Two species competition with a "non-smooth" Allee mechanism: applications to soybean aphid population dynamics under climate change.

The soybean aphid () is an invasive insect pest that continues to cause large-scale damage to soybean crops in the North Central United States. Recent empirical evidence points to differential fitness in the pestiferous aphid biotypes under abiotic stresses such as flooding. As climate change predicts increased flooding in the North Central United States, mathematical models that incorporate such factors are required to better inform pest management strategies.

Characteristics and Survival Outcomes of Hepatocellular Carcinoma After the Fontan Operation.

Background: The Fontan operation is a surgical procedure to palliate single ventricle congenital heart disease. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a rare complication of Fontan-associated liver disease (FALD).

Objectives: The authors aim to examine characteristics of individuals with Fontan circulation diagnosed with HCC and to describe tumor characteristics, treatment, and survival outcomes of these patients.

Anatomy of a forest pest outbreak: the oak shothole leafminer, damage, and host susceptibilities.

Understanding the impact of the oak shothole leafminer Japanagromyza viridula (Coquillett) (Diptera: Agromyzidae) on oaks is important because oaks provide invaluable ecological services in forests and urban settings. In 2019 and 2020, shothole leafminers caused high levels of damage to oak trees in several states in the mid-Atlantic region. The objectives of this study were to compare oak shothole leafminer damage on the genus Quercus L.

"Someday, I'll be an ancestor:" Understanding indigenous intergenerational connectedness through qualitative research to inform measure development.

Intergenerational connectedness broadly encompasses relations among humans, lands, and all living and spiritual beings, and functions as an important part of Indigenous well-being. Many public health campaigns and interventions aim to promote connectedness to support holistic wellness and reduce health inequities. Currently, however, there are no measurement tools to assess intergenerational connectedness to support culturally grounded research and program evaluation.

Proposing the Integrated Pathway Model of Moral Injury (IPM-MI): A Moderated Mediation Analysis of Moral Injury Among Secure Mental Healthcare Staff.

Moral injury is a prevalent issue for secure mental healthcare staff, though understanding of the underlying mechanisms is limited. This multi-study paper explores several developmental, cognitive and emotional pathways to moral injury and associated wellbeing outcomes. Frontline and support staff from secure mental healthcare services were recruited to two cross-sectional studies ( = 527 and  = 325, respectively), and completed several questionnaires.