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May 17, 2019
05/08/2019
Imaging Techniques
A new computational approach to micro-computed tomography reveals evidence of carbon inks that may lead to the noninvasive digital recovery of the lost texts of Herculaneum.
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05/08/2019
Women's Health & Bioethics
Sullivan, et al recommend contraception requirements for women participating in research should be based on actual fetal risk assessments. Women in the US and Malawi considered reproductive control, health effects, prevention of fetal harm, burden on women, deferral to authority, autonomy regarding enrollment and birth control method, and relationship concerns as key considerations
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04/29/2019
soft matter
Wang and colleagues report a mathematical model of the structure and dynamics of foams.
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05/08/2019
Marine Biology
Using fin tagging data, White and colleagues create a model predicting seasonal movement of juvenile white sharks from southern California to Baja California during winter, in agreement with catch data.
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05/08/2019
Urban Ecology
Smith, Dearborn, and Hutyra, use a box model to forecast short-term changes in street tree aboveground carbon pools under several planting and management scenarios. Their findings suggests planting initiatives alone may be insufficient to maintain or enhance canopy cover and biomass due to unique demographics of urban ecosystems.
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04/17/2019
Health care
Engl et al. investigate drivers that influence nurses’ care-related behaviour in several Indian health facilities, and propose interventions to improve quality of care.
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05/01/2019
EveryONE BLOG
In this Guest Blog, PLOS ONE Academic Editor, Sieglinde Snapp, discusses the challenges faced in sustainability research to solve complex, so-called “Wicked Problems”, and how conferences such as Tropentag are bringing together researchers from multiple disciplines to implement participatory action research.
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05/01/2019
Public Policy
Food stamps data from 2000-2008 in 20 US states show that laws aiming to restrict immigrants’ access to social welfare do not result in decreased enrollment.
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05/08/2019
Analytical Chemistry
Lackmann and colleagues investigate the nitrosylation of cysteine by two different plasma sources.
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05/02/2019
pediatrics
Male gender, perinatal infection and maternal smoking may increase risk for behavioral problems at school entry in moderately-late preterm babies according to data from LOLLIPOP study
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04/24/2019
Nutrition
How prevalent is food insecurity among US undergraduate students? In their research, Nikolaus survey a large sample of undergraduates, and show that different assessment protocols may yield contrasting results.
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