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DED is highly prevalent yet challenging to diagnose and treat.

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Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications

This #OpenAccess study from 'Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications' finds that machine learning algorithms have superior accuracy and better feature classification for real and deepfake static images than dynamic videos. bit.ly/4dvpL7R #PsycSci #ML

New study in 'Catal': Enzyme‑guided metal nanocatalysts boost C–C bond reactions. Graphene‑immobilized enzymes grow ultra‑small Pd/Cu nanoparticles, delivering >95% yield in C–H activation and strong performance in Suzuki coupling. bit.ly/40f74NO #ResearchPublishing #Chemistry

Weighing down the future: long-term effects of childhood obesity on intergenerational mobility - Journal of Population Economics Amidst declining intergenerational mobility in the United States, this paper identifies a critical and understudied barrier: childhood health. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) linked to neighborhood opportunity measures from the Opportunity Atlas, we estimate the long-term economic consequences of childhood obesity. To address endogeneity, we construct a novel genetic instrumental variable for body mass index (BMI) that removes confounding genetic variation related to intelligence, cognitive function, and educational attainment, thereby mitigating concerns of horizontal pleiotropy. We find that compared to their normal-weight peers, obese children experience substantially less upward income mobility, ending up approximately 20 percentile points lower than their parents in the adult income distribution and being less likely to live in higher-opportunity neighborhoods. This health-based penalty is driven by lower educational attainment, persistent health problems, and adverse occupational sorting. Our results point to an income–health feedback loop that can reinforce poverty across generations, highlighting the policy importance of childhood health interventions to improve both health and economic mobility.

This study from 'Journal of Population Economics' examines the effects of childhood obesity and overweight on intergenerational mobility, showing these factors significantly hinder upward income mobility and limit access to higher-opportunity neighborhoods. bit.ly/4t0fe9C 🛟#EconSky

Popular Optimization

'Popular Optimization' uniquely explores popular optimization, presenting fundamental problems from diverse sources. It aims to cultivate a non-traditional problem-solving approach applicable to both optimization and broader contexts. bit.ly/4bMmmQU #MathSky #BookSky

'Trust in Science,' an #OpenAccess book, proposes that Europe has something to offer in the current landscape, namely decades of experience when it comes to addressing societal, ethical, and regulatory challenges of technoscientific change. bit.ly/4sDhL93 #STS #SocSky #BookSky

Journal of Mammalian Evolution

🐋🦭 This #OpenAccess study from 'Journal of Mammalian Evolution' compares maximal propagation distances of calls across 103 species, showing that environmental pressures and evolutionary mechanisms shape long-distance communication. bit.ly/4bU7U81 #evosky

SPRINGER NATURE presents a career guide for scientific and healthcare jobs. It includes ten tips to help discover your career path. The book cover shows "SCIENCEGRAMERS" by Ángela Quintana Vega, featuring science-related illustrations.

This @springer.springernature.com book provides an overview of career opportunities in Life Sciences and Healthcare to help students and young professionals address key questions they face - What career options do I have? How do I find the right path for me?
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Applied Water Science

💧 'Applied Water Science' is an #OpenAccess journal that explores water scarcity solutions from a holistic system oriented viewpoint. The journal accepts innovative and sound theoretical research on different water issues: bit.ly/3OjhMAt. #Hydrology

'Water History'

💧 'Water History' aims to foster historical understanding of the relationship between water and humankind. The journal spans disciplines to illuminate the complex processes that have shaped water resource use and reveal interrelated historical contingencies. bit.ly/4uZEKNH #History

Large-diameter trees disproportionately contribute to soil fungal diversity in a coniferous forest with one of oldest living trees on Earth - Biodiversity and Conservation Soil fungi play major roles in ecosystem functioning and plant resilience to environmental stresses. However, they are often overlooked in ecosystem restoration plans. In the Coastal Range of southern Chile, the endangered conifer Alerce (Fitzroya cupressoides) is the second longest-lived tree species on Earth and one of the largest in South America. These Alerce forests are currently facing major threats due to habitat destruction and climate change. Using ITS2 and SSU soil metabarcoding, we characterized soil and mycorrhizal fungal communities in an Alerce forest comprising a millennial tree (the ‘Alerce Abuelo’) estimated to be over 2400 years old. We also compared the performance of reference DNA sequence databases (i.e. MaarjAM, UNITE and EUKARYOME) for the taxonomic identification of mycorrhizal fungi in metabarcoding data. Beneath the Alerce Abuelo, soil fungal richness was 2.25 higher than the mean richness per sample, harboring 361 unique fungal OTUs. Likewise, arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungal richness was 1.75 times higher than the mean richness per sample. Soil and AM fungal richness positively correlated with diameter at breast height (DBH) and tree biomass, and negatively with available phosphorus, which was the best predictor of fungal community composition. Finally, EUKARYOME detected more mycorrhizal taxa compared to MaarjAM for SSU (AM fungi) and UNITE for ITS2 (ectomycorrhizal fungi). We therefore recommend to carefully evaluate the approaches used for assigning mycorrhizal guilds in comparative studies. Our study illustrates the importance of millennial trees in sustaining fungal diversity in forest soils. By accumulating fungal diversity as they age, large-diameter Alerce trees can act as umbrella species for soil and mycorrhizal fungi, thereby protecting fungal communities for future forest restoration efforts.

🍁🌍 This #OpenAccess study from 'Biodiversity and Conservation' reveals that large-diameter trees disproportionately contribute to soil fungal diversity in a coniferous forest with one of oldest living trees on Earth. bit.ly/4sS7RkE #Ecology @tobykiers.bsky.social @camilletruong.bsky.social

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Erfolgreich zum Doktortitel Strategien und Kompetenzen für die Promotion

Sind Sie ein aktueller oder angehender Doktorand, der fest entschlossen ist, die bevorstehenden Herausforderungen zu meistern? In diesem Buch begeben Sie sich auf eine transformative Reise hin zu einem selbstbewussten und erfolgreichen Wissenschaftler. bit.ly/4s2HzL3 #BookSky #AcademicSky

Securing the future of Colombian cacao: projected suitability changes and adaptation strategies under climate change - Regional Environmental Change Colombia is an emerging frontier in fine-flavour cacao production, but its potential is threatened by climate change. This study assesses climate-driven shifts in suitability for commercially cultivated and wild cacao using a combination of different ensemble habitat suitability models (i.e. ensemble-of-ensemble models). To guide the sourcing of planting material and zone-specific adaptation measures, suitable areas were categorized into ecogeographical zones with similar environmental conditions. To identify populations that may harbour climate change–tolerant genotypes, an outlier analysis was carried out to pinpoint localities at the margins of cacao’s environmental niche. For commercially cultivated cacao, the ensemble models predict that around 20% of currently suitable areas may become unsuitable by 2050, with the most vulnerable regions concentrated in the lowlands in the north and northeast of the country. However, most areas along the Andean foothills, currently most important for cacao production, are predicted to remain suitable. The models also predict a 3% expansion of suitable areas, primarily shifting to higher elevation areas. For wild cacao, forecasts are more optimistic, with more expansion than contraction, suggesting a potentially important role for wild cacao genetic resources in climate-smart breeding, and stressing the importance of conserving wild cacao populations. In light of these predictions, a number of adaptation measures are proposed in each of the ecogeographical zones, emphasizing the broader adoption of agroforestry and the identification of climate change–tolerant genotypes in areas where cacao occurs at the margins of its climatic niche.

This study from 'Regional Environmental Change' provides the first nationwide assessment of climate change impacts on both cultivated and wild cacao in Colombia, using a robust ensemble-of-ensemble modelling approach. bit.ly/4bJLho7 #FarmSky #ClimateChange

SPRINGER NATURE and Springer logos top text describing SMILE mission using X-ray and UV cameras and particle detectors to study Earth's reaction to solar particles. "SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS 177/1-4" shown on cover.

The SMILE mission spacecraft was scheduled for liftoff from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on 9 April. The Space Science Reviews journal recently completed a topical collection consisting of ten papers. Check it out here: spklr.io/63320EJGSs
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European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

This #OpenAccess study examines the prevalence and developmental course of physical youth-to-parent aggression from adolescence into young adulthood and investigates childhood behavioral, interpersonal risk, and protective factors. bit.ly/4tqFzNX @laurabech.bsky.social #devpsy

China’s Health System

🩺📊🛟 'China’s Health System'—edited by Zhanchun Feng, Juyang Xiong, and Xiaofeng Zhao—provides an in-depth analysis of China’s practices and outcomes in key areas such as health work guidelines, health management, health financing, and total health expenditure. Read here: bit.ly/4tw9tjG. #BookSky

Men's Health

🩺📊 'Men's Health'—edited by Vasan S S, Fahim L. H. Rajiwate, and Peter H. C. Lim—is intended for the novice medical practitioner, explaining topics that clinicians regularly encounter, giving a clear, concise, no-nonsense instructional book. Read more here: bit.ly/4dsyV50. 💙📚

Smart Health

🩺📊 'Smart Health'—edited by Daniel Fasnacht—illuminates the current challenges and innovative approaches that are fundamentally transforming our healthcare system through advancing digitalization and democratization. Read more here: bit.ly/3O33hAO. 💙📚

Essentials in Health and Mental Health

🩺📊 'Essentials in Health and Mental Health'—edited by Masood Zangeneh—is a comprehensive exploration of the multifaceted landscape of health and well-being, delving into key aspects that affect individuals of all ages, backgrounds, and circumstances. Read more here: bit.ly/4tvNJVd. #MentalHealth 💙📚

Health Systems, Health Services and Inequality in Population Health

🌍🩺📊 On World Health Day, explore Springer titles spanning health systems, digital innovation, mental health, men’s health, and global healthcare, starting with 'Health Systems, Health Services and Inequality in Population Health': bit.ly/4dsNBRD. 💙📚 #PublicHealth @alastairleyland.bsky.social

Spring Sale

Our #SpringSale is now live. Enjoy 30% sitewide discount on #books and #eBooks. Hurry, offer is valid until April 22! bit.ly/3NBUndp #BookSky #AcademicSky

Occupational Health Science

This #OpenAccess study from 'Occupational Health Science' investigated whether working in an open office is linked to an increased risk of workplace bullying and whether this association varies between different types of open office design. bit.ly/4bYe3js #ResearchPublishing

Pediatric Neuropsychiatry A Case-Based Approach

Now available: 'Pediatric Neuropsychiatry' is a case-based introduction to pediatric neuropsychiatry that reflects real-world clinical care of children and adolescents with complex neuropsychiatric disorders.
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💙📚🛟 'The Ideal and Non-Ideal in Bioethics,' an #OpenAccess book, adopts two approaches developed in political philosophy, "ideal" and "non-ideal" theory, to develop a new approach to bioethics. bit.ly/4c2UkPZ #Bioethics

Recruitment of Young Editorial Board Members for Moore and More

Moore and More

📢 'Moore and More,' the first international journal dedicated to Beyond Moore technologies in integrated circuits, invites applications for its Young Editorial Board. Apply by 31 June 2026: bit.ly/4v1wQ6e. #ECR #EduSky

Carbon dioxide overload, detected in human blood, suggests a potentially toxic atmosphere within 50 years - Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health Anthropogenic activities are increasing the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere. There is mounting experimental evidence that lifetime exposur

🌏🦋 This #OpenAccess study from 'Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health' reveals that carbon dioxide overload, detected in human blood, suggests a potentially toxic atmosphere within 50 years. bit.ly/4m75Dv1 #PublicHealth

Mathematics – Simply Brilliant! Remarkable Ideas and Stories from Pythagoras to Peano

Remarkable Ideas and Stories from Pythagoras to Peano in 'Mathematics – Simply Brilliant!' A diverse compilation of fascinating mathematical insights, and an easily understandable presentation with numerous colorful illustrations. bit.ly/4lYZP6A #MathSky #BookSky

An early form of terrestrial hominine bipedalism in the Late Miocene of Bulgaria - Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments Fossils of Orrorin record the first convincing evidence of hominid terrestrial bipedalism in the Late Miocene, at about six million years ago. Bipedalism in the slightly older (7 Ma old) Sahelanthropus has recently been called into question. Here we present the first known hominine postcranial element from Azmaka (Bulgaria), a 7.2 Ma old nearly complete femur, which we tentatively attribute to cf. Graecopithecus. The Azmaka hominine represents a candidate for the ancestral form of positional behaviour from which bipedalism documented in later hominins evolved. The Azmaka femur lacks many of the specialised attributes of arboreal quadrupeds. At the same time the combination of locomotor features of this femur indicates a complex locomotor repertoire. Qualitative and quantitative morphological analyses demonstrate that the Azmaka femur combines certain attributes of terrestrial quadrupeds and bipeds and clusters mostly with early bipeds and partially with African apes. The morphology indicates a transitional form of bipedalism. The wooded-grassland savanna environment of the early Messinian locality of Azmaka suggests that terrestrial bipedalism likely evolved in a non-forested setting. The early Messinian age is critical to our understanding of mammalian palaeobiogeography and the intercontinental dispersals between Eurasia and Africa. We hypothesise that the descendants of the Azmaka hominine may have dispersed from Eurasia into Africa under the influence of climatic and environmental changes in the eastern Mediterranean. If such dispersal occurred, it may have been associated with subsequent re-occupation of more forested settings in both the ancestors of African apes and hominins.

This #OpenAccess article from 'Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments' describes a 7.2-million-year-old femur showing a transitional locomotor repertoire combining terrestrial quadrupedalism with early bipedalism, suggesting bipedalism evolved in open landscapes. bit.ly/3PIQkN1 #EvolSky #Fossil

Measuring the Economic Cost of Excluding Women

🔍 Behind the Paper: 'Measuring the Economic Cost of Excluding Women.' In recent years, Afghanistan has become a stark example of how quickly progress in education and labor market participation can be reversed. 🔗 bit.ly/4tfOYHS @hpatrinos.bsky.social #Economics #EduSky