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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessEnvironmental Science

Vegetarian diets and cancer risk: pooled analysis of 1.8 million women and men in nine prospective studies on three continents

Yashvee Dunneram, Jia Yi Lee, Cody Z. Watling et al. · 2026 · British Journal of Cancer

BACKGROUND: Vegetarian diets might influence cancer risk. METHODS: We studied 1,645,555 meat eaters, 57,016 poultry eaters, 42,910 pescatarians, 63,147 vegetarians and 8849 vegans in 9 cohorts (UK, US, Taiwan, India). After a median 16 years follow-up, incident cancers were: 4504 mouth and pharynx, 1308 oesophagus (squamous cell), 2105 oesophagus (adenocarcinoma), 3578 stomach, 30,528 colorectum, 2970 liver, 8030 pancreas, 3077 lung (never smokers), 61,368 breast, 11,220 endometrium, 8076 ovary, 45,946 prostate, 7193 kidney, 6869 bladder, 11,651 non-Hodgkin lymphoma, 4658 multiple myeloma and

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Negative / Null Result ReportEnvironmental Science

Influence of Hook Size and Style on Short-Term Survival of Deeply Hooked Bluegills

Justin J. Robert, Sarah M. Larocque, Steven J. Cooke · 2012 · North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Abstract Catch and release is a common practice among recreational anglers. In instances when fish are deeply hooked, the proper techniques for promoting survival are poorly understood, although evidence suggests that the fishing line…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessEnvironmental Science

Subbasin Spatial Scale Effects on Hydrological Model Prediction Uncertainty of Extreme Stream Flows in the Omo Gibe River Basin, Ethiopia

Bahru M. Gebeyehu, Asie k. Jabir, Getachew Tegegne et al. · 2023 · Remote Sensing

Quantification of hydrologic model prediction uncertainty for various flow quantiles is of great importance for water resource planning and management. Thus, this study is designed to assess the effect of subbasin spatial scale on the hydrological model prediction uncertainty for different flow quantiles. The Soil Water Assessment Tool (SWAT), a geographic information system (GIS) interfaced hydrological model, was used in this study. Here, the spatial variations within the sub-basins of the Omo Gibe River basin in Ethiopia’s Abelti, Wabi, and Gecha watersheds from 1989 to 2020 were examined.

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessEnvironmental Science

Fire weather indices tailored to regional patterns outperform global models

Assaf Shmuel, Teddy Lazebnik, Eyal Heifetz et al. · 2025 · npj natural hazards.

Fire weather indices (FWIs) are widely used to assess wildfire risk, but are typically designed for specific regions and not adapted globally. Here, we present a systematic effort to generate country-specific FWIs that capture regional…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessEnvironmental Science

Shedding the mitochondrial blinkers: A long-overdue challenge for species delimitation in herpetology

Wolfgang Wüster · 2025 · Vertebrate Zoology

The advent of molecular methods has revolutionised the field of species delimitation and description, one of the key tasks of systematic biology. In animal taxonomy, one marker, the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) molecule, has acquired and retained disproportionate influence. This is despite its uniparental, clonal mode of inheritance, as a result of which the entire molecule acts as a single locus, and that precludes its use as a test for admixture between putative lineages, a key consideration in species delimitation. To establish the extent to which the limitations of mtDNA affect present-day ta

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Methods Dead-EndOpen accessEnvironmental Science

What is required for a post-growth model?

Reo Van Eynde, Kevin J. Dillman, Jefim Vogel et al. · 2026 · Ecological Economics

Post-growth has emerged as an umbrella concept for various sustainability visions that prioritise the pursuit of environmental sustainability, social equity, and human wellbeing, while questioning the pursuit of economic growth. Although there are increasing calls to include post-growth scenarios in high-level assessments, there is no coherent framework that specifies what is required to model post-growth. This article addresses this gap by: (1) identifying the minimum requirements for post-growth models, and (2) establishing a set of model elements for representing post-growth policy themes.

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