A History of Research on Human Evolution in South Africa from 1924 to 2016 by John Francis Thackeray

“…Within recent decades many important discoveries have been made by young palaeontologists such as Dominique Gommery and Frank Sénégas (Bolt's Farm Cave System), José Braga (Kromdraai), Travis Pickering (Swartkrans), Lee Berger (Malapa associated with A. sediba and Rising Star associated H. naledi), Colin Menter (Drimolen) and a growing number of young individuals with access to micro CT scanners and synchrotrons which permit studies of internal anatomy. …”
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The Integral Field View of the Orion Nebula by Adal Mesa-Delgado

“…Future investigations based on the large-scale IFS mosaic of Orion will be very valuable for exploring how the integrated effect of small-scale structures may have impact at larger scales in the framework of star-forming regions.…”
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Helioseismic inference of the solar radiative opacity by Gaël Buldgen, Jean-Christophe Pain, Philippe Cossé, Christophe Blancard, Franck Gilleron, Anil K. Pradhan, Christopher J. Fontes, James Colgan, Arlette Noels, Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard, Morgan Deal, Sergey V. Ayukov, Vladimir A. Baturin, Anna V. Oreshina, Richard Scuflaire, Charly Pinçon, Yveline Lebreton, Thierry Corbard, Patrick Eggenberger, Peter Hakel, David P. Kilcrease

“…Abstract The Sun is the most studied of all stars, and thus constitutes a benchmark for stellar models. …”
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Understanding Open Knowledge in China: A Chinese Approach to Openness? by Montgomery Lucy, Ren Xiang

“…In attempting to position open access developments in China within a diverse and contested global landscape of open knowledge innovation we draw on Moore’s (2017) conception of open access as a boundary object: an object that is understood differently within individual communities but which maintains enough structure to be understood between communities (Moore 2017; Star and Griesemer 1989). Viewed as a boundary object, the concept of open knowledge is making it possible for China to engage with the global open knowledge movement, as a beneficiary of the innovation of others, and as an open knowledge innovator in its own right.…”
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Expression Characterization of Six Genes Possibly Involved in Gonad Development for Stellate Sturgeon Individuals (Acipenser stellatus, Pallas 1771) by Alexandru Burcea, Gina-Oana Popa, Iulia Elena Florescu (Gune), Marilena Maereanu, Andreea Dudu, Sergiu Emil Georgescu, Marieta Costache

“…For the purpose of understanding the sexual development of 4-year-old stellate sturgeon (Acipenser stellatus) individuals, we have selected six genes (foxl2, cyp17a1, ar, dmrt1, sox9, and star). We analysed the gene expression of the selected genes for gonads, anal fin, liver, body kidney, and white muscle. …”
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Directed Flow of Λ, Λ3H and Λ4H in Au+Au collisions at √sNN = 3.2, 3.5, 3.9 and 4.5 GeV at RHIC by Han Junyi

“…In these proceedings, we present a systematic study on energy dependence of the directed flow (v1) for Λ and hyper-nuclei (3ΛH and 4ΛH) from mid-central Au+Au collisions at √sNN = 3.2, 3.5, 3.9 and 4.5 GeV, collected by the STAR experiment with the fixed-target mode during BES-II. …”
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Electrical and Thermal Conductivity of Complex-Shaped Contact Spots by Beguin, Paul, Yastrebov, Vladislav A.

“…We then study shape effects on “multi-petal” spots exhibiting dihedral symmetry, resembling flowers, stars, and gears. The analysis culminates with self-affine shapes, representing a multiscale generalization of the multi-petal forms. …”
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Polarization Möbius strip at the tight focus of a generalized Poincaré beam by V.V. Kotlyar, A.A. Kovalev, A.M. Telegin

“…We demonstrate both theoretically and numerically that the initial beam has topological charge –1/2 and, in the center of the focal plane, there is a C-point (a point with circular polarization which makes a C-line along the optical axis) with the singularity index of –1/2 (star), whereas the vector of major axis of the polarization ellipse makes along a certain-radius circle around the optical axis a single-side polarization Möbius stripe of the order –3/2, which has three half-turnovers and one stitching, where two opposite major axis vectors of the polarization ellipse meet.…”
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HIGHLY SYMMETRICAL CRYSTALLIZATION IN SIX RECTILINEAR AND WELL-DEFINED AXES FOUND IN BOVINE CERVICAL MUCUS OBTAINED AT OESTRUS: A FINDING by M. E. Cortés, F. González, R. Hauyón, P. Vigil

“…However, a highly symmetrical arrangement was found, characteri - zed by a star-like morphology with six straight, highly defined axes that protrude from the same central point, forming 60º angles. …”
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Karyotype Analysis and Genome Size Estimation Using Flow Cytometry of the Genus <i>Encyclia</i> Hook. (Orchidaceae: Laeliinae) by Chengcheng Zhou, Qingyun Leng, Jinping Lu, Shisong Xu, Donghui Peng, Junmei Yin, Junhai Niu

“…Among the three detected intergeneric hybrids, both <i>Enanthleya</i> Circus Lady ‘Coastal Star’ and <i>Guaricyclia</i> Kyoguchi ‘Fumi’ are triploid, while <i>Robertsara</i> ‘Green Wonder’ is tetraploid. …”
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Hotel websites characterisation framework for consumer’s information needs by Célia M.Q. Ramos, Marisol B. Correia, João M.F. Rodrigues, Carlos M.R. Sousa, Pedro M. Cascada

“…This paper presents a framework for the characterisation of hotel websites, focusing on the amount of information available to the consumer in each website, which was applied in a case study during the last months of 2013 to the websites of five-star hotels that operate in the tourist region of the Algarve, Portugal. …”
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Fully automated extraction of high-quality total nucleic acids from FFPE specimens for comprehensive genomic profiling of solid tumors by Kristopher Amirault, Michael Collins, Luca Beker, Brandon Mills, Martina Werner, Jonathan Andreas, Daniel Hartman, Jordan Dargert, Vanessa Process, Sean Cederlund, Thuy Dao, Linnea Menin, Molly Ferrara, Andrew Briggs, Joshua Shreve, Daniel Metzger, Angela Stout, Erin Deblasi, Jie An, Taylor Jensen, Shengle Zhang, Vinesh Rana, Bryn Burlingame, Ulrich Thomann, Durga Prasad Dash, Sha Liao, Jeffrey M. Conroy, Eugenio Daviso

“…In this work we present an automated solution for upstream sample processing of solid tumors to enable high throughput and scalable CGP workflows by eliminating bottlenecks and enhancing results. The Sonication STAR automated DNA and RNA methods from FFPE Tissues was created as a collaboration between Hamilton Company, Covaris, and Labcorp and it offers the potential reduction in quantity not sufficient (QNS) samples and sequencing performance improvements resulting in a 16 % increase in fully reported tumor profiles for patients. …”
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ncRNA-Mediated High Expression of LPCAT1 Correlates with Poor Prognosis and Tumor Immune Infiltration of Liver Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Qiu Sun, Xudong Liu, Qunlong Peng, Lei Hu, Xiaochun Jiang

“…Then, ncRNAs contributing to the overexpression of LPCAT1 were explored in starBase by a combination of expression analysis, correlation analysis, and survival analysis. …”
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Tracing the Winds: A Uniform Interpretation of Helium Escape in Exoplanets from Archival Spectroscopic Observations by Patrick McCreery, Leonardo A. Dos Santos, Néstor Espinoza, Romain Allart, James Kirk

“…Both theoretical and observational studies have aimed to determine how efficiently exoplanets convert their host star's X-ray and ultraviolet (XUV) radiation into atmospheric mass loss. …”
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THEORETICAL AND METHODICAL APPROACH TO ASSESSMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES POTENTIAL by Yu. A. Zinnurova, E. M. Shironina

“…The matrix model, formed on the basis of scoring data, with four groups of personnel has been proposed in the article: “Stars” (it is characterized by a high level of responsibility and high complexity of the labour functions perfomed), “Experts” (high complexity of work with a relatively low level of responsibility), «Soldiers» (high responsibility with a low level of complexity), «Cogs» (low level of responsibility and complexity of the work performed). …”
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Improvement of the Conductive Ability of Polymer Electrolytes by Xu Hailiang

“…This paper will introduce the types and characteristics of polymer electrolytes based on three aspects. The star-shaped compound based on PEGMA, i.e., poly(ethylene glycol) methacrylate, can significantly enhance the mechanical and electrical properties of polymer electrolytes; the gel electrolyte prepared by compounding highly polar β-polyvinylidene fluoride (β-PVDF) with nylon 6 shows significant application potential in improving ion conduction efficiency and enhancing battery safety. …”
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IncSAR: A Dual Fusion Incremental Learning Framework for SAR Target Recognition by George Karantaidis, Athanasios Pantsios, Ioannis Kompatsiaris, Symeon Papadopoulos

“…Extensive experiments on the MSTAR, SAR-AIRcraft-1.0, and OpenSARShip benchmark datasets demonstrate that IncSAR significantly outperforms state-of-the-art approaches, achieving a 99.63% average accuracy and a 0.33% performance drop, representing an 89% improvement in retention compared to existing techniques. …”
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La inserción curricular de la educación cívica, ética e integridad: Un desafío para la formación holística by Marcia Yolanda Llongo Usca, Walter Rafael Vergara Fernández, Ana del Carmen Duran Vera, Emelina Josefina Cango Chamba, Juana Mercedes Junco Onofre

“…Los hallazgos realizados en esta investigación han contribuido para la integración de esta materia propuesta por el Ministerio de Educación para la formación de una comunidad escolar justa. Un aprendizaje sin educación cívica, ética e integridad, no se puede preparar a un ciudadano informado que se convertirá en un miembro dinámico de una sociedad unida en el desarrollo de sus habilidades …”
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Atención a la diversidad en la educación parvularia: un enfoque neuropedagógico para el desarrollo infantil by Lenin Roberto Villalobos Egaña

“…Del análisis de la literatura, se concluye que: la diversidad en el aula exige un compromiso con la equidad, promoviendo el desarrollo integral de niños y niñas mediante el respeto a las diferencias y asegurando una educación justa que fomente la igualdad y la no discriminación. …”
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Periódicos científicos na área Comunicação e Informação: consolidação do índice h e as questões éticas sobre sua utilização by Edson Fernando D'Almonte, Fabio Assis Pinho, Thaiane Moreira de Oliveira, Marcelo Alves dos Santos Junior, Ronaldo Ferreira de Araújo, Ana Carolina Rocha Pessoa Temer, Francisco Paulo Jamil Marques, Mozahir Salomão Bruck

“…Assim sendo, a despeito do índice h ser uma métrica interessante para a avaliação de periódicos na área Comunicação e Informação, considera-se que ela poderia ser complementada por avaliações qualitativas capazes de compreender os desafios éticos necessários para garantir uma avaliação justa e adequada da pesquisa acadêmica.…”
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