Criticality assessment of global freshwater resource use: Adapting abiotic resource criticality frameworks - Water SCARCE.

Freshwater scarcity is a growing global concern, driven by increasing demand, environmental changes, and unsustainable management practices. Assessing water resources from a criticality perspective highlights the importance and reliance of various sectors on specific water sources. Existing abiotic resource criticality assessments provide valuable frameworks for evaluating the vulnerability and supply risks of resources but have predominantly focused on minerals, overlooking the freshwater criticality.

An Information-Theoretical Approach for Calcium Signaling Specificity.

Calcium is a key signaling agent in animals and plants. Its involvement in the regulation of a wide range of processes has led to the question of how calcium signals can activate stimulus-specific responses. We introduce a computational framework for studying intracellular calcium signaling using elements of information theory.