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.

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1,101-1,120 of 5,654 ARTICLES
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.132230.1
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Water-energy-food nexus in the Great Lakes Region of Africa: Current status and prospects
[version 1; peer review: 1 approved with reservations, 2 not approved]
Peer Reviewers Hubert Hirwa and Fabien Muhirwa; Rodrigo A. Bellezoni; Krishna Mondal
PUBLISHED 21 Apr 2023
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.131414.1
Research Article metrics
Preserved correlation matrices pinpoint extracellular matrix organization as a critical factor in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
[version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 1 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Stephan Joel Reshkin; Howard Crawford
  • Funder
  • Nemzeti Kutatási Fejlesztési és Innovációs Hivatal
PUBLISHED 18 Apr 2023
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.132003.1
Policy Brief metrics
Developing bird friendly transmission power lines in Kenya
[version 1; peer review: 1 approved with reservations, 1 not approved]
Peer Reviewers Natalia Rebolo-Ifrán; Francisco Guil Celada
  • Funder
  • European Union through the Global Biodiversity Information Facility Project
PUBLISHED 18 Apr 2023
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.128612.1
Method Article metrics
Pulling wire to avoid misinsertion of filament and vascular damage improves ischemic stroke models' success rate and repeatability
[version 1; peer review: 2 not approved]
Peer Reviewers Claire L. Gibson; Huaxin Sheng
  • Funders
  • Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine
  • Yunnan Scholar of Yunling
  • Innovative Research Team in Science and Technology in Yunnan Province
  • Yunnan Provincial application of basic projects
  • Open Project of Yunnan Key Laboratory of Southern Medicinal Utilization
  • Yunnan Province talent projects
  • The National Natural Science Foundation of China
  • General project of Yunnan applied basic research program
  • Yunnan Key Project
  • Open Project of State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resource in West China
PUBLISHED 17 Apr 2023
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.126654.2
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Revised
Evaluation of clinical efficacy of Ginkgo biloba extract in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis: a randomized clinical trial
[version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 1 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Ali Azeez Al-Jumaili; Mohammad Forhad Khan
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 14 Apr 2023
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.129929.2
Research Article metrics
Revised
Disease association and comparative genomics of compositional bias in human proteins
[version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Stella Tamana; Gregory Amoutzias
  • Funders
  • European Social Fund
  • European Regional Development Fund
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 14 Apr 2023
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.122649.2
Research Article metrics
Revised
Carotenoids from female Grapsus albolineatus as potential anti-ageing compounds
[version 2; peer review: 1 approved]
Peer Reviewers Mosad A Ghareeb, Sami Nasr, Hend Okasha and Amal Saad
  • Funder
  • Excellent University Fundamental Research Scheme 2019
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 14 Apr 2023
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.125579.1
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Cell-type classification of cancer single-cell RNA-seq data using the Subsemble ensemble-based machine learning classifier
[version 1; peer review: 3 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Saskia Freytag; Yue Cao; Zhixiang Ren
  • Funders
  • Children's Health Research Institute
  • Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
  • Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
  • NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award
PUBLISHED 14 Apr 2023
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.111658.2
Software Tool Article metrics
Revised
GRAPE: genomic relatedness detection pipeline
[version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Ying Zhou; Ardalan Naseri
  • Funder
  • GenX Global Limited
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 13 Apr 2023
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.132035.1
Systematic Review metrics
Microplastic content of over-the-counter toothpastes - a systematic review
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Arun Simon; Harsh Priya
PUBLISHED 13 Apr 2023
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.126463.2
Software Tool Article metrics
Revised
A2TEA: Identifying trait-specific evolutionary adaptations
[version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Manuel Aranda and Octavio Salazar Moya; Rahul Siddharthan
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 12 Apr 2023
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.133019.1
Editorial metrics NOT PEER REVIEWED
Open Data and transparency in artificial intelligence and machine learning: A new era of research
[version 1; peer review: not peer reviewed]
PUBLISHED 12 Apr 2023
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.128656.1
Method Article metrics
Phylogenetic placement of whole genome duplications in yeasts through quantitative analysis of hierarchical orthologous groups
[version 1; peer review: 1 approved with reservations, 1 not approved]
Peer Reviewers Xinyi Guo; Gavin Conant
  • Funder
  • Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
PUBLISHED 12 Apr 2023
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.76218.2
Review metrics
Revised
Polygenic Risk Score in African populations: progress and challenges
[version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Bingxin Zhao; Cathryn M. Lewis and Michelle Kamp
  • Funders
  • World Bank
  • National Human Genome Research Institute
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 11 Apr 2023
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.129036.2
Review metrics
Revised
Studying ancient human oral microbiomes could yield insights into the evolutionary history of noncommunicable diseases
[version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Sarah Schrader; Taylor van Doren
  • Funder
  • National Science Foundation
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 06 Apr 2023
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.127506.1
Method Article metrics
An economic case for small scale solar-wind-augmented agriculture in exurban localities
[version 1; peer review: 1 not approved]
Peer Reviewers Ogheneruona Diemuodeke
PUBLISHED 04 Apr 2023
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.129668.2
Research Article metrics
Revised
Increased growth temperature and vitamin B12 supplementation reduces the lag time for rapid pathogen identification in BHI agar and blood cultures
[version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Sarita Mohapatra; Rashid Nazir
  • Funder
  • Inland Norway University of Applied Sceinces
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 03 Apr 2023
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.124002.5
Research Article metrics
Revised
Mutation patterns of resistance genes for macrolides, aminoglycosides, and rifampicin in non-tuberculous mycobacteria isolates from Kenya
[version 5; peer review: 2 approved, 1 not approved]
Peer Reviewers Leena Al-Hassan; Utpal Sengupta; Clement Likhovole
  • Funder
  • Meru University of Science and Technology
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 03 Apr 2023
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.127234.2
Review metrics
Revised
Different levels of circadian (de)synchrony ­– where does it hurt?
[version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Frank A.J.L. Scheer; Andrew N. Coogan
  • Funders
  • Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 03 Apr 2023
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.109628.2
Case Report metrics
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Case Report: Identification of likely recurrent CEP290 mutation in a child with Joubert syndrome and cerebello-retinal-renal features.
[version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Muhammad Ansar; Karen I. Lange
  • Funders
  • Kidney Research UK
  • Northern Counties Kidney Research Fund
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 31 Mar 2023
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