Race and ethnicity matter! Moving Parkinson's risk research towards diversity and inclusiveness.

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a prevalent neurodegenerative disorder that shows considerable heterogeneity of risk factors however, the degree to which race/ethnicity has been actively pursued in PD risk research is unknown. We examined PD literature from 2000-24 and found that less than half accounted for race/ethnicity and only 4.8% of n = 1142 articles included ethno-racial factors as an integral part of the analysis.

Mast hindcasts reveal pervasive effects of extreme drought on a foundational conifer species.

Predicting seed production is challenging because many plants produce highly variable crops among years (i.e. masting), but doing so can inform forest management, conservation, and our understanding of ecosystem trajectories in a changing climate.

Community Synchrony in Seed Production is Associated With Trait Similarity and Climate Across North America.

Mast seeding, the synchronous and highly variable production of seed crops by perennial plants, is a population-level phenomenon and has cascading effects in ecosystems. Mast seeding studies are typically conducted at the population/species level. Much less is known about synchrony in mast seeding between species because the necessary long-term data are rarely available.

Purtscher-Like Retinopathy Associated With Acute Pancreatitis: A Case Report.

Purtscher retinopathy is a type of ischemic retinopathy that can lead to a devastating visual prognosis. With no significantly proven treatment, preventing the condition by managing the causes and risk factors is the best way to preserve vision. This case report will focus on a patient with Purtscher-like retinopathy associated with acute pancreatitis, including exam findings, risk factors, and a discussion of treatment options.

Co-mast: Harmonized seed production data for woody plants across US long-term research sites.

Plants display a range of temporal patterns of inter-annual reproduction, from relatively constant seed production to "mast seeding," the synchronized and highly variable interannual seed production of plants within a population. Previous efforts have compiled global records of seed production in long-lived plants to gain insight into seed production, forest and animal population dynamics, and the effects of global change on masting. Existing datasets focus on seed production dynamics at the population scale but are limited in their ability to examine community-level mast seeding dynamics across different plant species at the continental scale.