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Effectiveness of actions intended to achieve a voluntary transition from the use of lead to non-lead shotgun ammunition for hunting in Britain (2022)
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Green, R. E., Taggart, M. A., Pain, D. J., Clark, N. A., Clewley, L., Cromie, R., …Stroud, D. (2022). Effectiveness of actions intended to achieve a voluntary transition from the use of lead to non-lead shotgun ammunition for hunting in Britain. Conservation evidence, 19, 8-14. https://doi.org/10.52201/cej19/safd8835

In 2020, nine major UK shooting and rural organisations proposed a voluntary transition from the use for hunting of lead shotgun ammunition to non-lead alternatives. The major food retailer Waitrose & Partners has announced its intention to move to n... Read More about Effectiveness of actions intended to achieve a voluntary transition from the use of lead to non-lead shotgun ammunition for hunting in Britain.

Convergent cross-species pro-cognitive effects of RGH-235, a new potent and selective histamine H3 receptor antagonist/inverse agonist (2022)
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Némethy, Z., Kiss, B., Lethbridge, N., Chazot, P., Hajnik, T., Tóth, A., …Lévay, G. (2022). Convergent cross-species pro-cognitive effects of RGH-235, a new potent and selective histamine H3 receptor antagonist/inverse agonist. European Journal of Pharmacology, 916, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejphar.2021.174621

The histamine H3 receptor is a favourable target for the treatment of cognitive deficits. Here we report the in vitro and in vivo profile of RGH-235, a new potent, selective, and orally active H3 receptor antagonist/inverse agonist developed by Gedeo... Read More about Convergent cross-species pro-cognitive effects of RGH-235, a new potent and selective histamine H3 receptor antagonist/inverse agonist.

A meta-analysis of the association between male dimorphism and fitness outcomes in humans (2022)
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Lidborg, L. H., Cross, C. P., & Boothroyd, L. G. (2022). A meta-analysis of the association between male dimorphism and fitness outcomes in humans. eLife, 11, Article e65031. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.65031

Humans are sexually dimorphic: men and women differ in body build and composition, craniofacial structure, and voice pitch, likely mediated in part by developmental testosterone. Sexual selection hypotheses posit that, ancestrally, more 'masculine' m... Read More about A meta-analysis of the association between male dimorphism and fitness outcomes in humans.

Sophisticated statistics cannot compensate for method effects if quantifiable structure is compromised (2022)
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Birney, D., Beckmann, J., Beckmann, N., & Stemler, S. (2022). Sophisticated statistics cannot compensate for method effects if quantifiable structure is compromised. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, Article 812963. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.812963

Researchers rely on psychometric principles when trying to gain understanding of unobservable psychological phenomena disconfounded from the methods used. Psychometric models provide us with tools to support this endeavour, but they are agnostic to t... Read More about Sophisticated statistics cannot compensate for method effects if quantifiable structure is compromised.

Understanding the human brain: insights from comparative biology (2022)
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DeCasien, A. R., Barton, R. A., & Higham, J. P. (2022). Understanding the human brain: insights from comparative biology. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 26(5), 432-445. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2022.02.003

Human brains are exceptionally large, support distinctive cognitive processes, and evolved by natural selection to mediate adaptive behavior. Comparative biology situates the human brain in evolutionary context to illuminate how it has been shaped by... Read More about Understanding the human brain: insights from comparative biology.

Getting to the root of the problem: New evidence for the use of plant root foods in Mesolithic hunter-gatherer subsistence in Europe (2022)
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Bishop, R., Kubiak-Martens, L., Warren, G., & Church, M. (2023). Getting to the root of the problem: New evidence for the use of plant root foods in Mesolithic hunter-gatherer subsistence in Europe. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 32(1), 65-83. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00334-022-00882-1

This paper presents new evidence for the harvesting of edible plant roots and tubers at Northton, a Mesolithic hunter-gatherer site on Harris, in the Western Isles of Scotland, in the north-west corner of Europe. The excavations uncovered abundant ro... Read More about Getting to the root of the problem: New evidence for the use of plant root foods in Mesolithic hunter-gatherer subsistence in Europe.

Private Facial Prediagnosis as an Edge Service for Parkinson's DBS Treatment Valuation (2022)
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Jiang, R., Chazot, P., Pavese, N., Crookes, D., Bouridane, A., & Celebi, M. E. (2022). Private Facial Prediagnosis as an Edge Service for Parkinson's DBS Treatment Valuation. IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, 26(6), 2703-2713. https://doi.org/10.1109/jbhi.2022.3146369

Facial phenotyping for medical prediagnosis has recently been successfully exploited as a novel way for the preclinical assessment of a range of rare genetic diseases, where facial biometrics is revealed to have rich links to underlying genetic or me... Read More about Private Facial Prediagnosis as an Edge Service for Parkinson's DBS Treatment Valuation.

We Are Not Alone: William King and the Naming of the Neanderthals (2021)
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Walker, J., Clinnick, D., & White, M. (2021). We Are Not Alone: William King and the Naming of the Neanderthals. American Anthropologist, 123(4), 805-818. https://doi.org/10.1111/aman.13654

The story of human history was changed forever in 1863 with William King's proposal that we had not always been the sole members of the Homo genus. Yet, more than 150 years after Homo neanderthalensis was first named and then summarized in the pages... Read More about We Are Not Alone: William King and the Naming of the Neanderthals.

Climate Sensitivity and Ecoclimate Sensitivity: Theory, Usage, and Past Implications for the Future Biospheric Responses (2022)
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Williams, J. W., Huntley, B., & Seddon, A. W. (2022). Climate Sensitivity and Ecoclimate Sensitivity: Theory, Usage, and Past Implications for the Future Biospheric Responses. Current Climate Change Reports, 8(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40641-022-00179-5

Two usages of ‘climate sensitivity’ co-exist: one climatological and one ecological. The earlier climatological usage quantifies the sensitivity of global mean surface temperature to atmospheric CO2, with formal variants differing by timescale and pr... Read More about Climate Sensitivity and Ecoclimate Sensitivity: Theory, Usage, and Past Implications for the Future Biospheric Responses.

Personality, density and habitat drive the dispersal of invasive crayfish (2022)
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Galib, S., Sun, J., Twiss, S., & Lucas, M. (2022). Personality, density and habitat drive the dispersal of invasive crayfish. Scientific Reports, 12, Article 1114. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-04228-1

There is increasing evidence that personality traits may drive dispersal patterns of animals, including invasive species. We investigated, using the widespread signal crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus as a model invasive species, whether effects of p... Read More about Personality, density and habitat drive the dispersal of invasive crayfish.

Emotion lateralization in a graduated emotional chimeric face task: An online study (2022)
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Smekal, V., Burt, D., Kentridge, R., & Hausmann, M. (2022). Emotion lateralization in a graduated emotional chimeric face task: An online study. Neuropsychology, 36(5), 443-455. https://doi.org/10.1037/neu0000804

Objective: To resolve inconsistencies in the literature regarding the dominance of the right cerebral hemisphere (RH) in emotional face perception, specifically investigating the role of the intensity of emotional expressions, different emotions, and... Read More about Emotion lateralization in a graduated emotional chimeric face task: An online study.

Intolerant baboons avoid observer proximity, creating biased inter-individual association patterns (2022)
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Allan, A., White, A., & Hill, R. (2022). Intolerant baboons avoid observer proximity, creating biased inter-individual association patterns. Scientific Reports, 12, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-12312-3

Social network analysis is an increasingly popular tool for behavioural ecologists exploring the social organisation of animal populations. Such analyses require data on inter-individual association patterns, which in wild populations are often colle... Read More about Intolerant baboons avoid observer proximity, creating biased inter-individual association patterns.

Holocene expansion of the Caledonian pinewoods: spatial and temporal patterns at regional and landscape scales (2021)
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Huntley, B., & Allen, J. R. (2021). Holocene expansion of the Caledonian pinewoods: spatial and temporal patterns at regional and landscape scales. Plant Ecology and Diversity, 14(1-2), 23-46. https://doi.org/10.1080/17550874.2021.1984601

Background To facilitate climatic change adaptation, landscape and conservation managers require understanding of spatio-temporal patterns of expansion of potential dominant species. Studying past expansions of canopy-dominant trees can contribute su... Read More about Holocene expansion of the Caledonian pinewoods: spatial and temporal patterns at regional and landscape scales.

The Interplay between Histamine H4 Receptor and the Kidney Function: The Lesson from H4 Receptor Knockout Mice (2021)
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Verta, R., Gurrieri, M., Borga, S., Benetti, E., Pollicino, P., Cavalli, R., …Grange, C. (2021). The Interplay between Histamine H4 Receptor and the Kidney Function: The Lesson from H4 Receptor Knockout Mice. Biomolecules, 11(10), https://doi.org/10.3390/biom11101517

Previous studies implicated the histamine H4 receptor in renal pathophysiology. The aim here is to elucidate the role of this receptor on renal function using H4 receptor knockout mice (H4R−/−). Healthy and diabetic H4R−/− mice compared to their C57B... Read More about The Interplay between Histamine H4 Receptor and the Kidney Function: The Lesson from H4 Receptor Knockout Mice.

The quest for successful Atlantic salmon restoration: perspectives, priorities, and maxims (2021)
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Lennox, R., Alexandre, C., Almeida, P., Bailey, K., Barlaup, B., Bøe, K., …Vollset, K. (2021). The quest for successful Atlantic salmon restoration: perspectives, priorities, and maxims. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 78(10), 3479-3497. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsab201

Atlantic salmon is often a focal species of restoration efforts throughout the north Atlantic and it is therefore an excellent case study for how best to design programmes to address and mitigate threats and correct population declines. This perspect... Read More about The quest for successful Atlantic salmon restoration: perspectives, priorities, and maxims.

New Insights Into the Anticonvulsant Effects of Essential Oil From Melissa officinalis L. (Lemon Balm) (2021)
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Chindo, B. A., Howes, M. R., Abuhamdah, S., Yakubu, M. I., Ayuba, G. I., Battison, A., & Chazot, P. L. (2021). New Insights Into the Anticonvulsant Effects of Essential Oil From Melissa officinalis L. (Lemon Balm). Frontiers in Pharmacology, 12, https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2021.760674

Melissa officinalis L. is used in traditional European and Iranian folk medicines to treat a plethora of neurological diseases including epilepsy. We utilized the in vitro and in vivo models of epilepsy to probe the anticonvulsant potentials of essen... Read More about New Insights Into the Anticonvulsant Effects of Essential Oil From Melissa officinalis L. (Lemon Balm).

Social learning strategies and cooperative behaviour: Evidence of payoff bias, but not prestige or conformity, in a social dilemma game (2021)
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Watson, R., Morgan, T. J., Kendal, R. L., Van de Vyver, J., & Kendal, J. (2021). Social learning strategies and cooperative behaviour: Evidence of payoff bias, but not prestige or conformity, in a social dilemma game. Games, 12(4), Article 89. https://doi.org/10.3390/g12040089

Human cooperation, occurring without reciprocation and between unrelated individuals in large populations, represents an evolutionary puzzle. One potential explanation is that cooperative behaviour may be transmitted between individuals via social le... Read More about Social learning strategies and cooperative behaviour: Evidence of payoff bias, but not prestige or conformity, in a social dilemma game.

Experts in action: why we need an embodied social brain hypothesis (2021)
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Barrett, L., Henzi, S. P., & Barton, R. A. (2022). Experts in action: why we need an embodied social brain hypothesis. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 377(1844), https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2020.0533

The anthropoid primates are known for their intense sociality and large brain size. The idea that these might be causally related has given rise to a large body of work testing the ‘social brain hypothesis'. Here, the emphasis has been placed on the... Read More about Experts in action: why we need an embodied social brain hypothesis.

The Importance of Direct and Indirect Trophic Interactions in Determining the Presence of a Locally Rare Day-Flying Moth (2022)
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O'Neill, H., Twiss, S., Stephens, P., Mason, T., Ryrholm, N., & Burman, J. (2022). The Importance of Direct and Indirect Trophic Interactions in Determining the Presence of a Locally Rare Day-Flying Moth. Oecologia, 198(2), 531-542. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-021-05100-9

Ecosystem engineers affect other organisms by creating, maintaining or modifying habitats, potentially supporting species of conservation concern. However, it is important to consider these interactions alongside non-engineering trophic pathways. We... Read More about The Importance of Direct and Indirect Trophic Interactions in Determining the Presence of a Locally Rare Day-Flying Moth.