The area of land covered by forest and trees is an important indicator of environmental
condition. This study presents and analyses results from the Global Forest Resources …

Aim: MRI provides unparalleled visualisation of all the anatomical structures involved in the
osteoarthritis (OA) process. There is a need for reliable methods of quantifying abnormalities …

Climate change over the past∼ 30 years has produced numerous shifts in the distributions
and abundances of species 1, 2 and has been implicated in one species-level extinction 3. …

When discussing the pathophysiology of ulnar neuropathy, Geoffrey Vaughan Osborne
described a fibrous band that can be responsible for the symptoms seen in this disorder. In this …

OBJECTIVE: In an effort to evolve semi-quantitative scoring methods based upon limitations
identified in existing tools, integrating expert readers’ experience with all available scoring …

Objective: To examine the relationship between longitudinal fluctuations in synovitis with
change in pain and cartilage in knee osteoarthritis. Methods: Study subjects were patients 45 …

Background It has been suggested that synovitis causes joint pain. On non-contrast-enhanced
MRIs synovial thickening cannot be assessed and on these images synovitis has been …

Dryland biomes cover two-fifths of Earth’s land surface, but their forest area is poorly known.
Here, we report an estimate of global forest extent in dryland biomes, based on analyzing …

The long-term trend in tropical forest area receives less scrutiny than the tropical deforestation
rate. We show that constructing a reliable trend is difficult and evidence for decline is …

This paper proposes a generalised theory of the forest transition that links it with the
national land use transition and forest replenishment period. It argues that the mechanisms …