Jurassic fossil juvenile reveals prolonged life history in early mammals by Panciroli, E, Benson, RBJ, Fernandez, V, Fraser, NC, Humpage, M, Luo, Z-X, Newham, E, Walsh, S

“…We used synchrotron X-ray micro CT imaging of cementum growth increments within the teeth2,3 to provide the first evidence of pace of life in a Mesozoic mammaliaform. The adult was ~7 years and the juvenile 7 to 24 months of age at death, and in the process of replacing its deciduous dentition with its final, adult generation. …”

Conversion, ethnology, and law in the conquest of the Philippines by Cobo, NC

“…In place of the established problematic clean narrative of these early years, it instead advances a new interpretation of how the Spanish conquest happened, arguing that the invaders initially integrated into extant patterns of raiding and trading before a paradigmatic shift to conquest; and of the complex development of the colonial enterprise, examining the external and internal challenges it faced, demonstrating that it was far from secure, and exploring how these threats and the anxieties they generated fundamentally shaped how the colonial administration developed. …”

Phenotypes and subphenotypes of delirium: a review of current categorisations and suggestions for progression by Bowman, EML, Cunningham, EL, Page, VJ, McAuley, DF

“…Despite an exponential increase in delirium research in recent years, the pathophysiological mechanisms resulting in the clinical presentation of delirium are still hypotheses. …”

Back to basics with teacher recruitment: what do STEM undergraduates want? by Snell, RJS, Klassen, RM, Thompson-Lee, S, Wang, H

“…The recruitment of undergraduate students in England into teacher education is a recognised challenge with recruitment targets having been missed in nine of the last 10 years. The recruitment shortfalls are most acute within STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) subjects. …”

Mechanisms of non-progressing paediatric HIV-1 infection by Adland, E

“…This suggests close similarities with mechanisms evolved over thousands of years of non-pathogenic SIV infection in non-human primates.…”

Ensuring sustainable water security through sustainable land management: Research evidences for policy by Dagnachew, M, Gebrehiwot, SG, Bewket, W, Alamirew, T, Charles, K, Zeleke, G

“…So far, only 18% of Ethiopia's cropland area is covered by SLM practices for the last 40 years of intensive interventions. Water security, in turn, is a powerful and multidimensional option that includes water availability, accessibility, use, and stability across time. …”

Exponential tail local Rademacher complexity risk bounds without the Bernstein condition by Kanade, V, Rebeschini, P, Vaškevičius, T

“…However, applying this toolbox typically requires using the Bernstein condition, which often restricts the applicability domain to convex and proper settings. Recent years have witnessed several examples of problems where optimal statistical performance is only achievable via non-convex and improper estimators originating from aggregation theory, including the fundamental problem of model selection. …”

Simulating impacts of reducing subsidies to Kuwait’s electricity sector by Gelan, A

“…The government owns a vertically integrated monopoly – managing the entire supply chain from electricity generation to retail. In recent years, however, it has become increasingly clear that this welfare-oriented electricity production and distribution has had adverse economy-wide effects, specifically conflicting with other policy priorities such as environmental protection and appropriate resource allocation. …”

Shattered nation: inequality and the geography of a failing state by Dorling, D

“…Before COVID, life expectancy had dropped as a result of poverty for the first time since the 1930s. <br> Fifty years ago the UK led the world in child health; today, twenty-two of the twenty-seven EU countries have better mortality rates for newborns. …”

The four worlds of ‘welfare reality’ – social risks and outcomes in Europe by Ferragina, E, Seeleib-Kaiser, M, Spreckelsen, T

“…The cluster results are also assessed for their sensitivity to the choice of different countries, years or indicators. All European welfare states have a significant capacity for reducing poverty and inequality. …”

CRISPR-DBA: a deep learning framework for uncertainty quantification of CRISPR off-target activities by Cao, X, Minary, P

“…In recent years, the application of the CRISPR/Cas system has enabled gene editing technology to flourish. …”

Legislating instability: Adam Smith, free banking, and the financial crisis of 1722 by Goodspeed, T

“…In particular, despite large speculative capital flows, a fixed exchange rate, and substantial external debt, Scotland’s highly decentralized banking sector effectively mitigated the effects of two severe balance of payments crises arising from exogenous political shocks during the Seven Years’ War. I further find that the introduction of regulations and legal restrictions into Scottish banking in 1765 was the result of aggressive political lobbying by the largest Scottish banks, and effectively raised barriers to entry and encouraged banking sector consolidation. …”

Turner‚ Bird‚ Eratosthenes: the eternal burning thread by Gibbons, J

“…<p>Functional programmers have many things for which to thank the late David Turner: design decisions he made in his languages SASL, KRC, and Miranda over the last 50 years are still influential and inspirational now. …”

Association between cognition and gene polymorphisms involved in thrombosis and haemostasis by Quinn, TJ, Alghamdi, J, Padmanabhan, S, Porteous, DJ, Smith, BH, Hocking, L, Deary, IJ, Gallacher, J, Messow, M, Stott, DJ

“…In a post hoc sensitivity analysis restricted to those aged over 50 years, there was still no signal of association. …”

A multimodal neural signature of face processing in autism within the fusiform gyrus by Floris, DL, Llera, A, Zabihi, M, Moessnang, C, Jones, EJH, Mason, L, Haartsen, R, Holz, NE, Mei, T, Elleaume, C, Vieira, BH, Pretzsch, CM, Forde, NJ, Baumeister, S, Dell’Acqua, F, Durston, S, Banaschewski, T, Ecker, C, Holt, RJ, Baron-Cohen, S, Bourgeron, T, Charman, T, Loth, E, Murphy, DGM, Beckmann, CF

“…Here we leveraged a large multimodal sample to study the cross-modal signature of face processing within the FFG across four imaging modalities (structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging, task-functional magnetic resonance imaging and electroencephalography) in 204 autistic and nonautistic individuals aged 7–30 years (case–control design). We combined two methodological innovations—normative modeling and linked independent component analysis—to integrate individual-level deviations across modalities and assessed how multimodal components differentiated groups and informed social functioning in autism. …”

The pivotal role of sleep in mediating the effects of life stressors and healthy habits on allostatic load in mid-life adults by Buller-Peralta, I, Gregory, S, Low, A, Dounavi, M, Bridgeman, K, Ntailianis, G, Lawlor, B, Naci, L, Koychev, I, Malhotra, P, O'Brien, JT, Ritchie, CW, Dauvilliers, Y, Muniz-Terrera, G

“…Methods: Structural equation models to assess the modulation of AL by either traumatic or psychosocial stressors and healthy habits were generated with data from 620 mid-life adults (age 51.3 ± 5.48 years). Model 1 included self-reported life stressors, engagement in cognitive and physical activities, resilience and a pyramid score for diet. …”

Thermally activated delayed fluorophore and plasmonic structures integrated with perovskites for X-ray scintillation and imaging by Jana, A, Cho, S, Sasikumar, K, Ju, H, Im, H, Taylor, RA

“…This has spurred research into radioluminescence-enhancing mechanisms and solution-processable scintillating materials made from earth-abundant elements that have excellent optoelectronic properties, including high quantum yields and a low afterglow effect. In recent years, a range of metal halide perovskite (MHP) integrated with thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) materials have been developed, exhibiting excellent scintillation properties and a high spatial resolution. …”

The impact and effectiveness of local content policy on oil exploration and production in Brazil by de Almeida, E, Martinez-Prieto, D

“…Despite the significant evolution of this policy in recent years, several improvements are needed to balance the objectives of promoting industrialization with the competitiveness of oil exploration and production activity in Brazil. …”

Modelling Malaysia air quality data using Bayesian Structural Time Series models by Aeshah Mohammed, Mohd Aftar Abu Bakar, Mahayaudin M. Mansor, Noratiqah Mohd Ariff

“…The study utilized air quality time-series data spanning two years, from June 2017 to July 2019, obtained from the Malaysian Department of Environment (DOE). …”
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Development of geography alternative assessment module for Malaysia secondary school by Hanifah Mahat, Nasir Nayan, Yazid Saleh, Muhammad Hariz Muhamad Adnan, Nuraini Sawal, Saiyidatina Balkhis Norkhaidi

“…The interview method included three Geography teachers with over ten years of teaching experience, while the document analysis method focused on Form One’s Geography Standard Document for Curriculum and Assessment (DSKP) and the Classroom Assessment Handbook. …”
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