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Attia FA, Tregenza T, Vasudeva R · 2025 · Preprint
Inbreeding depression poses a significant threat to fitness in many taxonomic groups, particularly those where close relatives are likely to come into contact. Studies have suggested that females may mate with multiple males to reduce…
View details →Toth R, Parry DA, Pourafshari R et al. · 2025 · Preprint
Research suggests that a large portion of media use is driven by habit. Yet our ability to measure habitual processes directly remains limited, suggesting that more naturalistic methods are needed. Leveraging a deep mobile event log and…
View details →Toth R, Parry DA, Pourafshari R et al. · 2025 · Preprint
Research suggests that a large portion of media use is driven by habit. Yet our ability to measure habitual processes directly remains limited, suggesting that more naturalistic methods are needed. Leveraging a deep mobile event log and…
View details →Ackermans M, Sauce B, Miedzobrodzka E · 2025 · Preprint
This study investigated the moderating roles of socioeconomic status (SES) and social media use (SMU) in predicting changes in children’s depressive symptoms over 2 years. Data from 8182 American children (aged 10-14, 52.8% males, 53.6%…
View details →Guillermier L, Sabourdy C, Four E et al. · 2026 · Epilepsy & behavior : E&B
Epilepsy is a neurological condition that can interfere with driving abilities through seizures and cognitive impairments. While legal frameworks often regulate driving eligibility, little is known about how people with epilepsy perceive…
View details →Klüser SK, Klüser KJ, Hoes E · 2025 · Preprint
The rise of generative AI has made it easier than ever to produce hyperrealistic but entirely false imagery. One especially harmful use is the creation of non-consensual, sexually explicit deepfakes depicting real people. While such…
View details →Paul RL, Porter DC, Mutschler-Aldine S et al. · 2026 · Environmental entomology
Evaluation of potential classical biological control agents typically begins with laboratory testing for their fundamental host range. These experiments are intended to evaluate the propensity for nontarget attack but often do so in highly…
View details →Finand B, Tahvanainen M, Setälä H et al. · 2025 · Preprint
Context The habitat heterogeneity hypothesis predicts that increased environmental heterogeneity promotes biodiversity by providing more niches. However, few studies have examined whether human perceptions of heterogeneity align with the…
View details →Weissflog A, Cinoğlu D, Dent DH et al. · 2025 · Biotropica.
Fungal pathogens affect seedling performance and mediate plant species coexistence in mature tropical forests. Yet the role of pathogens in driving tropical forest community dynamics during secondary succession has received little…
View details →Jiang H, Gao Y, Chen G · 2025 · Clim Dyn
Kilometer-scale modeling has identified a significant underestimation of nocturnal precipitation during summer in the southeast Tibetan Plateau (SETP), remaining a challenge that needs to be solved urgently. This study investigates the…
View details →Rodrigues AB, Abbad EL, Colmenares PA et al. · 2025 · Biotropica.
Understanding the ecological drivers of species diversity across spatial scales is essential for biodiversity conservation, particularly in highly complex ecosystems such as the Amazon. In this study, we investigate the influence of…
View details →Qin Y, Zhang P, Zhu Y et al. · 2025 · Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment.
Few studies have comprehensively assessed the forage nutrition quality and pools among different plant functional groups across various grassland types and management practices. Moreover, the relationship between forage yield and nutrition…
View details →Pacioni C, Verheyen K, Martel A et al. · 2025 · Preprint
Increasing forest structural complexity is a key objective of future-proof forest management, with potential benefits for biodiversity. However, empirical evidence for consistent biodiversity-structure relationships across taxa is still…
View details →Ha M, Doan X · 2025 · Preprint
Abstract Drawing on the theories of natural-resource-based view and social cognition, this research examines the influence of green intellectual capital (GIC) on environmental performance (EP) and analyses the mediation roles of…
View details →Häring M, Zhang Y, Zhang N et al. · 2026 · Biophysical journal
Cell junction remodeling is central to epithelial morphogenesis and tissue rheology and depends on the interplay between adhesion molecules and the actomyosin cortex. E-cadherin constitutes the molecular basis for epithelial cell adhesion,…
View details →Manzke L, O'Sullivan K, Tiefenbeck V · 2025 · Appetite
Food choices profoundly impact population health and the environment. Related research often relies on self-reported data, which is prone to biases, compromising the accuracy and validity of conclusions about consumer behavior. There are…
View details →Qian Y, Liu M, Zhu L · 2025 · Preprint
Abstract Feedback is a vital but often difficult part of introductory programming courses, where standard compiler messages are vague and confusing for students. Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has become a promising tool for…
View details →Hanselmann S, Grossmann K, Weideli OC et al. · 2025 · Preprint
Abstract Background Foehn winds—warm, dry downslope winds common in alpine regions—may impact human health, especially in weather-sensitive individuals, though evidence is lacking. Wearable devices now enable continuous health monitoring,…
View details →Kuşkaya S, Bilgili F · 2025 · Preprint
Abstract An accurate forecast of stock market indices is a cornerstone of financial decision-making. This study employs a range of machine learning models to forecast the daily closing price of the Dow Jones Australia Index (DJ Australia)…
View details →Dantas TAV, Dantas A, Ganade G et al. · 2025 · Oecologia
Plant biodiversity can influence the structure of other trophic levels, with cascading effects on ecosystem functioning. Biodiversity-ecosystem function (BEF) experiments that manipulate tree diversity provide information on the mechanisms…
View details →Aleksic M, Ehring T, Kunze A et al. · 2025 · Behaviour research and therapy
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Imaginal Exposure (IE), and Imagery Rescripting (ImRs) are effective trauma-focused interventions. However, concerns persist that they may impair the accuracy of memories addressed in…
View details →Grethen KJ, Gómez Y, Toscano MJ · 2025 · Applied Animal Behaviour Science
As the egg-laying industry transitions from cages to cage-free housing, laying hens are increasingly housed in large groups. Cognitive limitations may impair recognition of conspecifics in such large groups, raising questions on the hens’…
View details →Hassan-Casarez C, Mata TV, Abel-Santos E · 2025 · Preprint
Bacillus anthracis is a gram-positive spore-forming bacterium that causes lethal inhalation anthrax. The use of B. anthracis as a bioweapon is predicated in its ability to form dormant and resistant infective spores that can be used as…
View details →Moyini AAM, Tahir M, Farah M et al. · 2025 · Preprint
Abstract This study explores the moderating role of corporate sustainability disclosure (ESG) in the relationship between board-level committees and firm performance (FP) in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). While prior research has extensively…
View details →Palacios-Lagunas DA, Hernández-Mondragón JC, Fuxe K et al. · 2026 · Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior
The promotion of prosocial behavior is a remarkable MDMA property. Such an effect is rather uncommon among other psychoactive substances and has been proposed to be of relevance for the potential therapeutic utility of MDMA. We aim to…
View details →Prochazkova L, Marschall J, Lippelt DP et al. · 2026 · Neuropharmacology
Objective Microdosing psychedelics has been widely reported to enhance focus and problem-solving, sparking interest in its potential to treat attentional disorders such as ADHD. However, existing studies largely rely on anecdotal evidence…
View details →Jedinger A, Feldhausen M · 2025 · The Journal of social psychology
The study examines the impact of hostile and benevolent sexism on attitudes toward public versus private breastfeeding. According to ambivalent sexism theory, we hypothesized that hostile sexism would result in disapproval of public…
View details →Shimizu Y · 2025 · Preprint
Math anxiety is a widespread phenomenon that negatively affects students’ motivation and achievement. While previous studies have shown that cognitive activation—instructional strategies that promote deep reasoning and metacognitive…
View details →Watts SH, Barsoum N, Park KJ et al. · 2025 · Restoration Ecology
INTRODUCTION: Mountain woodland restoration can enhance upland biodiversity and contribute to nature‐based solutions mitigating climate change impacts. However, high‐altitude planting of trees and shrubs requires considerable commitment of…
View details →Bielen T · 2025 · Preprint
Conversational AI holds promise for scalable mental health screening, yet its impact on therapeuticalliance and user perceptions remains underexplored. This preregistered, cross-sectional, randomizedmixed-methods experiment (N = 149)…
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