Category: 5. Biology

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  • Author Correction: Elevated heterotrophic activity in Guaymas Basin hydrothermal plumes influences deep-sea carbon cycling

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  • Is Intelligence Genetic? Scientists Discover Heritable Brain State That Powers Cognitive Flexibility

    Is Intelligence Genetic? Scientists Discover Heritable Brain State That Powers Cognitive Flexibility

    Brain dynamics and cognition share genetic roots. Criticality may guide future brain health research. A recent study published on June 24 in PNAS presents strong evidence that brain criticality—the delicate balance between neural excitation and…

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  • When wily sea lions and determined wildlife officials sparred in Seattle

    When wily sea lions and determined wildlife officials sparred in Seattle

    Excerpted from A YEAR WITH THE SEALS: Unlocking the Secrets of the Sea’s Most…

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  • Diagnosing pathologic myopia by identifying morphologic patterns using ultra widefield images with deep learning

    Diagnosing pathologic myopia by identifying morphologic patterns using ultra widefield images with deep learning

    Dataset construction

    We show details about the course of data acquisition and labeling. We perform essential data processing and stratified data partitioning to facilitate model training.

    The PSMM dataset consisted of five sub-sources: ShenzhenEye,…

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  • Rare variants modulating phenotype in NF1 carriers

    Rare variants modulating phenotype in NF1 carriers

    Description of the patient cohort

    To investigate the role of secondary rare genetic variants in NF1 carriers of Pathogenic/likely Pathogenic (P/LP) genetic variants, we recruited a cohort of 32 NF1individuals with specific demographic…

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  • Understanding who volunteers globally through an examination of demographic variation in volunteering across 22 countries

    Using data from a diverse and international sample of 202,898 individuals across 22 countries, we examined the distribution of volunteering across countries and demographic factors, including age, gender, marital status, employment status,…

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