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10/31/2018
Entomology
Schaller and colleagues undertake the first phylogenetic analyses of participants in Brachinus beetle aggregations, revealing multispecies groups are likely initiated by genus-wide aggregation cues rather than chance.
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11/07/2018
Epidemiology
Walker and colleagues demonstrate a predictive model that can be used to prioritize high-risk viruses for future research and surveillance, and could inform an integrated early warning system for emerging infectious diseases.
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10/17/2018
Quantum information
Zwolak and colleagues present the QFlow lite dataset to help tune semiconductor quantum dot devices using machine learning techniques
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10/24/2018
Health behavior
Using the internet as a source of health information can improve antibiotic stewardship in the community.
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10/26/2018
CHANNEL
The Veterans Disability and Rehabilitation Research Channel offers international researchers and practitioners a dedicated space to share and read state-of-the-art research, information and resources to assist Veterans with chronic illness and disabilities worldwide.
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11/02/2018
Collections
In this Editor’s Picks collection, PLOS ONE Senior Editor Jenna Quinto highlights recent research using epidemiological, molecular, and computational approaches to explore co-infection in tropical diseases, including the “big three” (malaria, tuberculosis, HIV) and neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). We welcome further submissions in these areas.
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09/07/2018
EveryONE
In this EveryONE blog we discuss a recent study by Larisa DeSantis which involved students from her course on Paleoecological Methods. The study looks at tooth wear across two species of kangaroo and one species of koala.
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10/31/2018
Climate Modeling
Case and Stinson use climate and bioclimatic data and over 700 observations to build a maximum entropy model predicting future ragweed distribution.
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11/07/2018
Clinical virology
Realegeno and colleagues provide evidence for the use of an N protein ELISA as an option for detecting RABV-specific antibodies in human cerebrospinal fluid or serum specimens.
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10/24/2018
Visual systems
Using a machine learning approach, Schneider and colleagues find that Drosophila melanogaster can see well enough to identify individual flies.
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10/19/2018
Nuclear engineering
Liu and colleagues develop a method for long-time monitoring of background radiation using smartphones and a sensor network
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Auersperg and colleagues observed Goffin's cockatoos make tools out of strips of cardboard in order to obtain out-of-reach food rewards.
Tsujii and colleagues find that shipping noises affect the singing behavior of humpback whales.
Rogers and McAvoy investigate the effect mule deer have on aspen resilience in a single-genotype forest.
Murphy and colleagues investigate the effect of a hug after a conflict.
Newly-excavate bones provide new clues in colonization of Madgascar.
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