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Pupils’ Conceptions of Forests and Foresters’ Work after a Place-Based Forest Education Programme

Abstract Short forest-based environmental education programmes are widely used, yet there is limited evidence on how such programmes are reflected in pupils’ immediate articulations of forests, forest stewardship and foresters’ work. This multi-site, predominantly same-day pre–po...

The Gift at the Gate

In four countries in Eurostat's energy accounts that meter data-centre electricity (Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway and Iceland), those accounts hold only part of it, in almost every year tested, in the software-and-information line, where one would look, and do not say where th...

Bony labyrinth taxonomic identification and long-term evolution of livestock in the Southwest and Central Asia

Abstract Southwest and Central Asia were pivotal regions for the domestication and dispersal of domestic herbivores. Here we investigate long-term variation in bony labyrinth morphology of domestic bovids (sheep, goats and cattle) across the last 10 000 years. We focused on the o...

Ex situ thermal acclimation alters temperature selection with limited post-release effects in an endangered frog ( Rana muscosa )

Abstract Amphibian declines driven by the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) pose major challenges for conservation, particularly for cold-adapted species occupying habitats where temperatures may be less limiting to Bd growth. Host thermal behaviour can influenc...

TEAD4 Regulates apical domain homeostasis and cell-positioning to maintain the trophectoderm lineage during mouse blastocyst development

Abstract In mammalian preimplantation embryos, distinct cell lineages occupy defined spatial niches. The outer trophectoderm (TE) forms an epithelial monolayer surrounding the inner cell mass (ICM) and blastocyst cavity. In mice, the Tead4 gene encodes a polarity-dependent transc...

Wave Incommensurability as the Dynamical Origin of Quantum Spectral Rigidity and Orbital Stability: From the Montgomery–Dyson Correspondence to Semiclassical Orbit Selection

The 50-year-old Montgomery–Dyson correspondence, R₂(r) = 1 − (sin(πr) / (πr))² ≡ R₂(u) is neither a numerical coincidence nor an abstract random-matrix postulate. We identify the quantum spectral spacing variable r as an incommensurate transition beat frequency ratio (r ∉ ℤ). In...

Wind conditions shape co-migration fidelity in trans-Saharan birds at a Mediterranean stopover site

Abstract Weather is a key driver of bird migration, particularly near ecological barriers, where migratory species often converge before crossing. While its effects on individual timing are well documented, how weather reshapes the temporal assemblage of migratory bird communitie...

Ontogeny of settlement behaviours in response to Grammatophora marina diatom biofilms in the marine polychaete, Platynereis dumerilii

Abstract Settlement, the transition of a swimming planktonic larva to a benthic juvenile, is a key process during the development of many marine invertebrates. Microbial biofilms act as positive cues for larval settlement across species, yet the behavioural processes preceding se...

Cypripedium subtropicum

Cypripedium subtropicum (Orchidaceae) is an important orchid species. This project reportedthe chromosome level reference genome of Cypripedium subtropicum based onPacBio, lllumina and Hi-C data. These data are helpful to clarify the ecologicalfunction of Cypripedium subtropicum...

Lifelong health leadership: reframing geriatrics as a model of care for resilient health systems

Abstract Population ageing is commonly framed as a demographic challenge, biological frontier, or economic pressure. Yet these perspectives remain incomplete unless longevity is also understood as a leadership challenge. Gains in lifespan have not been matched by equivalent gains...

Self-organized ventilation defects in asthma: insights and open-source implementation of the Venegas–Winkler model

Abstract The Venegas–Winkler model is a seminal model in asthma pathophysiology, providing both a conceptual and quantitative framework for extending a posited bistability between open and closed states at the level of the individual, terminal airway to the lung as a whole. In do...

Invasive alien plants in riparian ecosystems: a study from two lowland rivers in Eastern Poland

Abstract Riparian ecosystems are biodiversity hotspots but are also highly vulnerable to biological invasions due to strong hydrological connectivity, recurrent disturbance and exposure to nutrient inputs. This study examined patterns of invasive alien plant species (IAS) occurre...

No algorithm can tell how much memory a repeated quantum channel needs

A device that applies a quantum channel over and over must release each output before the next input arrives. How much memory does it need? Suppose every fresh qubit the device receives is maximally mixed. In companion work we showed that the answer then turns on one set: the cha...

Acute Whole-Body Heat Exposure Modulates EEG Microstate Dynamics, Phase-Lagged Connectivity, and Cortical Source Activity

Abstract Acute exposure to elevated ambient temperature affects physiological regulation, thermal perception, and cognitive functioning, yet its influence on the spatiotemporal organization of human brain activity remains insufficiently understood. This study investigated tempera...

Built for bulk: posture, microanatomy and soft tissue shaped gigantism in Sauropoda

Abstract Sauropodomorph dinosaurs show how appendicular skeletal architecture accommodated extreme increases in body mass. Although sauropod gigantism has been linked to columnar limbs, wide-gauge posture, thick articular cartilage and tubular long-bone organization, the biomecha...

Experimental multi-level calibration of a silicon mini solar cell for low-cost solar irradiance measurement

Abstract Accurate assessment of photovoltaic potential is essential for optimizing system integration at specific sites, requiring precise measurement of ground-level solar irradiance. However, commercially available irradiance sensors are often costly, limited in configurability...

Conformality in Hawksmoor's ceiling, the Roman Pantheon and Mercator's projection

Abstract The dome of the Roman Pantheon is coffered with ribs surrounding sunken lacunaria, thus forming a grid. How this is achieved given the curvature of the dome has long been a subject for study and speculation. Although detailed measurements now exist, thus far no single pr...

Apostasia fujianica

Apostasia fujianica (Orchidaceae) is an important orchid species. This project reportedthe chromosome level reference genome of Apostasia fujianica based onPacBio, lllumina and Hi-C data. These data are helpful to clarify the ecologicalfunction of Apostasia fujianica and the evol...

Policing Survival: The Epistemic Status of Famine Botany in Late Imperial China

Abstract This article examines how Jiuhuang bencao was codified, circulated, marginalized and reactivated in late imperial China, asking what these changes suggest about attitudes toward famine relief and useful knowledge. Compiled in the early Ming by Prince Zhu Su, this treatis...

How Tension Persists: Perceptual Integration and Resistance in Architectural Form

‘Tension’ is common in formal analysis, yet it has rarely been explained at the level of mechanism. One account attributes it to a form’s deviation from a reference form. This paper instead asks whether the integration, in perception, of the parts of a form can be completed. Tens...