Communication, Technology, and the Planetary Creature by Giuseppe O Longo

“… Man and technology are inseparable: man produces technology, but the latter contributes to the continuous transformation of man. Today biological evolution based on random genetic mutations is largely exceeded by cultural (more specifically, technological) evolution, which is much faster due to the presence of Lamarckian inheritance mechanisms (imitation, learning and the like). …”
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Diverse lifestyles and strategies of plant pathogenesis encoded in the genomes of eighteen Dothideomycetes fungi. by Robin A Ohm, Nicolas Feau, Bernard Henrissat, Conrad L Schoch, Benjamin A Horwitz, Kerrie W Barry, Bradford J Condon, Alex C Copeland, Braham Dhillon, Fabian Glaser, Cedar N Hesse, Idit Kosti, Kurt LaButti, Erika A Lindquist, Susan Lucas, Asaf A Salamov, Rosie E Bradshaw, Lynda Ciuffetti, Richard C Hamelin, Gert H J Kema, Christopher Lawrence, James A Scott, Joseph W Spatafora, B Gillian Turgeon, Pierre J G M de Wit, Shaobin Zhong, Stephen B Goodwin, Igor V Grigoriev

“…The 18 genome sequences differ dramatically in size due to variation in repetitive content, but show much less variation in number of (core) genes. …”
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The Labyrinth Behind an Acute Respiratory Failure by Mirela Tiglis, Tudor Hurmuzache, Cristina Bologa, Ioana Cristina Grintescu, Tiberiu Paul Neagu, Cezar Pavelescu, Camelia Cristina Diaconu, Ovidiu Gabriel Bratu, Gabriel Constantinescu, Bogdan Socea, Ioana Marina Grintescu

“…A computed tomography of the thorax and abdomen was performed, that revealed a dilated thoracic oesophagus and stenosis of the esophagogastric junction, with lack of substance in the oesophageal wall and extravasation of oesophageal content in the posterior mediastinum, due to an oesophageal pleural fi stula. An oesophageal stent was inserted under endoscopic guidance and the patient underwent minim-invasive surgical interventions for evacuation of the mediastinal and pleural collections, with a favourable evolution. …”
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Assessment of Ecosystem Services with numerical modelling to support groundwater dependent ecosystems and aquifer management: A demo study in the Medina del Campo Groundwater Body,... by Malgorzata Borowiecka, Mar Alcaraz, Marisol Manzano

“…But natural conditions are not restored any scenario by year 2350, due to ongoing adjustment of the aquifer water balance. …”
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Nonlinear Fluctuations in the Cryptocurrency Market: The Modern Approaches to Analysis and Forecasting by Kochorba Valeriia Yu.

“…The author demonstrates evolution from simple linear models to complex neural networks that better account for the nonlinear nature of the market. …”
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The genome of a pathogenic rhodococcus: cooptive virulence underpinned by key gene acquisitions. by Michal Letek, Patricia González, Iain Macarthur, Héctor Rodríguez, Tom C Freeman, Ana Valero-Rello, Mónica Blanco, Tom Buckley, Inna Cherevach, Ruth Fahey, Alexia Hapeshi, Jolyon Holdstock, Desmond Leadon, Jesús Navas, Alain Ocampo, Michael A Quail, Mandy Sanders, Mariela M Scortti, John F Prescott, Ursula Fogarty, Wim G Meijer, Julian Parkhill, Stephen D Bentley, José A Vázquez-Boland

“…The 5.0-Mb R. equi 103S genome is significantly smaller than those of environmental rhodococci. This is due to genome expansion in nonpathogenic species, via a linear gain of paralogous genes and an accelerated genetic flux, rather than reductive evolution in R. equi. …”
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A Case of Acquired Haemophilia A in a Patient with Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukaemia by Takeshi Araki, Shinya Ohata, Kohei Okamoto, Kazuhide Morimoto, Mana Hiraishi, Shinichiro Yamada, Ishikazu Mizuno, Takeshi Sugimoto

“…Worsening bone marrow failure was observed 4 months after the original admission, despite administration of AZA therapy, and the patient died due to bleeding from AHA. This case suggests that the evolution of MDS to CMML status can be associated with AHA conferring a bleeding tendency.…”
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Multiple-Feature Construction for Image Segmentation Based on Genetic Programming by David Herrera-Sánchez, José-Antonio Fuentes-Tomás, Héctor-Gabriel Acosta-Mesa, Efrén Mezura-Montes, José-Luis Morales-Reyes

“…Genetic programming is used to automatically create and construct pipelines to extract meaningful features for segmentation tasks. Additionally, a co-evolution strategy is proposed within the evolution process to increase diversity without affecting segmentation performance. …”
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Experimental Study and Damage Model Study of Rock Salt Subjected to Cyclic Loading and Cyclic Creep by Baoyun Zhao, Tianzhu Huang, Liu Dongyan, Dongsheng Liu, Yang Liu, Xiaoping Wang

“…Due to the gas injection and production of underground salt caves during the operational phase, rock salt is often subjected to a combined stress of cyclic pressure and constant pressure. …”
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Unravel melt pool and bubble dynamics during laser powder bed fusion of polyamides using synchrotron X-ray imaging and process simulation by Chu Lun Alex Leung, Jabbar Gardy, Mark Isaacs, Shashidhara Marathe, Michał M. Kłosowski, Junji Shinjo, Chinnapat Panwisawas, Peter D. Lee

“…These bubbles continue to shrink due to vapour condensation as the polymer cools under a cooling rate range of 200 - 600 K s−1. …”
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Cross‐Scale Decoupling Kinetic Processes in Lithium‐Ion Batteries Using the Multi‐Dimensional Distribution of Relaxation Time by Xue Cai, Caiping Zhang, Haijun Ruan, Zeping Chen, Linjing Zhang, Dirk Uwe Sauer, Weihan Li

“…Cross‐scale DRT results reveal that SOCs below 10% at 25 °C effectively distinguish electrode kinetics due to the high correlation between cathodic CT and SOC. …”
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Volcanism records plate thinning driven rift localization in Afar (Ethiopia) since 2-2.5 million years ago by Gianmaria Tortelli, Anna Gioncada, Carolina Pagli, Dan N. Barfod, Giacomo Corti, Federico Sani, Darren F. Mark, Ross C. Dymock, Ermias F. Gebru, Derek Keir

“…Abstract Magma-rich continental rifting and breakup commonly show complex distributions of volcanism, potentially due to both plume and rifting controls. As such, interpreting the main controls on the spatial evolution of magmatism is debated, as is the point at which continental rifting transitions to oceanic spreading. …”
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Paschen–Back effect modulation of SO4 2- hydration in magnetized electrolyte toward dendrite-free Zn-ion batteries by Xiayan Yao, Zhi Wang, Jianwei Guo, Guoyu Qian, Hongchen Wang, Xuzhong Gong, Dong Wang

“…Abstract Tuning anionic solvation structures and dynamic processes at solid–liquid interfaces is critical yet challenging for stabilizing Zn metal negative electrodes in Zn-ion batteries, particularly due to the issue of dendrite formation and hydrogen evolution reaction. …”
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Combined Effects of Microgravity and Chronic Low-Dose Gamma Radiation on <i>Brassica rapa</i> Microgreens by Sara De Francesco, Isabel Le Disquet, Veronica Pereda-Loth, Lenka Tisseyre, Stefania De Pascale, Chiara Amitrano, Eugénie Carnero Diaz, Veronica De Micco

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Effect of cold compaction pressure and sintering temperature on the densification and microstructure of 316L stainless steel powder by Ayman Mahmoud Fahim, Tamás Mikó, Mohamed Zaky Ahmed, Zoltán Gácsi

“…Austenitic stainless steel 316 L is widely used for several structural, industrial, and biomedical applications due to its outstanding corrosion resistance, good strength, ductility, and biocompatibility compared to counterparts. …”
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The Mantle Structure of North China Craton and Its Tectonic Implications: Insights from Teleseismic P-Wave Tomography by Weiqian Yu, Wei Wei, James O. S. Hammond, Cunrui Han, He Tan, Haoyu Hao

“…The shallower high-Vp anomaly located beneath the Shanxi–Shaanxi Rift (SSR), along with an overlying local-scale low-Vp anomaly, indicates local hot material upwelling due to lithospheric root removal. The India–Eurasia collision’s far-field effects are proposed to cause lithospheric thickening, subsequent root delamination, and the formation and evolution of the SSR.…”
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Carbon–carbon triple bond‐containing materials for photo(electro)catalytic solar hydrogen production by Wenyan Li, Yang Lu, Yawen Tang, Hanjun Sun

“…With the continuous exploitation of solar hydrogen evolution, the performance of photo(electro)catalysts has been greatly optimized. …”
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Computational Analysis of the Structural Composition of Coronavirus Genomes by M. V. Sprindzuk, V. I. Bernik, A. S. Vladyko, L. Zhuozhuang, L. P. Titov

“…Due to the emergence of new dangerous viruses, the importance and demand for knowledge and skills of computational biology, epidemiology and virology in modern society have increased. …”
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Apatite Geo‐Thermochronology and Geochemistry Constrain Oligocene‐Miocene Growth and Geodynamics of the Northeastern Tibetan Plateau by Chao Guo, Zhiyong Zhang, Richard Lease, Marco G. Malusà, David Chew, Haijian Lu, Lin Wu, Dunfeng Xiang, Nan Wang, Bernhard Grasemann, Wenjiao Xiao

“…Abstract Understanding the geodynamics of plateau evolution requires examining the spatial and temporal aspects of mountain building in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau, which are still under debate. …”
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Bimetal Metaphosphate/Molybdenum Oxide Heterostructure Nanowires for Boosting Overall Freshwater/Seawater Splitting at High Current Densities by Pan Wang, Pai Wang, Tongwei Wu, Xuping Sun, Yanning Zhang

“…Herein, hierarchical bimetal Ni‐Co metaphosphate/molybdenum oxide heterostructure nanowires (NiCoMoPO) are rationally designed and fabricated to efficiently boost oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in alkaline freshwater/seawater, where the favorable electronic structure from heterostructures, signified by X‐ray absorption spectra, endows NiCoMoPO with the enhanced intrinsic activity, while its hierarchical nanowire structure and heterostructures provide abundant active sites. …”
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