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The edge is not like the centre: founder effects in expanding populations | Research Communities by Springer Nature
Invasive populations are sometimes founded by very few individuals and have low genetic diversity. We studied an expanding invasive population of honey bees to understand what happens at range edges, where genetic diversity is reduced even further.
Garen J. Wintemute – Winner of the 2023 Jess Kraus Award | Research Communities by Springer Nature
The Jess Kraus Award is given each year to the author of the best paper published in Injury Epidemiology, selected by the Editorial Board. Editor-in-Chief, Professor Guohua Li, chats with this year’s recipient, Dr. Garen J. Wintemute, about his award-winning study.
Unveiling the Genetic Landscape of Fuchs Corneal Dystrophy Through a Multi-Ancestry GWAS | Research Communities by Springer Nature
Explore pivotal findings from a genome-wide association study on Fuchs Corneal Dystrophy, highlighting the contributing roles of laminins, collagen, and endothelial cell regulation.
Are WELL Building Standard S02 Sound Levels Too Permissive of Low Frequency Noise? Addressing the LFN in the Room | Research Communities by Springer Nature
This article explores the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) WELL Standard v2 Sound Concept S02 in the context of Low Frequency Noise (LFN<200Hz) and its health impacts, and suggests revisions to the Standard’s allowable levels of average and maximum C-weighted noise measures.
Developing countries can adapt to climate change effectively using nature-based solutions | Research Communities by Springer Nature
Nature-based solutions (NbS) are effectively contributing to climate change adaptation, producing multiple co-benefits among climate risk-related and broader development outcomes. Policy makers should expand funding for NbS when dealing with shocks and stressors and increasing adaptive capacities.
Lions & sea lions & bears, oh my: the value of natural history collections for studying the developing skeleton | Research Communities by Springer Nature
Prenatal mammalian specimens are ethically and practically challenging to acquire. We utilized prenatal carnivore specimens preserved in the Harvard natural history museum to compare skeletal formation between the dog-like ‘caniform’ and cat-like ‘feliform’ lineages.
Energy efficient photonic memory based on electrically programmable embedded III-V/Si memristors: switches and filters | Research Communities by Springer Nature
We demonstrate non-volatile III-V/Si optical memristors with large electric-field driven phase shifts and reconfigurable filters with true 0 static power consumption. As a result, photonic memristors offer a pathway for in-memory optical computing and large-scale non-volatile photonic circuits.
Effectiveness of DialBetesPlus, a self-management support system for diabetic kidney disease: Randomized controlled trial | Research Communities by Springer Nature
We conducted a large RCT of the DialBetesPlus mHealth intervention. In this trial, we applied the intervention to patients in Japan with diabetic kidney disease. DialBetesPlus seeks to change patient behavior by helping them meet the lifestyle guidelines given to them by their physicians.
Predicting material properties of unseen conditions | Research Communities by Springer Nature
Material properties prediction from a given microstructure is important for accelerated design but a comprehensive methodology is lacking. Here, a multi-method ML- approach is utilized to understand the processing-structure-property relationship for differently processed porous materials.
Static vector solitons in a topological mechanical lattice | Research Communities by Springer Nature
Topological solitons can be realized in various platforms harboring multiple switchable phases. Here, a class of vector solitons in a topological mechanical lattice are proposed to identify superposed kinks and invertible polarizations, with implications for nonlinear topological mechanics.
Landscape constrains drove the first peopling of Australia | Research Communities by Springer Nature
People first arrived in Australia more than 60,000 years ago. At this time sea levels were more than 120m lower and Australia was part of a larger continent called Sahul. Where and how fast these first groups of humans travelled once they arrive remains a major research question.
Exploring New Horizons in Viral Myocarditis: The TRIM29-PERK Pathway | Research Communities by Springer Nature
Viral myocarditis, a significant cause of sudden death, has gained renewed interest in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our team focused on understanding the molecular pathways involved in this disease, particularly the role of TRIM29 in modulating the immune response against cardiotropic viruses.
Comparative Quantum-Classical Dynamics of Natural and Synthetic Molecular Rotors Show How Vibrational Synchronization Modulates the Photoisomerization Quantum Efficiency | Research Communities by Springer Nature
The control of reaction quantum efficiencies is a fundamental photochemical problem. Here, we use comparative quantum-classical dynamics to reveal that the synchronization of specific vibrations with the reaction coordinate is a key promoting factor.
Quantum sensing of magnetic fields with molecular spins | Research Communities by Springer Nature
Magnetic molecules can be exploited for quantum sensing. We show that is it possible to use molecular spins embedded into planar microwave resonators to probe local AC magnetic fields within Hahn echo or Dynamical Decoupling protocols.
The Portuguese Fisheries dataset - Protecting Data Privacy for research | Research Communities by Springer Nature
Accessing fisheries datasets, mainly inspection records, poses a big challenge due to privacy concerns. However, meticulous efforts have been made that led to the compilation of a comprehensive dataset with 10,745 records of fishery inspections spanning 2015 to 2023 in Portuguese waters.
Variation in the mu-opioid receptor gene (OPRM1) moderates the influence of maternal sensitivity on child attachment | Research Communities by Springer Nature
A recent study published in Translational Psychiatry suggests that variation in a gene related to reward and pain perception interacts with quality of maternal care to shape attachment in young children.
European beech forests adapt differently to climate change | Research Communities by Springer Nature
A recent study in Scientific Reports "Contrasting patterns of water use efficiency and annual radial growth among European beech forests along the Italian peninsula" reveals distinct strategies for Fagus sylvatica in Italy in response to climate change
The Implications of APOBEC3-Mediated C-to-U RNA Editing for Human Disease | Research Communities by Springer Nature
We are publishing a manuscript which shows a connection between climate change and other environmental factors including pandemics and our gene expression. This manuscript also demonstrates the importance of RNA editing in the understanding of molecular biology.
What happened when China randomly assigned people to farm rice or wheat | Research Communities by Springer Nature
The rice theory argues that the irrigation and high labor demands of rice farming gave southern China a more interdependent culture than the wheat-farming north. But how can we test whether rice really shapes culture? Two state farms started in the 1950s give us a rare natural experiment.
Pioneering a Healthier Future: Wearable Technology Empowers Vascular Age and Heart Health Assessment | Research Communities by Springer Nature
We report a stroke-volume allocation (SVA) model to quantify the arterial cushioning function and empower nearly all existing wearable and flexible sensors with new functions, including arterial stiffness evaluation, dynamic cuffless blood pressure tracking and cardiovascular disease assessment.
Differential inheritance of gene content among maize, rice, wheat, and bamboos following ancestral duplications and possible contribution to morphological and physiological differences | Research Communities by Springer Nature
Grasses share a whole genome duplication called rho; we used both chromosomal collinearity and gene phylogeny to investigate the pattern of duplicate retention in different grass groups and found differentially retained duplicates that are implicated in environmental adaptations or morphogenesis.
A Breath of Fresh Air in Plasmonic Catalysis: Black Gold and Solar Light's Renaissance | Research Communities by Springer Nature
“Illuminating Chemistry: Black Gold Catalyst and Solar Light's Airborne Victory”, the first highly efficient, air-stable, and plasmonically activated catalyst for acetylene semi-hydrogenation.
Quantum phase synchronization via exciton-vibrational energy dissipation sustains long-lived coherence in photosynthetic antennas | Research Communities by Springer Nature
Long coherent lifetime in the excitation energy transfer was observed in photosynthetic pigment dimers. The long-lasting coherences are protected by quantum phase synchronization realized by exciton-vibrational coupling where resonant anti-symmetric collective modes were dissipated.
Microbiome signatures of old- and young-onset colorectal cancer | Research Communities by Springer Nature
The rising incidence of young-onset sporadic colorectal cancer (yCRC) is global concern. Leveraging a substantial number of deep sequencing metagenomes, our study shows striking similarities in gut microbial patterns at both taxonomic and selected gene marker levels between yCRC and old-onset CRC.
Rummagene brings to the surface a massive collection of published biomedical datasets that are currently buried and inaccessible | Research Communities by Springer Nature
Rummagene is a biomedical research search engine providing access to hundreds of thousands of mammalian gene sets mined from the supporting materials of research publications listed on PubMed Central. Rummagene is freely and openly available at: https://rummagene.com.
Disclosing degradation mechanism in sustainable solders | Research Communities by Springer Nature
The work provides important insights regarding microstructural and mechanical mechanisms for recrystallisation and cracking in sustainable solders, uniting the aspects of big data analysis with ML algorithms and in-depth understanding about the underlying materials science.
Perceptual (but not acoustic) features predict singing voice preferences | Research Communities by Springer Nature
Singing voice preferences are (partially) explained based on how the voices are perceived by listeners, and not based on “objective” computationally-extracted representations of the audio signal
Right Atrium Segmentation (RAS), how cardiac imaging data resources contribute to personalized diagnosis and treatment of atrial fibrillation patients through digital heart twins? | Research Communities by Springer Nature
RAS, a data set for atrial structural analysis and mining, focuses on the structural remodeling of the atrium of patients with atrial fibrillation or personalized diagnosis and treatment based on digital twin hearts.