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The purpose of the present study was to examine the utility of a novel morpheme learning task for indexing typical language abilities in children characterized by diverse language backgrounds. Three groups of 5- to 6-year-old children were tested: monolingual speakers of English, native speakers of Spanish who also spoke English (Spanish-L1 bilinguals), and native speakers of English who also spoke Spanish (English-L1 bilinguals). All children were taught a new derivational morpheme /ku/ marking part-whole distinction in conjunction with English nouns. Retention was measured via a receptive task, and sensitivity and reaction time (RT) data were collected. All three groups of children learned the novel morpheme successfully and were able to generalize its use to untaught nouns. Furthermore, language characteristics (degree of exposure and levels of performance on standardized measures) did not contribute to bilingual children's learning outcomes. Together, the findings indicate that this particular version of the novel morpheme learning task may be resistant to influences associated with language background and suggest potential usefulness of the task to clinical practice.

[Rebecca Cook] has several productions in the works, including a hair and makeup gig for Civic's \"A Child's Christmas in Wales\" and costuming \"Honk!\" for the Spokane Children's Theater. Next spring will be her stage directing debut for the Children's Theater's production of \"Snow White.\" Cook longed to remain in Spokane. Afterward, she wrote a list of priorities. Topping that list was the desire to do theater in Spokane. Photo; Rebecca Cook holds several theater-related jobs, mostly at the Civic Theatre. She teaches various theater classes in town and has a hair and makeup gig for the Civic's \"A Child's Christmas in Wales\" and is doing costuming for \"Honk!\" for the Spokane Children's Theater. Photo by Steve Thompson/The Spokesman-Review

That first venture into sciencefiction painting became [Betsy Mott]'s signature style. She now attends six to eight science fiction conventions and art shows a year as well as renting panel space at about 40 shows in various cities, such as San Jose, Calif., and Atlanta. The quantity of shows pays off for Mott, who earns an average of $200 to $300 per show. The Corner Door isn't the only area where Mott has worked with her family. In 1997, she teamed up with her sister, Bobbie, and her brother, Greg, to publish a historical book on Millwood that featured Mott's sketches of area landmarks, such as the Hutton Settlement. The sketches have gained Mott some local recognition. This year, her drawing of the Van Marter house won a Best of Pencil or Ink Category award at the Spokane County Interstate Fair. \"We have some beautiful landmarks,\" Mott said. \"You want something to remember them by.\"

Currently, [Dan Cummins] performs in nationwide two-man shows with Seattle comedian David Crowe, who has won the Seattle and San Francisco Comedy Competitions. Crowe, who has been a comic for 10 years, saw Cummins perform and decided he had to work with him. \"Dan is the most phenomenal comedic talent to come out of the northwest since the Stone Age,\" Crowe said. \"Anybody can learn the science of comedy, but he has that natural something that you're born with that's so rare. Every now and then you see a performer that you have to see again, and Dan has that.\" 2 color photos; Traveling funny man Millwood comedian take his show on the road 1. (From page V1) Dan Cummins, who grew up in the small town of Riggins, Idaho, and now lives in Millwood, is on his way to the big time. The stand-up comic has performed recently in San Francisco. Photo by Steve Thompson/The Spokesman-Review 2. Dan Cummins, a stand-up comedian, lives upstairs from the Corner Store in Millwood. He's getting ready for the big-time comedy circuit. Photo by Steve Thompson/The Spokesman-Review

Understanding the vulnerability of trees to drought-induced mortality is key to predicting the fate of forests in a future climate with more frequent and intense droughts, although the underlying mechanisms are difficult to study in adult trees. Here, we explored the dynamic changes of water relations and limits of hydraulic function in dying adults of Norway spruce (Picea abies L.) during the progression of the record-breaking 2018 Central European drought. In trees on the trajectory to drought-induced mortality, we observed rapid, nonlinear declines of xylem pressure that commenced at the early onset of xylem cavitation and caused a complete loss of xylem hydraulic conductance within a very short time. We also observed severe depletions of nonstructural carbohydrates, though carbon starvation could be ruled out as the cause of the observed tree death, as both dying and surviving trees showed these metabolic limitations. Our observations provide striking field-based evidence for fast dehydration and hydraulic collapse as the cause of drought-induced mortality in adult Norway spruce. The nonlinear decline of tree water relations suggests that considering the temporal dynamics of dehydration is critical for predicting tree death. The collapse of the hydraulic system within a short time demonstrates that trees can rapidly be pushed out of the zone of hydraulic safety during the progression of a severe drought. In summary, our findings point toward a higher mortality risk for Norway spruce than previously assumed, which is in line with current reports of unprecedented levels of drought-induced mortality in this major European tree species.

Accurate detection and genotyping of structural variations (SVs) from short-read data is a long-standing area of development in genomics research and clinical sequencing pipelines. We introduce Paragraph, an accurate genotyper that models SVs using sequence graphs and SV annotations. We demonstrate the accuracy of Paragraph on whole-genome sequence data from three samples using long-read SV calls as the truth set, and then apply Paragraph at scale to a cohort of 100 short-read sequenced samples of diverse ancestry. Our analysis shows that Paragraph has better accuracy than other existing genotypers and can be applied to population-scale studies.

Humans may have evolved a need to connect with nature, and nature provides substantial cultural and social values to humans. However, quantifying the connection between humans and nature at a global scale remains challenging. We lack answers to fundamental questions: how do humans experience nature in different contexts (daily routines, fun activities, weddings, honeymoons, other celebrations, and vacations) and how do nature experiences differ across countries? We answer these questions by coupling social media and artificial intelligence using 31,534 social media photographs across 185 countries. We find that nature was more likely to appear in photographs taken during a fun activity, honeymoon, or vacation compared to photographs of daily routines. More importantly, the proportion of photographs with nature taken during fun activities is associated with national life satisfaction scores. This study provides global evidence of the biophilia hypothesis by showing a connection between humans and nature that contributes to life satisfaction and highlights how nature serves as background to many of our positive memories.