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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201804.0179.v1

Economic Diversity and the Resource Curse: A Dynamic Panel Model

Fred Olayele, Kwok Soo

Subject: Business, Economics And Management, Economics Keywords: Diversity; resource curse; economic growth.

Online: 13 April 2018 (14:18:36 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202011.0220.v1

Tree – Open Grassland Structure and Composition Drive Greenhouse Gas Exchange in Holm Oak Meadows of the Iberian Peninsula

Mercedes Ibañez, María José Leiva, Cristina Chocarro, Salvador Aljazairi, Àngela Ribas, Maria Teresa Sebastià

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Science And Meteorology Keywords: canopy; CH4; CO2; dehesas; diversity-interaction model; N2O; plant functional types

Online: 5 November 2020 (17:53:12 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202203.0304.v1

Longitudinal Survey of Coronavirus Circulation and Diversity in Insectivorous Bat Colonies in Zimbabwe

Vimbiso Chidoti, Helene De Nys, Valerie Pinarello, Getrude Mashura, Dorothee Misse, Laure Guerrini, Davies Pfukenyi, Julien Cappelle, Ngoni Chiweshe, Ahidjo Ayouba, Gift Matope, Martine Peeters, Elizabeth Gori, Mathieu Bourgarel, Florian Liegeois

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Virology Keywords: Bat Coronavirus (Bt CoVs); human-bat interaction; genetic diversity; reproductive phenology; Zimbabwe

Online: 23 March 2022 (02:55:01 CET)

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Preprint BRIEF REPORT | doi:10.20944/preprints202401.1581.v1

Shock-Discharge Interaction Model Extended into the Third Dimension

Anna Markhotok

Subject: Physical Sciences, Fluids And Plasmas Physics Keywords: Hypersonic Plasma Dynamics; Shock Wave Refraction; Shock-Plasma Interaction

Online: 22 January 2024 (10:40:38 CET)

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Working Paper ARTICLE

Interaction Strength Analysis to Model Retweet Cascade Graphs

Paola Zola, Guglielmo Cola, Michele Mazza, Maurizio Tesconi

Subject: Computer Science And Mathematics, Computer Vision And Graphics Keywords: social media; network analysis; interaction strength; retweet graph; retweet cascade

Online: 14 October 2020 (08:23:40 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202002.0105.v1

An Energy-Based Interaction Model for Population Opinion Dynamics with Topic Coupling

Hossein Noorazar, Matthew J. Sottile, Kevin R. Vixie

Subject: Computer Science And Mathematics, Applied Mathematics Keywords: opinion game; opinion dynamics; social Interaction; social network

Online: 9 February 2020 (14:48:20 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202211.0500.v2

A Combined Machine Learning (ML) and Discrete Element Model (DEM) for Pharmaceutical Aerosol Transport in Airways

Mohammad S. Islam, Puchanee Larpruenrudee, Md. Mizanur Rahman, Emilie Sauret, Yuantong Gu, Shahid Husain

Subject: Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Keywords: CFD-DEM; Particle-particle interaction; Upper airway; DE; Spring constant

Online: 18 April 2023 (10:25:16 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202301.0257.v2

Quantifying Transcriptome Diversity: A Review

Emma Jones, Anisha Haldar, Vishal Oza, Brittany Lasseigne

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Biochemistry And Molecular Biology Keywords: Gene expression; transcriptome diversity; transcriptional variation; transcript diversity; isoform-level diversity; gene-level diversity

Online: 13 April 2023 (03:07:07 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202304.0899.v1

Ordinary Muon Capture on ¹³⁶Ba: Comparative Study Using the Shell Model and pnQRPA

Patricia Gimeno, Lotta Jokiniemi, Jenni Kotila, Marlom Ramalho, Jouni Suhonen

Subject: Physical Sciences, Nuclear And High Energy Physics Keywords: neutrino physics; muon-capture rates; double beta decays; weak interaction

Online: 25 April 2023 (08:01:54 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201611.0097.v1

Structural Equation Model into Interaction Mechanism between Forest Industry and Ecology with Environmental Mediator Introduced

Bing Liao, Zhiguang Zhang, Chunxiang Liu, Yuanzheng Wu

Subject: Business, Economics And Management, Economics Keywords: forest industry and ecology; environmental capacity; interaction mechanism; SEM; PSIR

Online: 18 November 2016 (10:01:42 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202006.0323.v1

Understanding Inclusion within Diversity: Meaning, Model, and Practice

Kaja Brix, Olivia Lee, Sorina Stalla

Subject: Social Sciences, Sociology Keywords: diversity and inclusion; science; social pain; theory of inclusion; framework model of inclusion; practice of inclusion; meaning of inclusion

Online: 28 June 2020 (08:50:35 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202305.0359.v1

Effect of Interaction Effects Between Visual and Auditory Signs on Consumer Purchasing Behavior Based on AISAS Model

Hui Li, Younghwan Pan

Subject: Business, Economics And Management, Marketing Keywords: Visual Signal; Auditory Signal; Interaction Effect; Purchase Behavior; AISAS Model

Online: 5 May 2023 (10:59:16 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202211.0406.v1

Estimation of Soil-Structure Model Parameters for the Millikan Library Building Using a Sequential Bayesian Finite Element Model Updating Technique

Hamed Ebrahimian, Abdelrahman Taha, S. Farid Ghahari, Domniki Asimaki, Ertugrul Taciroglu

Subject: Engineering, Civil Engineering Keywords: finite element model updating; soil-structure interaction; system identification; joint system and input identification; Bayesian estimation; Millikan Library

Online: 22 November 2022 (04:23:22 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201912.0035.v1

Nonlocal Reaction-Diffusion Model of Viral Evolution: Emergence of Virus Strains

Nikolai Bessonov, Gennady Bocharov, Andreas Meyerhans, Vladimir Popov, Vitaly Volpert

Subject: Computer Science And Mathematics, Applied Mathematics Keywords: virus density distribution; genotype; virus infection; immune response; resistance to treatment; nonlocal interaction; quasispecies diversification

Online: 4 December 2019 (03:59:20 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202111.0074.v1

Isochoric Specific Heat in the Dual Model of Liquids

Fabio Peluso

Subject: Physical Sciences, Condensed Matter Physics Keywords: Liquid model; Phonons in liquids; Instantaneous Normal Modes; Mesoscopic model of liquids; Phonon – particle interaction; Specific heat

Online: 3 November 2021 (09:14:38 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201808.0015.v1

A Novel Device-Free Counting Method Based on Channel Status Information

Junhuai Li, Pengjia Tu, Huaijun Wang, Kan Wang, Lei Yu

Subject: Computer Science And Mathematics, Computer Science Keywords: wavelet transform; covariance matrix; spatial diversity; frequency diversity; robustness

Online: 1 August 2018 (10:10:13 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202401.0894.v1

Anti-cariogenic Effects of S. cerevisiae and S. boulardii in S. mutans–C. albicans Cross-Kingdom In Vitro Model

Dina Yousif, Yan Wu, Alexandria Azul Gonzales, Christa Mathieu, Yan Zeng, Sample Lee, Sabrina Terando, Ting Li, Jin Xiao

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Immunology And Microbiology Keywords: Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Saccharomyces boulardii; Candida albicans; cross-kingdom interaction; pH; Dental caries

Online: 11 January 2024 (08:04:48 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202401.0404.v1

Effects of Land Cover on Taxonomic and Functional Diversity of the Bird Communities in a Subtropical Mountain

Wenwen Zhang, Shengjun Zhao, Xiao Yang, Jing Tian, Ding Chen, Yuan Yu, Jie Shi, Peng Cui, Xue Wang, Chunlin Li

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Animal Science, Veterinary Science And Zoology Keywords: Bird community; Functional diversity; Taxonomic diversity; Landscape pattern; Mountain city

Online: 4 January 2024 (11:28:41 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202306.1956.v1

Building a Teleost Fish Traceability Program Based on Genetic Data from Pacific Panama Fish Markets

Edgardo Enrique Díaz-Ferguson, Magaly Sánchez De Chial, Maribel Arlene González Torres, Edgardo A. Muñoz T., Magister Olga Chen, Ovidio Durán, Angel Javier Vega, Carlos Ramos Delgado

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Aquatic Science Keywords: COI; teleostei; nucleotide diversity; haplotypic diversity; qPCR; demographic history; environmental DNA

Online: 28 June 2023 (07:37:41 CEST)

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Fish tissue samples from 203 adult individuals were collected in the main ports and markets of the Pacific coast of Panama. Molecular identification based on cytochrome oxidase I gene segment of all species was verified GENBANK reference sequences. 34 species from 14 families (Ariidae, Lutjanidae, Caranjidae, Scianidae, Centropomidae, Serranidae, Scombridae, Sphyraenidae, Haemulidae, Gerreidae, Stromotidae, Lobotidae, Malacanthidae, Mugilidae) were identified at species molecular level from 164 sequences. Also, three Caribbean species were molecularly identified among the analyzed samples (Mycteroperca xenarcha, Paralonchurus brasilensis and Lobotes surinamensis). Species diversity was slightly higher in the Gulf of Panama than in the Gulf of Chiriquí. For species with 5 or more individual sequences, genetic diversity and genetic connectivity parameters such as: total number of haplotypes (H), haplotype diversity (Hd), and nucleotide diversity (π) were calculated. Overall, pelagic-migratory species showed higher values of genetic diversity than coastal and estuarine species with some exceptions. Connectivity between Gulf areas was compared using values of genetic distances and genetic differentiation (Fst). High level of connectivity observed between Gulf of Chiriqui and Gulf of Montijo indicates the existence of a single stock in that area for the following species: Scomberomorus sierra, Caranx caninus and Lutjanus guttatus. Demographic history of the most common species was examined using Tajima’s D values suggesting population expansion for two snapper species, L. peru and L. argentiventris, having significant and higher values. Another important contribution from this research was the production of primers and dual labeled probes for environmental DNA detection using qPCR for the five most abundant species (spotted rose snapper, yellow snapper, green jack, Pacific crevalle jack and the Pacific sierra fish). These markers represent a new set of tools for environmental DNA (eDNA) detection and molecular traceability of three commercially important fish species along the supply chain including landing sites and markets of the main fishery areas.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202206.0328.v1

Assessing the Spatiotemporal Relationship between Coastal Habitats and Fish Assemblages at Two Neotropical Estuaries of the Mexican Pacific

Victor Muro, Felipe Amezcua, Georgina Ramírez-Ortiz, Francisco Flores-de-Santiago, Felipe Amezcua-Linares, Yareli Hernandez

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior And Systematics Keywords: mangrove forests; Marine Protected Areas; α-diversity; β-diversity; multivariate analyses

Online: 24 June 2022 (03:28:50 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202001.0038.v1

Responses of Individual Plant Species, Functional Groups, α- and β-Diversity to Short-Term Grazing Exclusion under Severe Drought Episode in Long-Term Grazed Alfa-Steppes

Yacine Kouba, Saifi Merdes, Badreddine Saadali, Haroun Chenchouni

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior And Systematics Keywords: Mediterranean steppes; drylands; alpha diversity; beta diversity; rangeland grazing; indicator species

Online: 5 January 2020 (15:22:33 CET)

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Grazing exclusion has been proved to be one of the main measures for rehabilitating degraded arid steppes. However, the effect of this management practice on plant species diversity and composition is ambiguous, specially under prolonged droughts. Concurrently considering the responses of individual plant species, diversity of functional groups, α-diversity, and β-diversity (and its components) may be crucial to the holistic understanding of grazing exclusion effects on plant communities under drought conditions. Here, we investigated the response of these diversity measures to short-term sheep exclusion under severe drought episode in arid steppes of Alfa-grass (Stipa tenacissima) with a long evolutionary history of livestock grazing. Individual species responses were tested based on species occurrence and abundance in either grazed or grazing-excluded steppes, in addition, we used indicator species analysis to assess the strength of the association between plant species and management type. Likewise, α-diversity, abundance- and incidence-based β-diversity, as well as the functional groups’ diversities were quantified using Hill Numbers and compared between the two management types. Sheep grazing exclusion enabled the recovery of various Alfa-steppe indicator species and improved the size of regional species pool, overall α-diversity, and the diversity of therophytes. This management practice decreased the abundance-based β-diversity and the nestedness-resultant fraction of the incidence-based β-diversity at the local scale, while at the landscape scale increased the abundance-based β-diversity and its balanced variation fraction and reduced the incidence-based β-diversity and its turnover component. Furthermore, protection from grazing altered β-diversities scaling patterns by maintaining higher balanced variation in species abundance at large spatial scale and greater abundance-gradient in species composition at the fine-scale. Our results suggest that the implementation of short-term grazing exclusion in degraded arid steppes would be the appropriate management practice for vegetation restoration and plant diversity conservation during prolonged drought periods.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202402.1188.v1

Consumer Decision Making Model Process but as Independent Factors: And Its Influence on Purchasing Behavior

Andy Ismail, Yenny Maya Dora, Taofik Hidajat

Subject: Business, Economics And Management, Marketing Keywords: Consumer decision making; paradigm shift; purchasing behavior; independent variable; digital age; diversity; social factors; psychological factors; contextual factors

Online: 21 February 2024 (11:38:02 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202209.0348.v1

A Power Sequence Model as a Bridge between Fundamental Natural Constants and Macroscopic Liquid Systems

Otto G. Piringer

Subject: Physical Sciences, Mathematical Physics Keywords: coupling constants; natural constants; neutrino mass; Higgs mass; Z boson mass; proton mass; nuclear binding; interaction function

Online: 23 September 2022 (02:04:12 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202206.0268.v1

Catch Composition, Seasonality and Biological Aspects of Sharks Caught in the Ecuadorian Pacific

Jesús Briones-Mendoza, Diego Mejía, Pol Carrasco-Puig

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Animal Science, Veterinary Science And Zoology Keywords: diversity; abundance; cartilaginous fish

Online: 20 June 2022 (10:10:54 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202105.0050.v1

Diversity and Reassortment Rate of Influenza a Viruses in Wild Ducks and Gulls

Yulia Postnikova, Anastasia Treshchalina, Elizaveta Boravleva, Alexandra Gambaryan, Aydar Ishmukhametov, Mikhail Matrosovich, Ron A.M. Fouchier, Galina Sadykova, Alexei Prilipov, Natalia Lomakina

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Anatomy And Physiology Keywords: Avian influenza; Reassortment; Diversity

Online: 5 May 2021 (12:32:39 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201912.0010.v1

Biological Hotspot of Ichthyoplankton in the Estuarine Environment Timbulsoko Village, Demak

Hanityo Adi Nugroho, Sutrisno Anggoro, Ita Widowati

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior And Systematics Keywords: Diversity; Ecology; Fishes; Geoscience

Online: 2 December 2019 (10:38:09 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201907.0346.v1

Biological Hotspot larva Ikan Diperairan Estuari Desa Timbulsoko, Demak

Hanityo Nugroho, Sutrisno Anggoro , Ita Widowati

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior And Systematics Keywords: diversity; ecology; fishes; geoscience

Online: 31 July 2019 (04:40:34 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202304.0308.v1

Effects of Different Feeding Patterns on the Rumen Bacterial Community of Tan Lambs, based on High-Throughput Sequencing of 16S rDNA Amplicons

Lili Zhang, Yanliang Bi, Jie Zhang, Zilin Fu, Xiaofeng Xu

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Animal Science, Veterinary Science And Zoology Keywords: Alpha diversity; Beta diversity; Mutton quality; Pasture-fed; Pen-fed; Tan lambs

Online: 13 April 2023 (08:01:03 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201902.0018.v2

Comparing Measures of Community Lineage Diversity across North American Forests

Kyle G. Dexter, Ricardo A. Segovia, Andy Griffiths

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior And Systematics Keywords: temperate forests; species richness; lineage diversity; phylogenetic diversity; United States; trees; TILD

Online: 13 February 2019 (10:15:50 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201810.0283.v1

Geomorphology and Altitude Effects on Diversity and Structure of Vanishing Montane Forest of Southern Ecuador

Omar Cabrera, Angel Benítez, Nixon Cumbicus, Carlos Naranjo, Pablo Ramón, Fani Tinitana, Adrián Escudero

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Forestry Keywords: alpha diversity; beta diversity; floristic arrangement; geological landscapes; geomorphology; Ecuador; mountain forests

Online: 15 October 2018 (06:19:16 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202001.0060.v1

Doubling the Accuracy of Indoor Location: Frequency Diversity

Berthold Horn

Subject: Engineering, Electrical And Electronic Engineering Keywords: indoor location; fine time measurement; round trip time; FTM; RTT; IEEE 802.11mc; IEEE 802.11-2016; time diversity; spatial diversity; bandwidth diversity; frequency diversity; Bayesian grid; observation model; transition model

Online: 8 January 2020 (04:18:02 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202402.0103.v1

Microsatellite Sequence Polymorphisms Reveals Substantial Diversity in Caribbean Breadfruit [Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson) Fosberg] Germplasm

Oral O Daley, Angela T Alleyne, Laura B Roberts-Nkrumah, Lambert A Motilal

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Biochemistry And Molecular Biology Keywords: Crop germplasm; genetic diversity; nucleotide diversity; nucleotide polymorphism; SSR markers; un-derutilized crop

Online: 2 February 2024 (04:54:00 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202305.2265.v1

Coordination Polymers With the Pyrazine-2,5-Diyldimethanol Linker – Supramolecular Networks Through Robust Hydrogen and Halogen Bonds

Mahsa Armaghan, Tobias Stürzer, Christoph Janiak

Subject: Chemistry And Materials Science, Other Keywords: Pyrazine-diyldimethanol; coordination polymers; hydrogen bonding interaction; halogen bonding interaction

Online: 31 May 2023 (14:33:34 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202304.0415.v2

Assessing the Value of Multimodal Interfaces: A Study on Human-Machine Interaction in Weld Inspection Workstations

Paul Chojecki, Dominykas Strazdas, David Przewozny, Niklas Gard, Detlef Runde, Niklas Hoerner, Ayoub Al-Hamadi, Peter Eisert, Sebastian Bosse

Subject: Computer Science And Mathematics, Robotics Keywords: human–machine interaction; multimodal interface; human–robot interaction; spatial computing

Online: 10 May 2023 (09:42:13 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202401.1730.v1

Genetic Diversity of Human Norovirus in Children Less Than 5 Years of Age With Acute Gastroenteritis in Rural Communities in the Gambia

Sheriffo Jagne, M. Jahangir Hossain, Martin Antoni, Abdul Karim Sesay, Muhammed Khalie Abdul, Nuredin I. Mohammed, Madikay Senghore, Alansana Darboe, Jarra Manneh, Abdoulie Kanteh, Dam Khan, Saikou Y Bah, Ndaw Sylvanus Peter, Osbourne Quaye, George Enyimah Armah

Subject: Public Health And Healthcare, Public Health And Health Services Keywords: Norovirus genetic diversity genogroups genotypes

Online: 24 January 2024 (10:15:24 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202401.1390.v1

Evaluation of Wild Raspberry (Rubus idaeus L.) Ecotypes from Northeastern Türkiye

Gulce Ilhan

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Horticulture Keywords: Raspberry; underutilized fruits; characterization; diversity

Online: 19 January 2024 (03:12:32 CET)

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Located between Asia and Europe, Türkiye is very rich in terms of wild edible fruit diversity. One of the most important wild edible fruits in Türkiye is red raspberries and they widely found in cold to warm temperate regions in the country. The wild raspberries in general have red fruit color but yellow fruited genotypes are evident. A total of 11 wild grown red raspberry genotypes sampled in Northern Anatolia region was used in this study and their sensory, biochemical and antioxidant characteristics were determined. For sensory analysis aroma, taste and juiciness were used as the main criteria to compare ecotypes each other. Biochemical and antioxidant characteristics of ecotypes included SSC (Soluble Solid Content), vitamin C, organic acids, total anthocyanins (TA), total phenolic content, total flavonoid content and total antioxidant capacity. FRAP (Ferric Reducing Antioxidant Power) assay was used to determine antioxidant capacity. There were significant differences among ecotypes for most of the searched parameters even they found similar growing condition. The ecotypes had fruit weight between 1.04 g and 1.33 g, and fruit Chroma value between 26.11 and 33.70. Vitamin C content of ecotypes were quite variable and ranged from 29.3 mg/100 g to 41.4 mg/100 g. The total phenolic content, total anthocyanin content, total flavonoid content was between 164-362 mg gallic acid equivalent/100 g; 17.3-33.3 mg cyanidin-3-glucoside equivalent/100 g and 10.3-17.2 mg quercetin equivalent/100 g, respectively. Citric acid was the dominant organic acid for all genotypes and ranged from 10.3-14.6 g/100 g fresh weight base. According to the results V-4, V-8, V-3 and V-10 had attractive bigger fruits indicate their suitability for fresh consumption. V-3 and V-5 had sweeter fruits indicated their suitability for processing and V-6, V-7 and V-11 had richer for human health promoting compounds (higher total phenolic content and antioxidant capacity), making them suitable for future use as functional foods and as promising sources of natural antioxidants.

Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202206.0284.v1

Building Consensus around the Assessment and Interpretation of Symbiodiniaceae Diversity

Sarah Davies, Matthew H. Gamache, Lauren I. Howe-Kerr, Nicola G. Kriefall, Andrew C. Baker, Anastazia T. Banaszak, Line K. Bay, Anthony J. Bellantuono, Debashish Bhattacharya, Cheong Xin Chan, Danielle C. Claar, Mary Alice Coffroth, Ross Cunning, Simon K. Davy, Javier del Campo, Erika M. Diaz-Almeyda, Jorg C. Frommlet, Lauren E. Fuess, Raul A. Gonzalez-Pech, Tamar L. Goulet, Kenneth D. Hoadley, Emily J. Howells, Benjamin C. C. Hume, Dustin W. Kemp, Carly, D. Kenkel, Sheila A. Kitchen, Todd C. LaJeunesse, Senjie Lin, Shelby McIlroy, Ryan McMinds, Matthew R. Nitschke, Clinton A. Oakley, Raquel S. Peixoto, Carlos Prada, Hollie M. Putnam, Kate Quigley, Hannah G. Reich, James Davis Reimer, Mauricio Rodriguez-Lanetty, Stephanie Rosalas, Osama S. Saad, Eugenia M. Sampayo, Scott Santos, Eiichi Shoguchi, Edward G. Smith, Michael Stat, Timothy G. Stephens, Marie E. Strader, David J. Suggett, Timothy D. Swain, Cawa Tran, Nikki Traylor-Knowles, Christian R. Voolstra, Mark E. Warner, Virginia M. Weis, Rachel Wright, Tingting Xiang, Hiroshi Yamashita, Maren Ziegler, Adrienne M.S. Correa, John Everett Parkinson

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Anatomy And Physiology Keywords: Symbiodinaceae; genetic diversity; coral symbiosis

Online: 21 June 2022 (04:49:04 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202108.0397.v1

Simple Method for Assessing Diversity and Dynamics of Microbial Community: Comparison of Dairy Phages from Industrial and Spontaneous Fermentation

Agnieszka Olejnik-Schmidt, Bernadeta Pietrzak, Iwona Kawacka, Klaudia Malak, Weronika Wawrzyniak, Marcin Schmidt

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Immunology And Microbiology Keywords: phage; dairy; Lactococcus; diversity; community

Online: 19 August 2021 (10:30:53 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202103.0254.v1

Distribution of Insect in Protected Forest Area in Ambon City

fransina latumahina

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Biochemistry And Molecular Biology Keywords: Insects; Diversity; ecosystem health; Ambon

Online: 9 March 2021 (10:03:23 CET)

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Preprint COMMUNICATION | doi:10.20944/preprints202008.0021.v1

Safe Fieldwork Strategies for At-Risk Individuals

Amelia-Juliette Demery, Monique Pipkin

Subject: Social Sciences, Safety Research Keywords: diversity; inclusion; equity; fieldwork; research

Online: 2 August 2020 (11:55:47 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201807.0366.v1

Does Islam Practice Tolerance? Some Notes from Quranic Perspective

Abur Hamdi Usman

Subject: Social Sciences, Religion Keywords: Tolerance; Religion; Islam; Society; Diversity

Online: 19 July 2018 (15:43:50 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201801.0247.v1

Species Diversity of Oak Stands and Its Significance for Drought Resistance

Jan Kotlarz, Sylwia Nasiłowska, Karol Rotchimmel, Katarzyna Kubiak

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Environmental Science Keywords: drought; diversity; oaks; remote sensing

Online: 26 January 2018 (04:52:27 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201611.0116.v1

Evaluation of Diversification Techniques for Legal Information Retrieval

Marios Koniaris, Ioannis Anagnostopoulos, Yannis Vassiliou

Subject: Computer Science And Mathematics, Information Systems Keywords: diversity; algorithms; legal information retrieval

Online: 23 November 2016 (09:50:24 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202011.0385.v1

mySORT: A Web Framework by using Deconvolution Approach to Estimating Immune Cell Composition from Complex Tissues

Shu-Hwa Chen, Bo-Yi Yu, Wen-Yu Kuo, Ya-Bo Lin, Sheng-Yao Su, I-Hsuan Lu, Chung-Yen Lin

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Immunology And Allergy Keywords: Cancer; Immunotherapy; Deconvolution; Alpha diversity; Beta diversity; Precision medicine; Microenvironment; Single-cell RNA sequencing

Online: 13 November 2020 (14:18:40 CET)

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Cancer immunotherapy reaches a remarkable achievement in various cancer types and brings new possibilities to improve cancer patients’ long-term survival. However, outcomes vary from case to case, and the present protocol benefits a small fraction of patients. One notable factor is the tumor microenvironment, especially the immune cell components, that may reflect the immune response's status quo on site. Thus, understanding the content of infiltrating immune cells in tumors is not only for research interesting but also a crucial subject toward precision medicine. We implement an algorithm for resolving relative proportions of twenty-one immune cell subclasses from a human tissue profiled transcriptome by microarray technology to reach the goal above. By selecting gene features and then adopting ?-Support Vector Regression, we can construct a deconvolution model and resolve the immune cell context. The excellent consistency between the estimated values and the correct immune-cell composition further demonstrates this approach provides a more natural alternative to revealing samples' immune cell content and reliable results like recent single-cell technologies. Based on this algorithm, the web-based deconvolution tool implemented named mySORT provides a user-friendly interface for estimating the immune cell content by uploading gene expression profiling. We also present comprehensive visualization 2D/3D plots in mySORT so that users can easily make a comparison between different samples. Finally, we synthesized pseudo-bulk expression data from single-cell transcriptomic datasets of 17 melanoma and 16 head and neck cancer patients. The deconvolution results of microarray-based data in the previous study and synthetic pseudo-bulk data all proved the excellent performance of mySORT. We believe that mySORT can help researchers in all fields easily understand complex immune microenvironment. The website of mySORT is freely accessible on https://symbiosis.iis.sinica.edu.tw/mySORT/.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201811.0627.v1

BIOFACQUIM: A Mexican Compound Database of Natural Products

B. Angélica Pilón-Jiménez, Fernanda I. Saldívar-González, Bárbara I. Díaz-Eufracio, José L. Medina-Franco

Subject: Chemistry And Materials Science, Theoretical Chemistry Keywords: chemical space; chemical data set; chemoinformatics; consensus diversity plot; drug discovery; molecular diversity; visualization

Online: 30 November 2018 (10:06:15 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202306.0959.v1

Language-led Visual Grounding for Human Computer Interaction

Mian Zhou, Angelos Stefanidis, Nan Jiang, Zezhou Sui, Zhikun Feng

Subject: Computer Science And Mathematics, Artificial Intelligence And Machine Learning Keywords: visual grounding; human-computer interaction; intelligent systems; user experience; interaction design

Online: 13 June 2023 (16:29:23 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202112.0389.v1

Bridge Digital Twining Using an Output-Only Bayesian Model Updating Method and Recorded Seismic Measurements

Farid Ghahari, Niloofar Malekghaini, Hamed Ebrahimian, Ertugrul Taciroglu

Subject: Engineering, Civil Engineering Keywords: Structural health monitoring, Digital twin, Damage diagnosis, Finite element model updating, Bayesian inference, Soil-structure interaction, Foundation input motion, Rapid post-earthquake assessment

Online: 23 December 2021 (11:57:54 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201801.0211.v1

Membranes: A Variety of Energy Landscapes for Many Transfer Opportunities

Patrice Bacchin

Subject: Physical Sciences, Chemical Physics Keywords: membrane transport; osmosis; interaction

Online: 23 January 2018 (06:43:31 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202306.1666.v1

Numerical Study on the Influence of Coupling Beam Modeling on Structural Accelerations during High-speed Train Crossings

Lara Bettinelli, Andreas Stollwitzer, Josef Fink

Subject: Engineering, Architecture, Building And Construction Keywords: Railway bridge dynamics; track-bridge interaction; vehicle-bridge interaction; coupling beam modeling

Online: 23 June 2023 (11:33:15 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202209.0211.v2

From Black-Body Radiation to Gravity: Why Quarks Are Magnetic Electrons and Why Gluons Are Massive Photons

Engel Roza

Subject: Physical Sciences, Particle And Field Physics Keywords: gluon; strong interaction; weak interaction; topquark; gravity; SU(2) and SU(3)

Online: 3 January 2023 (11:24:26 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202004.0480.v1

The Minimum Information about a Molecular Interaction Causal Statement (MI2CAST)

Vasundra Touré, Steven Vercruysse, Marcio Luis Acencio, Ruth Lovering, Sandra Orchard, Glyn Bradley, Cristina Casals-Casas, Claudine Chaouiya, Noemi del-Toro, Åsmund Flobak, Pascale Gaudet, Henning Hermjakob, Luana Licata, Astrid Lægreid, Christopher Mungall, Anne Niknejad, Simona Panni, Livia Perfetto, Pablo Porras, Dexter Pratt, Denis Thieffry, Paul Thomas, Dénes Türei, Julio Saez-Rodriguez, Martin Kuiper

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Biochemistry And Molecular Biology Keywords: causal statement; causal interaction; directed molecular interaction; minimum information; standardization, systems biology

Online: 27 April 2020 (05:07:57 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201906.0050.v1

Avicenna’s Ideas and Arguments about Mind and Brain Interaction

Mohammad Jamali, Mehdi Golshani, Yousef Jamali

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Philosophy Keywords: mind brain interaction, Avicenna, consciousness, cognition, incorporeity of mind, mind matter interaction

Online: 6 June 2019 (12:58:52 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202404.0787.v1

A Highly Homogeneous Airborne Fungal Community Around a Copper Open-Pit Mine Reveals a Poor Contribution by the Local Aerosolization of Particles

Sebastián Fuentes-Alburquenque, Victoria Olivencia Suez, Omayra Aguilera, Blanca Águila, Luis Rojas Araya, Dinka Mandakovic

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Ecology Keywords: microbial community; diversity; air; fungi; bioaerosol

Online: 11 April 2024 (08:03:29 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202312.1642.v1

Shrews (Soricidae) and Viruses Identified in Shrews

Huan-Yu Gong, Rui-Xu Chen, Su-Mei Tan, Xiu Wang, Ji-Ming Chen, Yuan-Long Zhang, Ming Liao

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Virology Keywords: shrew; virus; diversity; domestic animal; human

Online: 21 December 2023 (10:25:06 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202312.0860.v1

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Strategies in Engineering and Computer Science

Adan Amer, Gaganpreet Sidhu, Maria Isabel Ramirez Alvarez, Juan Antonio Lopez Ramos, Seshasai Srinivasan

Subject: Computer Science And Mathematics, Software Keywords: Equity; Diversity; Inclusion; strategies; priority areas

Online: 12 December 2023 (10:23:10 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202310.0945.v1

Metataxonomic Analysis of Bacterial Diversity in Pigeon Pea after Soaking in Water

Yuni Sine, Donny Widianto, Yekti Asih Purwestri, Byong H. Lee, Widodo Widodo

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Biology And Biotechnology Keywords: pigeon pea; bacterial diversity; metataxonomic analysis

Online: 16 October 2023 (13:15:21 CEST)

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: With the increase in demand for non-dairy starter cultures and probiotic bacteria as carriers, the use of legumes (also called pulses) as an alternative has gained momentum. In this study, we investigated the diversity of bacterial communities in samples of pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan L. Millsp.) soaked in water for 12 h and 24 h. We soaked 500 g of pigeon pea in sterile distilled water at room temperature (± 25 °C) for 12 h and 24 h; 10 mL of the soaking water was then collected to measure the bacterial diversity using a metataxonomic analysis. The V1–V9 regions on the 16S ribosomal RNA gene were amplified using 27F and 1492R primers under specific polymerase chain reaction conditions for the bacterial identification. Genomic DNA (130 ng) was sequenced on a R9.4 flow cell by Oxford Nanopore Technologies using a GridION sequencer. Library preparations were initiated using a Native Barcoding Kit 24 V14 (SQK-NBD114.24). Primary data were acquired using MinKNOW version 22.05.7. A total of 13 bacterial families and 89 genera were identified in the pigeon pea sample soaked for 12 h; 26 families and 90 genera were identified in the pigeon pea sample soaked for 24 h. Among the bacterial families identified, the five predominant families in both samples were Enterobacteriaceae, Erwiniaceae, Yersiniaceae, Pectobacteriaceae, and Lactobacillaceae. According to the relative abundance of the identified bacterial genera, the following nine genera were predominant in both samples: Enterobacter, Klebsiella, Citrobacter, Pantoea, Kosakonia, Pseudoenterobacter, Pluralibacter, Leclercia, and Kluyvera. At a genus level, a slight increase in the abundance of Klebsiella, Kosakonia, and Pluralibacter and a slight decrease in the abundance of Citrobacter were observed after prolonged incubation from 12 h to 24 h. The values of five diversity indices revealed that the sample soaked in water for 24 h had a richer bacterial abundance and diversity than the 12 h sample. Shannon and Simpson values revealed a higher bacterial diversity in the sample collected at 24 h than the sample collected at 12 h. Species observations and abundance-based coverage estimator (ACE) values demonstrated that the sample collected at 24 h harbored a higher bacterial richness than the sample collected at 12 h. These findings indicated that the bacterial diversity in the pigeon pea samples increased with the soaking time. The bacterial communities during the soaking of the pigeon pea samples were dominated by the Enterobacteriaceae family and Enterobacter genus. The presence of bacterial genera such as Lacticaseibacillus, Lentilactobacillus, and Secundilactobacillus was notable because of their importance as starter cultures for fermented plant-based milk products, including pigeon pea beverages for lactose-intolerant individuals or individuals with malnutrition.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202310.0419.v1

Enhancing Tree Health through Improved Microbial Biodiversity in Soil

Vinesh Prasad, Daniel Cole

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Soil Science Keywords: soil health; mirobilogy; diversity; tree health

Online: 8 October 2023 (04:33:39 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202309.1064.v1

Culture, Gender, and Business

EMMANUEL ADEYEMI

Subject: Arts And Humanities, History Keywords: culture; gender; business; organization; religion; diversity

Online: 18 September 2023 (05:30:42 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202307.0692.v1

Functional and Species Diversity across Disturbance Levels and Environmental Variables in Yayu Coffee Forest Biosphere Reserve, Southwest Ethiopia

Ferede Abuye Jeldu, Motuma Tolera Feyisa, Teshale Woldeamanuel

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Forestry Keywords: biosphere reserve; disturbance; functional diversity; zonation

Online: 11 July 2023 (10:55:14 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202305.1425.v1

Anaemia in Preschool-Aged Children in DR. Congo: Finding from a Nationally Representative Survey

Ngianga II (Shadrack) Kandala

Subject: Public Health And Healthcare, Public Health And Health Services Keywords: Haemoglobin; Anaemia; Dietary, Diversity; Random-effect

Online: 19 May 2023 (10:06:34 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202305.1234.v1

Butterflies of the Neotropical Seasonally Dry Forest of Montes de María (Sucre, Colombia): What do they Tell us about the Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis?

Yarlenis L Mercado-Gómez, Jorge D Mercado-Gómez, Carlos E Giraldo-Sánchez

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior And Systematics Keywords: structure; diversity; anthropic disturbance; conservation; Lepidoptera

Online: 17 May 2023 (10:38:26 CEST)

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Preprint COMMUNICATION | doi:10.20944/preprints202305.0879.v1

Glucosinolate Diversity Analysis in Choy sum (Brassica rapa subsp chinensis var parachinensis) Germplasms for Functional Foods Breeding

Seong-Hoon Kim, Parthiban Subramanian, Bum-Soo Hahn

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Food Science And Technology Keywords: glucosinolate; germplasm; breeding; anticancer; genebank; diversity

Online: 12 May 2023 (04:27:49 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202305.0206.v1

Testing White’s Floristic Impoverishment Hypothesis in the Forest-Savanna Transition Zones of Africa

Mathew Rees, John L. Godlee, David J. Harris, Casey M. Ryan, Kyle G. Dexter

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Ecology Keywords: Africa; forest; savanna; phylogenetic; diversity; transition

Online: 4 May 2023 (06:04:39 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202212.0056.v2

Women’s Participation in Leadership Roles in a Single Canadian Paramedic Service

Justin Mausz, Sarah Salvis, Dominique Arseneau-Bruneau, Elizabeth Donnelly

Subject: Social Sciences, Sociology Keywords: Emergency Medical Services; paramedics; gender; diversity

Online: 15 February 2023 (04:34:52 CET)

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Introduction: Like other public safety professions, paramedicine has historically been a male-dominated occupation, both in the demography of its workforce and in its organizational culture. Although women are increasingly choosing paramedicine as a career, participation in leadership roles remains limited. Drawing on data from a recent comprehensive mental health survey, we describe the proportion of women in leadership in a single, large, urban paramedic service in Ontario, Canada. Methods: We distributed an in-person, paper-based survey during the fall 2019 - winter 2020 Continuing Medical Education (CME) sessions. Participating paramedics completed a demographic questionnaire alongside a battery of mental health screening tools. We assessed the demography of the workforce and explored differences in employment classification, provider level (e.g., primary vs. advanced care), and participation in formal leadership roles along self-reported gender lines. Results: Out of 607 paramedics attending CME, we received 600 completed surveys, with 11 excluded for missing data, leaving 589 for analysis and a 97% response rate. Women comprised 40% of the active-duty paramedic workforce, with an average of 8 years of experience. Compared to men, women were more than twice as likely to have a university degree (Odds Ratio [OR] 2.02), but almost half as likely to practice at the Advanced Care Paramedic level (OR 0.61), and somewhat less likely to be employed full-time (OR 0.77). Women were nearly 70% less likely to hold a leadership role in the service compared to men (OR 0.36), occupying just 20% of leadership positions. Conclusion: Although paramedicine is witnessing an encouraging shift in the demography of its workforce with greater participation from women, there is still work to be done, particularly in leadership. Future research should focus on identifying and ameliorating barriers to career advancement among women and other historically underrepresented people.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202204.0283.v1

The Functional Biogeography of eDNA Metacommunities in the Post-fire Landscape of the Angeles National Forest

Savanah Senn, Sharmodeep Bhattacharyya, Gerald Presley, Anne E. Taylor, Jillian Ford, Brandon Jasinski, Yekaterina Badalova

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Environmental Science Keywords: molecular ecology; functional diversity; DNA sequencing

Online: 28 April 2022 (10:31:56 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202201.0414.v1

Genotypic and Epidemiologic Profiles of Giardia duodenalis in Four Brazilian Biogeographic Regions

Deiviane Calegar, Beatriz Nunes, Kerla Monteiro, Polyanna Bacelar, Brenda Evangelista, Mayron Moraes, Jurecir Silva, Jéssica Santos, Márcio Bóia, Lauren Jaeger, Filipe Anibal Carvalho-Costa

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Tropical Medicine Keywords: Giardia duodenalis; Assemblages; Epidemiology; Genetic diversity

Online: 27 January 2022 (11:18:33 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202107.0560.v1

Microbial Diversity Based on Multifractal Analysis of Metagenomes

Xianhua Xie, Yuanlin Ma, Zuguo Yu, Guosheng Han

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Biochemistry And Molecular Biology Keywords: diversity index; multifractal; metagenome; gut mtagenome

Online: 26 July 2021 (10:04:41 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201911.0349.v1

Genetic Diversity of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera:Aleyrodidae) Colonizing Sweet Potato and Cassava in South Sudan

Beatrice Clarence Misaka, Everlyne N. Wosula, Philip W. Marchelo-d'Ragga, Trine Hvoslef-Eide, James Peter Legg

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Forestry Keywords: Bemisia tabaci; genetic diversity; distribution; haplotype

Online: 28 November 2019 (03:24:39 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202002.0249.v1

The Yeast Atlas of Appalachia: Species and Phenotypic Diversity of Herbicide Resistance in Wild Yeast

Jordan B. Barney, Matthew J. Winans, Catherine B. Blackwood, Amaruy Pupo, Jennifer E. G. Gallagher

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Agricultural Science And Agronomy Keywords: Fungal diversity; Saccharomyces; genetic diversity; glyphosate-based herbicides; copper-based fungicides; RoundUp Ready™ corn; phylogenetics

Online: 17 February 2020 (15:37:11 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202401.1405.v1

Enhancements of Wave Power Absorption with Arrays and a Vertical Breakwater

Fuat Kara

Subject: Engineering, Energy And Fuel Technology Keywords: mean interaction factor; absorbed wave power; multibody interaction; WECs arrays; method of images

Online: 18 January 2024 (13:55:36 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202310.0452.v1

A Fluid Perspective of Relativistic Quantum Mechanics

Asher Yahalom

Subject: Physical Sciences, Fluids And Plasmas Physics Keywords: spin; fluid dynamics; electromagnetic interaction

Online: 9 October 2023 (04:33:38 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202211.0224.v1

Incompatibilities and Interactions Drugs-Artificial Enteral Nutrition in a Hospital Institution in Cartagena/Colombia

Elin Y. Manrique J., Marlene Duran-Lengua, Andres Ballesteros

Subject: Public Health And Healthcare, Nursing Keywords: Incompatibility; interaction; enteral nutrition; complication

Online: 14 November 2022 (01:06:35 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202403.1032.v1

Agronomic and Economic Evaluation of Tree Species in Agroforestry Systems with Cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) in Amazonas

Nixon Huaman Haro, Jerry Bryan Lopezhaya Mendoza, Angel James Medina Medina, Jhon Antony Zabaleta Santisteban, Daniel Tineo Flores, Lily Juarez-Contreras, Malluri Goñas, Manuel Oliva-Cruz

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Forestry Keywords: Peru; cocoa; diversity; agroforestry systems; economic analysis

Online: 18 March 2024 (16:12:51 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202402.1144.v1

Linking Wetland Ecosystem Services to Fish Genetic Resources with Special Reference to Hilsa Shad (Tenualosa ilisha): A Novel Study from Northeastern Bangladesh

Atiqur Rahman Sunny, Md. Arifur Rahman, Md. Nazmul Hasan, Jeba Faizah Rahman, Sharif Ahmed Sazzad, Md. Faruque Miah, Md. Ashrafuzzaman, Shamsul Haque Prodhan

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Aquatic Science Keywords: Wetland; Ecosystem services; Genetic diversity; Hilsa; Bangladesh

Online: 20 February 2024 (12:44:47 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202401.0127.v1

The Family Fabaceae in northeastern Mexico (Subfamily Caesalpinioideae, Mimosoideae Clade, Tribes Mimoseae, Acacieae, and Ingeae)

Eduardo Estrada-Castillón, José Ángel Villarreal-Quintanilla, Gerardo Cuéllar-Rodríguez, Juan Antonio Encina-Domínguez, José Guadalupe Martínez-Ávalos, Arturo Mora-Olivo, Jaime Sánchez-Salas

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Plant Sciences Keywords: Leguminosae; Clade Mimosoideae; taxonomy; diversity; northeastern Mexico

Online: 3 January 2024 (03:54:08 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202312.0029.v1

Genomics of Re-emergent Aeromonas salmonicida in Atlantic Salmon Outbreaks

Marcos Godoy, Marco Montes de Oca, Rudy Suarez, Alexis Martinez, Juan Pablo Pontigo, Diego Caro, Karina Kusch, Harry Bohle, Molly Kibenge, Frederick Kibenge, Sion Bayliss

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Aquatic Science Keywords: furunculosis; Aeromonas salmonicida; Salmo salar; genomic diversity

Online: 1 December 2023 (05:31:10 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202309.1261.v1

Fungal Diversity and Distribution in the Biodiversity Hotspots of the Western Himalayas

Neelesh Yadav, Shrey Rakholia, Naseem Ali, Reuven Yosef

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Life Sciences Keywords: Fungi; Diversity; Western Himalayan region; PCA; ANOVA

Online: 19 September 2023 (08:28:18 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202307.1579.v1

Woody Species Composition, Tree diversity and Regeneration Status of Londiani Forest, Kenya

Evalyne Kosgey Chepkoech, Humphrey Agevi Agevi, Henry Lungayia Lung’ayia, Mugatsia Tsingalia

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Ecology Keywords: species composition; tree diversity; regeneration; forest management

Online: 25 July 2023 (05:37:03 CEST)

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Tropical forests provide habitats for diverse flora and fauna. In addition, they are essential in regulating the climate while at the same time millions of people depend on them for their livelihoods. As seen by rising political commitment and worldwide promises to reduce rates of deforestation and boost restoration of degraded forest ecosystems, forests are becoming more widely acknowledged for their role as a nature-based solution to many sustainable development concerns. Understanding tropical forest dynamics and their conservation have so become more important. This study analyzed, the forest stand structure, tree species composition, abundance and diversity and the regeneration status of Londiani Forest. Londiani Forest is divided into three blocks, namely Kedowa, Chebewor and Londiani and from each of these blocks belt transects 25 m wide and 1 km long were established 100 m from the edge of the forest to reduce edge effects. At every 200 m along the transect, 25 m × 25 m quadrats were set up in which, an inventory of all tree species was done. For tree species that could not be identified in the field, the local name was provided by para-taxonomists who participated in the data collection and the species name was later identified with the help of a taxonomist or a manual of woody tree species of Londiani Forest. The diameter at breast height (DBH) was measured at 1.3 m from the ground using a diameter tape. Tree height was measured using a Suunto angular clinometer. A nested quadrat 5 m x 5 m quadrat within the 25 m x 25 m quadrat was used to sample saplings while a 1 m x 1 m quadrat was used for sampling seedlings. Regeneration status was assessed using the number of seedlings and saplings. Stumps of trees cut were counted including identifying tree species from which the tree stump was derived. Data from the quadrats were entered into Microsoft Excel. Total stem density, species density, basal area, species basal area, relative density and species diversity were determined. A total of 1,308 individual trees belonging to 34 different species from 24 families were recorded. Kedowa had the highest (27) species richness followed by Chebewor (19) then Londiani (14). There was a statistically significant difference in species richness among the three forest blocks (p<0.05). There were no statistically significant differences in the mean DBH (F=0.560; p=0.729) and height class distribution (F= 0.821, p=.558) among the three forest blocks. There was a statistically significant difference in stem density (F=12.22; p=0.005) and woody species diversity (F=0.32; p=0.001) within the three forests blocks. There was no statistically significant difference in the basal area distribution within the three forest blocks p>0.005. The similarity index ranged from 0.34 to 0.47. In all the forest blocks, there was evidence of seedlings and saplings indicating that there was regeneration. Results clearly show that while the Londiani Forest shows variation in characteristics, there is clear evidence that it is regenerating.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202307.0712.v1

A Preliminary Survey of the Avifaunal Diversity in Pampaimadu Premise of the University of Vavuniya, Vavuniya, Sri Lanka

Keerthanaram Thanabalasingam, Wijerathna Poornima, Sanjeewani Nimalka

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Environmental Science Keywords: avifauna; checklist; habitat variation; species diversity; Vavuniya

Online: 13 July 2023 (07:11:21 CEST)

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Preprint COMMUNICATION | doi:10.20944/preprints202305.0087.v1

Recent Population Dynamics of Japanese Encephalitis Virus

Jinpeng Xu, Abdul Wahaab, Sawar Khan, Mohsin Nawaz, Muhammad Naveed Anwar, Ke Liu, Jianchao Wei, Muddassar Hameed, Zhiyong Ma

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Virology Keywords: Japanese encephalitis virus; Population dynamic; Genetic diversity

Online: 2 May 2023 (11:02:54 CEST)

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Preprint COMMUNICATION | doi:10.20944/preprints202304.1127.v1

Metformin Therapy Changes Gut Microbiota Alpha-Diversity in COVID-19 Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: The Role of SARS-CoV-2 Variants and Antibiotic Treatment

Pavlo Petakh, Iryna Kamyshna, Valentyn Oksenych, Denis Kainov, Aleksandr Kamyshnyi

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Epidemiology And Infectious Diseases Keywords: COVID-19; gut microbiota; diversity; diabetes; metformin

Online: 28 April 2023 (07:06:36 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202303.0481.v1

IRAPs in Combination with Highly Informative ISSRs Confer Effective Potentials for Genetic Diversity and Fidelity Assessment in Rhododendron

Sulin Wen, Hong Zhao, Manying Zhang, Guang Qiao, Xiaohui Shen

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Plant Sciences Keywords: genetic fidelity; genetic diversity; IRAP; ISSR; Rhododendron

Online: 28 March 2023 (09:56:04 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202302.0505.v1

Tomato Defence Suppression is a Common Trait in Tetranychus urticae Collected from Field-Grown Tomatoes

Jéssica Teodoro-Paulo, Carlos Fernandes, Lin Dong, Sara Magalhães, Alison B. Duncan, Juan M. Alba, Merijn R. Kant

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior And Systematics Keywords: phylogeny; salivary effectors; effector 84; genetic diversity

Online: 28 February 2023 (04:44:34 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202212.0462.v1

Structure of a Metacommunity of Urban Bees: Species Diversity and Spatio-temporal Modularity

Yoko L. Dupont, Henning Bang Madsen, Mette Balslev Greve, Claus Rasmussen, Jens M. Olesen

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior And Systematics Keywords: Apis; beta diversity; city; nestedness; network; pollinator

Online: 26 December 2022 (02:50:46 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0149.v1

A Comparison of Fijian Honeyeaters Abundance and Foraging Behaviour at USP Laucala Campus and Colo-I-Suva Forest Reserve

Galana Siro, Lavinia Donald, Jacinta Serah Botleng, Tima Allanson

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior And Systematics Keywords: Honeyeater; foraging behaviour; diversity; human activity; avifauna

Online: 8 August 2022 (10:28:15 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202206.0178.v1

Phylogeographic and Bioclimatic Determinants of the Dorsal Pattern Polymorphism in the Italian Wall Lizard, Podarcis siculus

Francesco Gallozzi, Paolo Colangelo, Gabriele Senczuk, Riccardo Castiglia

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Animal Science, Veterinary Science And Zoology Keywords: Citizen science; Colour pattern; geographic diversity; phylogeography

Online: 13 June 2022 (09:55:52 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202206.0090.v1

Ecotype Division and Chemical Diversity of Cynomorium songaricum from Different Geographical Regions

Xinke Zhang, Xiao Sun, Yujing Miao, Min Zhang, Lixia Tian, Chang Liu, Linfang Huang

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Plant Sciences Keywords: Cynomorium songaricum; ecotype division; chemical diversity; metabolomics

Online: 7 June 2022 (02:54:33 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202105.0553.v1

New Reports of Wild Mushroom Diversity from Foothill Region of Uttarakhand

Vasundhra Sharma, A. K. Jaitly

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Anatomy And Physiology Keywords: mushroom; organic-debris; fruiting bodies; diversity; frequency

Online: 24 May 2021 (10:22:51 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202104.0659.v1

A Checklist of Indigenous Ichthyofauna in the Dhanu River and Surrounding Wetlands of Bangladesh: Current Status, Population Trends and Threats

Debasish Pandit, Shuva Saha, Mrityunjoy Kunda, Ahmed Harun-Al-Rashid

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Biochemistry And Molecular Biology Keywords: Beel, conservation, fish diversity, IUCN, native fishes

Online: 26 April 2021 (12:06:18 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202101.0236.v1

Facing Racism and Sexism in Science by Fighting against Social Implicit Bias: A Latin and Black Woman Perspective.

Karin Calaza, Fatima Erthal, Mirtes Pereira, Kita Macario, Veronica Daflon, Isabel David, Helena Castro, Maria Vargas, Laura Martins, Jasmin Stariolo, Eliane Volchan, Leticia Oliveira

Subject: Social Sciences, Psychology Keywords: implict bias; gender disparity; diversity; racial dispariry

Online: 12 January 2021 (17:51:36 CET)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202008.0313.v2

Complementary Approaches to Understand Anthelmintic Resistance Using Free-Living and Parasitic Nematodes

Janneke Wit, Clayton Dilks, Erik Andersen

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Animal Science, Veterinary Science And Zoology Keywords: drug resistance; natural diversity; C. elegans; anthelmintics

Online: 25 November 2020 (14:47:29 CET)

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Human Genetic Diversity Possibly Determines Human's Compliance to COVID-19

Yiqiang Zhao, Yunchun Gu, Yongji Liu, Sa Li, Yuzhan Wang, Lina Bu, Qi Liu, Hongyi Lv, Fang Wan, Lida Wu, Zemin Ning

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Biochemistry And Molecular Biology Keywords: COVID-19; severe symptoms; inactivation; genetic diversity

Online: 16 April 2020 (09:15:49 CEST)

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Assessment of Genetic Diversity of Dioscorea praehensilis (Berth.) Collected from Central Region, Ghana Using Simple Sequence Repeat (SSR) Markers

Adeyinka S. Adewumi, Kingsley J. Taah, Paul A. Asare, Michael O. Adu, Paterne A. Agre

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Biochemistry And Molecular Biology Keywords: genetic diversity; Dioscorea praehensilis; SSR markers; Ghana

Online: 8 March 2020 (14:55:19 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202003.0115.v1

Effects of Mancozeb on Citrus Rhizosphere Bacterial Community

Zhendong Huang, Peng Wang, Zhanxu Pu, Lianming Lu, Guoqing Chen, Xiurong Hu, Amna Fayyaz, Yunpeng Gai

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior And Systematics Keywords: citrus; root rhizosphere; mancozeb; bacteria community; diversity

Online: 7 March 2020 (03:12:53 CET)

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Preprint COMMUNICATION | doi:10.20944/preprints201912.0176.v1

A Framework for Maximising the Capture of Genetic Diversity in Sampling for ex situ Conservation

Linda Neaves

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior And Systematics Keywords: conservation; genetic diversity; decision-making; ex situ

Online: 12 December 2019 (12:43:13 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201903.0057.v1

Ruderal Plants in Urban and Sub-Urban Walls and Roofs

Alperen Meral, Emrah Yalçınalp

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior And Systematics Keywords: Urbanization, biological diversity, ruderal vegetation, roof, walls

Online: 5 March 2019 (11:34:03 CET)

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Objective: Main purpose of this study is to identify the ruderal plant species which spontaneously grows on the wall and roof surfaces in urban and sub-urban areas due to their limited ecological needs and to contribute to the creating of the sustainable green areas in urban environments by understanding the parameters that ruderals depend on while they require little maintenance and irrigation support if not no. Material and Methods: The main material of this study is the ruderal plants which were collected from totally 60 walls and 36 roof surfaces within six districts of Trabzon city –Akçaabat, Arsin, Çaykara, Of, Ortahisar and Yomra in Turkey. From these 96 habitats, 1540 plants samples form the walls and 448 plant samples from the roofs were collected. All the plant samples collected from the research area were identified in the herbarium of the faculty of forestry in Karadeniz Technical University. Apart from this, parametres affecting coverage rate of common species on three different habitats were analysed.Results: It was found that 448 samples from the roof surfaces distributed into 61 species while 1540 samples from the walls distributed into 196 species. Plus, according to the analyses, 28 species were found on all three different habitats. As a result of the observations, measurements and analyses, it is clear from the study that coverage rate of the plant species depends on anthropogenic interaction, daylight period and depth of the media but there is no relation with the number of the species on the surfaces.Conclusion: Ruderal plants are definitely important to study on, if the world wants the term sustainability to find its real meaning as they require nearly nothing to grow in hard conditions. In urban life, maintenance is getting more and more expensive for green areas in urban life and this makes it difficult for them to survive especially when cities have limited budget on this, which has often occurred all over the world recently. There is no doubt that ruderal plants offer a great opportunity for modern era urban areas with their limited needs to grow in hard conditions. Furthermore, when thinking about the fact a serious amount of the ruderal plants detected on all three basic habitats has a great landscape plant characteristics, the approaches to their usage in urban areas are really critical.

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Optimal Microbiome Networks: Macroecology and Criticality

Jie Li, Matteo Convertino

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Biophysics Keywords: microbiome; complex networks; species diversity; criticality; RSA; information flow; transitions

Online: 28 March 2019 (09:10:18 CET)

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The human microbiome is an extremely complex ecosystem considering the amount of bacterial species, their interactions, and its variability over time. Here we untangle the complexity of the human microbiome for the Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) that is the most prevalent functional gastrointestinal disorder in human populations. Based on a novel information theoretic network inference model we detect species interaction networks that are functionally and structurally different for healthy and unhealthy individuals. Healthy networks are characterized by a neutral symmetrical pattern of species interactions and scale-free topology versus random unhealthy networks. We detect an inverse scaling relationship between species total outgoing information flow, meaningful of node interactivity, and relative species abundance (RSA). The top ten interacting species are also the least relatively abundant for the healthy microbiome and the most detrimental. These findings support the idea about the diminishing role of network hubs and hubs should be defined considering the total outgoing information flow rather than the node degree. Macroecologically, the healthy microbiome is characterized by the highest total species diversity growth rate, the lowest species turnover, and the smallest variability of RSA for all species. This result challenges current views that posit a universal association between healthy states and the highest absolute species diversity in ecosystems. Additionally, we show how the transitory microbiome is unstable and microbiome criticality is not at the phase transition between healthy and unhealthy states. We stress out the importance of considering interacting pairs versus single node dynamics when characterizing the microbiome and of ranking these pairs in terms of their dynamics. Interactions (i.e. species collective behavior) shape transition from healthy to unhealthy states.\\ The macroecological characterization of the microbiome is useful for diagnostic purposes and disease etiognosis, while species-specific analyses can detect species that are more beneficial leading to personalized design of pre- and pro-biotic treatments and microbiome engineering.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201803.0215.v1

Estimation of Genetic Parameters and Prediction of Genotypic Values in Common Beans Using Mixed Models

Jessica Delfini, Vania Moda Cirino, Claudete de Fátima Ruas, Paulo Mauricio Ruas, José dos Santos Neto, Leandro Simões Azeredo Gonçalves

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Biochemistry And Molecular Biology Keywords: Phaseolus vulgaris L.; REML/BLUP; genetic diversity

Online: 26 March 2018 (10:35:00 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202109.0319.v2

Modified Gravity and Dark Matter

Syed Abbas, Nasim Akhtar, Danish Alam

Subject: Physical Sciences, Quantum Science And Technology Keywords: Modified Gravity; quantum mechanics; Galilei group; exchange forces; Bargmann Superselection rule; neutron-proton Majorana interaction; Dark Matter

Online: 29 September 2021 (16:11:32 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202010.0639.v1

Polyamines-A Positive Modulator against Biotic and Abiotic Stresses on Plants: Review of Current Knowledge

Md Al-Amin Milon, Mst. lutfa Khatun, Md Azizul Islam

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Biochemistry And Molecular Biology Keywords: Plants; polyamines; abiotic stresses; biotic stresses; transgenic plants; Plant-pathogen interaction; Plants-fungal interaction

Online: 30 October 2020 (13:10:51 CET)

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