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January 17, 2020
01/03/2020
Cardiovascular Biology
Mi-Mi and colleagues found that the overexpression of the sarcomeric protein Lmod2 in mice increases the length of thin filaments, leading to functional and contractile defects in the cardiac muscle.
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01/10/2020
Structural Biology
Pooley and colleagues identified an unrecognized mode of binding interactions for Glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid receptors (GR and MR): formation of higher order complexes through a variety of interacting surfaces beyond simple dimers.
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12/18/2019
Research Assessment
Christensen and colleagues found that authors who share data may be rewarded in the long-term with a significant number of additional scholarly citations.
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01/03/2020
Infectious Diseases
Here the authors aimed to assess the prevalence and intensity of infections, and identify significant correlates of infection among school students.
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12/23/2019
climate change
Marcantonio and colleagues model how flooding may redistribute toxic substances from contaminated sites in the environment, and find that future climate scenarios may increase the risk of toxin dispersion.
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12/30/2019
psychology
In a longitudinal analysis, Hall and colleagues looked at a cohort of over 3,000 faculty participants from 69 countries and found that perceived self-efficacy or competence at baseline corresponded with lower procrastination and burnout.
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12/20/2019
EVERYONE
Dinosaurs are known to replace their teeth throughtout their lifetimes with replacement rates giving us clues about their diets. In this EveryONE blog Senior Editor, Nicola Stead writes about a recent PLOS ONE study on tooth replacement rates in three theropod dinosaurs,
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01/10/2020
Ecology
Restrepo-Cardona and colleagues examine how socio-demographic factors influence attitudes towards an endangered eagle species in rural communities in the Colombian Andes.
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01/13/2020
Physiotherapy
In this case-control study, Cheng and colleagues found that increased levels of physical activity are associated with a reduced risk of stroke in patients with a moderate degree of rheumatoid arthritis disease severity.
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01/02/2020
Earth sciences
de Winter and colleagues study the relationship between wind speeds at sand dunes measured locally and regionally, in order to understand potential biases for calculating sand transportation rates.
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12/31/2019
Microbiome
This is the first study carried out to understand the gut microbiome and its correlation with individual life style of obese T2DM patients in the Pakistani population.
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