Musical Experience and Speech Processing: The Case of Whistled Words.

In this paper, we explore the effect of musical expertise on whistled word perception by naive listeners. In whistled words of nontonal languages, vowels are transposed to relatively stable pitches, while consonants are translated into pitch movements or interruptions. Previous behavioral studies have demonstrated that naive listeners can categorize isolated consonants, vowels, and words well over chance.

Towards promoting a legal framework for ending discrimination against cancer survivors. A human rights-centered approach.

The article explores the development of the right to be forgotten (RTBF) for cancer survivors, with a focus on preventing discrimination based on their medical history. It discusses legal progress in European Union (EU) countries, including national laws and EU initiatives such as Europe's Beating Cancer Plan and the Consumer Credits Directive, which aim to protect survivors from financial and social obstacles. These measures are designed to standardize protection across member states and ensure that cancer survivors are not unfairly treated due to their past illness.

Towards a liana plant functional type for vegetation models.

Lianas (woody climbers) are crucial components of tropical forests and they have been increasingly recognized to have profound effects on tropical forest carbon dynamics. Despite their importance, lianas' representation in vegetation models remains limited, partly due to the complexity of liana-tree dynamics and the diversity in liana life history strategies. This paper provides a comprehensive review of advances and challenges for mechanistically representing lianas in forest ecosystem models and a proposed path towards effectively representing lianas in these models.

Dynamin independent endocytosis is an alternative cell entry mechanism for multiple animal viruses.

Mammalian receptor-mediated endocytosis (RME) often involves at least one of three isoforms of the large GTPase dynamin (Dyn). Dyn pinches-off vesicles at the plasma membrane and mediates uptake of many viruses, although some viruses directly penetrate the plasma membrane. RME is classically interrogated by genetic and pharmacological interference, but this has been hampered by undesired effects.

BDNF-dependent nano-organization of Neogenin and the WAVE regulatory complex promotes actin remodeling in dendritic spines.

Synaptic structural plasticity, the expansion of dendritic spines in response to synaptic stimulation, is essential for experience-dependent plasticity and is driven by branched actin polymerization. The WAVE regulatory complex (WRC) is confined to nanodomains at the postsynaptic membrane where it catalyzes actin polymerization. As the netrin/RGM receptor Neogenin is a critical regulator of the WRC, its nanoscale organization may be an important determinant of WRC nanoarchitecture and function.