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2500 years ago scientific theories of the origin of life arose in ancient Greece
What have the Greeks ever done for us? Everything. This short commentary celebrating the earliest history of origin of life research seeks to bring...
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scifi-ATAC-seq: massive-scale single-cell chromatin accessibility sequencing using combinatorial fluidic indexing
Single-cell ATAC-seq has emerged as a powerful approach for revealing candidate cis-regulatory elements genome-wide at cell-type resolution. However,...
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The Synecological Conscience
There exists much biochemical and neurological data on what it is that makes a large mammalian brain, with an enormous range of neural connections,...
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The Five-Year Effect of a Single Zoledronate Infusion on Bone Mineral Density Following Denosumab Discontinuation in Women with Postmenopausal Osteoporosis
The long-term effects of zoledronate treatment in women with postmenopausal osteoporosis who stop denosumab therapy when they become osteopenic are...
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Res Cogitans – The Evolution of Thinking
A somewhat prominent view in the literature is that language provides opportunity to program the brain with ‘cognitive gadgets’, or ‘virtual...
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Resolving Mechanism/Semiotic Duality
Deacon’s approach to resolving mechanism/semiotic duality exemplifies an innovative methodology for imposing greater rigor on abductive assumptions...
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Aldo Leopold as Educator: His Legacy for Field Environmental Philosophy
Aldo Leopold advocated more field and outdoor education and less passive and sedentary indoor study. He stressed the importance of the study of...
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Genes and Organisms in the Legacy of the Modern Synthesis
The gene’s-eye view of evolution is an prominent but controversial perspective on biology. It emerged in the aftermath of the Modern Synthesis and...
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Creativity and Outdoor Education
This chapter examines how creativity involves the formation of something new and valuable, either tangible or intangible. Children’s creativity...
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Engaging in scientific peer review: tips for young reviewers
Are you a student at a higher institution or a graduate who has published his/her first paper in the Journal of Forestry Research or another...
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The “Human Factor” Beyond Humans: Perspectives for an AI-Guided Personalized Medicine
AI-guided machines can improve safety within areas where “human variables” can lead to “human errors,” such as medicine. Surgical interventions...
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On the phytoscreening potential of insect-induced plant galls
PurposeDetecting belowground chemical contamination is a challenging environmental problem due to subsurface heterogeneity and limited monitoring...
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Effectiveness of nano dust enhanced with pirimiphos-methyl in controlling Sitophilus oryzae on wheat grain
The bioefficacy of several inert materials, such as Diatomaceous earth (DE), bentonite, and biochar enhanced with pirimiphos-methyl against Sitophilus...
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FTIR combined with chemometric tools — a potential approach for early screening of grazers in microalgal cultures
Microalgal predation is one of the imminent threats for mass algae cultivation in open ponds. Invasion of predators results in total clearance of...
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Civil Society and Peacebuilding in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Opportunities, Challenges and Recommendations
This chapter investigates the extent to which civil societyCivil society can be more productive in the context of the Democratic Republic of Congo...
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Characterization of iron-loaded charcoal using infrared-photoacoustic spectroscopy: factors governing graphitization
Charcoal synthesized from Fe 3+ -impregnated wood under various heat-treatment conditions was characterized by infrared photoacoustic (IR-PA)...
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Ontography and Maieutics, or Speculative Notes on an Ethos for Umwelt Theory
There is renewed interest in questions of ontology in various fields, as there has been in biosemiotics. But for umwelt theory, ontology needs to be...