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Geology
Andrea Poblete-Huanca, Manuel Suarez, David Rubilar-Rogers, Jean Baptiste Gressier, Constanza Arrano, Matias Ormazabal
Summary: Four vertebrae of a plesiosaur were found in the Katterfeld Formation of the Ayse = n Basin in Chile. Based on ammonoid biostratigraphy, they are assigned to the Hauterivian age. This discovery represents the southernmost and first record of plesiosaurs in the Lower Cretaceous and Hauterivian of Chile.
CRETACEOUS RESEARCH
(2021)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Walter Scott Persons, Hallie P. Street, Amanda Kelley
Summary: Serpentisuchops pfisterae is an Upper Cretaceous plesiosaur with both elongated snout and elongated neck features. Its long snout is an ancestral trait, while its long neck is secondarily derived and similar to other related species. It has a piscivorous diet and likely used its neck and snout in fast lateral strikes.
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Han Zhang, Yang Chen, Ka Kit Chui, Jiapeng Zheng, Yicong Ma, Danjun Liu, Zhifeng Huang, Dangyuan Lei, Jianfang Wang
Summary: The introduction of structural complexity to nanoparticles brings interesting properties. However, breaking the regularity in their chemical synthesis has been challenging. This study successfully synthesized two types of irregular Au nanoparticles, bitten nanospheres and nanodecahedrons, with size control by combining seed-mediated growth and Pt(IV)-induced etching.
Editorial Material
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Soheila Erfani, Habibollah Dadgar, A. Reza Khorasanchi, Salman Soltani, Atena Aghaee
Summary: A 42-year-old female with rheumatoid arthritis and erythema nodosum presented with skin lesions in the upper and lower extremities. Biopsy confirmed panniculitis and FDG PET/CT scan showed increased FDG uptake in multiple subcutaneous nodules. The report highlights the rare finding of FDG uptake in panniculitis lesions.
CLINICAL NUCLEAR MEDICINE
(2023)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Jose A. Rivera, Daniel Aragon, Percy M. Thomas, Michael Menowsky, Olabiyi O. Akala, Paul Dominici, Daniela Hernandez
Summary: Onychophagia, a nail-biting disorder, can lead to serious complications if not treated early. This case report presents a patient with repetitive nail biting and multiple comorbidities, who required surgical intervention for complications.
CUREUS JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE
(2022)
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Oncology
Tongyi Zhang, Hongwei Wang, Zhiwei Cai, Siqi Zhang, Chongyi Jiang
Summary: Patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer often have limited treatment options, but a rare TRIM33-RET fusion in pancreatic cancer may respond well to targeted therapy, as demonstrated in this case study.
FRONTIERS IN ONCOLOGY
(2023)
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Biodiversity Conservation
D. Cardenosa, Y. L. Robles, D. A. Ussa, C. M. del Valle, S. Caballero, D. D. Chapman
Summary: Illegal trade in shark fins is a global law enforcement issue, as some commonly traded species are listed on CITES Appendix II. Processing of fins in the supply chain hampers visual species identification, making genetic tools necessary. A case study in Colombia found that a majority of seized shark fins were from threatened and CITES-listed species, raising concerns over identification challenges for law enforcement if early-supply chain processing becomes the norm.
ANIMAL CONSERVATION
(2023)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Chelsea Gray, Erin Peters-Burton, Cynthia Smith, E. C. M. Parsons
Summary: Basking sharks are not legally protected in Ireland, but there is public support for their conservation and interest in shark tourism. There may be an untapped tourism market for basking shark viewing in Donegal.
AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Lindsay A. French, Stephen R. Midway, David H. Evans, George H. Burgess
Summary: This study utilized nearly 50 years of global shark attack data to investigate the relationship between shark attacks and moon phase. The findings showed that shark attacks were more likely to occur when lunar illumination was >50%, and less likely when lunar illumination was <50%.
FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Fisheries
William T. White, Helen L. O'Neill, Floriaan Devloo-Delva, Kazuhiro Nakaya, Samuel P. Iglesias
Summary: A new species of deepwater catshark, Apristurus ovicorrugatus, is discovered in northwestern Australia. The unique egg cases belonging to an unknown species prompted further investigation, and it was found that the previously identified A. sinensis specimen from Dampier Archipelago was gravid with a single egg case. The egg cases of this new species have distinct T-shaped ridges on the dorsal and ventral surfaces.
JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY
(2023)
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Christina Pei Pei Choy, Benjamin J. Wainwright
Summary: Shark fin soup is a popular dish consumed by Asian communities worldwide, driving the demand for shark fins and leading to a decline in shark populations by up to 70%. This research used molecular techniques to identify shark species in bowls of soup collected in Singapore and found endangered species with high levels of mercury. The consumption of shark fin soup likely exposes consumers to unsafe levels of mercury and further contributes to the decline of global shark populations.
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Endocrinology & Metabolism
Boni Xiang, Quanya Sun, Min He, Wei Wu, Bin Lu, Shuo Zhang, Zhaoyun Zhang, Yehong Yang, Yiming Li, Yue Wu, Zhenwei Yao, Haixia Cheng, Li Pan, Qing Miao, Yongfei Wang, Hongying Ye
Summary: This study retrospectively included 25 patients with solitary hypothalamic lesions and found common clinical manifestations of polydipsia/polyuria and amenorrhea. The majority of patients suffered from hypopituitarism caused by hypothalamic lesions, with Langerhans cell histiocytosis and hypothalamitis being the most common pathological diagnoses. For diagnosis, surgical biopsy/resection or stereotactic biopsy were reliable and relatively safe procedures. Metabolic disorders were severe in these patients and required comprehensive management.
FRONTIERS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY
(2021)
Editorial Material
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Asher Mullard, John Maraganore
Summary: In this article, John Maraganore, departing CEO of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, discusses the development of RNAi drugs over the past 20 years, new public health opportunities, remaining challenges in drug delivery, and his plans after leaving Alnylam.
NATURE REVIEWS DRUG DISCOVERY
(2022)
Review
Dermatology
Abheek Sil, Suneil Gandhi, Anupam Das
Summary: The field of dermatology has a variety of names, including disease conditions, clinical descriptions, and treatments, many of which are named after places. While some of these names may seem outdated, others aid in easy recall.
CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL DERMATOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Kelsey M. Jenkins, Derek E. G. Briggs, Javier Luque
Summary: This article describes the details of the eyes of the Cretaceous crab Callichimaera perplexa, which had remarkably large eyes and a unique body form. It is the first post-Paleozoic arthropod known to preserve both internal and external eye structures. The research shows that C. perplexa was a highly visual predator that inhabited well-lit environments.
Article
Geology
Takanobu Tsuihiji, Mahito Watabe, Rinchen Barsbold, Khishigjav Tsogtbaatar
CRETACEOUS RESEARCH
(2015)
Article
Biology
Takanobu Tsuihiji, Rinchen Barsbold, Mahito Watabe, Khishigjav Tsogtbaatar, Shigeru Suzuki, Soki Hattori
HISTORICAL BIOLOGY
(2016)
Article
Geology
Takanobu Tsuihiji, Mahito Watabe, Khishigjav Tsogtbaatar, Rinchen Barsbold
CRETACEOUS RESEARCH
(2016)
Article
Paleontology
Takanobu Tsuihiji, Brian Andres, Patrick M. O'Connor, Mahito Watabe, Khishigjav Tsogtbaatar, Buuvei Mainbayar
JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY
(2017)
Article
Paleontology
Takanobu Tsuihiji
JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY
(2017)
Article
Paleontology
Takanobu Tsuihiji, Lawrence M. Witmer, Mahito Watabe, Rinchen Barsbold, Khishigjav Tsogtbaatar, Shigeru Suzuki, Purevdorj Khatanbaatar
JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY
(2017)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Takanobu Tsuihiji, Rinchen Barsbold, Mahito Watabe, Khishigjav Tsogtbaatar, Tsogtbaatar Chinzorig, Yoshito Fujiyama, Shigeru Suzuki
NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN
(2014)
Article
Anatomy & Morphology
Tomoya Hanai, Takanobu Tsuihiji
ANATOMICAL RECORD-ADVANCES IN INTEGRATIVE ANATOMY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
(2019)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Kumiko Matsui, Takanobu Tsuihiji
Article
Anatomy & Morphology
Soki Hattori, Takanobu Tsuihiji
Summary: Archosaurs showed increasing bipedalism during their evolutionary history, with hindlimbs becoming major weight-bearing appendages. Studies on homologies of pedal muscles among sauropsids revealed that some muscles between non-avian sauropsids and avians are homologous, challenging classical hypotheses. This new hypothesis postulates that certain avian and non-avian muscles are homologous, without drastic changes in attachment sites.
JOURNAL OF ANATOMY
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Nicolas R. Chimento, Federico L. Agnolin, Takanobu Tsuihiji, Makoto Manabe, Fernando E. Novas
Article
Geography, Physical
Kazuko Yoshizawa, Satoshi Takahashi, Shun Muto, Masayuki Ehiro, Takanobu Tsuihiji
Summary: Fossil evidence from the Osawa Formation in Northeast Japan indicates a complex food-chain in the marine ecosystem post-end-Permian mass extinction. The sedimentary sequence records the paleo environment between the eastern Tethys and Panthalassa, showing varying redox conditions and active benthic activity in oxygen-rich settings. The data suggests a mildly reducing bottom water condition in the Spathian oceanic region, supporting the recovery and establishment of the Early Triassic marine ecosystem.
PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Kousuke Tsujimura, Makoto Manabe, Yumiko Chiba, Takanobu Tsuihiji
Summary: Isolated metatarsals III and IV of a caenagnathid theropod likely referable to Anzu wyliei were described from the Hell Creek Formation in northwestern South Dakota. These bones, missing from the holotype, provide further anatomical information on this well-known species of Caenagnathidae, highlighting the importance of isolated or fragmentary specimens found in multitaxic bone beds.
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Geology
Sebastian Rozadilla, Federico Agnolin, Makoto Manabe, Takanobu Tsuihiji, Fernando E. Novas
Summary: The fossil record of ornithischians in South America is sparse, but recent discoveries show more diversity than previously thought. Fossil remains of ankylosaurs and ornithopods, including basal euiguanodontians and hadrosaurs, were found in the Chorrillo Formation in southern Argentina. The presence of ankylosaurs and hadrosaurids in South America may be a result of migration or vicariance from other continents.
CRETACEOUS RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Geology
Nicolas R. Chimento, Federico L. Agnolin, Takanobu Tsuihiji, Makoto Manabe, Fernando E. Novas
Summary: This study describes gondwanatherian mammaliaforms from the Chorrillo Formation in Patagonia, Argentina, expanding our knowledge of this species.
CRETACEOUS RESEARCH
(2021)
