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Reading hominin life history in fossil bones and teeth: methods to test hypotheses regarding its evolution

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Human life history is derived compared to that of our closest living relatives, the great apes. It has been suggested that these derived traits are causally related to aspects of our ecology, social behaviour and cognitive abilities. However, resolving this requires that we know the evolutionary trajectory of our distinctive pattern of growth,
Paola Cerrito, Judith M. Burkart, Carel van Schaik   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Consumer Mobile Phone Recycling Behaviour: A Systematic Review and Future Research Agenda

Journal of Consumer Behaviour, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Mobile phone recycling has received increasing attention from scholars and practitioners due to its environmental, social, and economic impacts. However, knowledge about consumer mobile phone (MP) recycling behaviour is fragmented, making it challenging to develop effective strategies to promote this behaviour. This study follows the Preferred
Xinru (Angie) Jiang, Ninh Nguyen, Steven Greenland, Jacqueline K. Eastman, Chrystie Watson   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Intravascular Lithotripsy Is Associated With Superior Clinical Outcomes Compared to Atherectomy: A Large‐Scale, Propensity‐Matched Analysis

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Coronary artery disease (CAD) with severe calcification remains a growing challenge in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Atherectomy (ATH) has long been used for plaque modification, whereas intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) has emerged as a promising alternative. Large‐scale comparative data on long‐term outcomes are limited.
Charles D. Miks, Grant K. Ozaki, Chirayu R. Shukla, Vikram Sharma   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Global patterns of plant functional traits and their relationships to climate

Communications Biology
Plant functional traits (FTs) determine growth, reproduction and survival strategies of plants adapted to their growth environment. Exploring global geographic patterns of FTs, their covariation and their relationships to climate are necessary steps ...
Jiaze Li, Iain Colin Prentice
doaj   +1 more source

Autonomous reef monitoring structures as a tool for assessing UK marine benthic biodiversity

Frontiers in Marine Science
In benthic marine ecosystems, small organisms that dwell within the habitat matrix comprise the majority of species richness but are inherently difficult to sample. This limits our ability to document the biodiversity of these ecosystems. Autonomous Reef
Michael Jordan, Margaux Steyaert, Natalie Y.N. Ng, Kevin Hopkins, Raymond D. Ward, Raymond D. Ward, Chris Yesson, Emma Ransome   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Electron-acoustic_solitary_structures_in_two-electron-temperature_plasma_with_superthermal_electrons

, 2011
The propagation of nonlinear electron- acoustic waves (EAWs) in an unmagnetized collision- less plasma system consisting of a cold electron fluid, superthermal hot electrons and stationary ions is investigated. A reductive perturbation method is employed
Chen, H., Liu, S. Q.
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Feasibility and Safety of the ETcath200 Robotic PCI System for Complex Coronary Lesions: A Prospective Single‐Center Study

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background International robotic‐assisted PCI platforms such as CorPath 200 and CorPath GRX have demonstrated procedural safety and efficacy but are limited by the absence of real‐time tactile feedback and cumbersome device exchange. The ETcath200, the first domestically developed robotic PCI system in China, introduces guidewire force‐sensing
Jing Yang, Yuqi Fang, Yizhu Yan, Zijing Liu, Jing Xie, Ge Zhang, Zhicheng Zhang, Tienan Sun, Guangyao Zhai   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Differential responses of SARS-CoV-2 variants to environmental drivers during their selective sweeps

Scientific Reports
Previous work has shown that environmental variables affect SARS-CoV-2 transmission, but it is unclear whether different strains show similar environmental responses. Here we leverage genetic data on the transmission of three (Alpha, Delta and Omicron BA.
Thomas P. Smith, Swapnil Mishra, Ilaria Dorigatti, Mahika K. Dixit, Michael Tristem, William D. Pearse   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Association of short-term air pollution with risk of major adverse cardiovascular event mortality and modification effects of lifestyle in Chinese adults

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine
Background: Previous evidence showed that ambient air pollution and cardiovascular mortality are related. However, there is a lack of evidence towards the modification effect of long-term lifestyle on the association between short-term ambient air ...
Wendi Xiao, Xin Yao, Yinqi Ding, Junpei Tao, Canqing Yu, Dianjianyi Sun, Pei Pei, Ling Yang, Yiping Chen, Huaidong Du, Dan Schmidt, Yaoming Zhai, Junshi Chen, Zhengming Chen, Jun Lv, Liqiang Zhang, Tao Huang, Liming Li   +17 more
doaj   +1 more source

Generalized decomposition and cross entropy methods for many-objective optimization [PDF]

, 2012
Decomposition-based algorithms for multi-objective optimization problems have increased in popularity in the past decade. Although their convergence to the Pareto optimal front (PF) is in several instances superior to that of Pareto-based algorithms ...
Fleming, P.J., Giagkiozis, I., Purshouse, R.C.   +2 more
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