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PLoS ONE, 2015 Myxoma virus (MYXV) induces a lethal disease called Myxomatosis in European rabbits. MYXV is one of the rare viruses that encodes an α2,3-sialyltransferase through its M138L gene.
Bérengère Boutard +7 more
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Mechanisms and targets of Fcγ-receptor mediated immunity to malaria sporozoites
Nature Communications, 2021 Antibodies plays critical roles in the adaptive immune response to infectious agents including malaria. Here the authors defined antibody interactions with -Fcγ-receptors expressed on immune cells with sporozoites of Plasmodium falciparum, and identified
Gaoqian Feng +17 more
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Quantum Biology: An Update and Perspective
Quantum Reports, 2021 Understanding the rules of life is one of the most important scientific endeavours and has revolutionised both biology and biotechnology. Remarkable advances in observation techniques allow us to investigate a broad range of complex and dynamic ...
Youngchan Kim +21 more
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BMJ Open, 2019 Objectives To characterise serum creatinine and urinary protein testing in UK general practices from 2005 to 2013 and to examine how the frequency of testing varies across demographic factors, with the presence of chronic conditions and with the ...
Jason Oke +9 more
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Bound by blood and bloodshed: Sibling ties and participation in genocidal violence
Criminology, EarlyView.Abstract Focusing on the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, we examine how sibling relationships—one of the most salient familial bonds—influence individual engagement in violence during mass atrocity. Drawing on an adaptation of differential association and social learning theories for contexts of mass atrocity, we analyze a novel dataset linking over 300,000 ...
Jack G. R. Wippell +3 more
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Farmers' pro‐social motivations and willingness‐to‐accept in markets with public goods
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract To explain how some farmers' decisions may diverge from profit‐maximization, we incorporate proactive social preferences for public goods in an expected utility framework, in addition to reactive risk preferences to uncertainty. We offer empirical evidence that proactive preferences influence farmers' decisions alongside reactive preferences ...
Jill Fitzsimmons +2 more
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Information and affective valence influence judgments of complexity, liking and understanding
British Journal of Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Visual complexity is a key factor in perceptual and evaluative judgments. People's representation of visual complexity is constructed from quantitative and structural image features, but it is also influenced by familiarity and expertise. We examined how people represent visual complexity and its impact on perception and evaluation, focusing ...
Xiaolei Sun +3 more
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Propensity to obesity impacts the neuronal response to energy imbalance
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2015 The mechanisms responsible for the propensity to gain weight or remain normal weight are poorly understood. The objective of this study was to study the neuronal response to visual food cues during short-term energy imbalance in healthy adults recruited
Marc-Andre eCornier +11 more
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Critical knowledge gaps in the conservation and restoration of cold‐water corals
Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.Abstract Introduction Critical knowledge gaps hamper effective conservation of threatened cold‐water coral (CWC) ecosystems, facing cumulative anthropogenic and climate pressures. This review provides a strategic roadmap for urgent, informed intervention.
Qian Liu +33 more
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 3, March 2026.A female rusty dragon (Ctenophorus rufescens) in the Musgrave Range, Northern Territory, Australia in 2012. This dragon was collected as part of a study by the authors. A different female rusty dragon collected at the same time survived 12 years in captivity, making it the oldest known Ctenophorus dragon. Photo by Angus Kennedy.
Daniel Hoops, Martin J. Whiting
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