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Volume 9(2);  2022 Feb

Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology

Anti-cancer and antimicrobial potential of five soil Streptomycetes: a metabolomics-based study
Nada Osama, Walid Bakeer, Mai Raslan, Hanan A. Soliman, Usama Ramadan Abdelmohsen, Mohamed Sebak
R Soc Open Sci. 2022 Feb; 9(2): 211509. Published online Feburary 9, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rsos.211509
PMCID:
PMC8825997
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Chemistry

Resveratrol-loaded chitosan–pectin core–shell nanoparticles as novel drug delivery vehicle for sustained release and improved antioxidant activities
Shruti Sarma, Sangeeta Agarwal, Pranjal Bhuyan, Jnyandeep Hazarika, Mausumi Ganguly
R Soc Open Sci. 2022 Feb; 9(2): 210784. Published online Feburary 2, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rsos.210784
PMCID:
PMC8808105
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Misuse of Beer–Lambert Law and other calibration curves
Rosario Delgado
R Soc Open Sci. 2022 Feb; 9(2): 211103. Published online Feburary 2, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rsos.211103
PMCID:
PMC8808104
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A novel hydrophobically associating water-soluble polymer used as constant rheology agent for cement slurry
Yuhuan Bu, Mengran Xu, Huajie Liu, Annan Zhou, Jiapei Du, Xin Yang, Shenglai Guo
R Soc Open Sci. 2022 Feb; 9(2): 211170. Published online Feburary 23, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rsos.211170
PMCID:
PMC8864343
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Cation-doping strategies for tuning of zirconia acid–base properties
Maicon Delarmelina, C. Richard A. Catlow
R Soc Open Sci. 2022 Feb; 9(2): 211423. Published online March 2, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rsos.211423
PMCID:
PMC8864357
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Development of three ecological spectroscopic methods for analysis of betrixaban either alone or in mixture with lercanidipine: greenness assessment
Amal A. El-Masry, Dalia R. El-Wasseef, Manal Eid, Ihsan A. Shehata, Abdallah M. Zeid
R Soc Open Sci. 2022 Feb; 9(2): 211457. Published online Feburary 2, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rsos.211457
PMCID:
PMC8808099
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Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence

Proxyeconomics, a theory and model of proxy-based competition and cultural evolution
Oliver Braganza
R Soc Open Sci. 2022 Feb; 9(2): 211030. Published online Feburary 23, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rsos.211030
PMCID:
PMC8864350
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Earth and Environmental Science

Comparative study and discussion of diagenetic facies and conductivity characteristics based on experiments
Xueqing Zhou, Zhansong Zhang, Chaomo Zhang
R Soc Open Sci. 2022 Feb; 9(2): 202122. Published online Feburary 16, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rsos.202122
PMCID:
PMC8849111
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Ecology, Conservation and Global Change Biology

Seasonal variations of serotonin in the visual system of an ant revealed by immunofluorescence and a machine learning approach
Maximilian F. Bolder, Klaus Jung, Michael Stern
R Soc Open Sci. 2022 Feb; 9(2): 210932. Published online Feburary 9, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rsos.210932
PMCID:
PMC8825996
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A predictive flight-altitude model for avoiding future conflicts between an emblematic raptor and wind energy development in the Swiss Alps
Sergio Vignali, Franziska Lörcher, Daniel Hegglin, Raphaël Arlettaz, Veronika Braunisch
R Soc Open Sci. 2022 Feb; 9(2): 211041. Published online Feburary 9, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rsos.211041
PMCID:
PMC8826134
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Habitat isolation reduces intra- and interspecific biodiversity and stability
Christopher F. Steiner, Mitra Asgari
R Soc Open Sci. 2022 Feb; 9(2): 211309. Published online Feburary 16, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rsos.211309
PMCID:
PMC8847885
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Seasonality of coronavirus shedding in tropical bats
Léa Joffrin, Axel O. G. Hoarau, Erwan Lagadec, Olalla Torrontegi, Marie Köster, Gildas Le Minter, Muriel Dietrich, Patrick Mavingui, Camille Lebarbenchon
R Soc Open Sci. 2022 Feb; 9(2): 211600. Published online Feburary 9, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rsos.211600
PMCID:
PMC8825989
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Precipitation during two weeks in spring influences reproductive success of first-year females in the long-lived Natterer's bat
Bianca Stapelfeldt, Alexander Scheuerlein, Christoph Tress, Ralf Koch, Johannes Tress, Gerald Kerth
R Soc Open Sci. 2022 Feb; 9(2): 211881. Published online Feburary 16, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rsos.211881
PMCID:
PMC8847888
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Population viability assessment of an endangered raptor using detection/non-detection data reveals susceptibility to anthropogenic impacts
Francisco Cervantes, Marlei Martins, Robert E. Simmons
R Soc Open Sci. 2022 Feb; 9(2): 220043. Published online Feburary 23, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rsos.220043
PMCID:
PMC8864359
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Engineering

In vitro cell composition identification of wood decay fungi by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
Barun Shankar Gupta, Bjørn Petter Jelle, Tao Gao
R Soc Open Sci. 2022 Feb; 9(2): 201935. Published online Feburary 2, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rsos.201935
PMCID:
PMC8808097
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Battery characterization for wireless sensor network applications to investigate the effect of load on surface temperatures
Omer Ali, Mohamad Khairi Ishak, Chia Ai Ooi, Muhammad Kamran Liaquat Bhatti
R Soc Open Sci. 2022 Feb; 9(2): 210870. Published online Feburary 2, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rsos.210870
PMCID:
PMC8808093
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Improving transcatheter aortic valve interventional predictability via fluid–structure interaction modelling using patient-specific anatomy
Vijay Govindarajan, Arun Kolanjiyil, Nils P. Johnson, Hyunggun Kim, Krishnan B. Chandran, David D. McPherson
R Soc Open Sci. 2022 Feb; 9(2): 211694. Published online Feburary 9, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rsos.211694
PMCID:
PMC8826300
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Genetics and Genomics

Adaptive evolution of major histocompatibility complex class I immune genes and disease associations in coastal juvenile sea turtles
Katherine R. Martin, Katherine L. Mansfield, Anna E. Savage
R Soc Open Sci. 2022 Feb; 9(2): 211190. Published online Feburary 9, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rsos.211190
PMCID:
PMC8825991
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Mathematics

Comment on ‘Quantum correlations are weaved by the spinors of the Euclidean primitives’
R. D. Gill
R Soc Open Sci. 2022 Feb; 9(2): 201909. Published online Feburary 16, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rsos.201909
PMCID:
PMC8847895
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Exploring cocoa bean fermentation mechanisms by kinetic modelling
Mauricio Moreno-Zambrano, Matthias S. Ullrich, Marc-Thorsten Hütt
R Soc Open Sci. 2022 Feb; 9(2): 210274. Published online Feburary 16, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rsos.210274
PMCID:
PMC8847890
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A non-parametric model: free analysis of actigraphic recordings of acute insomnia patients
Arlex Marín-García, Ruben Fossion, Markus F. Müller, Wady Ríos-Herrera, Ana Leonor Rivera
R Soc Open Sci. 2022 Feb; 9(2): 210463. Published online Feburary 2, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rsos.210463
PMCID:
PMC8808102
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Optimal regulation of tumour-associated neutrophils in cancer progression
Aurelio A. de los Reyes, V, Yangjin Kim
R Soc Open Sci. 2022 Feb; 9(2): 210705. Published online Feburary 2, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rsos.210705
PMCID:
PMC8808100
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Is there a gender hiring gap in academic economics? Evidence from a network analysis
Andreas Orland, Max Padubrin
R Soc Open Sci. 2022 Feb; 9(2): 210717. Published online Feburary 9, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rsos.210717
PMCID:
PMC8826301
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Machine learning methods trained on simple models can predict critical transitions in complex natural systems
Smita Deb, Sahil Sidheekh, Christopher F. Clements, Narayanan C. Krishnan, Partha S. Dutta
R Soc Open Sci. 2022 Feb; 9(2): 211475. Published online Feburary 16, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rsos.211475
PMCID:
PMC8847887
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Using average transcription level to understand the regulation of stochastic gene activation
Liang Chen, Genghong Lin, Feng Jiao
R Soc Open Sci. 2022 Feb; 9(2): 211757. Published online Feburary 16, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rsos.211757
PMCID:
PMC8847896
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Sparsifying priors for Bayesian uncertainty quantification in model discovery
Seth M. Hirsh, David A. Barajas-Solano, J. Nathan Kutz
R Soc Open Sci. 2022 Feb; 9(2): 211823. Published online Feburary 23, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rsos.211823
PMCID:
PMC8864363
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School and community reopening during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mathematical modelling study
Pei Yuan, Elena Aruffo, Evgenia Gatov, Yi Tan, Qi Li, Nick Ogden, Sarah Collier, Bouchra Nasri, Iain Moyles, Huaiping Zhu
R Soc Open Sci. 2022 Feb; 9(2): 211883. Published online Feburary 2, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rsos.211883
PMCID:
PMC8808096
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Organismal and Evolutionary Biology

Sex-specific influence of communal breeding experience on parenting performance and fitness in a burying beetle
Long Ma, Maaike A. Versteegh, Martijn Hammers, Jan Komdeur
R Soc Open Sci. 2022 Feb; 9(2): 211179. Published online Feburary 16, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rsos.211179
PMCID:
PMC8847889
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Comparison between the kinematics for kangaroo rat hopping on a solid versus sand surface
Joseph K. Hall, Craig P. McGowan, David C. Lin
R Soc Open Sci. 2022 Feb; 9(2): 211491. Published online Feburary 9, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rsos.211491
PMCID:
PMC8826122
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Inter-community behavioural variation confirmed through indirect methods in four neighbouring chimpanzee communities in Cantanhez NP, Guinea-Bissau
Joana Bessa, Dora Biro, Kimberley Hockings
R Soc Open Sci. 2022 Feb; 9(2): 211518. Published online Feburary 23, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rsos.211518
PMCID:
PMC8864369
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Echo reception in group flight by Japanese horseshoe bats, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum nippon
Kazuma Hase, Yukimi Kadoya, Yuki Takeuchi, Kohta I. Kobayasi, Shizuko Hiryu
R Soc Open Sci. 2022 Feb; 9(2): 211597. Published online Feburary 9, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rsos.211597
PMCID:
PMC8825988
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A new pseudosuchian archosaur, Mambawakale ruhuhu gen. et sp. nov., from the Middle Triassic Manda Beds of Tanzania
Richard J. Butler, Vincent Fernandez, Sterling J. Nesbitt, João Vasco Leite, David J. Gower
R Soc Open Sci. 2022 Feb; 9(2): 211622. Published online Feburary 9, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rsos.211622
PMCID:
PMC8826131
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Age, breed, sex and diet influence serum metabolite profiles of 2000 pet dogs
Jenni Puurunen, Claudia Ottka, Milla Salonen, Julia E. Niskanen, Hannes Lohi
R Soc Open Sci. 2022 Feb; 9(2): 211642. Published online Feburary 16, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rsos.211642
PMCID:
PMC8847897
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High-quality host plant diets partially rescue female fecundity from a poor early start
Lauren A. Cirino, Patricia J. Moore, Christine W. Miller
R Soc Open Sci. 2022 Feb; 9(2): 211748. Published online Feburary 23, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rsos.211748
PMCID:
PMC8864338
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Emergence of splits and collective turns in pigeon flocks under predation
Marina Papadopoulou, Hanno Hildenbrandt, Daniel W. E. Sankey, Steven J. Portugal, Charlotte K. Hemelrijk
R Soc Open Sci. 2022 Feb; 9(2): 211898. Published online Feburary 23, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rsos.211898
PMCID:
PMC8864349
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Physics and Biophysics

The Incubascope: a simple, compact and large field of view microscope for long-term imaging inside an incubator
A. Badon, L. Andrique, A. Mombereau, L. Rivet, A. Boyreau, P. Nassoy, G. Recher
R Soc Open Sci. 2022 Feb; 9(2): 211444. Published online Feburary 9, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rsos.211444
PMCID:
PMC8826139
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Disparity in socio-economic status explains the pattern of self-medication of antibiotics in India: understanding from game-theoretic perspective
Bhawna Malik, Habib Hasan Farooqui, Samit Bhattacharyya
R Soc Open Sci. 2022 Feb; 9(2): 211872. Published online Feburary 9, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rsos.211872
PMCID:
PMC8826305
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Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience

Is depression associated with reduced optimistic belief updating?
Catherine Hobbs, Petra Vozarova, Aarushi Sabharwal, Punit Shah, Katherine Button
R Soc Open Sci. 2022 Feb; 9(2): 190814. Published online Feburary 2, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rsos.190814
PMCID:
PMC8808098
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The positive–negative mode link between brain connectivity, demographics and behaviour: a pre-registered replication of Smith et al. (2015)
Nikhil Goyal, Dustin Moraczewski, Peter A. Bandettini, Emily S. Finn, Adam G. Thomas
R Soc Open Sci. 2022 Feb; 9(2): 201090. Published online Feburary 2, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rsos.201090
PMCID:
PMC8847886
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Relating free will beliefs and attitudes
David Wisniewski, Emiel Cracco, Carlos González-García, Marcel Brass
R Soc Open Sci. 2022 Feb; 9(2): 202018. Published online Feburary 23, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rsos.202018
PMCID:
PMC8864370
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Validated measures of semantic knowledge and semantic control: normative data from young and older adults for more than 300 semantic judgements
Wei Wu, Paul Hoffman
R Soc Open Sci. 2022 Feb; 9(2): 211056. Published online Feburary 16, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rsos.211056
PMCID:
PMC8847894
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Intra-individual behavioural and neural signatures of audience effects and interactions in a mirror-game paradigm
Marius Zimmermann, Arianna Schiano Lomoriello, Ivana Konvalinka
R Soc Open Sci. 2022 Feb; 9(2): 211352. Published online Feburary 16, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rsos.211352
PMCID:
PMC8847899
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The puzzling relationship between multi-laboratory replications and meta-analyses of the published literature
Molly Lewis, Maya B. Mathur, Tyler J. VanderWeele, Michael C. Frank
R Soc Open Sci. 2022 Feb; 9(2): 211499. Published online Feburary 23, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rsos.211499
PMCID:
PMC8864345
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High-pitch sounds small for domestic dogs: abstract crossmodal correspondences between auditory pitch and visual size
A. T. Korzeniowska, J. Simner, H. Root-Gutteridge, D. Reby
R Soc Open Sci. 2022 Feb; 9(2): 211647. Published online Feburary 9, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rsos.211647
PMCID:
PMC8825985
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The effect of attention on body size adaptation and body dissatisfaction
T. House, I. D. Stephen, I. S. Penton-Voak, K. R. Brooks
R Soc Open Sci. 2022 Feb; 9(2): 211718. Published online Feburary 23, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rsos.211718
PMCID:
PMC8864361
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Science, Society and Policy

Food security and emerging infectious disease: risk assessment and risk management
Valeria Trivellone, Eric P. Hoberg, Walter A. Boeger, Daniel R. Brooks
R Soc Open Sci. 2022 Feb; 9(2): 211687. Published online Feburary 16, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rsos.211687
PMCID:
PMC8847898
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