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On Female Audience Sending Virtual Gifts to Male Streamers on Douyin [PDF]

arXiv, 2021
Live streaming has become increasingly popular. Our study focuses on the emerging Chinese female audiences who send virtual gifts to young male streamers. We observe a reversed entertainer-viewer gender relationship. We aim to study why they watch young male streamers, why they send gifts, and their relationships with these streamers.
arxiv  

Evolution of female choice under intralocus sexual conflict and genotype-by-environment interactions [PDF]

Li, X. Y., & Holman, L. (2018). Evolution of female choice under intralocus sexual conflict and genotype-by-environment interactions. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B, 373(1757), 20170425, 2018
In many species, females are hypothesised to obtain 'good genes' for their offspring by mating with males in good condition. However, female preferences might deplete genetic variance and make choice redundant. Additionally, high-condition males sometime produce low-fitness offspring, for example because of environmental turnover and gene-by ...
arxiv   +1 more source

Effects of Polyphenolic Extracts From Sumac, Pomegranate Peel, Indian Almond Leaves, Falsa, and Banana Bracts on Calcium Oxalate and Brushite Crystallization In Vitro

Chemistry &Biodiversity, EarlyView.
Polyphenolic extracts and their fractions from five plant sources inhibit calcium oxalate and brushite crystal formation in vitro, with non‐anthocyanin fractions showing stronger anti‐lithogenic effects supported by molecular docking. ABSTRACT Nephrolithiasis, or kidney stone formation, is a widespread global health concern.
Mudassir Nazir, Muhammad Abdul Haq, Syeda Moahida Batool Sherazi, Shahina Naz, Lubna Mobin, Alexandros Tsoupras   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dixella woodi Chaverri & Borkent, 2007 (Diptera, Dixidae): Description of the female and a new record from Peru [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Entomologia
This study provides a description of the female and a redescription of the male terminalia of Dixella woodi Chaverri & Borkent, 2007, which is recorded in Peru for the first time.
Caio Cezar Dias Corrêa, Leonardo Henrique Gil-Azevedo   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluating the determinants of deforestation and approaches to reforestation by cocoa farmers in Côte d'Ivoire

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Cocoa‐driven deforestation threatens tropical forests, particularly in Côte d'Ivoire, the world's largest cocoa producer. This study examines the motivations behind cocoa cultivation in classified forests, the selection of retained tree species on farms, and the economic drivers of wooded lands conservation among farmers.
Alain René Atangana, Juvenal Zahoui Gnangoh, Christophe Kouame, Peter Minang, Damase Khasa   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A new species of the dance-fly subgenus Xanthempis Bezzi, 1909 of the genus Empis Linnaeus, 1758 (Diptera: Empididae) from the Caucasus [PDF]

Кавказский энтомологический бюллетень, 2011
This paper describes one new species Empis shamshevi sp. n. of the subgenus Xanthempis Bezzi, 1909 taken from the Caucasian region of Russia (Krasnodar province). Diagnosis.
S.Yu. Kustov
doaj   +1 more source

Sex ratio and spatial distribution of Cycas panzhihuaensis in Sichuan Panzhihua cycad National Nature Reserve

Plant Species Biology, EarlyView.
The sex ratio of the endemic gymnosperm Cycas panzhihuaensis is determined by the potential sex‐determining gene MADS‐Y. The study examined the sex dimorphism and spatial distribution of male and female individuals. The genotypic sex ratio of the C. panzhihuaensis population is balanced. Additionally, there is a significant clustering effect in spatial
Yong‐Qiong Yang, Lei‐Lei Yang, Jiang‐Bin Lin, Jing‐Ru Xiang, Bin Zhou, Huan Li, Shao‐Wei Ma, Ling‐Fei Li, Shou‐Zhou Zhang   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Achieving coexistence with the sun bear (Helarctos malayanus) in northeastern India: The provision of practical co‐benefits to communities is critical to achieving long‐term outreach impact

Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
Conservation measures like educational awareness and livelihood development schemes are common practice among wildlife conservationists. However, long‐term impact of such interventions are rarely assessed. Through our study (Six years), we observed a >20% increase (p < 0.05) in support for sun bears among respondents lacking a formal education and ...
Sushanto Gouda, Anthony J. Giordano
wiley   +1 more source

Updated distribution of Dilophus clavicornus Skartveit & Kaplan, 1996 (Diptera: Bibionidae), with new records from Romania, Montenegro and France

Historia naturalis bulgarica
Dilophus clavicornus Skartveit et Kaplan, 1996 (Diptera: Bibionidae: Bibioninae) is reported for the first time from Romania, Montenegro and France. Photos of male habitus, fore tibia and male terminalia are provided.
Jean-Paul Haenni, Alexandru-Mihai Pintilioaie, Daniel de Castro Schelesky-Prado, Jean-Jacques Porteneuve   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Multiple hybridization events and repeated evolution of homoeologue expression bias in parthenogenetic, polyploid New Zealand stick insects

Molecular Ecology, EarlyView.
Abstract During hybrid speciation, homoeologues combine in a single genome. Homoeologue expression bias (HEB) occurs when one homoeologue has higher gene expression than another. HEB has been well characterized in plants but rarely investigated in animals, especially invertebrates.
Seung‐Sub Choi, Ann Mc Cartney, Duckchul Park, Hester Roberts, Talia Brav‐Cubitt, Caroline Mitchell, Thomas R. Buckley   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source