Retrospective case–control study to evaluate hypocalcaemia as a distinguishing feature of COVID-19 compared with other infective pneumonias and its association with disease severit... by Meera Mehta, Hakim Ghani, Meghna Prabhakar, Rijul Shah, Alessio Navarra

“…The fact that decreased serum calcium is observed at the time of clinical presentation in COVID-19, but not other infective pneumonias, suggests that its early derangement is pathophysiological and may influence the deleterious evolution of this disease.Trial registration number 20/HRA/2344.…”
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Implementation of Chernobyl disaster optimizer based feature selection approach to predict software defects [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 not approved] by Himansu Das, Ajay Kumar Jena, Kunal Anand

“…However, SDP faces the threat of high dimensionality. Feature selection (FS) selects the finest features while carefully discarding others. …”
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On the Origin of Spectral Features Observed during Thermonuclear X-Ray Bursts and in the Aftermath Emission of a Long Burst from 4U 1820–30 by Gaurava K. Jaisawal, Jérôme Chenevez, Tod E. Strohmayer, Hendrik Schatz, J. J. M. in ’t Zand, Tolga Güver, Diego Altamirano, Zaven Arzoumanian, Keith C. Gendreau

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A remarkable beak morphology in a bird skull from the Eocene of Messel (Germany) signifies unusual feeding specializations by Gerald Mayr, Krister Smith

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SwinNowcast: A Swin Transformer-Based Model for Radar-Based Precipitation Nowcasting by Zhuang Li, Zhenyu Lu, Yizhe Li, Xuan Liu

“…Through the novel design of a multi-scale feature balancing module (M-FBM), the model dynamically integrates local-scale features with global spatiotemporal dependencies. …”
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The behavioural ecology of hominin locomotion: what can we learn from landscapes of fear and primate terrestriality? by Philippa Hammond, René Bobe, René Bobe, René Bobe, Susana Carvalho, Susana Carvalho, Susana Carvalho

“…A defining feature of the hominin clade is bipedality, often parcelled together with terrestriality. …”
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How (and why) languages became more complex as we evolved more prosocial: the human self-domestication view by Antonio Benítez-Burraco

“…This paper aims to re-examine the problem of the emergence of present-day languages from the specific perspective of the self-domestication account of human evolution. According to this view, our species went through an evolutionary process that parallels the changes experienced by domesticated mammals. …”
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Youth Language in Bangladesh by Abdul Awal

“…This study explores the dynamic and evolving nature of the youth language in Bangladesh, examining both the linguistic features and the perceptions of young people about their language usage. …”
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Complete mitogenomes of venomous fish Paracentropogon rubripinnis and Inimicus japonicus elucidate phylogenetic relationships in Scorpaeniformes by Sung-Gwon Lee, Seongmin Kim, Chungoo Park

“…Resolving relationships among venomous fish families is crucial for studying venom evolution and discovering novel bioactive compounds. …”
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Normal tissue transcriptional signatures for tumor-type-agnostic phenotype prediction by Corey Weistuch, Kevin A. Murgas, Jiening Zhu, Larry Norton, Ken A. Dill, Allen R. Tannenbaum, Joseph O. Deasy

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Professional Career: Phenomenon, Concepts, Apocryphas by Vladimir A. Tolochek

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Dynamic mechanical behavior of magnesium oxysulfate-based titanogypsum foamed concrete: A macro- and meso-scale investigation by Jian Gong, Aichi Ma, Shuren Wang, Jiaxuan Zhang, Zhenzhen An

“…From macro- and meso-scale perspectives, combined with high-speed photography of specimen failure processes, the structural characteristics, phase composition characteristics, fragment morphology, energy evolution, and constitutive models of TG-MOS foam concrete were analyzed. …”
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Single-cell sequencing provides clues about the developmental genetic basis of evolutionary adaptations in syngnathid fishes by Hope M Healey, Hayden B Penn, Clayton M Small, Susan Bassham, Vithika Goyal, Micah A Woods, William A Cresko

“…The examined pipefish evolutionary innovations are composed of recognizable cell types, suggesting that derived features originate from changes within existing gene networks. …”
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Language Culture and Land Use: A Case Study of the Dialect Cultural Regions in Anhui Province, China by Xiyu Chen, Guodong Fang, Jia Kang, Bo Hong, Ziyou Wang, Wuyun Xia

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A Simulated Galaxy Laboratory: Exploring the Observational Effects on UV Spectral Absorption Line Measurements by R. Michael Jennings, Alaina Henry, Valentin Mauerhofer, Timothy Heckman, Claudia Scarlata, Cody Carr, Xinfeng Xu, Mason Huberty, Simon Gazagnes, Anne E. Jaskot, Jeremy Blaizot, Anne Verhamme, Sophia R. Flury, Alberto Saldana-Lopez, Matthew J. Hayes, Maxime Trebitsch

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Mitogenomic phylogeny of Tetrigoidea (Insecta, Orthoptera), with a focus on the genus Zhengitettix by Xuejuan Li, Wenli Dou, Liliang Lin

“…These results provide useful data for the study of the mitogenome characteristic of the Tetrigoidea and even the whole Orthoptera, and were basic resources for their phylogeny and evolution study.…”
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The Featherweight Giant: Unraveling the Atmosphere of a 17 Myr Planet with JWST by Pa Chia Thao, Andrew W. Mann, Adina D. Feinstein, Peter Gao, Daniel Thorngren, Yoav Rotman, Luis Welbanks, Alexander Brown, Girish M. Duvvuri, Kevin France, Isabella Longo, Angeli Sandoval, P. Christian Schneider, David J. Wilson, Allison Youngblood, Andrew Vanderburg, Madyson G. Barber, Mackenna L. Wood, Natasha E. Batalha, Adam L. Kraus, Catriona Anne Murray, Elisabeth R. Newton, Aaron Rizzuto, Benjamin M. Tofflemire, Shang-Min Tsai, Jacob L. Bean, Zachory K. Berta-Thompson, Thomas M. Evans-Soma, Cynthia S. Froning, Eliza M.-R. Kempton, Yamila Miguel, J. Sebastian Pineda

“…This highlights the dramatic evolution occurring within the first 100 Myr of its existence.…”
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Integrating Quantitative Analyses of Historical and Contemporary Apparel with Educational Applications by Zlatina Kazlacheva, Daniela Orozova, Nadezhda Angelova, Elena Zurleva, Julieta Ilieva, Zlatin Zlatev

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Genome-wide comparative analysis of clinical and environmental strains of the opportunistic pathogen Paracoccus yeei (Alphaproteobacteria) by Magdalena Szuplewska, Dorota Sentkowska, Robert Lasek, Przemysław Decewicz, Mateusz Hałucha, Łukasz Funk, Cora Chmielowska, Dariusz Bartosik

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DISTRIBUTION OF 1ST LEVEL MONITORING SITES PER EVALUATION CLASSES OF SOME HYDRO-PHYSICAL FEATURES OF THE SOILS WITHIN THE COMMUNE OF SAG, TIMIŞ COUNTY, ROMANIA by Anişoara DUMA COPCEA, Casiana MIHUȚ, Simona NIȚĂ, L. NIȚĂ

“…The purpose of the paper was to analyze the distribution of the 1st level monitoring sites by evaluation class of some hydro-physical features of the soil within the Commune of Sag, Timis County, Romania. …”
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