Editorial Material
Ecology
Clare I. Abreu, Manoshi S. Datta
Summary: A cleverly designed experiment with engineered obligate mutualisms in bacteria demonstrates that interdependency allows pairs of bacteria to survive in environments where individual strains cannot survive.
NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
(2021)
Editorial Material
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Steven Barnes
Summary: The article discusses two important aspects of retinal function, namely the feedback from horizontal cells to photoreceptors and the center-surround antagonistic receptive fields, and reveals that new findings are crucial for understanding the circuits necessary for outer retinal visual processing.
Article
Engineering, Mechanical
Vrushank Phadnis, Hamza Arshad, David Wallace, Alison Olechowski
Summary: Comparing pair programming with pair CAD in the design field, we found that different working styles have an impact on speed and quality of design work. The study shows that pair work with a single shared input in CAD leads to higher-quality models, while individuals may be faster but can experience coordination and overhead inefficiencies. Choices regarding work process have a major effect on design outcomes.
JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL DESIGN
(2021)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Gang Dong
Summary: In this study, Zhang et al. investigate the structural features of the C2 and PH domains of CAPS. They find that these domains form a compact module and create a basic patch that enhances the binding of CAPS to membranes containing PI(4,5)P-2.
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Medicine, Legal
Zhihui Li, Lanchi Xie, Huaqing Song
Summary: Forensic facial image comparison based on recognition algorithms has been widely used in forensic science. This paper proposes a dual-systems model and utilizes Bayesian networks as the basic framework. Experimental results show that the likelihood ratio performance of the dual-systems model is better than a single system, and the method of model building and evaluation can also be applied to multiple systems.
FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL
(2023)
Editorial Material
Oncology
Karilyn T. M. Larkin, John C. Byrd
Summary: The study demonstrated that targeting both BCL2 and BCL-X L in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia led to impressive treatment responses with acceptable toxicity.
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Francisco Ferreira, Nuno Lourenco, Bruno Cabral, Joao Paulo Fernandes
Summary: Data plays a crucial role in today's society, with organizations using it to develop intelligent systems for competitive advantage. However, ethical and regulatory obligations, such as strict privacy protection, must be adhered to. Fraud detection faces challenges such as unbalanced data and privacy concerns.
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Business, Finance
Wenrui Chen, Xinghe Liu, Yun Hong
Summary: Based on data on Chinese listed companies from 2007 to 2020, we find that strategic alliance membership has a positive association with future excess cash holdings. Compared to non-allied firms, alliance membership increases excess cash holdings by an average of RMB 128.86 million (or US$ 19.95 million). In firms with more severe manager-shareholder agency problems, this positive relationship is stronger, but it weakens in firms with better corporate governance and an improved institutional environment. Foreign alliance partners and external equity and debt finance cash are the main factors contributing to increased cash holdings in allied firms. Internal interests also motivate managers to hold excess cash in strategic alliances.
FINANCE RESEARCH LETTERS
(2023)
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Neurosciences
Yafeng Pan, Xiaojun Cheng, Yi Hu
Summary: The research found that there is significant enhancement of within-group neural synchronization in cooperative learning, especially during the consensus-building stage. The enhancement of neural synchronization can predict learning outcome at an early stage after learning initiation. In addition, social factors such as social closeness are related to learning engagement and reflected in neural synchronization.
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Chemistry, Medicinal
Alessandra Salerno, Francesca Seghetti, Jessica Caciolla, Elisa Uliassi, Eleonora Testi, Melissa Guardigni, Marinella Roberti, Andrea Milelli, Maria Laura Bolognesi
Summary: PROTAC-mediated protein degradation has led to a rethink in drug discovery, with researchers proposing to enrich PROTACs with other therapeutic modalities to enhance efficacy, minimize side effects, and reach undruggable targets. The development of multifunctional PROTACs, such as multitarget PROTACs, light-controllable PROTACs, PROTAC conjugates, and macrocycle-and oligonucleotide-based PROTACs, represents a promising approach to further enhance PROTAC effectiveness. Further steps are needed to advance the clinical investigation and translation of multifunctional PROTACs.
JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
(2022)
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Acoustics
Andong Li, Wenzhe Liu, Chengshi Zheng, Cunhang Fan, Xiaodong Li
Summary: This study proposes a novel complex spectral mapping approach with a two-stage pipeline for monaural speech enhancement in challenging acoustic scenarios. By decoupling the problem into multiple sub-problems and utilizing methods such as auxiliary networks and global residual connections at different stages, superior performance is achieved.
IEEE-ACM TRANSACTIONS ON AUDIO SPEECH AND LANGUAGE PROCESSING
(2021)
Article
Management
Cristopher Siegfried Kopplin
Summary: Matchmaking is introduced in coworking literature as a way to connect potential collaboration partners using a smartphone application. Personal innovativeness plays a role in accepting software support for finding matches. Coworkers see matchmaking as an opportunity for help, learning, and building relationships, with perceived usefulness being the main factor influencing acceptance.
REVIEW OF MANAGERIAL SCIENCE
(2021)
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Chemistry, Physical
Yanwei Lum, Joel W. Ager
Summary: Through isotopic labelling, it has been discovered that there are at least two different active sites on Cu electrocatalysts, one converting CO2 to CO and another converting CO to useful C2+ products.
Editorial Material
Biochemical Research Methods
Rita Strack
Summary: Researchers have expanded the capabilities of confocal microscopy through the combination of multiple techniques, including multiple views, super-resolution, and deep learning.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Matthew D. Blanchard, Sabina Kleitman, Eugene Aidman
Summary: This study examined the influence of various factors on the performance of distributed two-person driver-navigator teams in a challenging simulated driving task. Results showed that teams had fewer collisions than individuals under normal conditions but drove slower under fog conditions. The quality and quantity of communication also had an impact on team performance.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
