Transmissible cancers in mammals and bivalves: How many examples are there? Predictions indicate widespread occurrence

AM Dujon, G Bramwell, B Roche, F Thomas… - BioEssays, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Transmissible cancers are elusive and understudied parasitic life forms caused by
malignant clonal cells (nine lineages are known so far). They emerge by completing …

Human fecal contamination of water, soil, and surfaces in households sharing poor-quality sanitation facilities in Maputo, Mozambique

DA Holcomb, J Knee, T Sumner, Z Adriano… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Identifying the origin of fecal contamination can support more effective interventions to
interrupt enteric pathogen transmission. Microbial source tracking (MST) assays may help to …

[HTML][HTML] Can Regenerative Agriculture increase national soil carbon stocks? Simulated country-scale adoption of reduced tillage, cover crop**, and ley-arable …

MW Jordon, P Smith, PR Long, PC Bürkner… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Adopting Regenerative Agriculture (RA) practices on temperate arable land can
increase soil organic carbon (SOC) concentration without reducing crop yields. RA is …

The dire disregard of measurement invariance testing in psychological science.

E Maassen, ED D'Urso, MALM Van Assen… - Psychological …, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Self-report scales are widely used in psychology to compare means in latent constructs
across groups, experimental conditions, or time points. However, for these comparisons to …

Major histocompatibility complex-associated odour preferences and human mate choice: near and far horizons

J Havlíček, J Winternitz… - … Transactions of the …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is a core part of the adaptive immune system.
As in other vertebrate taxa, it may also affect human chemical communication via odour …

[HTML][HTML] Deep learning and citizen science enable automated plant trait predictions from photographs

C Schiller, S Schmidtlein, C Boonman… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Plant functional traits ('traits') are essential for assessing biodiversity and ecosystem
processes, but cumbersome to measure. To facilitate trait measurements, we test if traits can …

Bayesian hierarchical modeling: An introduction and reassessment

M Veenman, AM Stefan, JM Haaf - Behavior Research Methods, 2024 - Springer
With the recent development of easy-to-use tools for Bayesian analysis, psychologists have
started to embrace Bayesian hierarchical modeling. Bayesian hierarchical models provide …

An evaluation of the performance of stop** rules in AI‐aided screening for psychological meta‐analytical research

L König, S Zitzmann, T Fütterer… - Research Synthesis …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Several AI‐aided screening tools have emerged to tackle the ever‐expanding body of
literature. These tools employ active learning, where algorithms sort abstracts based on …

The accuracy of phenology estimators for use with sparsely sampled presence‐only observations

MW Belitz, EA Larsen, L Ries… - Methods in Ecology …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Phenology is one of the most immediate responses to global climate change, but data
limitations have made examining phenology patterns across greater taxonomic, spatial and …

Blending I ndigenous and western science: Quantifying cultural burning impacts in K aruk A boriginal T erritory

SM Greenler, FK Lake, W Tripp… - Ecological …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The combined effects of Indigenous fire stewardship and lightning ignitions shaped
historical fire regimes, landscape patterns, and available resources in many ecosystems …