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Beyond individual, population, and community: Considering information, cell number, and energy flux as fundamental dimensions of life across scales 超越个体、种群和群落:将信息、细胞数量和能量通量视为跨尺度生命的基本维度
IF 0.2 Pub Date : 2023-12-04 DOI: 10.24908/iee.2023.16.3.n
John DeLong, Mary I. O'Connor, Van Savage, Thomas Luhring, C-Elisa Schaum, Mike Sears
We suggest rethinking ecology as a set of continuous, interconnected dynamics and spatial networks that would represent an alternative framework to the traditional organizational levels—cell, organism, population, community, and ecosystem. We draw on unifying biological theories—information theory, cell theory, and metabolic theories—to propose a continuous space for living systems that avoids epistemological constraints imposed by a priori assumptions of discrete levels of biological organization. The discrete levels of organization that ecologists have traditionally envisioned can be viewed instead as coarse-grained, localized groupings within continuous dimensions of information (I), cell number (C), and energy flux (E). Moving from levels of organization to emergent properties of information, cells, and energy flux allows us to illustrate how diverse ecological and evolutionary phenomena—such as allometric and diversity-related scaling patterns, predator-prey dynamics, evolutionary trajectories, and alternative stable states—can be represented within the same continuum. We suggest that there may be structure within this information-cells-energetic flux (ICE) framework that unifies ecology from the beginning of life to the present and provides a useful lens through which patterns and processes in nature can be viewed.
我们建议将生态学重新思考为一组连续的、相互关联的动态和空间网络,这将代表传统组织层面(细胞、生物、种群、社区和生态系统)的另一种框架。我们利用统一的生物学理论——信息论、细胞理论和代谢理论——为生命系统提出了一个连续的空间,避免了由生物组织离散水平的先验假设所施加的认识论约束。生态学家传统上设想的离散层次的组织可以被看作是粗粒度的、在信息(I)、细胞数量(C)和能量通量(E)的连续维度中的局部分组。从组织层次到信息、细胞和能量通量的涌现特性,我们可以说明不同的生态和进化现象——如异速生长和多样性相关的尺度模式、捕食者-猎物动态、进化轨迹和可选择的稳定状态可以在同一个连续体中表示。我们认为,在这个信息-细胞-能量通量(ICE)框架中可能存在一种结构,它统一了从生命开始到现在的生态,并提供了一个有用的视角,通过这个视角可以观察自然界的模式和过程。
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Eccrine Hydration Eccrine Hydration
IF 0.2 Pub Date : 2023-12-04 DOI: 10.24908/iee.2023.16.2.n
Gareth Morgan
A series of immersion experiments has indicated that humans are able to absorb sufficient fresh water from sea water by reverse osmosis through their eccrine sweat glands to remain fully hydrated without drinking anything at all.  This unique facility would have enabled our ancestors to survive periods of severe drought.
一系列浸泡实验表明,人类能够通过汗腺的反渗透从海水中吸收足够的淡水,在不喝任何东西的情况下保持充分的水分。这种独特的设施使我们的祖先能够在严重干旱的时期生存下来。
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Screen adaptation theory for humans 人类屏幕适应理论
IF 0.2 Pub Date : 2022-05-28 DOI: 10.24908/iee.2022.15.2.e
C. Lortie
Screens are an ineliminable component of contemporary society for most humans. Consequently, tools and ideas that provide a heuristic and support for conceptually mitigating and balancing the costs of screen times at an individual level are critical. Here, screen adaptation theory (SAT) is proposed as a shorthand tool to frame the wealth of research examining human-screen interactions. Screens are best conceptualized as a place. Adaptation (to screens) are acquired or cultivated traits that enable us to not only survive with screens but potentially thrive—provided that we leverage research on costs and benefits. Adaptive behavioral traits suggest that we approach these interactions with purposeful intent. Finally, the theory associated with humans with screens is rich and interdisciplinary. We must design and adopt principles from theory relevant to our work, leisure, and individual choices to use screens as we move from tolerance to adaptation.
对大多数人来说,屏幕是当代社会不可侵犯的组成部分。因此,提供启发和支持的工具和思想在概念上减轻和平衡个人层面的屏幕时间成本是至关重要的。在这里,屏幕适应理论(SAT)被提出作为一种简写工具,来构建大量研究人类屏幕互动的框架。屏幕最好被概念化为一个地方。适应(屏幕)是后天培养的特征,这些特征使我们不仅能够在屏幕上生存,而且有可能茁壮成长——前提是我们要利用成本和收益的研究。适应性行为特征表明,我们以有目的的意图来处理这些互动。最后,与人类屏幕相关的理论是丰富的、跨学科的。在我们从宽容走向适应的过程中,我们必须设计并采用与我们的工作、休闲和个人选择相关的理论原则来使用屏幕。
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Investing in publication: Researchers as "savage capitalists" 投资出版:研究人员是“野蛮资本家”
IF 0.2 Pub Date : 2022-01-27 DOI: 10.24908/iee.2021.14.4.c
Victor Brun
The article by Kayal et al. (2021) constitutes an important reminder to the scientific community of some ethical shortcomings of today’s academic publishing system for which several solutions are proposed. In this short response, I discuss Latour’s portrayal of scientists as “savage capitalists” to relocate a part of these issues in the practices held by researchers themselves. By depicting scientists as capitalist agents publishing articles as investors awaiting returns in capital, I question the compatibility between the stated goal to transform today’s publishing system and a potential collective inertia rooted in personal and career goals. So-called “individual solutions” with deep collective and institutional roots are therefore calling for social momentum to effectively be activated; this vision could be translated into more specific goals for future research and actions.
Kayal等人(2021)的文章对科学界构成了一个重要的提醒,提醒他们当今学术出版系统的一些道德缺陷,并提出了一些解决方案。在这篇简短的回应中,我讨论了拉图尔把科学家描绘成“野蛮的资本家”,以重新定位研究人员自己的实践中这些问题的一部分。通过把科学家描绘成资本家的代理人,把发表文章的人描绘成等待资本回报的投资者,我质疑改变当今出版体系的既定目标与植根于个人和职业目标的潜在集体惰性之间的兼容性。因此,具有深刻集体和体制根源的所谓“个别解决办法”要求有效地调动社会动力;这一愿景可以转化为未来研究和行动的更具体目标。
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Transformative choices towards a sustainable academic publishing system 面向可持续学术出版系统的变革选择
IF 0.2 Pub Date : 2022-01-27 DOI: 10.24908/iee.2021.14.3.f
Mohsen Kayal, Jane Ballard, E. Kayal
Communicating new scientific discoveries is key to human progress. Yet, this endeavor has been increasingly hindered by monetary restrictions that restrain scientists from publishing their findings and accessing other scientists’ reports. This process is further exacerbated by a large portion of publishing media owned by private companies that, in contrast with journals from scientific societies, do not reinject academic publishing benefits into the scientific community. As the academic world is not exempt from economic crises and funding restrictions, new alternatives are necessary to support a fair and economically sustainable publishing system for scientists and society as a whole. After summarizing major shortcomings of academic publishing today, we present several solutions that span the levels of the individual scientist, the scientific community, and the publisher to initiate a transformative change towards more sustainable scientific publishing. By providing a voice to the many scientists who are fundamental protagonists, yet often powerless witnesses, of the academic publishing system, as well as a roadmap for implementing solutions, we hope this initiative will go beyond sparking increased awareness and promote a shift towards more sustainable scientific publishing practices.
传播新的科学发现是人类进步的关键。然而,这种努力越来越多地受到金钱限制的阻碍,这些限制限制了科学家发表他们的发现和访问其他科学家的报告。与科学协会的期刊相比,私营公司拥有的大部分出版媒体没有将学术出版的利益重新注入科学界,这进一步加剧了这一过程。由于学术界不能免于经济危机和资金限制,因此需要新的替代方案来支持科学家和整个社会的公平和经济可持续的出版系统。在总结了当今学术出版的主要缺点之后,我们提出了几个解决方案,这些解决方案跨越了科学家个人、科学界和出版商的层面,以启动一个更可持续的科学出版的变革。通过为许多科学家提供一个声音,他们是学术出版系统的基本主角,但往往是无能为力的见证人,以及实施解决方案的路线图,我们希望这一倡议将超越激发更多的认识,并促进向更可持续的科学出版实践的转变。
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How I became one of the world's top experts on fire research: despite all, when preparation meets opportunity, truth in science emerges 我是如何成为世界顶级火灾研究专家之一的:尽管如此,当准备遇到机会时,科学的真理就会浮现
IF 0.2 Pub Date : 2021-12-13 DOI: 10.24908/iee.2021.14.5.e
B. Lamont
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引用次数: 1
The Little Prince is an ecologist 小王子是一位生态学家
IF 0.2 Pub Date : 2021-10-24 DOI: 10.24908/iee.2021.14.2.e
C. Lortie
Stories shape the human experience. Fairy tales, fables, and historical stories from many peoples influence contemporary culture and science. The Little Prince is an excellent example of a short tale that highlights the relative importance of living with ecology and connectedness. It also clearly illuminates the absurdity that can emerge when one becomes isolated from even the simple processes associated with the functioning of other natural systems or from ecological interactions. This is one of many excellent stories that can be used in teaching science to frame theory for learners into different and larger novel contexts. This fairy tale provides morals for daily living too--tend to your garden, watch sunsets, and use nature to tame your absurd life and connect to others.  We use humour, stories, and current cultural memes from television and movies in many publications and/or their titles and in classroom lessons. Looking more broadly for tales and stories from different cultures and times promotes justice and openness.  
故事塑造了人类的经历。许多民族的童话、寓言和历史故事影响着当代的文化和科学。《小王子》是一个很好的短篇故事,它突出了与生态和联系共存的相对重要性。它也清楚地说明,当一个人孤立于与其他自然系统的功能或生态相互作用相关的简单过程时,就会出现荒谬的情况。这是许多优秀的故事之一,可以用在科学教学中,为学习者构建不同的、更大的小说背景。这个童话也为日常生活提供了道德——照料你的花园,看日落,用自然来驯服你荒谬的生活,并与他人建立联系。我们在许多出版物和/或它们的标题以及课堂教学中使用幽默、故事和电视和电影中的当前文化模因。更广泛地寻找来自不同文化和时代的故事和故事有助于促进公正和开放。
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Phylogeny can inform animal model development for both inherited and induced conditions: Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) 系统发育可以为遗传性和诱导性疾病的动物模型发育提供信息:杜氏肌营养不良症(DMD)和胎儿酒精谱系障碍(FASD)。
IF 0.2 Pub Date : 2021-08-03 DOI: 10.24908/iee.2021.14.1.n
Mason B. Meers, N. Demers, Audra Hewett, Dakota Sorrelle
Abstract:    The use of animal models in research on human and veterinary diseases and disorders is retracting, though it is likely to remain critical for decades.  In light of increasing regulation and expectations of judicious use of animal subjects, we examine the idea that the use of animal models can be guided by phylogenetic relationships and modern evolutionary and cladistic analyses.  Given that inherited disorders, and indeed, even the developmental and physiological responses to non-inherited conditions, are subject to evolutionary forces, it follows that the observed differences in model organisms are the products of evolutionary divergence.  Understanding that divergence has the potential to elucidate which taxa are most likely to exhibit any given symptom or manifest a reaction in a broadly predictable fashion.  We examine two case studies, one the inherited disorder Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, and the other an entirely environmentally induced problem, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, or Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.  Both case studies reveal symptoms are largely congruent with phylogeny, suggesting relatively conservative evolution of developmental pathways.  It follows that it is possible to characterize the manifestation of symptoms or dysmorphologies to broad phylogenetic groups.  These data can then be used to inform research into possible treatments based on molecular genetic techniques sourced from unaffected taxa or even provide an evolutionary rationale for maximizing ethical decisions in the use and development of animal models in biomedical research.  We argue that the technique should become standard practice in the development of animal models.
摘要:动物模型在人类和兽医疾病和失调研究中的应用正在缩小,尽管它可能在几十年内仍然至关重要。鉴于越来越多的监管和对明智使用动物受试者的期望,我们研究了动物模型的使用可以由系统发育关系和现代进化和分支分析指导的想法。鉴于遗传性疾病,甚至是对非遗传性疾病的发育和生理反应,都受到进化力量的影响,因此,在模式生物中观察到的差异是进化分歧的产物。了解这种差异有可能阐明哪些分类群最有可能以一种广泛可预测的方式表现出任何给定的症状或表现出某种反应。我们研究了两个案例研究,一个是遗传性疾病杜氏肌营养不良症,另一个是完全由环境引起的问题,胎儿酒精谱系障碍,或胎儿酒精综合征。这两个病例研究显示,症状在很大程度上与系统发育一致,表明发育途径的进化相对保守。因此,有可能将症状或畸形的表现定性为广泛的系统发育群。然后,这些数据可以用于研究基于来自未受影响的类群的分子遗传技术的可能治疗方法,甚至为在生物医学研究中使用和开发动物模型时最大限度地做出伦理决策提供进化依据。我们认为这项技术应该成为动物模型开发的标准实践。
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A uniquely fire creature, a uniquely fire planet 独特的火生物,独特的火星球
IF 0.2 Pub Date : 2020-12-21 DOI: 10.24908/iee.2020.13.5.c
S. Pyne
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The third dimension: How fire-related research can advance ecology and evolutionary biology 第三个维度:火灾相关研究如何推进生态学和进化生物学
IF 0.2 Pub Date : 2020-12-21 DOI: 10.24908/iee.2020.13.4.c
B. Lamont, Tianhua He
Most of the Earth’s vegetated surface is fireprone but the relevance of fire in understanding how nature works is not always recognized. We aim to show that, by adding the fire dimension to observations on biological phenomena, interpretations can be im-proved; how fire-related research can be used to answer ‘fundamental’ questions in ecology; and how theories/models developed for fireprone ecosystems can be applied to advancing disturbance ecology, biogeography and evolutionary biology more generally. We compiled lists from the world-wide web of the most highly cited papers in fire ecology, and examined papers that had been approached from multiple viewpoints, including fire. We show that great advances over the last 20 years have been made in our understanding of the pivotal role of fire as a driver of many ecological processes and a powerful selective agent/evolutionary trigger among biota. We document 21 sets of observations originally interpreted in the context of the two traditional dimensions, prevailing environment and biotic interactions, but can also be shown to have a strong, if not dominant, historical link to fire. We note that fire-related research is able to address 55 of the 100 questions considered ‘fundamental’ in ecology and that many have already received some attention in fireprone ecosystems. We show how theories/ models that had their origins in fireprone systems can be applied to other disturbance-prone systems and thus have wide application in ecology and evolutionary biology. Fire and other disturbances should be included as variables in research about possible critical environmental and biotic constraints controlling ecosystem function in general. Adding this third dimension to research endeavours greatly enriches our understanding of how nature works at the global scale in an era where ecosystems are changing rapidly and novel species-environmental interactions are emerging.
地球上大部分植被表面都容易发生火灾,但火灾在理解自然如何运作方面的相关性并不总是得到认可。我们的目的是表明,通过将火维度添加到对生物现象的观察中,可以改进解释;如何利用火灾相关研究来回答生态学中的“基本”问题;以及为易发生火灾的生态系统开发的理论/模型如何应用于更广泛地推进扰动生态学、生物地理学和进化生物学。我们从全球网络上汇编了火灾生态学中被引用率最高的论文列表,并检查了从包括火灾在内的多个角度处理的论文。我们表明,在过去20年中,我们对火作为许多生态过程的驱动因素和生物群中强大的选择性因子/进化触发器的关键作用的理解取得了巨大进展。我们记录了21组观测结果,这些观测结果最初是在两个传统维度(主流环境和生物相互作用)的背景下解释的,但也可以证明与火灾有着强烈的历史联系,如果不是主导的话。我们注意到,与火灾相关的研究能够解决生态学中被认为是“基础”的100个问题中的55个,许多问题在易发生火灾的生态系统中已经得到了一些关注。我们展示了起源于易发火灾系统的理论/模型如何应用于其他易受干扰的系统,从而在生态学和进化生物学中有广泛的应用。火灾和其他干扰应作为变量纳入控制生态系统功能的可能关键环境和生物约束的研究中。在生态系统快速变化、新物种与环境相互作用不断出现的时代,将这一第三个维度添加到研究工作中,极大地丰富了我们对自然如何在全球范围内发挥作用的理解。
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