Disentangling the Impact of Forest Management Intensity Components on Soil Biological Processes.

Temperate forests cover 25% of the world's forest area and most of them are managed for timber production. To increase yields, native deciduous trees have been commonly replaced by fast-growing conifers, especially in Western and Central Europe. Despite the importance of forest soils for a variety of ecosystem functions, the effects of forest management intensity on soil biological processes have not yet been sufficiently understood.

Operationalizing a fisheries social-ecological system through a Bayesian belief network reveals hotspots for its adaptive capacity in the southern North sea.

Fisheries social-ecological systems (SES) in the North Sea region confront multifaceted challenges stemming from environmental changes, offshore wind farm expansion, and marine protected area establishment. In this paper, we demonstrate the utility of a Bayesian Belief Network (BN) approach in comprehensively capturing and assessing the intricate spatial dynamics within the German plaice-related fisheries SES. The BN integrates ecological, economic, and socio-cultural factors to generate high-resolution maps of profitability and adaptive capacity potential (ACP) as prospective management targets.

Myelin water imaging at 0.55 T using a multigradient-echo sequence.

Purpose: To investigate the prospects of a multigradient-echo (mGRE) acquisition for in vivo myelin water imaging at 0.55 T.

Methods: Scans were performed on the brain of four healthy volunteers at 0.

Improved gray-white matter contrast using magnetization prepared fast imaging with steady-state free precession (MP-FISP) brain imaging at 0.55 T.

Purpose: To improve the gray/white matter contrast of magnetization prepared rapid gradient echo (MP-RAGE) MRI at 0.55 T by optimizing the acquisition and sequence kernel parameters.

Methods: A segmented magnetization prepared rapid gradient echo prototype sequence was implemented with (MP-RAGE*) and without (MP-FISP*) radiofrequency spoiling.