Removing institutional barriers to long-term fieldwork is critical for advancing ecology.

Long-term fieldwork is essential for ecology and conservation, but is hindered by institutional barriers, such as the publish-or-perish culture of academia, and funding limitations. Here, we discuss these challenges and propose strategies to overcome them, such as broadening evaluation metrics and supporting inclusivity, to advance scientific insight and societal equity.

[Abdominal pain after a generalized tonic-clonic seizure].

Background: Skeletal injury following a generalized tonic-clonic insult is rare. It is often missed as patients are unable to adequately express their symptoms in the post-ictal state, the apparent lack of a trauma prior to the insult and the low a priori chance. However, in order to ensure adequate treatment, timely diagnosis of these injuries is of great importance.

Technical note: Impact of beamline-specific particle energy spectra on clinical plans in carbon ion beam therapy.

Purpose: The Local Effect Model version one (LEM I) is applied clinically across Europe to quantify the relative biological effectiveness (RBE) of carbon ion beams. It requires the full particle fluence spectrum differential in energy in each voxel as input parameter. Treatment planning systems (TPSs) use beamline-specific look-up tables generated with Monte Carlo (MC) codes.

Prevalence and Factors Associated with Sarcopenia in Patients on Maintenance Dialysis in Australia-A Single Centre, Cross-Sectional Study.

Sarcopenia is associated with significant morbidity and mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease. The prevalence of sarcopenia in the dialysis population varies from 4% to 63%. However, the prevalence and risk factors of sarcopenia in the Australian dialysis population remain uncertain.