Nanoparticles: Take Only Pictures, Leave Only Footprints

Take Only Photographs, Leave Only Footprints: Novel Applications of Non-Invasive Survey Methods for Rapid Detection of Small, Arboreal Animals.

The development of appropriate wildlife survey techniques is essential to promote effective and efficient monitoring of species of conservation concern. Here, we demonstrate the utility of two rapid-assessment, non-invasive methods to detect the presence of elusive, small, arboreal animals. We use the hazel dormouse, Muscardinus avellanarius, a rodent of conservation concern, as our focal speci...

Making Leave Easier: Better Compensation and Daddy-Only Entitlements∗

In 2006, Quebec enacted a landmark reform to paid parental leave that greatly improved the generosity of entitlements and established a father’s non-transferable right to paid leave. Using data from the Employment Insurance Coverage Survey and employing a difference-in-differences setup, I find that the reform was associated with a striking rise in fathers participation: an increase of 59 perce...

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Glycine Transporters Not Only Take Out the Garbage, They Recycle

Two articles in the current issue of Neuron examine the consequences of deleting the two genes that encode glycine transporters. Interestingly, loss of glial transporters enhances while loss of presynaptic neuronal transporters reduces glycinergic transmission. These two opposing phenotypes resemble distinct human diseases characterized by dysfunction in glycinergic signaling.