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About: University of Victoria is a education organization based out in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Galaxy. The organization has 14994 authors who have published 41051 publications receiving 1447972 citations. The organization is also known as: Victoria College.
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TL;DR: It is demonstrated that a maternally transmitted bacterium, Spiroplasma, protects Drosophila neotestacea against the sterilizing effects of a parasitic nematode, both in the laboratory and the field, demonstrating the profound and potentially rapid effects of defensive symbionts.
Abstract: Fruit flies, like most animals, are vulnerable to infection by a range of organisms, which, in co-infections, can interact with sometimes surprising effects. Jaenike et al. (p. [212][1]) discovered that a species of Spiroplasma bacterium that is sometimes found in flies, and that is transmitted from mother to offspring, protects its host from the effects of a nematode worm parasite, Howardula aoronymphium . The worm sterilizes the female flies and shortens their lives, but when flies were experimentally infected with Spiroplasma , their fertility was rescued. Similarly, in wild populations of fruit flies infected with worms, those also infected with Spiroplasma had more eggs in their ovaries. The bacterium inhibits the growth of the adult female worms, but such is the advantage of this bacterial infection in offsetting the burden of nematodes on reproductive fitness, Spiroplasma appears to be spreading rapidly through populations of fruit flies in North America.
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University of Essex1, University of Cambridge2, International Center for Tropical Agriculture3, United States Department of Agriculture4, University of Wisconsin-Madison5, CABI6, Department for International Development7, University of East Anglia8, University of Otago9, Agricultural & Applied Economics Association10, Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board11, University of Bern12, Bangor University13, University of Matanzas14, University of Oxford15, Chiang Mai University16, University of Sussex17, Secretariat of the Pacific Community18, Millennium Institute19, CGIAR20, Fara21, Ohio State University22, City University London23, International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources24, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills25, International Water Management Institute26, Wageningen University and Research Centre27, Indian Institute of Science28, University of the Philippines Los Baños29, University College Cork30, Fujian Normal University31, South China Agricultural University32, World Agroforestry Centre33, University of Aberdeen34, University of Colorado Boulder35, University of Victoria36, University of California, Davis37, International Institute for Environment and Development38, United Nations39, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds40
TL;DR: The UK Government's Foresight Global Food and Farming Futures project as mentioned in this paper aims to improve dialogue and understanding between agricultural research and policy by identifying the 100 most important questions for global agriculture.
Abstract: Despite a significant growth in food production over the past half-century, one of the most important challenges facing society today is how to feed an expected population of some nine billion by the middle of the 20th century. To meet the expected demand for food without significant increases in prices, it has been estimated that we need to produce 70-100 per cent more food, in light of the growing impacts of climate change, concerns over energy security, regional dietary shifts and the Millennium Development target of halving world poverty and hunger by 2015. The goal for the agricultural sector is no longer simply to maximize productivity, but to optimize across a far more complex landscape of production, rural development, environmental, social justice and food consumption outcomes. However, there remain significant challenges to developing national and international policies that support the wide emergence of more sustainable forms of land use and efficient agricultural production. The lack of information flow between scientists, practitioners and policy makers is known to exacerbate the difficulties, despite increased emphasis upon evidence-based policy. In this paper, we seek to improve dialogue and understanding between agricultural research and policy by identifying the 100 most important questions for global agriculture. These have been compiled using a horizon-scanning approach with leading experts and representatives of major agricultural organizations worldwide. The aim is to use sound scientific evidence to inform decision making and guide policy makers in the future direction of agricultural research priorities and policy support. If addressed, we anticipate that these questions will have a significant impact on global agricultural practices worldwide, while improving the synergy between agricultural policy, practice and research. This research forms part of the UK Government's Foresight Global Food and Farming Futures project.
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TL;DR: The authors performed a meta-analysis to quantify the association between self-reported and objective measures of proenvironmental behavior, and evaluated the moderating influence of two socio-demographic and seven methodological moderators.
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TL;DR: Strong polarization dependence is observed in the optical transmission through nanohole arrays in metals and the depolarization ratio shows a squared dependence on the aspect ratio of the holes, which is discussed in terms of coupling into and out of the surface plasmon modes.
Abstract: Strong polarization dependence is observed in the optical transmission through nanohole arrays in metals. It is shown that the degree of polarization is determined by the ellipticity and orientation of the holes; the polarization axis lies perpendicular to the broad edge of the ellipse. Furthermore, the depolarization ratio shows a squared dependence on the aspect ratio of the holes, which is discussed in terms of coupling into and out of the surface plasmon modes. The observed results will be useful for tailoring the polarization behavior of metallic nanophotonic elements in many applications, including surface plasmon enhanced optical sensing and ultrafast optical switching.
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TL;DR: This chapter discusses transactions in which nature provides restoration or inflicts stress, and transactions that are more mutual, such as the development of place attachment and identity and the impacts on and from important physical settings such as home, workplaces, schools, and public spaces.
Abstract: Environmental psychology examines transactions between individuals and their built and natural environments. This includes investigating behaviors that inhibit or foster sustainable, climate-healthy, and nature-enhancing choices, the antecedents and correlates of those behaviors, and interventions to increase proenvironmental behavior. It also includes transactions in which nature provides restoration or inflicts stress, and transactions that are more mutual, such as the development of place attachment and identity and the impacts on and from important physical settings such as home, workplaces, schools, and public spaces. As people spend more time in virtual environments, online transactions are coming under increasing research attention. Every aspect of human existence occurs in one environment or another, and the transactions with and within them have important consequences both for people and their natural and built worlds. Environmental psychology matters.
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D. M. Strom | 176 | 3167 | 194314 |
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Robert J. Glynn | 146 | 748 | 88387 |
Manel Esteller | 146 | 713 | 96429 |
R. Kowalewski | 143 | 1815 | 135517 |
Paul Jackson | 141 | 1372 | 93464 |
Mingshui Chen | 141 | 1543 | 125369 |
Ali Khademhosseini | 140 | 887 | 76430 |
Roger Jones | 138 | 998 | 114061 |
Tord Ekelof | 137 | 1212 | 91105 |
L. Köpke | 136 | 950 | 81787 |
M. Morii | 134 | 1664 | 102074 |
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