Lizard Thermal Physiology Drives Abundance Peaks along Climate Gradients but Only Weakly Predicts Distributional Limits.

AbstractLaboratory measurements of physiological traits have long been used to infer the thermal limits and preferences of species in the field. However, it remains unclear how well individual physiological traits scale up to explain broad distribution patterns of species, such as their climatic limits, the breadth of temperatures they occur in, and the conditions at which population abundances are highest. We address these gaps by combining laboratory-measured thermal traits (critical thermal minimum [CT], critical thermal maximum [CT], and thermal preference []) with occurrence and abundance data from 21 species of lizards collected from extensive mark-resight surveys of communities across the Caribbean islands of Puerto Rico and Hispaniola.

Data use in social science and medical articles around the world.

Data-driven research is key to producing evidence-based public policies, yet little is known about where data-driven research is lacking and how it can be expanded. We propose a method for tracking academic data use by country of subject in English-language social science and medicine articles, applying natural language processing to a large corpus of academic articles. The model's predictions produce country estimates of the number of articles using data that are highly correlated with a human-coded approach, with a correlation of 0.

Integrated photonic source of Gottesman-Kitaev-Preskill qubits.

Building a useful photonic quantum computer requires robust techniques to synthesize optical states that can encode qubits. Gottesman-Kitaev-Preskill (GKP) states offer one of the most attractive classes of such qubit encodings, as they enable the implementation of universal gate sets with straightforward, deterministic and room temperature-compatible Gaussian operations. Existing pioneering demonstrations generating optical GKP states and other complex non-Gaussian states have relied on free-space optical components, hindering the scaling eventually required for a utility-scale system.

Selecting an Inhaled Delivery System in COPD.

Challenges facing health care professionals (HCPs) in selecting an inhaled medication delivery system for patients with COPD include (1) numerous maintenance medications and combinations; (2) at least 22 different handheld inhaler devices; (3) management recommendations focusing mainly on classes of medications; (4) lack of knowledge about available medications/combinations, delivery systems, and guidelines/expert recommendations for treating patients with COPD; (5) in some countries, contracts between health insurance and pharmaceutical companies limit which medications or devices are covered. In this article, we address 3 considerations for HCPs related to treating patients with COPD: selecting an inhaled delivery system; assessing whether the inhaled medication device has provided symptomatic benefit; and providing educational materials for patients on how to use their prescribed medication device correctly. Four patient cases are presented to illustrate these clinical aspects.

Why the Long "Horns"? Fine-Scale Morphology Suggests Tactile Demands Contributed to the Exaggeration of Male Longhorned Beetle Antennae (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae).

Insect antennae are covered in hairlike sensilla that detect diverse environmental cues. Selection on these functions has produced a bewildering variety of antennal forms, including many examples of sexual dimorphism (SD). Antenna length SD is particularly common, but poorly understood, in longhorned beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae).