Predictive modelling and identification of critical variables of mortality risk in COVID-19 patients by Olawande Daramola, Tatenda Duncan Kavu, Maritha J. Kotze, Jeanine L. Marnewick, Oluwafemi A. Sarumi, Boniface Kabaso, Thomas Moser, Karl Stroetmann, Isaac Fwemba, Fisayo Daramola, Martha Nyirenda, Susan J. van Rensburg, Peter S. Nyasulu

“…For this purpose, a dataset with 154 features from 490 COVID-19 patients admitted into the intensive care unit (ICU) of Tygerberg Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, during the first wave of COVID-19 in 2020 was retrospectively analysed. …”
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Factors affecting heat resilience of drone honey bees (Apis mellifera) and their sperm. by Alison McAfee, Bradley N Metz, Patrick Connor, Keana Du, Christopher W Allen, Luis A Frausto, Mark P Swenson, Kylah S Phillips, Madison Julien, Zoe Rempel, Robert W Currie, Boris Baer, David R Tarpy, Leonard J Foster

“…Extreme temperatures associated with climate change are expected to impact the physiology and fertility of a variety of insects, including honey bees. …”
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Stable laser-acceleration of high-flux proton beams with plasma collimation by M. J. V. Streeter, G. D. Glenn, S. DiIorio, F. Treffert, B. Loughran, H. Ahmed, S. Astbury, M. Borghesi, N. Bourgeois, C. B. Curry, S. J. D. Dann, N. P. Dover, T. Dzelzainis, O. C. Ettlinger, M. Gauthier, L. Giuffrida, S. H. Glenzer, R. J. Gray, J. S. Green, G. S. Hicks, C. Hyland, V. Istokskaia, M. King, D. Margarone, O. McCusker, P. McKenna, Z. Najmudin, C. Parisuaña, P. Parsons, C. Spindloe, D. R. Symes, A. G. R. Thomas, N. Xu, C. A. J. Palmer

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Soil microbiome interventions for carbon sequestration and climate mitigation by Gwyn A. Beattie, Anna Edlund, Nwadiuto Esiobu, Jack Gilbert, Mette Haubjerg Nicolaisen, Janet K. Jansson, Paul Jensen, Marco Keiluweit, Jay T. Lennon, Jennifer Martiny, Vanessa R. Minnis, Dianne Newman, Raquel Peixoto, Christopher Schadt, Jan Roelof van der Meer

“…Among the many knowledge gaps in this field, crucial gaps include the processes influencing the transformation of plant-derived soil carbon inputs into SOM and the identity of the microbes and microbial activities impacting this transformation. As a critical step forward, we encourage broadening the current widespread screening of potentially beneficial soil microorganisms to encompass functions relevant to stimulating soil carbon stocks. …”
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Novel adaptive immune systems in pristine Antarctic soils by Marc W. Van Goethem, Oliver K. I. Bezuidt, Rian Pierneef, Surendra Vikram, David W. Hopkins, Thomas Aspray, Grant Hall, Stephan Woodborne, Ian D. Hogg, Trent R. Northen, Weidong Kong, Daniele Daffonchio, Don A. Cowan, Yves Van de Peer, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo, Thulani P. Makhalanyane

“…These results underscore the role of viral infection as a key evolutionary driver shaping polar microbiomes.…”
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Whole Exome Sequencing Uncovers Germline Variants of Cancer-Related Genes in Sporadic Pheochromocytoma by Milena Urbini, Margherita Nannini, Annalisa Astolfi, Valentina Indio, Valentina Vicennati, Matilde De Luca, Giuseppe Tarantino, Federica Corso, Maristella Saponara, Lidia Gatto, Donatella Santini, Guido Di Dalmazi, Uberto Pagotto, Renato Pasquali, Andrea Pession, Guido Biasco, Maria A. Pantaleo

“…Whole exome sequencing of tumor DNA was performed on a set of twelve PCCs clinically defined as sporadic. …”
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An amplification mechanism for weak ELF magnetic fields quantum-bio effects in cancer cells by Amirali Zandieh, Seyed Peyman Shariatpanahi, Amir Abas Ravassipour, Javad Azadipour, Maryam Sadat Nezamtaheri, Zahra Habibi-Kelishomi, Mojtaba Ghanizadeh, Ali Same-Majandeh, Keivan Majidzadeh-A, Amir Taheri, Alireza Madjid Ansari, Mohammad Amin Javidi, Mohammad Mehdi Pirnia, Bahram Goliaei

“…Abstract Observing quantum mechanical characteristics in biological processes is a surprising and important discovery. One example, which is gaining more experimental evidence and practical applications, is the effect of weak magnetic fields with extremely low frequencies on cells, especially cancerous ones. …”
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Complete Genomic Landscape Reveals Hidden Evolutionary History and Selection Signature in Asian Water Buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) by Jingfang Si, Dongmei Dai, Neena Amatya Gorkhali, Mingshan Wang, Sheng Wang, Saroj Sapkota, Ram Chandra Kadel, Amir Sadaula, Aashish Dhakal, Md Omar Faruque, Abdullah Ibne Omar, Eka Meutia Sari, Hidayat Ashari, Muhammad Ihsan Andi Dagong, Marnoch Yindee, Hossam E. Rushdi, Hussein Elregalaty, Ahmed Amin, Mohamed A. Radwan, Lan Doan Pham, W. M. M. P. Hulugalla, G. L. L. Pradeepa Silva, Wei Zheng, Shahid Mansoor, Muhammad Basil Ali, Farhad Vahidi, Sahar Ahmed Al‐Bayatti, Alfredo Pauciullo, Johannes A. Lenstra, J. Stuart F. Barker, Lingzhao Fang, Dong‐Dong Wu, Jianlin Han, Yi Zhang

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Study protocol for an observational cohort study of heat stress impacts in pregnancy in The Gambia, West Africa [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] by Jane E Hirst, Ana Bonell, Abdul Sesay, Leonidas G. Ioannou, Bubacarr Bah, Kris A. Murray, Andy Haines, Sophie E. Moore, David Jeffries, Neil S Maxwell, Ana Vicero-Cabrera, Apolline Saucy, Cally Tan, Emmanuel Okoh, Dorothy Watters, Bakary Sonko, Williams Oluwatosin Adefila, Yahaya Idris, Mam Leigh-Nabou, Jarra Manneh, Andreas Flouris, Sainabou Bojang, Amanda N Sferruzzi-Perri, Andrew Prentice

“…This observational cohort study of 764 pregnant participants based in sub-Saharan Africa, a geographical region at risk of extreme heat events, aims to evaluate the physiological and biochemical changes that occur in pregnancy due to heat stress. …”
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Unusual Ant Hosts of the Socially Parasitic Ant Anergates atratulus (Schenck, 1852) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) by Albena Lapeva-Gjonova, Kadri Kiran, Volkan Aksoy

“…This finding confirms the assumption that a broader range of host species for the socially parasitic species A. atratulus may be expected. …”
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Nomenclatural issues concerning cultured yeasts and other fungi: why it is important to avoid unneeded name changes by Andrey Yurkov, Artur Alves, Feng-Yan Bai, Kyria Boundy-Mills, Pietro Buzzini, Neža Čadež, Gianluigi Cardinali, Serge Casaregola, Vishnu Chaturvedi, Valérie Collin, Jack W. Fell, Victoria Girard, Marizeth Groenewald, Ferry Hagen, Chris Todd Hittinger, Aleksey V. Kachalkin, Markus Kostrzewa, Vassili Kouvelis, Diego Libkind, Xinzhan Liu, Thomas Maier, Wieland Meyer, Gábor Péter, Marcin Piątek, Vincent Robert, Carlos A. Rosa, Jose Paulo Sampaio, Matthias Sipiczki, Marc Stadler, Takashi Sugita, Junta Sugiyama, Hiroshi Takagi, Masako Takashima, Benedetta Turchetti, Qi-Ming Wang, Teun Boekhout

“…Improper typification of yeasts is a common problem, resulting in a large number invalid yeast species names. …”
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An electro-optically tunable arrayed waveguide grating fabricated on thin film lithium niobate by Zhe Wang, Zhiwei Fang, Yiran Zhu, Jian Liu, Lang Gao, Jianping Yu, Haisu Zhang, Min Wang, Ya Cheng

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Climate effects on the diversification strategy of export firms: Evidence from China. by Junmei Zhang, Lianying Yao

“…The analysis shows that extreme temperatures primarily reduce the variety of both new and existing products, with a less robust effect on product exit strategies. …”
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Observation of ultraviolet photothermoelectric bipolar impulse in gallium-based heterostructure nanowires by Jinjie Zhu, Qing Cai, Pengfei Shao, Shengjie Zhang, Haifan You, Hui Guo, Jin Wang, Junjun Xue, Bin Liu, Hai Lu, Youdou Zheng, Rong Zhang, Dunjun Chen

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Single soliton microcomb combined with optical phased array for parallel FMCW LiDAR by Jingye Chen, Wenlei Li, Zhe Kang, Zongxing Lin, Shi Zhao, Daixin Lian, Jijun He, Dongmei Huang, Daoxin Dai, Yaocheng Shi

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Field measurement of atmospheric CO₂ column abundance based on portable laser heterodyne radiometer by Yong Wang, Yong Wang, Maolei Zhang, Maolei Zhang, Jiapeng Wang, Jiapeng Wang, Gang Wang, Gang Wang, Ruyue Cui, Ruyue Cui, Lei Dong, Lei Dong, Hongpeng Wu, Hongpeng Wu

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Optimal sigmoid function models for analysis of transspinal evoked potential recruitment curves recorded from different muscles. by Andreas Skiadopoulos, Maria Knikou

“…The findings revealed a muscle dependency, with the Boltzmann and Hill models identified as the best fits for the soleus, while the Extreme Value Function and Boltzmann models were optimal for the tibialis anterior transspinal evoked potentials recruitment curves. …”
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Chemical corrosion resistance mechanism of titanium alloy radiation rods with self-protected structure by Haohua Cao, Fang Dong, Qiang Zhang, Hao Wu

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Image Transmission Utilizing Amplitude Modulation in Rydberg Atomic Antenna by Peng Zhang, Shaoxin Yuan, Mingyong Jing, Jinpeng Yuan, Hao Zhang, Linjie Zhang

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Optically levitated nanoparticles as receiving antennas for low frequency wireless communication by Zhenhai Fu, Jinsheng Xu, Shaochong Zhu, Chaoxiong He, Xunming Zhu, Xiaowen Gao, Han Cai, Peitong He, Zhiming Chen, Yizhou Zhang, Nan Li, Xingfan Chen, Ying Dong, Shiyao Zhu, Cheng Liu, Huizhu Hu

“…Abstract Low-frequency (LF) wireless communications play a crucial role in ensuring anti-interference, long-range, and efficient communication across various environments. …”
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