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Marine & Freshwater Biology
Francisco Javier Zamora-Camacho, Sonia Zambrano-Fernandez, Pedro Aragon
Summary: This study found that exposure to ammonium during the larval stage can have diverse and long-term effects on the morphology and swimming speed of frogs, with the effects varying across different life stages and habitats.
AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY
(2022)
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Environmental Sciences
Donna A. Glinski, Robin J. Van Meter, S. Thomas Purucker, W. Matthew Henderson
Summary: The study investigated the impact of exposure route on pesticide bioavailability and body burden in amphibians. Results showed significantly higher body burden concentrations for amphibians exposed in water compared to those exposed in soil, with the majority of metabolites expressing higher abundance in water-exposed amphibians.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
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Geochemistry & Geophysics
Salviano da Silva, Andres Bustamante, Camilo Bustamante, Agustin Cardona, Caetano Juliani
Summary: The origin of the Raspas Metamorphic Complex and its metamorphic conditions have been unclear. This study provides new data on the geochemistry, metamorphism, and cooling age, shedding light on the protolith, metamorphic conditions, and tectonic implications for the Northern Andes.
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Geochemistry & Geophysics
Shuang-Qing Li, Axel K. Schmitt, Fukun Chen
Summary: The lithospheric root beneath the Dabie orogen experienced a cycle of thickening triggered by the subduction of the Paleo-Pacific plate, followed by post-collisional collapse during the Early Cretaceous. Geochemical analysis revealed changes in the thickened lithospheric roots were closely related to magma sources and mantle variations.
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Geochemistry & Geophysics
Martin S. S. Wong, John S. S. Singleton, Nikki M. M. Seymour, Phillip B. B. Gans, Alexander J. J. Wrobel
Summary: Metamorphic core complexes in the western North American Cordillera are commonly interpreted as the result of a single phase of large-magnitude extension during the middle to late Cenozoic. However, evidence suggests that earlier phases of extension also occurred during the Late Cretaceous to early Paleocene. Microstructural data and thermochronology indicate the occurrence of mylonitic shear zones and post-tectonic footwall cooling. The complex history of extension in the Cordillera indicates the influence of various tectonic processes and tectonic inheritance on the location and geometry of extension.
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Paleontology
Vikram Vakil, Gregory Webb, Alex Cook
Summary: This study presents a morphological and morphometric analysis of Australian Early Cretaceous plesiosaurs, comparing them with selected non-Australian elasmosaurids. Through biometric analysis and principal component analysis, potential hypotheses about their taxonomic classification are proposed for further testing.
PALAEONTOLOGIA ELECTRONICA
(2021)
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
D. S. Avellaneda-Jimenez, A. Cardona, V. Valencia, S. Leon, I. F. Blanco-Quintero
Summary: New observations and data from metamorphic rocks in the Central Cordillera of the Colombian Andes provide evidence of high-pressure metamorphism derived from oceanic crust protoliths in the Early Cretaceous. The findings suggest thermal modification and slab roll-back geodynamics during this period.
GEOSCIENCE FRONTIERS
(2022)
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Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods
Ginevra Floridi, Benjamin E. Lauderdale
Summary: Composite scales are widely used in measuring aggregate social science concepts. This paper proposes a method for generating linear indices for aggregate concepts based on pairwise comparisons, and demonstrates the method with an application to the concept of 'productive ageing'.
JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL STATISTICAL SOCIETY SERIES A-STATISTICS IN SOCIETY
(2022)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Yann Rollot, Serjoscha W. Evers, Stephanie E. Pierce, Walter G. Joyce
Summary: This study utilizes micro-computed tomography to analyze the skull of an Early Cretaceous baenid turtle, providing new insights into its cranial anatomy and the evolutionary relationship with other baenid and paracryptodire species.
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Geology
Yuki Mori, Kazuhiro Miyazaki, Takeshi Ikeda, Tomoharu Miyamoto, Hideki Iwano, Tohru Danhara, Takafumi Hirata
Summary: The study presents evidence of Early Cretaceous partial melting in the Nagasaki Metamorphic Complex in western Kyushu, Japan, suggesting the initiation of long-lived high-T metamorphism at the eastern margin of Eurasia. Geochemical data indicates distinct partial melting occurred during metamorphism at lower crustal depths. The U-Pb ages of metamorphic zircon rims suggest a significant duration of high-T conditions and align with a magmatic hiatus period in southwest Japan and Korean Peninsula.
INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGY REVIEW
(2022)
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Surgery
Aiysha Puri, Nikhil M. Patel, Viknesh Sounderajah, Lorenzo Ferri, Ewen A. Griffiths, Donald Low, Nick Maynard, Carmen Mueller, Manuel Pera, Mark I. van Berge Henegouwen, David Watson, Giovanni Zaninotto, George B. Hanna, Sheraz R. Markar
Summary: This study developed a symptom severity instrument (POST tool) specific to para-oesophageal hernia (POH). Through a systematic review and Delphi consensus process, the POST tool was created, which includes five symptoms that reached consensus among international experts.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY
(2022)
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Margaret S. Lee, Daryl W. Yee, Matthew Ye, Robert J. Macfarlane
Summary: This article presents a history of nanoparticle self-assembly as a strategy for materials discovery, focusing on key advances in both synthesis and measurement of emergent properties to describe the current state of the field. Several key challenges for further advancement of nanoparticle assembly are also outlined, establishing a roadmap of critical research areas to enable the next generation of nanoparticle-based materials synthesis.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
(2022)
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Biodiversity Conservation
Sinlan Poo, Allison Bogisich, Mariah Mack, Bryan K. Lynn, Anne Devan-Song
Summary: This study focused on the post-release growth and survivorship of amphibian offspring produced from frozen/thawed sperm for conservation translocation. It found that these offspring were smaller than natural counterparts, and early-life growth differences could lead to substantial differences in final life fecundity and population trends. The study emphasizes the need for more attention to the differences between captive-bred and cryo-derived individuals compared to natural counterparts, as well as the development of viable cryopreservation technologies for conservation translocation at the population level.
CONSERVATION SCIENCE AND PRACTICE
(2022)
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Geochemistry & Geophysics
Anlin Ma, Xiumian Hu, Eduardo Garzanti, Alex Pullen, Marcelle BouDagher-Fadel, Xinkai Ji, Jiangang Wang, Wen Lai, Weiwei Xue
Summary: Metamorphic rocks in central Tibet provide insights into the geological evolution of the Central Qiangtang Mountain Range. A detailed study of the Shuanghu Conglomerate and the Abushan Formation reveals a mid-Cretaceous depositional age and the exhumation of the Qiangtang metamorphic belt. The evolution of sedimentology and provenance suggests that the exhumation occurred primarily by tectonic extension after the end of a long period of convergence.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Rodrigo V. Pegas, Xuanyu Zhou, Xingsheng Jin, Kai Wang, Waisum Ma
Summary: This study focuses on tapejarids from the Chinese Jiufotang Formation and identifies two valid species. They also reevaluate the variation in premaxillary crest and suggest that some of it represents interspecific variation.