Evaluating species distribution model predictions through time against paleozoological records.

Species distribution models (SDMs) are widely used to project how species distributions may vary over time, particularly in response climate change. Although the fit of such models to current distributions is regularly enumerated, SDMs are rarely tested across longer time spans to gauge their actual performance under environmental change. Here, we utilise paleozoological presence/absence records to independently assess the predictive accuracy of SDMs through time.

COVID-19 vaccine equity in doldrums: Good governance deficits.

This paper explores whether inequities in access to COVID-19 vaccines can be attributed to governance deficits, particularly for developing and emerging countries where poor governance is widespread, but also for developed countries, where governments' performance fell short of expectations. These shared performance deficits beg questions about the impact of governance quality as well as the interplay of ethics in governance when life-or-death decisions must be made. It also explores the impact of COVID-19 on development, especially in the areas of poverty and employment.

UHPLC-MS metabolome based classification of umbelliferous fruit taxa: a prospect for phyto-equivalency of its different accessions and in response to roasting.

Herbs of the Umbelliferae family are popular spices valued worldwide for their many nutritional and health benefits. Herein, five chief umbelliferous fruits , cumin, fennel, anise, coriander and caraway were assessed for its secondary metabolites diversity along with compositional changes incurring upon roasting as analyzed ultra-high performance liquid chromatography coupled to photodiode array and electrospray ionization mass detectors UHPLC-qToF/MS. A total of 186 metabolites were annotated, according to metabolomics society guidelines, belonging mainly to flavonoids, fatty acids and phenolic acids.