The frequency of natural disasters and the losses caused by global climate change and
urbanization continue to increase. Traditional rigid defense methods cannot meet the needs of …

The brain is an endocrine organ, sensitive to the rhythmic changes in sex hormone production
that occurs in most mammalian species. In rodents and nonhuman primates, estrogen …

A major challenge in neuroscience is to understand what happens to a brain as it ages. Such
insights could make it possible to distinguish between individuals who will undergo typical …

Accumulating evidence suggests that distinct aspects of successful navigation—path integration,
spatial-knowledge acquisition, and navigation strategies—change with advanced age. …

Cities encounter various risks, and flood disasters are one of the most frequent, leading to
significant economic loss. The uncertainty of external shocks makes it necessary to bring …

Ecosystem services has been widely explored in various theoretical or practical studies
since its emergence more than 20 years ago. The two big issues in the past golden era of …

Navigating to goal locations in a known environment (wayfinding) can be accomplished by
different strategies, notably by taking habitual, well‐learned routes (response strategy) or by …

Background: Bloodstream infection is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in hospitalized
patients worldwide. Delays in the identification of microorganisms often leads to a poor …

Grifola frondosa is a polypore mushroom, which has been used for many centuries by
traditional Chinese and Japanese herbalists as a medicinal mushroom. A water-soluble …

Clarifying the complex land use impacts on ecosystem services (ESs) trade-off will be
beneficial to watershed sustainable development, especially through scientific land use …