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Microbiome Insights Into Zoonotic Risk at Wildlife–Human Interfaces in a Transitioning Landscape in Thailand

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
This study shows how ecological transitions, such as reforestation in Southeast Asia, reshape host–microbe–pathogen dynamics at the wildlife–domestic interface. By integrating long‐read microbiome sequencing, ecological gradients, and statistical and network analysis, we identify host species that disproportionately contribute to pathogen diversity and
Pauline Van Leeuwen, Chuanpot Thinphovong, Vincent Sluydts, Alix Nicolas, Anamika Kritiyakan, Areeya Kriengudom, Pipat Soisook, Kittipong Chaisiri, Serge Morand, Johan Michaux   +9 more
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The impact of team quality, match outcomes, and match location on pitch-passing networks

Scientific Reports
This study investigated the impact of situational factors (team quality, match outcomes, and match location) on pitch-passing networks in the English Premier League. We analysed 295,901 possessions across 380 matches using a 7 × 7 grid system.
Kongyun Huang, Changjing Zhou, Bo Gong, Xudong Yang, Javier M. Buldú, Miguel Ángel Gómez Ruano   +5 more
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Network Structure and the Efficiency Gains from Mergers: Evidence from U.S. Freight Railroads

The RAND Journal of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The trade‐off between market power and efficiency gains is central to antitrust analyses of mergers, but empirical evidence quantifying efficiencies remains limited. Using transaction‐level data from U.S. freight railroads (1985–2005), this article quantifies merger‐induced cost efficiencies, driven mainly by eliminating inter‐railroad ...
Yanyou Chen
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The relationship between coauthorship and the research impact of medical doctoral students: A social capital perspective

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
Research impact is an important manifestation of research competence and the focus of medical education. This study is dedicated to exploring the relationships between coauthorship networks and the research impact of Chinese medical doctoral students ...
Gang Chen, Wen-Wen Yan, Xi-Yu Wang, Qingshan Ni, Yang Xiang, Xuhu Mao, Juan-Juan Yue   +6 more
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geohabnet: An R package for mapping habitat connectivity for biosecurity and conservation

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.
Abstract Habitat connectivity is critical for the conservation of endangered and endemic species, and conversely, it can hinder efforts to contain the spread of harmful biological agents. Here, we introduce geohabnet: a general, spatially explicit, network‐based R package for evaluating, estimating and mapping landscape connectivity from continuous ...
Aaron I. Plex Sulá, Krishna Keshav, Ashish Adhikari, Romaric A. Mouafo‐Tchinda, Jacobo Robledo, Stavan Nikhilchandra Shah, Karen A. Garrett   +6 more
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Hidden Losses: Assessing the Risk of Coextinction Among Ectoparasitic Flies and Their Bat Host Species in Brazil

Animal Conservation, EarlyView.
The potential impact of bat species extinction on the number of their ectoparasitic fly species, based on interaction data for Brazil. As bat host species are removed over time, more connected species (green) would experience steeper declines and lead to greater ectoparasite losses when compared to a random extinction model (gray).
Nathan Lorenzo de Sena Gotti, Jonathan Ramos Ribeiro, Eder Barbier, Enrico Bernard   +3 more
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Rising Connectivity, Shifting Hubs: The Evolving Network and Governance Challenges of Global Wild‐Sourced Trade

Animal Conservation, EarlyView.
Wild‐sourced wildlife trade is not only increasing in volume but also changing in network structure. Using three decades of CITES trade records, we found that the wild‐sourced wildlife trade has become increasingly connected and taxonomically uneven, with Anthozoa contributing a growing share.
Jing Wang, L. Roman Carrasco, Yunrui Ji, Xiuxiang Meng   +3 more
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God Knows Best

American Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Arabic phrase Allāhu a‘lam—“God knows best”—is used frequently in everyday Muslim speech and to conclude seemingly assertive statements or fatwas. At its heart lies the recognition that God is the All‐Knowing, whereas humans know next to nothing. Reflecting on this recognition, this essay discusses Sufi refusals of the ethnographic project
Amira Mittermaier
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Diacerein Disrupts Testicular Homeostasis: The Essential Role of Basal Cytokines in Maintaining Sertoli Cell Integrity and the Immune Microenvironment

Andrology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Pro‐inflammatory cytokines, TNF and IL‐1B, are essential for testicular homeostasis. Diacerein, an anti‐inflammatory drug, inhibits these cytokines, impairing M2 macrophages and Leydig cells (LCs). However, its impact on Sertoli cells (SCs) and M1 (CD68) macrophages remains unknown.
Elide Loise Freitas de Jesus, André Acácio Souza da Silva, Olumide Stephen Akinsomisoye, Erick J. R. Silva, Paulo Sérgio Cerri, Salmo Azambuja de Oliveira, Estela Sasso‐Cerri   +6 more
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‘We need solidarity’: Reflections on Building and Troubling Solidarity in Research Ethics in Myanmar

Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Calls for solidarity by civil society are taking place alongside changes in how researchers navigate shifting research landscapes. Yet what solidarity‐based research entails in practice and how this might guide, critique, or challenge institutionalised ethics can be elusive.
Vanessa Lamb, Anne Décobert, Phyo Pyae Thida Htwe, Saw John Bright   +3 more
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