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View article: From smartphones to satellites: Uniting crowdsourced biodiversity monitoring and Earth observation to fill the gaps in global plant trait mapping
From smartphones to satellites: Uniting crowdsourced biodiversity monitoring and Earth observation to fill the gaps in global plant trait mapping Open
Plant functional traits are fundamental to ecosystem dynamics and Earth system processes, but their global characterization is limited by the availability of field surveys and trait measurements. Recent expansions in biodiversity data aggr…
View article: Cavity-enhanced charge-driven feedback loop in single quantum dot photocurrent spectroscopy
Cavity-enhanced charge-driven feedback loop in single quantum dot photocurrent spectroscopy Open
This study investigates a charge-driven feedback loop on single quantum dots (QDs) embedded in micropillar cavities under electrical readout. The coupled quantum–dot–microcavity system demonstrates a significant reduction in hysteresis und…
View article: Global decoupling of functional and phylogenetic diversity in plant communities
Global decoupling of functional and phylogenetic diversity in plant communities Open
Plant communities are composed of species that differ both in functional traits and evolutionary histories. As species' functional traits partly result from their individual evolutionary history, we expect the functional diversity of commu…
View article: Evaluation of C-C Motif Chemokine Receptor 5 (CCR5) as a Sample Adequacy Control in HPV Molecular Diagnostics
Evaluation of C-C Motif Chemokine Receptor 5 (CCR5) as a Sample Adequacy Control in HPV Molecular Diagnostics Open
Background: Reliable Human Papillomavirus (HPV) testing and genotyping are essential for quality assurance in HPV-based primary screening, disease management and for monitoring the impact of HPV vaccination. The clinical validation of HPV …
View article: Evaluation of C-C Motif Chemokine Receptor 5 (CCR5) as a Sample Adequacy Control in HPV Molecular Diagnostics
Evaluation of C-C Motif Chemokine Receptor 5 (CCR5) as a Sample Adequacy Control in HPV Molecular Diagnostics Open
Background: Reliable HPV testing and genotyping are essential for quality assurance in HPV-based primary screening, disease management and for monitoring the impact of HPV vaccination. The clinical validation of HPV molecular diagnostic as…
View article: Impairment of Renal and Hematopoietic Stem/Progenitor Cell Compartments in Frailty Syndrome: Link With Oxidative Stress, Plasma Cytokine Profiles, and Nuclear DNA Damage
Impairment of Renal and Hematopoietic Stem/Progenitor Cell Compartments in Frailty Syndrome: Link With Oxidative Stress, Plasma Cytokine Profiles, and Nuclear DNA Damage Open
Frailty is an age-related syndrome that drives multiple physiological system impairments in some older adults, and its pathophysiological mechanisms remain unclear. We evaluated whether frailty-related biological processes could impair ste…
View article: Hemogenic endothelium of the vitelline and umbilical arteries is the major contributor to mouse fetal lympho-myelopoiesis
Hemogenic endothelium of the vitelline and umbilical arteries is the major contributor to mouse fetal lympho-myelopoiesis Open
Summary Embryonic hematopoiesis consists of distinct waves originating in rapid succession from different anatomical locations. Hematopoietic progenitors appearing earlier than definitive hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) play key roles in f…
View article: Rooting depth and xylem vulnerability are independent woody plant traits jointly selected by aridity, seasonality, and water table depth
Rooting depth and xylem vulnerability are independent woody plant traits jointly selected by aridity, seasonality, and water table depth Open
Summary Evolutionary radiations of woody taxa within arid environments were made possible by multiple trait innovations including deep roots and embolism‐resistant xylem, but little is known about how these traits have coevolved across the…
View article: Hematopoietic Stem Cell (HSC)-Independent Progenitors Are Susceptible to Mll-Af9-Induced Leukemic Transformation
Hematopoietic Stem Cell (HSC)-Independent Progenitors Are Susceptible to Mll-Af9-Induced Leukemic Transformation Open
Infant acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a heterogeneous disease, genetically distinct from its adult counterpart. Chromosomal translocations involving the KMT2A gene (MLL) are especially common in affected infants of less than 1 year of age…
View article: Cooling-induced expansions of Afromontane forests in the Horn of Africa since the Last Glacial Maximum
Cooling-induced expansions of Afromontane forests in the Horn of Africa since the Last Glacial Maximum Open
Understanding the changing plant ecosystems that existed in East Africa over the past millennia is crucial for identifying links between habitats and past human adaptation and dispersal across the region. In the Horn of Africa, this task i…
View article: High glucose induces an activated state of partial epithelial-mesenchymal transition in human primary tubular cell cultures
High glucose induces an activated state of partial epithelial-mesenchymal transition in human primary tubular cell cultures Open
Tubulointerstitial fibrosis is observed in diabetic nephropathy. It is still debated whether tubular cells, undergoing epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in high glucose (HG) conditions, may contribute to interstitial fibrosis develop…
View article: Traits of dominant plant species drive normalized difference vegetation index in grasslands globally
Traits of dominant plant species drive normalized difference vegetation index in grasslands globally Open
Aim Theoretical, experimental and observational studies have shown that biodiversity–ecosystem functioning (BEF) relationships are influenced by functional community structure through two mutually non‐exclusive mechanisms: (1) the dominanc…
View article: Status, Breeding Ecology and Conservation of the Imperial Eagle in Austria
Status, Breeding Ecology and Conservation of the Imperial Eagle in Austria Open
The Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliaca, IE) reaches the western limit of its global breeding in range in Austria. As a result of targeted conservation measures in the Pannonian region, namely Hungary and Slovakia, the species repopulated Austr…
View article: DNA Damage in Circulating Hematopoietic Progenitor Stem Cells as Promising Biological Sensor of Frailty
DNA Damage in Circulating Hematopoietic Progenitor Stem Cells as Promising Biological Sensor of Frailty Open
Frailty is an age-related syndrome that exposes individuals to increased vulnerability. Although it is potentially reversible, in most cases it leads to negative outcomes, including mortality. The different methods proposed identify frailt…
View article: Machine Learning as a Service for DiSSCo’s Digital Specimen Architecture
Machine Learning as a Service for DiSSCo’s Digital Specimen Architecture Open
International mass digitization efforts through infrastructures like the European Distributed System of Scientific Collections (DiSSCo), the US resource for Digitization of Biodiversity Collections (iDigBio), the National Specimen Informat…
View article: Correction: The 1ALCTL and 1BLCTL isoforms of Arg/Abl2 induce fibroblast activation and extra cellular matrix remodelling differently
Correction: The 1ALCTL and 1BLCTL isoforms of Arg/Abl2 induce fibroblast activation and extra cellular matrix remodelling differently Open
There was an error in Biology Open (2019) 8, bio038554 (doi:10.1242/bio.038554).The 1BLCTL PY-Enolase panel in Fig. 1C was inadvertently a duplicate of the 1ALCTL panel. The corrected and original panels are shown below; both the online fu…
View article: Bimodal behavior of microlasers investigated with a two-channel photon-number-resolving transition-edge sensor system
Bimodal behavior of microlasers investigated with a two-channel photon-number-resolving transition-edge sensor system Open
We explore the photon-number distribution of bimodal quantum-dot micropillar lasers with a two-channel transition-edge sensor (TES) detection system. The two channels of the photon-number-resolving TES system simultaneously detect light em…
View article: Status and Properties of Soils under Some Woody Species of Degraded Glacis in Northern Burkina Faso
Status and Properties of Soils under Some Woody Species of Degraded Glacis in Northern Burkina Faso Open
Land degradation is a threat to biodiversity and has negative impacts on agricultural communities by aggravating food insecurity. The objective of this study was to examine the responses of native woody species and soil variables to differ…
View article: Detection and annotation of plant organs from digitised herbarium scans using deep learning
Detection and annotation of plant organs from digitised herbarium scans using deep learning Open
As herbarium specimens are increasingly becoming digitised and accessible in online repositories, advanced computer vision techniques are being used to extract information from them. The presence of certain plant organs on herbarium sheets…
View article: Retraction: Arg tyrosine kinase modulates TGF-β1 production in human renal tubular cells under high-glucose conditions
Retraction: Arg tyrosine kinase modulates TGF-β1 production in human renal tubular cells under high-glucose conditions Open
Journal of Cell Science is retracting J. Cell Sci. (2016) 129, 2925-2936 (doi:10.1242/jcs.183640). This notice updates the Correction (doi:10.1242/jcs.238832) relating to the above-referenced article.Following the publication of a correcti…