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A Behavioral and fNIRS Comparative Study of Gender and Task Differences in Mental Rotation Among Primary Students

open access: yesBrain and Behavior, Volume 15, Issue 3, March 2025.
Regions that show the Task and Group × Task interaction main effect in the mental rotation task marked on MNI space: Region G (BA 46) contains Channels 30 and 34. The difference found in the Task and Group × Task main effect is circled in red. ABSTRACT Purpose This study investigated the sex and task effects in mental rotation (MR) among Chinese ...
Dandan Wu   +7 more
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A new euarthropod from the Soom Shale (Ordovician) Konservat‐Lagerstätte, South Africa, with exceptional preservation of the connective endoskeleton and myoanatomy

open access: yesPapers in Palaeontology, Volume 11, Issue 2, March/April 2025.
Abstract A new exceptionally preserved euarthropod, Keurbos susanae gen. et sp. nov. from the Upper Ordovician Soom Shale Konservat‐Lagerstätte of South Africa, is described herein. Two specimens exhibit an unusual preservation style such that the cuticular exoskeleton is preserved in low relief but retains high‐fidelity details, whereas the internal ...
Sarah E. Gabbott   +3 more
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Federalism, Fertility and Growth [PDF]

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This paper analyses the effect of federalism on fertility and growth. In a model with human capital accumulation and endogenous fertility, two regimes of education finance are compared: central and local education. Using numerical simulation, I find that
Rainald Borck
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The neodiapsid Thadeosaurus colcanapi from the upper Permian of Madagascar

open access: yesPapers in Palaeontology, Volume 11, Issue 2, March/April 2025.
Abstract The enigmatic neodiapsid Thadeosaurus colcanapi (Lower Sakamena Formation, southwestern Madagascar), sole species of the genus Thadeosaurus, is revised here. The attribution of 12 of the 21 referred specimens is confirmed, spanning all ontogenetic stages, and the anatomy of Thadeosaurus is redescribed in detail with comments on ontogenetical ...
Valentin Buffa   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Action execution and observation in autistic adults: A systematic review of fMRI studies

open access: yesAutism Research, Volume 18, Issue 2, Page 238-260, February 2025.
Abstract Motor impairments are common in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) although less is known about the neural mechanisms related to such difficulties. This review provides an outline of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) findings associated with execution and observation of naturalistic actions in autistic adults ...
Sara Stillesjö   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fiscal federalism in Switzerland : relevant issues for transition economies in Central and Eastern Europe [PDF]

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Its highly fragmented structure of local governments and serious horizontal fiscal imbalances make Switzerland a surprisingly powerful model for Eastern European countries that are currently facing the challenge of fiscal decentralization.
Dafflon, Bernard, Toth, Krisztina
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Indigenous autonomous zones, original nations and the local political system. The case of the Kirkyawi ayllu (Bolivia). [PDF]

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El propósito general de este trabajo es contribuir a la comprensión de las transformaciones políticas de las comunidades indígenas de la región andina de Bolivia a partir de las reformas estatales implementadas en la década de 1990, desde una ...

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Refurbishing the marine parasitoid order Pirsoniales with newly (re)described marine and freshwater free‐living predators

open access: yesJournal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, Volume 71, Issue 6, November/December 2024.
Abstract Pirsoniales is a stramenopile order composed of marine parasitoids of diatoms with unique life cycle. Until recently, a single genus, Pirsonia, uniting six species, was known. The recent identification of new free‐living eukaryotrophic Pirsoniales Pirsonia chemainus, Feodosia pseudopoda, and Koktebelia satura changed our understanding of this ...
Kristina I. Prokina   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Why Decentralization ? The Puzzle of causation [PDF]

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Most countries especially the developing ones around the world are facing external as well as internal pressures to decentralize and are actually becoming part of the trend which if not universal is nonetheless the dominant trend.
Sharma, Chanchal Kumar
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The association between adverse childhood experiences and alterations in brain volume and cortical thickness in adults with alcohol use disorder

open access: yesAddiction Biology, Volume 29, Issue 9, September 2024.
Adults with alcohol use disorder (AUD) had significantly reduced cortical thickness in brain regions linked to inhibitory control, notably in the left inferior frontal gyrus, compared to healthy controls. Within the AUD group, this reduction was associated with higher levels of adverse childhood experiences (ACE), specifically abuse experienced during ...
Cagdas Türkmen   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

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