vegetation conversion under the Grain for Green Program in southwest China

Conservation Science and Practice, 2022
China's Grain for Green Program (GGP) is the largest reforestation program in the world. Previous studies lacked targeted assessments regarding its effectiveness in vegetation conversion. Using the time series of Vegetation Continuous Fields in southwest
Haiwei Zhao, Ruidong Wu, Feiling Yang, Jinming Hu, Junjun Wang, Yang Guo, Zhixue Feng, Chen Zhang, Yiting Wang, Jian Zhou   +9 more
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Supplementary material for Raúl L. Madrid and Luis L. Schenoni, "Reining in Rebellion: The Decline of Political Violence in South America, 1830–1929," International Security, Vol. 48, No. 3 (Winter 2023/24), pp. 129–167.

Supplementary material for Raúl L. Madrid and Luis L. Schenoni, "Reining in Rebellion: The Decline of Political Violence in South America, 1830–1929," International Security, Vol. 48, No. 3 (Winter 2023/24), pp.
Security, International
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Food security : making a difference through research; research that feeds the world [PDF]

, 2013
French version available in IDRC Digital Library: Sécurité alimentaire : faire évoluer les choses au moyen de la recherche; nourrir la population mondiale grâce à la rechercheSpanish version available in IDRC Digital Library: Seguridad alimentaria : la ...
IDRC. Canadian International Food Security Research Fund (CIFSRF)
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Prevalence of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Australia, 2010–2022: A Population‐Based Study Using Linked National Administrative Health Data

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a heterogenous inflammatory condition with widely varying global prevalence estimates. The frequency of SLE in the general population of Australia has been reported to be notably lower than contemporary estimates in countries such as the United States or United Kingdom, at 19 to 39 per 100,000 as opposed ...
Lucinda Roper, Rachel Black, Joanna Tieu, Winnie Chen, Matthew Parker, Catherine Hill, Natasha Nassar, Mandana Nikpour   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source