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View article: The influence of parental expectations on adolescents’ physical activity: a chain mediation model of basic psychological needs and exercise motivation
The influence of parental expectations on adolescents’ physical activity: a chain mediation model of basic psychological needs and exercise motivation Open
Background According to the World Health Organization and UNICEF, adolescents worldwide generally engage in insufficient physical activity. Parental expectations, as a social environmental factor, are considered potentially influential on …
View article: Zinc alleviates vascular calcification by activating ERK1/2-mediated autophagy
Zinc alleviates vascular calcification by activating ERK1/2-mediated autophagy Open
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) causes a significant health and economic burden across the world. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of zinc on CKD-mineral bone disorder (CKD-MBD) and autophagy in CKD rats by a diet containing 0.25% ade…
View article: New specimens of the arthrodire Bullerichthys fascidens Dennis and Miles 1980 show incipient site-specific osteichthyan-like tooth addition and resorption
New specimens of the arthrodire Bullerichthys fascidens Dennis and Miles 1980 show incipient site-specific osteichthyan-like tooth addition and resorption Open
The arthrodiran placoderm Bullerichthys fascidens, from the Late Devonian Gogo Formation, Western Australia, was originally described from an incomplete headshield with only the spinal and interolateral plates known from the trunk shield. …
View article: Correction: The Bothriolepis (Placodermi, Antiarcha) material from the Valentia Slate Formation of the Iveragh Peninsula (middle Givetian, Ireland): Morphology, evolutionary and systematic considerations, phylogenetic and palaeogeographic implications
Correction: The Bothriolepis (Placodermi, Antiarcha) material from the Valentia Slate Formation of the Iveragh Peninsula (middle Givetian, Ireland): Morphology, evolutionary and systematic considerations, phylogenetic and palaeogeographic implications Open
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0280208.].
View article: Earliest amniote tracks recalibrate the timeline of tetrapod evolution
Earliest amniote tracks recalibrate the timeline of tetrapod evolution Open
The known fossil record of crown-group amniotes begins in the late Carboniferous with the sauropsid trackmaker Notalacerta 1,2 and the sauropsid body fossil Hylonomus 1–4 . The earliest body fossils of crown-group tetrapods are mid-Carboni…
View article: Unique dental arrangement in a new species, <i>Groenlandaspis howittensis</i> (Placodermi, Arthrodira) from the Middle Devonian of Mount Howitt, Victoria, Australia.
Unique dental arrangement in a new species, <i>Groenlandaspis howittensis</i> (Placodermi, Arthrodira) from the Middle Devonian of Mount Howitt, Victoria, Australia. Open
Well-preserved specimens of a new species of arthrodiran placoderm, Groenlandaspis howittensis sp. nov. (Middle Devonian of Victoria, Australia), reveals previously unknown information on the dermal skeleton, body-shape and dentition of th…
View article: KS05.6.A T-CELL THERAPY COMBINED WITH LOW-INTENSITY PULSED FOCUSED ULTRASOUND, MICROBUBBLES AND POLY-ICLC PROMOTES THE PRESENTATION OF BRAIN-DERIVED ANTIGENS, BREAKING CNS TOLERANCE AND INDUCING ACTIVE T-CELL RESPONSES
KS05.6.A T-CELL THERAPY COMBINED WITH LOW-INTENSITY PULSED FOCUSED ULTRASOUND, MICROBUBBLES AND POLY-ICLC PROMOTES THE PRESENTATION OF BRAIN-DERIVED ANTIGENS, BREAKING CNS TOLERANCE AND INDUCING ACTIVE T-CELL RESPONSES Open
BACKGROUND Immunotherapies targeting glioma, such as chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapies, offer new therapeutic opportunities; however, their application has yielded limited success. Due to the antigenic heterogeneity of gliom…
View article: WITHDRAWN: A fairer way to compare researchers at any career stage and in any discipline using open-access citation data
WITHDRAWN: A fairer way to compare researchers at any career stage and in any discipline using open-access citation data Open
25 September, 2024. Research Square has withdrawn this preprint as it was requested after the work was already published at a peer reviewed journal, which is in conflict with our editorial policy regarding postprints.
View article: WITHDRAWN: A fairer way to compare researchers at any career stage and in any discipline using open-access citation data
WITHDRAWN: A fairer way to compare researchers at any career stage and in any discipline using open-access citation data Open
The pursuit of simple, yet fair, unbiased, and objective measures of researcher performance has occupied bibliometricians and the research community as a whole for decades. However, despite the diversity of available metrics, most are eith…
View article: A Late Devonian coelacanth reconfigures actinistian phylogeny, disparity, and evolutionary dynamics
A Late Devonian coelacanth reconfigures actinistian phylogeny, disparity, and evolutionary dynamics Open
The living coelacanth Latimeria (Sarcopterygii: Actinistia) is an iconic, so-called 'living fossil' within one of the most apparently morphologically conservative vertebrate groups. We describe a new, 3-D preserved coelacanth from the Late…
View article: Trait-space disparity in fish communities spanning 380 million years from the Late Devonian to present
Trait-space disparity in fish communities spanning 380 million years from the Late Devonian to present Open
The diversity and distribution of species’ traits in an ecological community determine how it functions. While modern fish communities conse rve trait space across similar habitats, little is known about trait-space variation through deep …
View article: Intraduodenal fecal microbiota transplantation ameliorates gut atrophy and cholestasis in a novel parenteral nutrition piglet model
Intraduodenal fecal microbiota transplantation ameliorates gut atrophy and cholestasis in a novel parenteral nutrition piglet model Open
Intraduodenal fecal microbiota transplantation presents a novel strategy to mitigate complications associated with total parenteral nutrition (TPN), highlighting gut microbiota as a prime target for therapeutic and diagnostic approaches. T…
View article: Non-tetrapod sarcopterygians from the Valentia Slate Formation (Givetian, Devonian) of the Iveragh Peninsula, south-western Ireland: systematic reappraisal and palaeobiogeographic implications
Non-tetrapod sarcopterygians from the Valentia Slate Formation (Givetian, Devonian) of the Iveragh Peninsula, south-western Ireland: systematic reappraisal and palaeobiogeographic implications Open
The Middle Devonian (Givetian) Valentia Slate Formation in the Iveragh Peninsula, southwest Ireland, is more renowned for the second oldest record of tetrapod trackways in the world than for its heavily metamorphosed bone remains. The pres…
View article: Response to comment on “Exceptional preservation of organs in Devonian placoderms from the Gogo largerstätte”
Response to comment on “Exceptional preservation of organs in Devonian placoderms from the Gogo largerstätte” Open
Jensen et al . ( 1 ) question evidence presented of a chambered heart within placoderms, citing its small size and apparently ventral atrium. However, they fail to note the belly-up orientation of the placoderm within one nodule, and the v…
View article: A new stem-tetrapod fish from the Middle–Late Devonian of central Australia
A new stem-tetrapod fish from the Middle–Late Devonian of central Australia Open
Choo, Brian, Holland, Timothy, Clement, Alice M., King, Benedict, Challands, Tom, Young, Gavin, Long, John A. (2024): A new stem-tetrapod fish from the Middle-Late Devonian of central AustraliaCitation for this article: Choo, B., Holland, …
View article: The Bothriolepis (Placodermi, Antiarcha) material from the Valentia Slate Formation of the Iveragh Peninsula (middle Givetian, Ireland): Morphology, evolutionary and systematic considerations, phylogenetic and palaeogeographic implications
The Bothriolepis (Placodermi, Antiarcha) material from the Valentia Slate Formation of the Iveragh Peninsula (middle Givetian, Ireland): Morphology, evolutionary and systematic considerations, phylogenetic and palaeogeographic implications Open
Material of the antiarch placoderm Bothriolepis from the middle Givetian of the Valentia Slate Formation in Iveragh Peninsula, Ireland, is described and attributed to a new species, B . dairbhrensis sp. nov. A revision of the genus Bothrio…
View article: Morphometric analysis of lungfish endocasts elucidates early dipnoan palaeoneurological evolution
Morphometric analysis of lungfish endocasts elucidates early dipnoan palaeoneurological evolution Open
The lobe-finned fish, lungfish (Dipnoi, Sarcoptergii), have persisted for ~400 million years from the Devonian Period to present day. The evolution of their dermal skull and dentition is relatively well understood, but this is not the case…
View article: Author response: Morphometric analysis of lungfish endocasts elucidates early dipnoan palaeoneurological evolution
Author response: Morphometric analysis of lungfish endocasts elucidates early dipnoan palaeoneurological evolution Open
Article Figures and data Abstract Editor's evaluation Introduction Results Discussion Materials and methods Data availability References Decision letter Author response Article and author information Metrics Abstract The lobe-finned fish, …
View article: Building Bridges during a Global Pandemic: The Story of the SSP-DC Regional Subcommittee and COVID-19
Building Bridges during a Global Pandemic: The Story of the SSP-DC Regional Subcommittee and COVID-19 Open
The SSP-DC Regional Subcommittee, co-chaired by Paige Wooden and Jennifer Regala, has always enjoyed a robust, loyal, and enthusiastic following. Pre-pandemic, the group served as an extension of the larger Society for Scholarly Publishing…
View article: Decision letter: Lung evolution in vertebrates and the water-to-land transition
Decision letter: Lung evolution in vertebrates and the water-to-land transition Open
Article Figures and data Abstract Editor's evaluation eLife digest Introduction Results Discussion Materials and methods Data availability References Decision letter Author response Article and author information Abstract A crucial evoluti…
View article: A fresh look at <i>Cladarosymblema narrienense,</i> a tetrapodomorph fish (Sarcopterygii: Megalichthyidae) from the Carboniferous of Australia, illuminated via X-ray tomography
A fresh look at <i>Cladarosymblema narrienense,</i> a tetrapodomorph fish (Sarcopterygii: Megalichthyidae) from the Carboniferous of Australia, illuminated via X-ray tomography Open
Background The megalichthyids are one of several clades of extinct tetrapodomorph fish that lived throughout the Devonian–Permian periods. They are advanced “osteolepidid-grade” fishes that lived in freshwater swamp and lake environments, …
View article: The Gogo Formation Lagerstätte: a view of Australia's first great barrier reef
The Gogo Formation Lagerstätte: a view of Australia's first great barrier reef Open
Discoveries from the Late Devonian Gogo Formation in the Canning Basin, Western Australia, have provided insights into the origin and evolution of many unique gnathostome features such as the origins of teeth, internal fertilization, air-b…