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Human life expectancy and season of birth in Taiwan: A retrospective cohort study 台湾人的预期寿命与出生季节：回顾性队列研究

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The Science of Nature Pub Date : 2024-10-07 DOI: 10.1007/s00114-024-01933-5

Tsutomu Nishimura, Eiji Nakatani, Mei-Chen Lin, Hiroyuki Yamauchi, Masanori Fukushima, Chung Y. Hsu

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Passive dispersal potential of medaka eggs by attaching to waterbirds 青鳉鱼卵附着在水鸟身上的被动传播潜力。

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The Science of Nature Pub Date : 2024-10-01 DOI: 10.1007/s00114-024-01935-3

Akifumi Yao, Miyuki Mashiko, Yukihiko Toquenaga

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Correction: Competition through ritualized aggressive interactions between sympatric colonies in solitary foraging neotropical ants 更正：在独居觅食的新热带蚂蚁中，同域蚁群之间通过仪式化的攻击性互动进行竞争。

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The Science of Nature Pub Date : 2024-09-28 DOI: 10.1007/s00114-024-01939-z

Maria Eduarda Lima Vieira, Serafino Teseo, Dina Lillia Oliveira Azevedo, Nicolas Châline, Arrilton Araújo

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Electrogenic performance and carbon sequestration potential of biophotovoltaics 生物光电的发电性能和碳封存潜力。

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The Science of Nature Pub Date : 2024-09-27 DOI: 10.1007/s00114-024-01936-2

Haitang Sun, Xuan Xie, Jing Ding

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The 2024 Arnold Berliner award on solitary bee behavior and a farewell 2024 年阿诺德-柏林格独居蜂行为奖和告别。

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The Science of Nature Pub Date : 2024-09-27 DOI: 10.1007/s00114-024-01940-6

Matthias Waltert

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Hot males: thermal biology of males and females during coercive mating in water striders Gerris lacustris 火热的雄性：水黾（Gerris lacustris）胁迫交配期间雄性和雌性的热生物学。

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The Science of Nature Pub Date : 2024-09-26 DOI: 10.1007/s00114-024-01937-1

Vinicius Marques Lopez, Rhainer Guillermo-Ferreira, Lucia Seip, Stanislav Gorb

{"title":"Hot males: thermal biology of males and females during coercive mating in water striders Gerris lacustris","authors":"Vinicius Marques Lopez, Rhainer Guillermo-Ferreira, Lucia Seip, Stanislav Gorb","doi":"10.1007/s00114-024-01937-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00114-024-01937-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Sexual conflict theory predicts that males that adopt coercive mating strategies impose costs to females during copulation. Nevertheless, conflicting mating strategies may also affect males, although such effects on males are often neglected in the literature. Here, we seek to understand whether male water striders (<i>Gerris lacustris</i>) experience higher body temperatures than females during coercive mating behavior. We we explored whether the water temperature affected male and female body temperature differently, considering that water contact by females might serve as a thermal regulator. We built generalized linear mixed models considering the male and female temperature as the dependent variables. Air temperature (as a proxy for solar radiation), water temperature, and sex were used as predictor variables. Our results suggest that males are warmer than females, and despite females coming into contact with water during skimming, this contact does not significantly contribute to lowering their body temperature or improving thermoregulation under the observed conditions. These findings provide novel insights into the thermal biology of water striders. Future studies should focus on addressing whether warmer temperatures confer some advantages to males, such as increased mobility and better ability to hold onto females or impose physiological constraints and fitness costs.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":794,"journal":{"name":"The Science of Nature","volume":"111 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11427490/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142338916","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Discovery of a novel ejaculation mechanism in danceflies (Diptera: Empididae), with implications for genital elongation 发现舞蝇（双翅目：鸸鹋科）的新型射精机制，以及对生殖器伸长的影响。

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The Science of Nature Pub Date : 2024-09-23 DOI: 10.1007/s00114-024-01938-0

Tomoki Hirose, Kazunori Yoshizawa

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Solenopsis richteri (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) alates infected with deformed wing virus display wing deformity with altered mobility 感染了畸形翅病毒的 Solenopsis richteri（膜翅目：蚁科）椭圆蝠翅膀畸形，活动能力改变。

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The Science of Nature Pub Date : 2024-09-20 DOI: 10.1007/s00114-024-01934-4

Godfrey P. Miles, Xiaofen F. Liu, Brian E. Scheffler, Esmaeil Amiri, Mark A. Weaver, Michael J. Grodowitz, Jian Chen

{"title":"Solenopsis richteri (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) alates infected with deformed wing virus display wing deformity with altered mobility","authors":"Godfrey P. Miles, Xiaofen F. Liu, Brian E. Scheffler, Esmaeil Amiri, Mark A. Weaver, Michael J. Grodowitz, Jian Chen","doi":"10.1007/s00114-024-01934-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00114-024-01934-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Deformed wing virus (DWV) has long been identified as a critical pathogen affecting honeybees, contributing to colony losses through wing deformities, neurological impairments, and reduced lifespan. Since DWV also affects other pollinators, it poses a significant threat to global pollination networks. While honeybees have been the focal point of DWV studies, emerging research indicates that this RNA virus is not host-specific but rather a generalist pathogen capable of infecting a wide range of insect species, including other bee species such as bumblebees and solitary bees, as well as wasps and ants. This expands the potential impact of DWV beyond honeybees to broader ecological communities. The black imported fire ant, <i>Solenopsis richteri</i>, is an economically important invasive ant species. In this study, we describe deformed wing (DW) symptoms in <i>S. richteri</i>. DW alates were found in three of nine (33%) laboratory colonies. The symptoms ranged from severely twisted wings to a single crumpled wing tip. Additionally, numerous symptomatic alates also displayed altered mobility, ranging from an ataxic gait to an inability to walk. Viral replication of DWV was confirmed using a modified strand-specific RT-PCR. Our results suggest that <i>S. richteri</i> can be an alternative host for DWV, expanding our understanding of DWV as a generalist pathogen in insects. However, additional research is required to determine whether DWV is the etiological agent responsible for DW syndrome in <i>S. richteri</i>.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":794,"journal":{"name":"The Science of Nature","volume":"111 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142278595","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Physiological and gene expression responses of Protohermes xanthodes (Megaloptera: Corydalidae) larvae to imidacloprid Protohermes xanthodes (Megaloptera: Corydalidae) 幼虫对吡虫啉的生理和基因表达反应。

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The Science of Nature Pub Date : 2024-09-09 DOI: 10.1007/s00114-024-01932-6

Mao-Zhou Xu, Yu-Tong Li, Cheng-Quan Cao

{"title":"Physiological and gene expression responses of Protohermes xanthodes (Megaloptera: Corydalidae) larvae to imidacloprid","authors":"Mao-Zhou Xu, Yu-Tong Li, Cheng-Quan Cao","doi":"10.1007/s00114-024-01932-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00114-024-01932-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Megaloptera larvae are important bioindicator species and potential resource insects. To further cultivate their economic role, their living environment must be examined in more detail. In this study, we analyzed the physiological and biochemical effects of a sublethal dose of imidacloprid, a widely used neonicotinoid insecticide, on the larvae of <i>Protohermes xanthodes</i>. After treatment with imidacloprid, <i>P. xanthodes</i> larvae exhibited clear symptoms of poisoning, including the head curling up toward the ventral surface. Additionally, the activity of acetylcholinesterase was significantly inhibited following exposure. The activities of glutathione <i>S</i>-transferases initially continuously increased but showed a slight decrease after 8 days. Catalase activity initially increased and then decreased following imidacloprid treatment; superoxide dismutase activity fluctuated over time, and peroxidase activity continuously increased. The expression levels of HSP70s genes were evaluated using qRT-PCR. These results indicate that <i>P. xanthodes</i> larvae exhibit a toxic response to imidacloprid exposure, manifested as oxidative stress, as observed through behavioral and physiological indicators.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":794,"journal":{"name":"The Science of Nature","volume":"111 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142152861","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Preliminary evidence for digit span performance validity indicators within the neuropsychological assessment battery. 神经心理学评估单元中数字广度表现效度指标的初步证据。

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The Science of Nature Pub Date : 2024-09-01 Epub Date: 2022-05-22 DOI: 10.1080/23279095.2022.2076602

Jacob L Varela, Anna S Ord, Jacob I Phillips, Robert D Shura, Scott W Sautter

{"title":"Preliminary evidence for digit span performance validity indicators within the neuropsychological assessment battery.","authors":"Jacob L Varela, Anna S Ord, Jacob I Phillips, Robert D Shura, Scott W Sautter","doi":"10.1080/23279095.2022.2076602","DOIUrl":"10.1080/23279095.2022.2076602","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The purpose of this study was to evaluate multiple embedded performance validity indicators within the Digits Forward and Digits Backward subtests of the Neuropsychological Assessment Battery (NAB), including Reliable Digit Span (RDS), as no published papers have examined embedded digit span validity indicators within these subtests of the NAB. Retrospective archival chart review was conducted at an outpatient neuropsychology clinic. Participants were 92 adults (ages 19-68) who completed NAB Digits Forward and Digits Backward, and the Word Choice Test (WCT). Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves, <i>t</i>-tests, and sensitivity and specificity analyses were conducted. Analyses showed that RDS demonstrated acceptable classification accuracy between those who passed the WCT and those who did not. The area under the curve (AUC) value for RDS was 0.702; however, AUC values for all other digit span indices were unacceptably low. The optimal cutoff for RDS was identified (<8). RDS for the NAB appears to be an adequate indicator of performance validity; however, considering the very small number of participants who were invalid on the WCT (<i>n</i> = 15), as well as the utilization of only one stand-alone PVT to classify validity status, these findings are preliminary and in need of replication.</p>","PeriodicalId":794,"journal":{"name":"The Science of Nature","volume":"28 42","pages":"818-824"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41307017","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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