Beyond the Coral Triangle: high genetic diversity and near panmixia in Singapore's populations of the broadcast spawning sea star Protoreaster nodosus.

abstract：:Living kangaroos, wallabies and rat-kangaroos (Macropodoidea) constitute the most ecologically diverse radiation of Australasian marsupials. Indeed, even their hallmark bipedal hopping gait has been variously modified for bounding, walking and climbing. However, the origins of this locomotory adaptability are uncertai...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Den Boer W,Campione NE,Kear BP

更新日期：2019-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Metacommunity theory highlights the potential of β-diversity as a useful link to empirical research, especially in diverse systems where species exhibit a range of stage-dependent dispersal characteristics. To investigate the importance of different components and scales of β-diversity in community assembly, we conduc...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Chiantore M,Thrush SF,Asnaghi V,Hewitt JE

更新日期：2018-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the evolutionary history of contemporary animal groups is essential for conservation and management of endangered species like caribou (Rangifer tarandus). In central Canada, the ranges of two caribou subspecies (barren-ground/woodland caribou) and two woodland caribou ecotypes (boreal/eastern migratory)...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Klütsch CF,Manseau M,Trim V,Polfus J,Wilson PJ

更新日期：2016-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Under the current amphibian biodiversity crisis, common species provide an opportunity to measure population dynamics across a wide range of environmental conditions while examining the processes that determine abundance and structure geographical ranges. Studying species at their range limits also provides a window f...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Hernández-Pacheco R,Sutherland C,Thompson LM,Grayson KL

更新日期：2019-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The Internet not only has changed the dynamics of our collective attention but also through the transactional log of online activities, provides us with the opportunity to study attention dynamics at scale. In this paper, we particularly study attention to aircraft incidents and accidents using Wikipedia transactional...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： García-Gavilanes R,Tsvetkova M,Yasseri T

更新日期：2016-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:This multi-wave study examined the extent that both preference and motivation for time alone shapes ill-being during self-isolation. Individuals in the USA and the UK are self-isolating in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Different motivations may drive their self-isolation: some might see value in it (understood as...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Weinstein N,Nguyen TV

更新日期：2020-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Highwall mining (HWM) technology is an efficient method for exploiting residual coal resources in Chinese open-pit coal mines. However, on-site personnel and equipment can be damaged by the instability of the highwall mining residual coal pillars and subsidence of final end-walls. This paper considers the geological c...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Wang F,Zhang C

更新日期：2019-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:A polycarboxylic/ether composite polymer electrolyte derived from two-arm monomer and polyethylene oxide (PEO) was in situ synthesized on the cathode. The composite electrolyte exhibits a high ionic conductivity of 3.6 × 10-5 S cm-1, high oxidation stability, excellent stability towards Li metal and makes Li/LiFePO4 p...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Wang W,Qiu Z,Wang Q,Zhou X,Liu Y,Zhou J,Guo B

更新日期：2020-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The appearance and shape of sesamoid bones within a tendon or ligament wrapping around a joint are understood to be influenced by both genetic and epigenetic factors. Ostriches (Struthio camelus) possess two sesamoid patellae (kneecaps), one of which (the distal patella) is unique to their lineage, making them a good ...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Chadwick KP,Shefelbine SJ,Pitsillides AA,Hutchinson JR

更新日期：2017-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper develops a closed-form approximate solution for a penny-shaped hydraulic fracture whose behaviour is determined by an interplay of three competing physical processes that are associated with fluid viscosity, fracture toughness and fluid leak-off. The primary assumption that permits one to construct the solu...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Dontsov EV

更新日期：2016-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanofertilization is postulated as a new technology to deal with the environmental problems caused by the intensive use of traditional fertilizers. One of the aims of this new technology is to improve foliar fertilization, which has many environmental advantages, but currently there are numerous factors that limit its...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Rios JJ,Yepes-Molina L,Martinez-Alonso A,Carvajal M

更新日期：2020-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Estimating effects of nitrogen (N) deposition is essential for understanding human impacts on biodiversity. However, studies relating atmospheric N deposition to plant diversity are usually restricted to small plots of high conservation value. Here, we used data on 381 randomly selected 1 km(2) plots covering most hab...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Roth T,Kohli L,Rihm B,Amrhein V,Achermann B

更新日期：2015-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Accurate derivation of the psychophysical (a.k.a. transducer) function from just-notable differences requires accurate knowledge of the relationship between the mean and variance of apparent intensities. Alternatively, a psychophysical function can be derived from estimates of the average between easily discriminable ...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Solomon JA,Tyler CW

更新日期：2018-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Humans subtly synchronize body movement during face-to-face conversation. In this context, bodily synchrony has been linked to affiliation and social bonding, task success and comprehension, and potential conflict. Almost all studies of conversational synchrony involve dyads, and relatively less is known about the str...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Dale R,Bryant GA,Manson JH,Gervais MM

更新日期：2020-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) bone cement has been widely used in clinics as bone repair materials for its excellent mechanical properties and good injection properties. However, it also has defects such as poor biological performance, high temperature, and the monomer has certain toxicity. Our study tried to modify ...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Liu X,Cheng C,Peng X,Xiao H,Guo C,Wang X,Li L,Yu X

更新日期：2019-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The constraint release (CR) mechanism has important effects on polymer relaxation and the chains will show different relaxation behaviour in conditions of monodisperse, bidisperse and other topological environments. By comparing relaxation data of linear polyisoprene (PI) chains dissolved in very long matrix and monod...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Ma T,Lin G,Tan H

更新日期：2020-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:We combined clinical, cytokine, genomic, methylation and dietary data from 43 young adult monozygotic twin pairs (aged 22-36 years, 53% female), where 25 of the twin pairs were substantially weight discordant (delta body mass index > 3 kg m-2). These measurements were originally taken as part of the TwinFat study, a s...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Kibble M,Khan SA,Ammad-Ud-Din M,Bollepalli S,Palviainen T,Kaprio J,Pietiläinen KH,Ollikainen M

更新日期：2020-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Pro-environment policies require public support and engagement, but in countries such as the USA, public support for pro-environment policies remains low. Increasing public scientific literacy is unlikely to solve this, because increased scientific literacy does not guarantee increased acceptance of critical environme...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Drummond A,Palmer MA,Sauer JD

更新日期：2016-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Waptia fieldensis Walcott, 1912 is one of the iconic animals from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale biota that had lacked a formal description since its discovery at the beginning of the twentieth century. This study, based on over 1800 specimens, finds that W. fieldensis shares general characteristics with pancrustac...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Vannier J,Aria C,Taylor RS,Caron JB

更新日期：2018-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We propose a novel method to simulate soft tissue deformation for virtual surgery applications. The method considers the mechanical properties of soft tissue, such as its viscoelasticity, nonlinearity and incompressibility; its speed, stability and accuracy also meet the requirements for a surgery simulator. Modifying...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Xu L,Lu Y,Liu Q

更新日期：2018-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The vast majority of species within the lanternshark genus Etmopterus harbour complex luminescent markings on their flanks, whose functional significance has long remained obscure. Recent studies, however, suggest these enigmatic photophore aggregations to play a role in intraspecific communication. Using visual model...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Claes JM,Nilsson DE,Mallefet J,Straube N

更新日期：2015-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:As top predators, crocodilians have an acute sense of hearing that is useful for their social life and for probing their environment in hunting situations. Although previous studies suggest that crocodilians are able to localize the position of a sound source, how they do this remains largely unknown. In this study, w...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Papet L,Grimault N,Boyer N,Mathevon N

更新日期：2019-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we examined the kinematic function of the morpho- logically unique first thoracic vertebra in giraffes. The first thoracic vertebra of the giraffe displayed similar shape to the seventh cervical vertebra in general ruminants. The flexion experiment using giraffe carcasses demonstrated that the first thoracic vert...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Gunji M,Endo H

更新日期：2016-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein aggregation into amyloid deposits and oxidative stress are key features of many neurodegenerative disorders including Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease. We report here the creation of four highly sensitive bifunctional fluorescent probes, capable of H2O2 and/or amyloid aggregate detection. These bifunctional...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Needham LM,Weber J,Fyfe JWB,Kabia OM,Do DT,Klimont E,Zhang Y,Rodrigues M,Dobson CM,Ghandi S,Bohndiek SE,Snaddon TN,Lee SF

更新日期：2018-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Nano-size EVONIK AEROXIDE® P25 titanium dioxide, TiO2, powder was heat-treated at temperatures, 700-900°C, in air. An X-ray diffraction study showed that the P25 powder is composed of approximately 20 and approximately 80 mass% of rutile and anatase phases, respectively. It was also shown that the transformation from ...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Ishigaki T,Nakada Y,Tarutani N,Uchikoshi T,Tsujimoto Y,Isobe M,Ogata H,Zhang C,Hao D

更新日期：2020-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Detailed examinations of both the movement and muscle activation patterns used by animals and humans to complete complex tasks are difficult to obtain in many environments. Therefore, the ability to infer movement and muscle activation patterns after capture of a single set of easily obtained data is highly sought aft...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Sahrom SB,Wilkie JC,Nosaka K,Blazevich AJ

更新日期：2020-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Here, we describe the odobenid Nanodobenus arandai gen. et sp. nov., based on a nearly complete left mandible from the mid to late Miocene Tortugas Formation in Baja California Sur. Nanodobenus is distinguished among odobenids by displaying a unique combination of plesiomorphic and derived characters, such as narrow m...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Velez-Juarbe J,Salinas-Márquez FM

更新日期：2018-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Vocal pitch is used as an important communicative device by humans, as found in the melodic dimension of both speech and song. Vocal pitch is determined by the degree of tension in the vocal folds of the larynx, which itself is influenced by complex and nonlinear interactions among the laryngeal muscles. The relations...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Belyk M,Lee YS,Brown S

更新日期：2018-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The influential hypothesis by Markus & Kitayama (Markus, Kitayama 1991. Psychol. Rev.98, 224) postulates that individuals from interdependent cultures place others above self in interpersonal contexts. This led to the prediction and finding that individuals from interdependent cultures are less egocentric than those f...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Wang JJ,Tseng P,Juan CH,Frisson S,Apperly IA

更新日期：2019-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole-transcriptome technologies have been widely used in behavioural genetics to identify genes associated with the performance of a behaviour and provide clues to its mechanistic basis. Here, we consider the genetic basis of sex allocation behaviour in the parasitoid wasp Nasonia vitripennis. Female Nasonia facultat...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Cook N,Boulton RA,Green J,Trivedi U,Tauber E,Pannebakker BA,Ritchie MG,Shuker DM

更新日期：2018-02-21 00:00:00