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Hormonal influences on attraction and visual attention to facial masculinity
(2021-05)
Differences in reproductive success caused by competition within and between the sexes have resulted in selective pressures in females to favor specific features in males. Research on women's mate preferences has indicated ...
Impact of female mate choice on pairing and pregnancy in prairie voles
(2021-12)
Female mate choice is one of the hallmark features of natural selection via sexual selection. This behavior is one of the key factors in determining what traits continue or diminish within a species. The prairie vole is a ...
Sources of role conflict: A critical evaluation of emergency medical service work-family conflict during the COVID-19 pandemic
(2021-05)
COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented strain on the health care system around the world and challenged it like never before in the recent history. The impacts of disasters including pandemics are not limited to the ...
Ecological and evolutionary insights into Asclepias: From soil symbionts to disturbances
(2021-12)
Milkweeds (Asclepias) are a diverse genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, with an estimated 130 species found in North America. Milkweed research has increased dramatically over the past two decades, due in part to ...
Learning and physiological stress: Outcomes on expression of related genes in honey bees (Apis mellifera)
(2021-05)
Stress is defined as any deviation form an organism's baseline physiological levels. As such, introduction of new stimuli and information, such as in learning, can be operationally defined stressors. A large body of research ...
Administrator perceptions on the monitoring of teaching and teaching misbehavior in online higher education courses
(2021-12)
The evaluation of teaching quality is a concern for leaders in higher education. Faculty supervisors must make recommendations for hiring, promoting, and rendering tenure decisions for faculty members. In addition, they ...
Structure and functional characterization of the pheromone binding protein 2 from Ostrinia furnacalis
(2021-05)
Animal olfaction has an immense impact on their survival. The insect olfactory system is the most exquisitely sensitive in the animal kingdom. Moth antennae contain hair-like structures called sensilla, which are involved ...
Application of autocorrelation principles to characterize line source radiation
(2021-12)
The problem of line source radiation is examined through the application of autocorrelation principles. These principles enable the radiation from a line source to be characterized with only knowledge of the current ...
Expression, purification, NMR structure, and molecular dynamics studies of Ost4 and Ost4V23D: A critical subunit of yeast oligosaccharyltransferase
(2021-05)
N-linked glycosylation is an essential and highly conserved protein modification reaction that takes place in all eukaryotes and some prokaryotes. This reaction is catalyzed by the enzyme complex, oligosaccharyltransferase ...
Interpreting natural language processing (NLP) models and lifting their limitations
(2021-07)
There have been many advances in the artificial intelligence field due to the emergence of deep learning and big data. In almost all sub-fields, artificial neural networks have reached or exceeded human-level performance. ...