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Adapting methodology used on captive subjects for estimating gut passage time in wild monkeys (2020)
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Gut passage time of food has consequences for primate digestive strategies, which subsequently affect seed dispersal. Seed dispersal models are critical in understanding plant population and community dynamics through estimation of seed dispersal dis... Read More about Adapting methodology used on captive subjects for estimating gut passage time in wild monkeys.

A new identification of the monkeys depicted in a Bronze Age wall painting from Akrotiri, Thera (2019)
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Bronze Age Aegean (ca. 3500–1100 B.C.) wall paintings from the islands of Crete and Thera depict monkeys in a variety of roles such as running wild in nature, possibly following (trained) commands, and participating in sacred activities. These images... Read More about A new identification of the monkeys depicted in a Bronze Age wall painting from Akrotiri, Thera.

Design principles for decoding calcium signals to generate specific gene expression via transcription (2019)
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The second messenger calcium plays a key role in conveying specificity of signalling pathways in plant cells. Specific calcium signatures are decoded to generate correct gene expression responses and amplification of calcium signatures is vital to th... Read More about Design principles for decoding calcium signals to generate specific gene expression via transcription.

Best practice for collar deployment of tri-axial accelerometers on a terrestrial quadruped to provide accurate measurement of body acceleration (2020)
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Background: Tri-axial accelerometers are frequently deployed on terrestrial quadrupedal mammals using collars, because they are easy to fit and are thought to have minimal impact on the subject. Collar-attached devices are not fixed to the body and c... Read More about Best practice for collar deployment of tri-axial accelerometers on a terrestrial quadruped to provide accurate measurement of body acceleration.

One situation doesn’t fit all: Variability and stability of state willingness to communicate in a Chinese College English classroom (2019)
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Willingness to communicate (WTC) used to be studied as a relatively stable, trait-like predisposition; however, recently attention has shifted to the more dynamic, state-like components of WTC. This research investigates variability and stability in... Read More about One situation doesn’t fit all: Variability and stability of state willingness to communicate in a Chinese College English classroom.

Trained dogs identify people with malaria parasites by their odour (2019)
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Research agenda for preventing mosquito-transmitted diseases through improving the built environment in sub-Saharan Africa (2019)
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Mosquito-transmitted diseases are a major threat to health in sub-Saharan Africa, but could be reduced through modifications to the built environment. Here we report findings from a major workshop held to identify the research gaps in this area, name... Read More about Research agenda for preventing mosquito-transmitted diseases through improving the built environment in sub-Saharan Africa.

Phylogenomics of the genus Tursiops and closely related Delphininae reveals extensive reticulation among lineages and provides inference about eco-evolutionary drivers (2020)
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Phylogeographic inference has provided extensive insight into the relative roles of geographical isolation and ecological processes during evolutionary radiations. However, the importance of cross-lineage admixture in facilitating adaptive radiations... Read More about Phylogenomics of the genus Tursiops and closely related Delphininae reveals extensive reticulation among lineages and provides inference about eco-evolutionary drivers.

Preventing yellow fever epidemics in Asian megacities: how can cities control mosquito-transmitted diseases? (2021)
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The COVID-19 pandemic has reminded us of the ever present threat from infectious diseases, this includes the ones we know about already and future unknowns. The mosquito-transmitted disease yellow fever has claimed thousands of lives over the centuri... Read More about Preventing yellow fever epidemics in Asian megacities: how can cities control mosquito-transmitted diseases?.

A New Test of a Theory about Old Mosquitoes (2020)
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In vector control, it is widely accepted that killing adult mosquitoes would sharply reduce the proportion of old mosquitoes and cause the greatest changes to malaria transmission. The principle is based on a mathematical model of the sporozoite rate... Read More about A New Test of a Theory about Old Mosquitoes.

Habituation is not neutral or equal: Individual differences in tolerance suggest an overlooked personality trait (2020)
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In behavioral studies, observer effects can be substantial, even for habituated animals, but few studies account for potential observer-related phenomenon empirically. We used wild, habituated chacma baboons to explore two key assumptions of behavior... Read More about Habituation is not neutral or equal: Individual differences in tolerance suggest an overlooked personality trait.

Assessing the impact of the addition of pyriproxyfen on the durability of permethrin-treated bed nets in Burkina Faso: a compound-randomized controlled trial (2019)
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Background Long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) treated with pyrethroids are the foundation of malaria control in sub-Saharan Africa. Rising pyrethroid resistance in vectors, however, has driven the development of alternative net formulations. Here... Read More about Assessing the impact of the addition of pyriproxyfen on the durability of permethrin-treated bed nets in Burkina Faso: a compound-randomized controlled trial.

Mass Drug Administration With High-Dose Ivermectin and Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine for Malaria Elimination in an Area of Low Transmission With High Coverage of Malaria Control Interventions: Protocol for the MASSIV Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial (2020)
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Background: With a decline in malaria burden, innovative interventions and tools are required to reduce malaria transmission further. Mass drug administration (MDA) of artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) has been identified as a potential too... Read More about Mass Drug Administration With High-Dose Ivermectin and Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine for Malaria Elimination in an Area of Low Transmission With High Coverage of Malaria Control Interventions: Protocol for the MASSIV Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial.

Risks and Challenges of Arboviral Diseases in Sudan: The Urgent Need for Actions (2020)
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The risk of emergence and/or re-emergence of arthropod-borne viral (arboviral) infections is rapidly growing worldwide, particularly in Africa. The burden of arboviral infections and diseases is not well scrutinized because of the inefficient surveil... Read More about Risks and Challenges of Arboviral Diseases in Sudan: The Urgent Need for Actions.

A new species of sucking louse from the mandrill from Gabon with a review of host associations and geographical distributions, and identification keys to members of the genus Pedicinus (Phthiraptera: Anoplura: Pedicinidae) (2020)
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Members of the sucking louse genus Pedicinus are ectoparasites of cercopithecid primates in Africa, Asia, and Gibraltar. Pedicinus gabonensis n. sp. is described based on adult male and female specimens collected from the mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx)... Read More about A new species of sucking louse from the mandrill from Gabon with a review of host associations and geographical distributions, and identification keys to members of the genus Pedicinus (Phthiraptera: Anoplura: Pedicinidae).

Personality dynamics at work: The effects of form, time, and context of variability (2021)
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The study aimed to investigate the status of within-person state variability in neuroticism and conscientiousness as individual differences constructs by exploring their (a) temporal stability, (b) cross-context consistency, (c) empirical links to se... Read More about Personality dynamics at work: The effects of form, time, and context of variability.

A global assessment of the drivers of threatened terrestrial species richness (2020)
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High numbers of threatened species might be expected to occur where overall species richness is also high; however, this explains only a proportion of the global variation in threatened species richness. Understanding why many areas have more or fewe... Read More about A global assessment of the drivers of threatened terrestrial species richness.

Extent of threat detection depends on predator type and behavioral context in wild samango monkey groups (2021)
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Detecting predators requires information, and many behavioral and environmental features are predicted to enhance or limit an animal’s ability to learn about potential danger. Animals living in groups are thought to be at an advantage for learning ab... Read More about Extent of threat detection depends on predator type and behavioral context in wild samango monkey groups.

Illuminating Movement? Nocturnal Activity Patterns in Chacma Baboons (2019)
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Recent analyses have shown that typically diurnal primates may periodically exhibit some levels of activity at night. Despite this, there have been few studies that have explored whether diurnal primates living in temperate environments will extend t... Read More about Illuminating Movement? Nocturnal Activity Patterns in Chacma Baboons.

Innovations in Camera Trapping Technology and Approaches: The Integration of Citizen Science and Artificial Intelligence (2020)
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Camera trapping has become an increasingly reliable and mainstream tool for surveying a diversity of wildlife species. Concurrent with this has been an increasing effort to involve the wider public in the research process, in an approach known as ‘ci... Read More about Innovations in Camera Trapping Technology and Approaches: The Integration of Citizen Science and Artificial Intelligence.