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“How is your thesis going?”–Ph.D. students’ perspectives on mental health and stress in academia

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November 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
mjamurphy.bsky.social
Our paper looking at aflatoxin contamination rates in formal & informal maize flour in Kenya is now out in PlosOne

More on this issue soon!
Aflatoxin contamination of maize flour in Kenya: Results from multi-city, multi-round surveillance
Foodborne illness is a major source of the global burden of disease, but public monitoring of hazards in food systems is overwhelmingly focused on the formal sector in high income countries. We contri...
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November 14, 2025 at 10:11 PM
jjfreyd.bsky.social
(3 of 5)

We have researched DARVO.

For instance, We know something about who is most likely to use it.

Harsey, Adams-Clark, & Freyd (2024). Associations between defensive victim-blaming responses (DARVO), rape myth acceptance, and sexual harassment.

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Associations between defensive victim-blaming responses (DARVO), rape myth acceptance, and sexual harassment
DARVO (Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender) is a response frequently exhibited by perpetrators of wrongdoing after being confronted or held accountable for their harmful behaviors. Consistent wi...
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November 16, 2025 at 11:56 AM
atranscendedman.bsky.social
Researchers studied 110 COVID-19 patients in Karachi and found that 43% had viral shedding lasting at least 15 days.

No factors like age, gender, illness severity or treatment explained the delay, and it did not affect hospital stay or death rates.

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Factors associated with prolonged viral shedding in COVID-19 infection: A retrospective cohort from Karachi, Pakistan
Background The implications of prolonged viral shedding in COVID-19 are of major public health concern. There are several studies elucidating the impact on transmission; there is a lack of data on out...
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November 16, 2025 at 4:42 PM
jackhooker.bsky.social
New OA 🦇 research 📄

Testing a bat fatality detection system at wind turbines

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Testing a bat fatality detection system at wind turbines
To understand conditions associated with bat fatalities at wind turbines for informing reduction strategies, researchers began using thermal camera video monitoring with a field of view (FOV) focused ...
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November 11, 2025 at 9:50 AM
arctomet.bsky.social
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Paleontological and paleoecological significance of the oldest highly productive Upper Cretaceous (lowermost Maastrichtian) bonebed of Haţeg Basin (western Romania; Densuş-Ciula Formation)
Recent extensive fieldwork in the Densuş-Ciula Formation in Haţeg Basin has led to the discovery of several important high-diversity bonebeds. Among the excavated locations, site K2 is by far the most...
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November 14, 2025 at 6:35 AM
elisabethbik.bsky.social
LB: The Alcohol industry sponsored the Brussels Declaration - a document often used by research integrity

How to spot industry influence on science?
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Our papers have been flagged to be retracted, e.g. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

#IRICSydney
How to spot industry influence in science
Keen to know if vested interests have influenced research methods or policies? Professor Lisa Bero outlines the signs to help scientists, journalists and the public assess scientific communications fo...
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November 16, 2025 at 10:43 PM
atranscendedman.bsky.social
Korea National Institute of Health researchers gave SARS-CoV-2 spike protein to rats and found it entered the brain, disrupted synapses, triggered Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s-related protein buildup, and impaired memory

Metformin prevented these effects

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SARS-CoV-2 spike protein causes synaptic dysfunction and p-tau and α-synuclein aggregation leading cognitive impairment: The protective role of metformin
Patients recovering from post-coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) often experience cognitive dysfunction, including difficulties with focusing, conversation, or memory issues, which can persist for we...
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November 9, 2025 at 1:57 PM
leanhealth.bsky.social
Diese Ergebnisse deuten darauf hin, dass S1 die synaptische Homöostase stört und neurodegenerative Prozesse fördert, und dass Metformin als potenzielle therapeutische Strategie zur Abschwächung der langfristigen kognitiven Folgen von COVID-19 dienen könnte.

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SARS-CoV-2 spike protein causes synaptic dysfunction and p-tau and α-synuclein aggregation leading cognitive impairment: The protective role of metformin
Patients recovering from post-coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) often experience cognitive dysfunction, including difficulties with focusing, conversation, or memory issues, which can persist for we...
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November 10, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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Experiences of accessing primary care by those living with long Covid in New Zealand: A qualitative analysis

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#LongCovid #PASC #PwLC #postcovid #postcovid19 #LC #Covidlonghaulers #PostCovidSyndrome
Experiences of accessing primary care by those living with long Covid in New Zealand: A qualitative analysis — Sarah Rhodes and Christina Douglas "With the current pressure on the NZ health system, and the failure of Government to provide dedicated funding for long Covid several undesirable outcomes look increasingly likely: inadequate support for patients presenting with this complex and disabling condition, even greater pressure on the primary care system, and wider health disparities, particularly for Māori and Pacific peoples."
November 12, 2025 at 12:14 AM
cascoclauda.bsky.social
as promised, bonus kitty! i'm unsure exactly which taxon this is, as it appears to be quite a young cat, noted on apple tv's website to reflect the paper below, which is about smilodon fatalis, if that helps
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possibly a young smilodon fatalis (identification pending) rubbing its sabre-teeth on a rock face
November 8, 2025 at 9:49 AM
dizachster.bsky.social
In ANTH 120 today we made footprints using different walking gaits, testing whether the 3.6 million year old footprints at Laetoli, Tanzania were made by hominins that walked like us today

(attempting to replicate this study: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...)
Room with a rectangular sandbox laid across a blue tarp. The sandbox has two trackways of footprints, and the blue tarp is covered with sand.
November 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
atranscendedman.bsky.social
UCSF researchers studied 26 people and found that those with Long COVID had higher heart rates and more symptoms during tilt table testing, but most did not meet criteria for POTS or orthostatic hypotension, suggesting subtler autonomic issues.

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Case-control study of autonomic symptoms in the setting of Long COVID with tilt table testing
Background Autonomic symptoms and orthostatic syndromes have been reported in Long COVID, but few studies have characterized findings using head up tilt table testing. Objective To characterize auto...
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November 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Study: Experiences of accessing primary care by those living with long Covid in New Zealand: A qualitative analysis.

Published: November 5, 2025

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Experiences of accessing primary care by those living with long Covid in New Zealand: A qualitative analysis
Background Long Covid is the persistence of symptoms beyond 12 weeks following acute Covid-19 infection. It is estimated to affect one in ten people and can be extremely debilitating. With few publicl...
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November 5, 2025 at 10:04 PM
arc-em.bsky.social
What drives willingness to participate in health research?

Led by our #PhD student Zara Kayani, participation and consent to data linkage varies across demographic groups.

Inclusive recruitment strategies are essential to engage underserved communities.

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Which demographic characteristics are associated with willingness to take part in recontact studies? A cross-sectional study
Background Lower rates of participation in research by ethnic minority groups and socioeconomically deprived populations has led to efforts to develop recruitment strategies which aim to address this ...
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November 5, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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🦴 The Doñana National Park serves as a natural laboratory for investigating fossilization processes in a Mediterranean climate.

Published in PLOS ONE, a new study offers a new perspective on bone weathering.

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November 5, 2025 at 10:28 AM
atranscendedman.bsky.social
Osaka University researchers will test whether early treatment with the antiviral ensitrelvir can prevent Long COVID in 2,000 adults with mild symptoms.

The trial will track fatigue, breathlessness, and memory issues up to 6 months later.

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Research to evaluate safety and impact of long COVID intervention with Ensitrelvir for National Cohort (RESILIENCE Study): A protocol for a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
Long COVID, characterized by persistent symptoms following acute coronavirus disease (COVID-19), presents a substantial challenge to global health. Ensitrelvir fumarate, a novel oral antiviral agent, ...
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November 4, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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Kim Kardashian is wrong (shocker!) - moon landings certainly happened. As I showed before, Apollo had >400k staff who'd need be complicit. Chances of them keeping it secret? Virtually zero. Probability of a celebrity saying something daft, alas, approaches unity🤪 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
October 31, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Study:

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Implications of Diet for the Extinction of Saber-Toothed Cats and American Lions
The saber-toothed cat, Smilodon fatalis, and American lion, Panthera atrox, were among the largest terrestrial carnivores that lived during the Pleistocene, going extinct along with other megafauna ∼1...
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October 31, 2025 at 9:37 AM
ticiaverveer.bsky.social
Age and origin of a Cahokian wooden monument at the Mitchell site, Illinois, USA
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October 29, 2025 at 1:39 PM
motivickyle.bsky.social
lol there is a 2019 PLOSOne paper demonstrating that ants follow Fermat's principle: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Fermat’s Principle of Least Time Predicts Refraction of Ant Trails at Substrate Borders
Fermat’s principle of least time states that light rays passing through different media follow the fastest (and not the most direct) path between two points, leading to refraction at medium borders. H...
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October 28, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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🔥🔥 New article in PlosOne 🔥🔥

Citation behaviour isn’t a meritocracy.
It’s shaped by social ties and topic overlap.
Let’s rethink how we evaluate research impact.

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October 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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🧵 1/
🚨 New paper out in PLOS ONE! w/ @caropradier.bsky.social @benzpierre.bsky.social @natsush.bsky.social @ipoga.bsky.social @lariviev.bsky.social
We studied 43k authors and 264k citation links in U.S. economics to ask:
👉 Why do some papers cite others?
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October 27, 2025 at 6:06 PM
lindorfflarsen.bsky.social
Just because this came up a few times recently

If you need to compare two or more ensembles (like RMSD for structures) we developed algorithms and code (ENCORE) to do just that

Similarity Measures for Protein Ensembles
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ENCORE
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October 27, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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After years of careful work, our pioneer article is out!
📖 Dialogic Social Impact Analysis of Companies and Organizations #DSIACO
Now in @plosone.org
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A pioneer model to evaluate companies’ #SocialImpact based on scientific evidence 💡
Dialogic Social Impact Analysis of Companies and Organizations (DSIACO): A pioneer model for evaluating social impact of companies and organizations
Scientific literature has clarified that companies’ social impact is crucial in improving society by optimising their performance and relationship with their stakeholders, creating long-term value. Co...
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October 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM