Author(s): MacPherson A; Caizergues AE; Savary P; Xu K; Messer PW; Akbar MN; Fortin MJ; Holt RD; Hoi AG; Mideo N; Ness R; Peres-Neto PR; Santangelo JS; Johnson MTJ;

Urbanization drives rapid and extreme environmental change, profoundly shaping the ecology and evolution of populations. In this Perspective, we call for the integration and development of evolutionary theory and empirical research through collaboration between theoretical and experimental biolog ...

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Author(s): Maraouch G; Horton C; Fanaberia J; Malorni E; Mignacca GC; Cohen M; Lyes K;

Blunt traumatic aortic rupture (BTAR) is a life-threatening injury that can occur in high-impact events such as motor vehicle collisions, falls, and sports-related trauma involving the thorax. Despite improvements in vehicle safety features and regulations by using anthropometric test devices, BTAR remains associated with substantial clinical severity and ...

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Author(s): Delaney KZ; Nadeem MI; Plissonneau C; Khor N; Delaney J; Morais JA; Tsoukas MA; Pescarus R; Garneau PY; Santosa S;

Adipose tissue (AT) immune cells are implicated in the pathology of type 2 diabetes (T2D), and their content likely differs between abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue (abSAT), femoral SAT (fmSAT), and visceral adipose tissue (VAT). Therefore, the objective of the current study was to develop a ...

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Author(s): Fortin M; Chauhan RV; Boerger TF; Montpetit C; Kobaisi A; Lantz JM; Kumar V; Plener J; Demetriades AK; Wood L; Dastagir O; Treanor C; Toumbas G; Ammendolia C; Wilson N; Anderson DB;

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Author(s): Ellenbogen MA; Serravalle L; Hodgins S; Walker CD; Walker EF;

The offspring of parents with bipolar disorder (OBD) are at high risk for developing affective disorders. Low levels of organization and consistency in the home (parenting structure) is associated with increased behavioral problems and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) reactivity in the OBD and thus may be an important developmental risk factor. We als ...

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Author(s): Teló C; O' Brien MG; Trofimovich P;

Accented second language (L2) speakers are frequently evaluated less favorably than first language (L1) speakers in employment contexts. Processing fluency (the subjective ease of understanding a speaker) has been identified as an experiential variable that helps explain why L2 speakers tend to receive lower workplace-relevant evaluations. However, less i ...

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Author(s): Paul J; Jäger ATP; Huck J; Tardif CL; Villringer A; Gauthier CJ; Bazin PL; Steele CJ;

Ultra-high field magnetic resonance imaging at sub-millimeter resolution opens the possibility to assess subtle longitudinal changes in brain structure and function. Identifying the regions and putative mechanisms involved in learning specific motor sequences is a key step towards understanding neuroplasticity. To disambiguate sequence-specific learning f ...

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Author(s): Beaulieu J; Morgado-Gamero WB; Fraser DJ; Cristescu ME; Derry AM;

Biomass and abundance data are critical for ecosystem monitoring and management of fish populations, yet their acquisition represents a growing challenge as anthropogenic pressures intensify the need for monitoring. Environmental DNA (eDNA) has the potential to provide cost-effective biomass and abundance estimations, but its high molecular stability make ...

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Author(s): Albury AW; Bianco R; Johnson AP; Penhune VB;

The ability to predict or anticipate musical events contributes to music-related pleasure and memory; however, their contributions to learning to play a melody have been less well-explored. In this study, we investigated how musical predictability and pleasure influenced how nonmusicians learned to play short melodies, as well as post-learning recall. Par ...

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Author(s): Chukwuejim S; Fatoki TH; Aluko RE;

Arginase is a binuclear manganese metalloenzyme that modulates L-arginine availability and downstream metabolic pathways. It was hypothesized that C-terminal arginine-containing peptides generated through simulated gastrointestinal digestion of white lupin (Lupinus albus) proteins would exhibit arginase inhibitory activity. To test this hypothesis, integr ...

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Author(s): Freeman-Cole CE; Jaeger JAG;

While landscape connectivity is an important focus of Canada's conservation goals, Canadian national parks are vulnerable to habitat loss, the breaking-up of habitat patches, and a reduction in their connectivity to surrounding ecosystems. This study measured landscape fragmentation in 43 Canadian national parks and control areas throughout their hist ...

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