Revisiting two hypotheses on the “domestication syndrome” in light of genomic data by A. S. Wilkins

“…This suite of traits, now termed the “domestication syndrome” (DS), has been a puzzle since Charles Darwin discovered it. Two general explanations of its basis have been proposed, which in principle, could also apply to other vertebrates, such as fish and birds, whose domesticated varieties show some of its elements. …”
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Education of the Principles and Tools of Laparoscopy: Introduction of the Laparoscopic Co-Surgeon Educational Application by Fateme Akbari, Fateme Keshmiri, Fateme Jabinian

“…In the design phase, game-based learning principles, puzzles, and conceptual maps were used. In the second phase, the production of electronic application was developed by experts and its validity was assessed by experts. …”
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Seasonality of livebirths and climatic factors in Italian regions (1863-1933) by Gabriele Ruiu, Marco Breschi

“…In spite of this, the causes underlying these seasonal fluctuations represent an as yet unsolved puzzle. Two main theoretical approaches have been proposed to explain birth seasonality. …”
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Theoretical Approaches to Nuclear Proliferation by K. S. Tarasov

“…Detailed study of the proliferation puzzle contributes to a greater understating of contemporary international realities, helps to identify mechanisms that are most likely to deter states from obtaining nuclear weapons and is of the outmost importance in predicting short- and long-term security environment. …”
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Seasonality of livebirths and climatic factors in Italian regions (1863-1933) by Gabriele Ruiu, Marco Breschi

“…In spite of this, the causes underlying these seasonal fluctuations represent an as yet unsolved puzzle. Two main theoretical approaches have been proposed to explain birth seasonality. …”
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Improving Learning Performance with Happiness by Interactive Scenarios by Chi-Hung Chuang, Ying-Nong Chen, Luo-Wei Tsai, Chun-Chieh Lee, Hsin-Chun Tsai

“…We propose two interactive geometry and puzzle games. The proposed somatosensory games can make learners feel curious and raise their motivation to find solutions for boring problems via abundant physical expressions and interactive operations. …”
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LAMENT PSALMS, THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY AND GOVERNANCE IN CONTEMPORARY NIGERIA by Uzoma Amos Dike

“…Managing and coping with distress is one aspect of human life that remains a puzzle. Different cultures and traditions have developed means of handling issues of distress. …”
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The right way to ride the wrong bike: An exploration of Klein's 'unridable' bicycle. by B D Coller

“…From this vantage point, one can devise a novel strategy, based on a component of lateral acceleration that dominates at low speed, for riding the so-called "unridable" bike and solving Klein's puzzle. The work adds a new chapter on the dynamics and control of the rear-steered bicycle, a problem of academic interest.…”
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Conditioned medium derived from mesenchymal stem cells and spinal cord injury: A review of the current therapeutic capacities by Gholam Reza Kaka, Farrokh Modarresi

“…However, achieving an effective therapy with the minimum side effects for SCI is still a puzzle. Nowadays, mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) therapy has received much consideration in scientific communities in light of its pharmacological and therapeutic properties, for instance, anti-inflammatory, regenerative, analgesic, and immunomodulatory influences. …”
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Interpreting convolutional neural networks' low-dimensional approximation to quantum spin systems by Yilong Ju, Shah Saad Alam, Jonathan Minoff, Fabio Anselmi, Han Pu, Ankit Patel

“…For the final part of the puzzle, inspired by similar analyses for matrix product states and tensor networks, we show that the CNNs rely on the spectrum of each subsystem's entanglement Hamiltonians as captured by the size of the convolutional filter. …”
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Flavour deconstructing the composite Higgs by Sebastiano Covone, Joe Davighi, Gino Isidori, Marko Pesut

“…The flavour deconstruction means the couplings of the light families to the composite sector (and therefore the pNGB Higgs) are suppressed by powers of a heavy mass scale (from which the Higgs is nevertheless shielded by compositeness), explaining the flavour puzzle. We present a detailed analysis of the radiatively generated Higgs potential, showing how this intrinsically-flavoured framework has the ingredients to justify the unavoidable tuning in the Higgs potential necessary to separate electroweak and composite scales. …”
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The evolution of binary system from predynastic Egypt to Leibniz era by Z. Pourfereidouni, M. Radjabalipour

“…Except for some ambiguities in the case of Mayan number system, specialists in the history of mathematics can guess that  how the counting system of the various civilizations evolved into one of the number systems in base 10, 20, 60, etc. There is a puzzle in the mixture of the  Egyptian decimal and binary number systems which we are going to discuss and present a justification for it. …”
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A fair non-collateral consensus protocol based on Merkle tree for hierarchical IoT blockchain by Seyedeh Somayeh Fateminasab, Davoud Bahrepour, Seyed Reza Kamel Tabbakh

“…We evaluate our proposed PoAct through various scenarios, demonstrating significant enhancements in throughput and execution time compared to puzzle-solving-based consensus protocols. Additionally, we argue that our proposed consensus protocol is scalable and energy-aware, thereby mitigating consensus attacks such as Sybil, Eclipse, and 51%, as well as addressing Fork occurrences issues.…”
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ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY BETWEEN MEDICINE, RELIGION AND LAW by Dan LUPAȘCU, Ioana PĂDURARIU

“…Medically assisted human reproduction is a piece of a puzzle, of an engine that can separate us or bring us together, that can raise or erase family boundaries, give us rights or put us on the wall of morality. …”
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The Dynamical History of HIP-41378 f—Oblique Exorings Masquerading as a Puffy Planet by Tiger Lu, Gongjie Li, Ben Cassese, D. N. C. Lin

“…The super-puff HIP-41378 f represents a fascinating puzzle due to its anomalously low density on a far-out orbit in contrast with other known super-puffs. …”
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Punchdrunk’s Immersive Theatre: From the End to the Edge by Deborah Prudhon

“…They tend to gather — physically or online — after the performance in order to share their respective experiences, to try and piece together the narrative puzzle and map out the space. Punchdrunk’s shows thus go beyond their temporal boundaries and one can wonder when — and if — the immersive adventure truly ends.…”
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Comparative Study of Seismic Behavior between Monolithic Precast Concrete Structure and Cast-in-Place Structure by Chao-gang Qin, Guo-liang Bai, Ya-zhou Xu, Ning-fen Su, Tao Wu

“…We doubt whether the monolithic precast concrete structure could be designed as the cast-in-place structure in high seismic intensity area. To solve the puzzle, the 1/5 scaled monolithic precast concrete structure model and cast-in-place structure model were designed and tested by shake table. …”
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Observational Evidence for the Origin of Repetitive Chorus Emissions by Xinliang Gao, Rui Chen, Quanming Lu, Lunjin Chen, Huayue Chen, Xueyi Wang

“…Its repetitive nature directly causes the rapid modulation of pulsating aurora in the upper atmosphere and microburst in the ionosphere, but its origin remains a decades‐old puzzle. Recent simulation suggested the energetic electrons, injected from the magnetotail and drifting eastward around the Earth, are critical to form the repetitive pattern. …”
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Eyes Open on Sleep and Wake: In Vivo to In Silico Neural Networks by Amaury Vanvinckenroye, Gilles Vandewalle, Christophe Phillips, Sarah L. Chellappa

“…In a broader perspective, noninvasive computational approaches, such as DCM, may help to puzzle out the spatial and temporal dynamics of human brain function at different behavioural states.…”
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High-Power MHz to 100s of GHz Circuits and Systems for Nuclear Fusion Reactors With Examples From SST-1 and ITER by Kamal K. Samanta

“…Nuclear fusion on earth is a highly complex and challenging multidisciplinary field that aims to solve the global energy puzzle by providing infinite energy with zero carbon emissions. …”
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