Natural Sciences

Natural sciences comprises the branches of science which aim to describe and understand the fundamental processes and phenomena that define our natural world, including both life sciences and physical sciences.

All Research Articles

2,481-2,500 of 5,766 ARTICLES
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.19915.2
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Revised
Acute and sub-acute toxicity study of the root extracts of Fagaropsis hildebrandtii in mice and evaluation of their antimicrobial effects
[version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 1 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Mekbeb Afework and Fikre Bayu; Candice van Wyk
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 07 Feb 2020
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.21738.1
Review metrics
Countering opioid-induced respiratory depression by non-opioids that are respiratory stimulants
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Albert Dahan; Frances Chung
  • Funders
  • Therapeutic Innovation Australia
  • Australian Government
PUBLISHED 07 Feb 2020
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.18283.3
Brief Report metrics
Revised
National culture as a correlate of research output and impact
[version 3; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Jonathan P. Tennant; Ludo Waltman
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 07 Feb 2020
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.20726.2
Study Protocol metrics
Revised
Investigation of Risk Of Bias due to Unreported and SelecTively included results in meta-analyses of nutrition research: the ROBUST study protocol
[version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Robbie C.M. van Aert; Joshua Wallach
  • Funders
  • Country Women's Association
  • National Health and Medical Research Council
  • Australian Research Council
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 07 Feb 2020
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.18356.2
Review metrics
Revised
The neurobiological mechanism underlying hypothalamic GnRH pulse generation: the role of kisspeptin neurons in the arcuate nucleus
[version 2; peer review: 4 approved]
Peer Reviewers Robert L. Goodman; Hitoshi Ozawa; Naomi Rance; Robert Millar
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 06 Feb 2020
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.21253.1
Review metrics
Regulation of E3 ubiquitin ligases by homotypic and heterotypic assembly
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Alessio Ciulli; Gali Prag
  • Funder
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
PUBLISHED 06 Feb 2020
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.22182.1
Systematic Review metrics
A systematic review of non-randomised evaluations of strategies to improve participant recruitment to randomised controlled trials
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved, 2 approved with reservations, 1 not approved]
Peer Reviewers Karen Bracken; Barbara Clyne; Emily Peckham; Geoff K Frampton; Lucy Beasant
  • Funders
  • University of Aberdeen
  • Medical Research Council
PUBLISHED 05 Feb 2020
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.20835.1
Review metrics
The influence of host genetics on the microbiome
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Maggie R. Wagner; Rachael E. Antwis
  • Funders
  • ThinkSwiss - swissnex Network
  • Universität Zürich - URPP Evolution in Action
PUBLISHED 05 Feb 2020
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.19810.2
Research Article metrics
Revised
Pipeline analysis of a vaccine candidate portfolio for diseases of poverty using the Portfolio-To-Impact modelling tool
[version 2; peer review: 3 approved]
Peer Reviewers Jean-Louis Excler; Gerald H. Voss; Maria Elena Bottazzi
  • Funder
  • TDR
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 04 Feb 2020
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.21150.1
Review metrics
Cancer immunosurveillance by CD8 T cells
[version 1; peer review: 3 approved]
Peer Reviewers Ramon Arens; Karen S. Anderson; Laura Bonifaz
  • Funders
  • Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, Mexico
  • National Institutes of Health
PUBLISHED 03 Feb 2020
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.21383.1
Review metrics
New insights into the pathogenesis of leprosy: contribution of subversion of host cell metabolism to bacterial persistence, disease progression, and transmission
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers David L. Sacks; Hazel Dockrell
  • Funders
  • The Brazilian National Council for Scientific Research
  • The New York Community Trust/Heiser Program for Research on Leprosy
  • The National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  • Foundation for Research Support of the State of Rio de Janeiro
PUBLISHED 31 Jan 2020
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.20510.1
Review metrics
All disease begins in the (leaky) gut: role of zonulin-mediated gut permeability in the pathogenesis of some chronic inflammatory diseases
[version 1; peer review: 3 approved]
Peer Reviewers Xin M Luo; Michael Maes; Arul Jayaraman
  • Funder
  • National Institutes of Health
PUBLISHED 31 Jan 2020
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.21599.1
Review metrics
Transitions in metabolic and immune systems from pre-menopause to post-menopause: implications for age-associated neurodegenerative diseases
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Pauline Maki; Walter A. Rocca
  • Funder
  • National Institute on Aging
PUBLISHED 30 Jan 2020
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.21184.1
Review metrics
Classification of primary progressive aphasia: challenges and complexities
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Peter Nestor; Jason D. Warren
  • Funder
  • NIH NIDCD
PUBLISHED 30 Jan 2020
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.20829.1
Review metrics
Food as circadian time cue for appetitive behavior
[version 1; peer review: 5 approved]
Peer Reviewers David Bechtold; Henrik Oster; Jorge Mendoza; Alec J. Davidson; Shimon Amir
  • Funder
  • Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
PUBLISHED 29 Jan 2020
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.20634.1
Review metrics
Understanding and managing acute encephalitis
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Jayantee Kalita; Anirban Basu
PUBLISHED 29 Jan 2020
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.19895.1
Case Report metrics
Case Report: Primary ganglioneuroblastoma occurrence in lower thoracic spine
[version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 1 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Bidyut Prava Das; Yuvaraja Murugan
PUBLISHED 29 Jan 2020
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.19260.1
Research Article metrics
Current routines for antibiotic prophylaxis prior to transrectal prostate biopsy: a national survey to all urology clinics in Sweden
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Truls Bjerklund-Johansen; Shingo Yamamoto
  • Funders
  • Nationella Prostatacancerregistret
  • Landstinget Västernorrland
PUBLISHED 28 Jan 2020
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.21185.1
Review metrics
Recent advances in understanding the role of Cdk1 in the Spindle Assembly Checkpoint
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Jakob Nilsson; Jonne Raaijmakers
  • Funder
  • Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro - AIRC
PUBLISHED 28 Jan 2020
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.21362.1
Review metrics
The B-side of Xist
[version 1; peer review: 3 approved]
Peer Reviewers Marnie E. Blewitt; Michael Sattler and Alisha Jones; Takashi Sado
  • Funder
  • Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
PUBLISHED 28 Jan 2020
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