High nature value farming systems in Europe: A dataset encompassing the environmental impact assessment of farms and extensive ruminant food productsFigshare by M. Torres-Miralles, P. Jeanneret, M. Lamminen, F. Joly, B. Dumont, H. Tuomisto, I. Herzon

“…Despite their importance for ecological and socio-economic resilience of rural regions, these systems are often overlooked in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) studies due to challenges in data compilation, especially from small local farms and because of the diversity of production. …”
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Opening up Corpus FinSL: enriching corpus analysis with linguistic ethnography in a study of constructed action by Puupponen Anna, Hodge Gabrielle, Anible Benjamin, Salonen Juhana, Wainio Tuija, Keränen Jarkko, Hernández Doris, Jantunen Tommi

“…The interview materials demonstrate diversity and change in the communicative ecologies of FinSL, which is discussed in relation to the use of constructed action in FinSL. …”
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A generative adversarial network with multiscale and attention mechanisms for underwater image enhancement by Liquan Zhao, Yuda Li, Tie Zhong

“…This directly impacts tasks such as marine ecological monitoring and underwater target detection, which rely on image processing. …”
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Structural and dynamic changes in mixed forests of beech and fir on Mt. Goč by Snežana Obradović, Damjan Pantić, Milan Medarević, Biljana Šljukić, Biljana Pešić

“…The observed trends of development in these forests in the sample plots clearly indicate that a structurally stable, socio-economically and ecologically valuable selection forest is possible to achieve only with an active and continuous implementation of a set of management procedures, which primarily refers to selection cutting. …”
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Virtual reality and speech analysis for the assessment of impulsivity and decision-making: protocol for a comparison with neuropsychological tasks and self-administered questionnai... by Marta Ruiz, Maria Luisa Barrigon, Antonio Artes, Philippe Courtet, Enrique Baca-Garcia, Jorge Lopez-Castroman, Santiago de Leon-Martinez, Elena Parra-Vargas, Irene Chicchi-Giglioli, Alejandro Albán Porras-Segovia

“…Traditional measures of impulsivity have certain limitations, such as the lack of ecological validity. Virtual reality (VR) may overcome these issues. …”
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Hydrodynamics and water quality assessment of a coastal lagoon using environmental fluid dynamics code explorer modeling system by F.M. Torres-Bejarano, A.C. Torregroza-Espinosa, E. Martinez-Mera, D. Castañeda-Valbuena, M.P. Tejera-Gonzalez

“…Ciénaga de Mallorquín is a coastal lagoon designated as a RAMSAR site due to its ecological regional and international importance. In this work, the environmental fluid dynamics code explorer modeling system was implemented to determine the spatio-temporal distribution of temperature, dissolved oxygen, chemical oxygen demand and nutrient levels, and assess the trophic status of Ciénaga de Mallorquín. …”
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Daedalus Mega-ichnosites: The Armorican Quartzite Bridge between Villuercas-Ibores-Jara and Naturtejo UNESCO Global Geoparks by Carlos Neto de Carvalho, Andrea Baucon, Ivan Cortijo, Soren Jensen, Jose Maria Barrera, Javier Lopez Caballero

“…The Early Paleozoic oceans were generally characterized by short trophic chains and simple ecological tiering dominated by suspension-feeding organisms. …”
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Risk Evaluation of Pyrolyzed Biochar from Multiple Wastes by Shem M. Ndirangu, Yanyan Liu, Kai Xu, Shaoxian Song

“…The degree of environmental risk assessment of HM pollution in biomass and biochars has been determined by using potential ecological risk index and RAC while organic contaminant degradation by EPFRs was considered when assessing the environmental roles of biochar in regulating the fate of contaminants removal. …”
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How the fish community structure change with seasons in Zhoushan Fishing Ground, China? by Yuru Li, Chenchen Yan, Peilong Ju, Baogui Liu, Jing Wang, Chang Zhang, Wenchao Zhang, Yingbin Wang, Yingbin Wang

“…However, the taxonomic and functional structures showed different ecological processes of seasonal changes with the former were mainly driven by species turnover (occupied 89.9% of the total dissimilarity) and the latter were driven by both functional turnover and nestedness (occupied 57.9% and 42.1% of the total dissimilarity, respectively). …”
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Effects of Different Straw Return Methods on Farmland Carbon Footprint and Water Footprint by Lu Hua, Yang Gao, Dingyang Li, Zhenxing Yang, Zhiping Liu

“…Straw return is an effective agricultural measure that influences the ecological environment. In the context of global climate change and the need for sustainable development, it is essential to explore how straw return methods affect the environment. …”
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Can social pain be medicated away? A pilot study on everyday discrimination and its exacerbation of opioid misuse risk in people of color with chronic pain by Shin Ye Kim, Nguyen P. Nguyen, Yuki Shigemoto

“…The integration of routine assessments of patients’ experiences of discrimination could strengthen the ecological validity of pain assessment and treatment. …”
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A Study on the Infrageneric Classification of <i>Hordeum</i> Using Multiple Methods: Based on Morphological Data by Nayoung Ro, Pilmo Sung, Mesfin Haile, Hyemyeong Yoon, Dong-Su Yu, Ho-Cheol Ko, Gyu-Taek Cho, Hee-Jong Woo, Nam-Jin Chung

“…The genus <i>Hordeum</i> (barley) represents an essential group within the Poaceae family, comprising diverse species with significant ecological and economic importance. This study aims to improve the infrageneric classification of <i>Hordeum</i> by integrating multiple analytical approaches based on morphological data. …”
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Identifying focus zones for the conservation and promotion of priority birds in Swiss farmland by Noëlle Klein, Antoine Adde, Adrienne Grêt‐Regamey, Antoine Guisan, Felix Herzog, Philippe Jeanneret, Sonja Kay

“…This can help to identify zones and regions for ecological promotion and set priorities for action within future agricultural policies.…”
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Ecotoxicity of lanthanides to Daphnia magna: insights from elemental behavior and speciation in a standardized test medium by Vignati, Davide A.L., Martin, Loïc A., Poirier, Laurence, Zalouk-Vergnoux, Aurore, Fouque, Chantal, Bojic, Clément, Hissler, Christophe, Cossu-Leguille, Carole

“…Lanthanides (LNs) are a group of 15 elements with steadily increasing economical importance due to their multiple uses in technologies essential for sustainable ecological, digital and energetic transitions. Although knowledge on LN ecotoxicology has greatly improved over the last decade, uncertainty persists with regard to their actual hazard and risk in freshwater environments. …”
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Individual differences in developmental trajectory leave a male polyphenic signature in bulb mite populations by Deere, Jacques A., Smallegange, Isabel M.

“…Here, we tested, in a long-term population experiment using the male polyphenic bulb mite (Rhizoglyphus robini), if the selective harvesting of juveniles of different developmental stages concurrently alters population size (ecological response) and male adult phenotype expression (evolutionary response) in line with eco-evolutionary predictions that assume the male polyphenism is anticipatory or mitigating. …”
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Fieldwork on animals living in extreme conditions as a source of biomedical innovation by Yvon Le Maho, Aurélie Tasiemski, Fabrice Bertile, Philippe Bulet

“…Specific techniques and methods are requested, not only to work in extreme environments, but also to minimize the ecological footprint of field work. The erosion of biodiversity is a major threat. …”
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Status and Evolving Characteristics of Marine Spatial Resources in the Hangzhou Bay Area of Zhejiang Province, China by Peng Wang, Jingru Zhou, Kaixuan Zheng, Xia Lin, Mou Leong Tan, Jingchao Shi, Xingwen Lin, Xihe Yue, Xu Ma, Fei Zhang

“…The 20th Party Congress initiated efforts to strengthen maritime power and advance marine ecological civilization, which is essential for promoting sustainable development. …”
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Adapting to change: exploring the distribution dynamics of the alien and potentially invasive aphid species Cinara curvipes (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in the context of global warming by K. Wieczorek, A. Bugaj-Nawrocka, B. Borowiak-Sobkowiak, A. Endrestøl, H. P. Ravn, W. Solarz, R. Durak

“…This study investigates the potential ecological niche and distribution of the Nearctic bow-legged fir aphid, Cinara curvipes, an alien and potentially invasive species, across Europe. …”
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Effects of Polystyrene Microplastic Exposure on Liver Cell Damage, Oxidative Stress, and Gene Expression in Juvenile Crucian Carp (<i>Carassius auratus</i>) by Xiangtong Li, Yuequn Huang, Wenrong Li, Chaoyang Deng, Weiyuan Cao, Yi Yao

“…In this study, the toxicity of PS-MPs to crucian carp was determined at the cellular, protein, and mRNA expression levels, and combined with principal component analysis and correlation analysis to identify response sensitivity indicators that provide a scientific basis for ecological risk assessment and the safe use of microplastics.…”
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Genetic diversity assessment in pea cultivars and lines using the SSR analysis by K. P. Gainullina, B. R. Kuluev, F. A. Davletov

“…Molecular genetic polymorphism was studied in 40 pea cultivar accessions of different ecological and geographical origin from the Vavilov Institute’s genebank of plant genetic resources or developed at regional breeding centers. …”
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