Publications by authors named "Olga Chashchina"
Smooth muscle cells (SMCs) are critical players in cardiovascular disease development and undergo complex phenotype switching during disease progression. However, SMC phenotype is difficult to assess and track in co-culture studies. To determine the contractility of SMCs embedded within collagen hydrogels, we performed polarized light imaging and subsequent analysis based on Mueller matrices.
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- - Species rely on environmental cues, like degree-days, to time their phenological events and exhibit varying responses based on their location and the season.
- - The study analyzed data from 91 taxa across 472 sites in the former Soviet Union, finding that spring phenological events advance more consistently with temperature cues (cogradient variation), while autumn events are less responsive (countergradient variation).
- - Despite some local adaptations, phenological events generally do not keep pace with environmental cues, particularly lagging further in earlier years, suggesting differing impacts of climate change on spring and autumn species responses.
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View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe present an extensive, large-scale, long-term and multitaxon database on phenological and climatic variation, involving 506,186 observation dates acquired in 471 localities in Russian Federation, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Belarus and Kyrgyzstan. The data cover the period 1890-2018, with 96% of the data being from 1960 onwards. The database is rich in plants, birds and climatic events, but also includes insects, amphibians, reptiles and fungi.
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