cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Bringing proteomics to bear on male fertility: key lessons
Creators: name: Parkes, Rachel
name: Garcia, Thomas X.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Male infertility is a major public health concern globally. Proteomics has revolutionized our comprehension of male fertility by identifying potential infertility biomarkers and reproductive defects. Studies comparing sperm proteome with other male reproductive tissues have the potential to refine fertility diagnostics and guide infertility treatment development. This review encapsulates literature using proteomic approaches to progress male reproductive biology. Our search methodology included systematic searches of databases such as PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science for articles up to 2023. Keywords used included ‘male fertility proteomics,’ ‘spermatozoa proteome,’ ‘testis proteomics,’ ‘epididymal proteomics,’ and ‘non-hormonal male contraception.’ Inclusion criteria were robust experimental design, significant contributions to male fertility, and novel use of proteomic technologies. Expert analysis shows a shift from traditional research to an integrative approach that clarifies male reproductive health’s molecular intricacies. A gap exists between proteomic discoveries and clinical application. The expert opinions consolidated here not only navigate the current findings but also chart the future proteomic applications for scientific and clinical breakthroughs. We underscore the need for continued investment in proteomic research – both in the technological and collaborative arenas – to further unravel the secrets of male fertility, which will be central to resolving fertility issues in the coming era.
Aculepeira ceropegia
Creators: name: Sajadi, Samin Sadat
name: Wesal, Mohammad Wasil
name: Zamani, Alireza
name: Moradmand, Majid
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Araneidae
Aculepeira
Aculepeira ceropegia

description: 8) Aculepeira ceropegia (Walckenaer, 1802)
Records: Badghis: [Badg1]; Baghlan: [Bag1]; Kandahar: [Kan1].
Distribution: Trans-Palaearctic.
References:
Araneus ceropegius: Roewer 1962b: 4.
description: Published as part of Sajadi, Samin Sadat, Wesal, Mohammad Wasil, Zamani, Alireza & Moradmand, Majid, 2024, A checklist of the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Afghanistan, pp. 1-50 in Zootaxa 5551 (1) on page 8, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5551.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14389939
Perionyx excavatus Perrier 1872
Creators: name: Nguyen, Tung T.
name: Nguyen, Anh D.
name: Tran, Binh T. T.
name: Blakemore, Robert J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Clitellata
Opisthopora
Megascolecidae
Perionyx
Perionyx excavatus

description: Perionyx excavatus Perrier, 1872
Perionyx excavatus Perrier, 1872: 126, Plate IV, Figs 73–74; Rosa 1890b: 121; Beddard 1895a: 436; Michaelsen 1900: 208; Gates 1939: 108; Gates 1972: 141; Thai 1983: 122; Do 1994: 53; Nguyen 1994: 37; Le 1995a: 70; Thai 1987: 6, 7; Pham 1995c: 63; Thai 2000a: 310; Blakemore 2002: 133, Fig. 2.2; Huynh & Nguyen 2004a: 115; Huynh 2005a: 78; Nguyen V.T.
& Tran 2008: 184; Blakemore 2008; Nguyen et al. 2010: 114; Pham 2010: 62; Nguyen & Nguyen 2010: 123; Nguyen & Huynh 2011: 1018; Nguyen et al. 2012: 146; Nguyen 2013: 42; Nguyen 2014: 108.
Perionyx sp. — Tran, 1985: 56.
Perionyx gruenewaldi Michaelsen, 1891: 33.
Perionyx turaensis Stephenson, 1920: 216.
See Blakemore (2002) for more details and synonyms.
Type locality. Vietnam (Saigon).
Type material. MNHN, France.
Examined material. 5 C, 5 A (CTU-EW.003.01) Cho Moi, An Giang, 2/2010, coll. Ho Minh Thuan.
Records from Vietnam. Yen Bai (Yen Bai); Ha Giang (Meo Vac); Cao Bang (Thach An); Lang Son (Binh Gia); Hanoi (Ba Vi NP); Quang Tri (Huong Hoa); Thua Thien Hue (Hue); Da Nang (Hoa Vang); Quang Ngai (Quang Ngai; Tu Nghia); Binh Dinh (Quy Nhon); Gia Lai (Pleiku); Phu Yen (Song Cau); Khanh Hoa (Nha Trang); Lam Dong (Da Lat; Don Duong; Duc Trong); Binh Thuan (Phan Thiet; Bac Binh; Duc Linh); Ho Chi Minh; Ca Mau (U Minh); Bac Lieu (Vinh Loi); Ben Tre (Thanh Phu); Tra Vinh (Chau Thanh); Vinh Long (Vung Liem); Can Tho (Cai Rang; Ninh Kieu; Thot Not; Phong Dien); An Giang (Chau Phu; Chau Thanh; Cho Moi); Hau Giang (Phung Hiep) (Perrier 1872; Thai 1987; Do 1994; Nguyen 1994; Le 1995a; Pham 1995c, 2010; Huynh & Nguyen 2004a; Huynh 2005a; Nguyen V.T. & Tran 2008; Nguyen et al. 2010; Nguyen 2014).
Distribution. Cosmopolitan species, widely distributed in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Korea, China, USA, Canada, England, Samoa, India, Taiwan, Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Madagascar, Cambodia (Gates 1972; Thai & Do 1989; Blakemore 20 12a).
Vietnamese name. Giun Quế, Trùn Quế.
Remarks. The species is commonly used in earthworm farms, and sold as "red earthworm" for fishing and other purposes in Vietnam.
description: Published as part of Nguyen, Tung T., Nguyen, Anh D., Tran, Binh T. T. & Blakemore, Robert J., 2016, A comprehensive checklist of earthworm species and subspecies from Vietnam (Annelida: Clitellata: Oligochaeta: Almidae, Eudrilidae, Glossoscolecidae, Lumbricidae, Megascolecidae, Moniligastridae, Ocnerodrilidae, Octochaetidae), pp. 1-92 in Zootaxa 4140 (1) on pages 9-10, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4140.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/256507
Additional file 1: of Genomic insights into the evolution of hybrid isoprenoid biosynthetic gene clusters in the MAR4 marine streptomycete clade
Creators: name: Gallagher, Kelley
name: Jensen, Paul
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Table S1. Genome sequences used in this study. Table S2. ABBA PTases used as query sequences. Table S3. List of ABBA PTases identified in this study. Table S4. List of strains containing the complete mevalonate pathway. (PDF 215Â kb)
Pontodrilus Perrier 1874
Creators: name: Nguyen, Tung T.
name: Nguyen, Anh D.
name: Tran, Binh T. T.
name: Blakemore, Robert J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Clitellata
Enchytraeida
Randiellidae
Pontodrilus

description: Genus Pontodrilus Perrier, 1874
Pontodrilus Perrier, 1874: 1582; Michaelsen 1900: 179; Gates 1972: 47.
Type species. Pontodrilus marionis Perrier, 1874 (= Lumbricus litoralis Grube, 1855).
Distribution. One species (Pontodrilus litoralis) widely found on shorelines in the tropics and warmer parts of continents and islands; others in Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and China (Blakemore 2002). Remarks. Only one species has been recorded in Vietnam.
description: Published as part of Nguyen, Tung T., Nguyen, Anh D., Tran, Binh T. T. & Blakemore, Robert J., 2016, A comprehensive checklist of earthworm species and subspecies from Vietnam (Annelida: Clitellata: Oligochaeta: Almidae, Eudrilidae, Glossoscolecidae, Lumbricidae, Megascolecidae, Moniligastridae, Ocnerodrilidae, Octochaetidae), pp. 1-92 in Zootaxa 4140 (1) on page 10, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4140.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/256507
Analyzing Multivariate Generalizability Theory Designs within Structural Equation Modeling Frameworks
Creators: name: Vispoel, Walter P.
name: Lee, Hyeryung
name: Hong, Hyeri
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Hematology

description: We demonstrate how to analyze complete multivariate generalizability theory (GT) designs within structural equation modeling frameworks that encompass both individual subscale scores and composites formed from those scores. Results from numerous analyses of observed scores obtained from respondents who completed the recently updated form of the Big Five Inventory (BFI-2) revealed that the lavaan SEM package in R produced results virtually identical to those obtained from the mGENOVA package, which historically has served as the gold standard for conducting multivariate GT analyses. We further extended lavaan analyses beyond what mGENOVA allows to produce Monte Carlo based confidence intervals for key GT parameters and correct score consistency and correlational indices for effects of scale coarseness characteristic of binary and ordinal data. Our comprehensive online Supplemental Material includes code for performing all illustrated analyses using lavaan and mGENOVA.
Additional file 3: of Myocardial infarction and mortality following joint surgery in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a retrospective cohort study
Creators: name: Tropea, Joanne
name: Brand, Caroline
name: Bohensky, Megan
name: Doornum, Sharon Van
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Developmental Biology

description: Summary of patient level comparing those with rheumatoid arthritis to those without rheumatoid arthritis. (DOCX 14 kb)
Comparing Methods for Factor Score Estimation in Structural Equation Modeling: The Role of Network Analysis
Creators: name: Ouyang, Jinying
name: Jiang, Zhehan
name: DiStefano, Christine
name: Pan, Junhao
name: Han, Yuting
name: Xu, Lingling
name: Shi, Dexin
name: Cai, Fen
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Precisely estimating factor scores is challenging, especially when models are mis-specified. Stemming from network analysis, centrality measures offer an alternative approach to estimating the scores. Using a two-fold simulation design with varying availability of a priori theoretical knowledge, this study implemented hybrid centrality to estimate factor scores and compared the performance with traditional methods, where both proper and improper specifications were considered. In supervised scenarios, network scores using hybrid centrality performed similarly to CFA scores for correctly specified models. The network scores were more accurate when sample sizes were small or test reliability was low, and also demonstrated higher robustness under misspecification. In the second fold, network scores performed better than EFA scores when structure knowledge was unavailable, as the LoGo algorithm of network analysis demonstrated the best performance in retaining the correct factor structure. The results suggest that network analysis can be a better choice for factor score estimation under various conditions.
Pontodrilus litoralis Grube 1855
Creators: name: Nguyen, Tung T.
name: Nguyen, Anh D.
name: Tran, Binh T. T.
name: Blakemore, Robert J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Clitellata
Enchytraeida
Randiellidae
Pontodrilus
Pontodrilus litoralis

description: Pontodrilus litoralis (Grube, 1855)
Lumbricus litoralis Grube, 1855: 127, 135, Plate V, Figs 5–10.
Pontodrilus litoralis— Beddard, 1895a: 469; Michaelsen, 1900: 180; Easton, 1984: 114; Blakemore 2002: 129, Fig. 2.1; Blakemore 2007b: S3–S8; Blakemore 2008; Nguyen 2013: 95; Nguyen 2014: 112.
Pontodrilus marionis Perrier, 1874: 1582, synonymized by Michaelsen (1900).
Pontodrilus bermudensis Beddard, 1891a: 96, synonymized by Easton (1984).
Pontodrilus bermudensis— Thai 1987: 7; Thai 2000a: 307; Thai et al. 2004: 758; Huynh 2005a: 176; Nguyen & Nguyen 2010: 123.
Pontodrilus matsushimensis Iizuka, 1898: 21, Plate II, synonymized by Easton (1984).
Pontodrilus gracilis Gates, 1943: 100, synonymized by Easton (1984).
See Easton (1984) and Blakemore (2002, 2007b) for more synonyms and details.
Type locality. Southern France.
Type material. Humboldt Museum, Berlin, Germany.
Records from Vietnam. Hai Phong (Cat Ba Isl.); Khanh Hoa (Cam Ranh); Ba Ria-Vung Tau (Con Lon Isl.); Tien Giang (Go Cong Dong, Cai Lay); Bac Lieu (Bac Lieu); Ca Mau (Nam Can); Ben Tre (Binh Dai) (Le 1995a; Thai 1987; Thai et al. 2004; Nguyen & Nguyen 2010; Nguyen 2014).
Distribution. Cosmopolitan species; usually found in areas near warm seas of Atlantic, Pacific, Indian Oceans, from Mediterranean Sea to Southern China (Easton 1984; Blakemore 2002, 2007b). Vietnamese name. Giun pontodrilus vùng triều.
Remarks. The species is usually found in coastal regions. Chen (1938) synonymized Pontodrilus matsushimensis Iizuka, 1898 with P. bermudensis Beddard, 1891. Easton (1984) considered both species as synonyms of P. litoralis (Grube, 1855).
description: Published as part of Nguyen, Tung T., Nguyen, Anh D., Tran, Binh T. T. & Blakemore, Robert J., 2016, A comprehensive checklist of earthworm species and subspecies from Vietnam (Annelida: Clitellata: Oligochaeta: Almidae, Eudrilidae, Glossoscolecidae, Lumbricidae, Megascolecidae, Moniligastridae, Ocnerodrilidae, Octochaetidae), pp. 1-92 in Zootaxa 4140 (1) on pages 10-11, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4140.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/256507
MOESM2 of Specific tracking of xylan using fluorescent-tagged carbohydrate-binding module 15 as molecular probe
Creators: name: Khatri, Vinay
name: Hébert-Ouellet, Yannick
name: Meddeb-Mouelhi, Fatma
name: Beauregard, Marc
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biophysics
Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Neuroscience
Pharmacology

description: Additional file 2: Figure S2. Isothermal calorimetric titration of the OC15 probe with xylohexaose. Top panel: Typical ITC experiment carried out by adding 25 injections of 2 μL xylohexaose (5 µM) into the OC15 probe (200 mM) solution, with an interval of 130 s between each injection. Bottom panel: Heat release per mole of xylohexaose as a function of xylohexaose/OC15 molar ratio. The titration was performed at 25 °C in a 20 mM Tris-HCl pH 7.5 buffer which contained 20 mM NaCl and 5 mM CaCl2. Injectant: xylohexaose.
Recommended Practices in Latent Class Analysis Using the Open-Source R-Package tidySEM
Creators: name: Van Lissa, C. J.
name: Garnier-Villarreal, M.
name: Anadria, D.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biophysics
Pharmacology
Biotechnology
Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Cancer
Science Policy

description: Latent class analysis (LCA) refers to techniques for identifying groups in data based on a parametric model. Examples include mixture models, LCA with ordinal indicators, and latent class growth analysis. Despite its popularity, there is limited guidance with respect to decisions that must be made when conducting and reporting LCA. Moreover, there is a lack of user-friendly open-source implementations. Based on contemporary academic discourse, this paper introduces recommendations for LCA which are summarized in the SMART-LCA checklist: Standards for More Accuracy in Reporting of different Types of Latent Class Analysis. The free open-source R-package package tidySEM implements the practices recommended here. It is easy for beginners to adopt thanks to user-friendly wrapper functions, and yet remains relevant for expert users as its models are integrated within the OpenMx structural equation modeling framework and remain fully customizable. The Appendices and tidySEM package vignettes include tutorial examples of common applications of LCA.
Additional file 2: of Genome-wide characterization of human L1 antisense promoter-driven transcripts
Creators: name: Criscione, Steven
name: Theodosakis, Nicholas
name: Micevic, Goran
name: Cornish, Toby
name: Burns, Kathleen
name: Neretti, Nicola
name: RodiÄ, Nemanja
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Supplementary figures 1â  6 (PDF). Figure S1. Genomic coordinates of 2015 ESTs supporting L1 ASP transcripts. A) ESTs supporting L1 ASP transcripts from an evolutionarily ancient primate or mammalian L1. B) ESTs supporting L1 ASP transcripts from an evolutionarily recent human-specific L1HS or primate-specific L1PA2-8 subfamily. Figure S2: Evolutionary age of L1 subfamilies that contribute to L1 ASP transcripts normalized by the RepeatMasker genomic frequencies of L1 subfamilies. Figure S3: YY1 transcription factor binding at L1 ASP transcripts displays two peaks. Binding profiles of YY1 at ESTs supporting L1 ASP transcripts for A) L1-SNCAIP B) L1-KIAA1324L and C) L1-FOCAD. The red indicates the positive strand and the blue indicates the negative strand for the genome browser view. Figure S4: L1 ASP transcripts and accompanying histone modification features in additional cell-lines. A-B) The EST TSS enrichment profile of H3K4me2 and H3K4me3 ChIP-seq data for L1PA2-8 and L1HS subfamilies in H1-ESC and Hela cell lines, respectively. The units for enrichment are input subtracted reads per million mapping reads (RPM). C-D) The EST TSS enrichment profile of GRO-seq data for L1PA2-8 and L1HS subfamilies in MCF7 and Hela cell-lines, respectively. The units for enrichment are reads per million mapping reads (RPM). Figure S5: Examples of L1 ASP transcripts that, despite displaying some evidence of L1 exonization, are likely to be L1 ASP transcripts. A) L1-MAPK10, which primarily displays support for being classified a L1 ASP transcript and minor evidence of L1 exonization. B) L1- SCAMP1, which displays non-overlapping independent support for a L1 ASP transcript and L1 exonization. The red indicates the positive strand and the blue indicates the negative strand for the genome browser view. Figure S6: Genome browser view of conserved L1 ASP transcripts identified in both mouse in human. The gene SHISA5 displays an L1 ASP transcript originated from ancient shared mammalian L1M5 subfamilies. Conservation is displayed for various mammals including Rhesus, Mouse, Rat, Rabbit, Pig, Dolphin, Dog, Elephant, Manatee, and Opossum where dark vertical lines represent conservation. Mammals that contain the L1 ASP in their genome are highlighted in red, whereas blue indicates absence of contributing L1 ASP. (PDF 7039 kb)
Astarteserphinae ENGEL & HERHOLD & BARDEN 2022, subfam. nov.
Creators: name: ENGEL, MICHAEL S.
name: HERHOLD, HOLLISTER W.
name: BARDEN, PHILLIP
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Proctotrupidae

description: Astarteserphinae subfam. nov.
Type genus. Astarteserphus gen. nov.
Diagnosis. The subfamily is diagnosed by the following combination of characters: Females with head broad, slightly wider than long; antennal toruli separated from clypeal base by about 3× torular diameter; scape short; flagellomere XI enlarged; compound eyes short, occupying upper portion of lateral head surface, hirsute, inner ocular margins roughly parallel; malar space elongate, nearly as long as compound eye and longer than mandible; mandible simple, without subapical teeth; maxillary palpus tetramerous; labial palpus trimerous; occipital carina wholly lacking (neither present dorsally nor laterally). Mesoscutum with notauli present as shallow furrows extending to posterior margin of mesoscutum; metepisternum without demarcated smooth polished area. Forewing with only Sc+R, pterostigma, and rrs as sclerotized veins; C absent, thus costal cell open along entire anterior length (marginal cell only closed cell); 3Rs nebulous, short, straight, forming short marginal cell shorter than pterostigma. Metasoma with metasomal tergum I and sternum I short, fused, forming short petiole, petiole visible from above; terga II–IV fused to form syntergum, with two faint furrows running transversely across syntergum indicating points of fusion between original terga II, III, and IV.
description: Published as part of ENGEL, MICHAEL S., HERHOLD, HOLLISTER W. & BARDEN, PHILLIP, 2022, A proctotrupid wasp in Lebanese Lower Cretaceous amber (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupidae), pp. 439-444 in Palaeoentomology 5 (5) on page 440, DOI: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.5.5.4, http://zenodo.org/record/7333697
Araneus angulatus Clerck 1757
Creators: name: Sajadi, Samin Sadat
name: Wesal, Mohammad Wasil
name: Zamani, Alireza
name: Moradmand, Majid
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Araneidae
Araneus
Araneus angulatus

description: 9) Araneus angulatus Clerck, 1757
Records: Parwan: [Par1].
Distribution: West Palaearctic.
References:
Araneus angulatus: Roewer 1962b: 4.
description: Published as part of Sajadi, Samin Sadat, Wesal, Mohammad Wasil, Zamani, Alireza & Moradmand, Majid, 2024, A checklist of the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Afghanistan, pp. 1-50 in Zootaxa 5551 (1) on page 8, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5551.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14389939
Pithemera Sims & Easton 1972
Creators: name: Nguyen, Tung T.
name: Nguyen, Anh D.
name: Tran, Binh T. T.
name: Blakemore, Robert J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Oligochaeta
Haplotaxida
Megascolecidae
Pithemera

description: Genus Pithemera Sims & Easton, 1972
Pithemera Sim & Easton, 1972: 202.
Type species. Perichaeta bicincta Perrier, 1875, by original designation.
Distribution. Mainly in Pacific Isls, e.g. Solomon Isl., New Britain, Fiji, Samoa, Philippines (Sims & Easton 1972: 202; Blakemore 2002: 223, 2012a).
Remarks. Members of the genus are easily recognized by the presence of intestinal caeca at xxi–xxiv, absence of copulatory pouches, and single or paired female pores on xiv. Currently, twelve species have been described (Csuzdi 2012), but only one has been found in Vietnam.
description: Published as part of Nguyen, Tung T., Nguyen, Anh D., Tran, Binh T. T. & Blakemore, Robert J., 2016, A comprehensive checklist of earthworm species and subspecies from Vietnam (Annelida: Clitellata: Oligochaeta: Almidae, Eudrilidae, Glossoscolecidae, Lumbricidae, Megascolecidae, Moniligastridae, Ocnerodrilidae, Octochaetidae), pp. 1-92 in Zootaxa 4140 (1) on page 11, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4140.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/256507
How to Evaluate Causal Dominance Hypotheses in Lagged Effects Models
Creators: name: Sukpan, Chuenjai
name: Kuiper, Rebecca M.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: The (Random Intercept) Cross-Lagged Panel Model ((RI-)CLPM) is increasingly used in psychology and related fields to assess the longitudinal relationship of two or more variables on each other. Researchers are interested in the question which of the lagged effects is causally dominant receives considerable attention. However, currently used methods do not allow for the evaluation of causal dominance hypotheses. This paper will show the performance of the Generalized Order-Restricted Information Criterion Approximation (GORICA), an extension of Akaike’s Information Criterion (AIC), in the context of causal dominance hypotheses using a simulation study. The GORICA proves to be an adequate method to evaluate causal dominance in lagged effects models.
Penalized Structural Equation Models
Creators: name: Asparouhov, Tihomir
name: Muthén, Bengt
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Penalized structural equation models (PSEM) is a new powerful estimation technique that can be used to tackle a variety of difficult structural estimation problems that can not be handled with previously developed methods. In this paper we describe the PSEM framework and illustrate the quality of the method with simulation studies. Maximum-likelihood and weighted least squares PSEM estimation is discussed for SEM models with continuous and categorical variables. We show that traditional EFA, multiple group alignment (MGA), and Bayesian SEM (BSEM) are examples of PSEM. The PSEM framework also extends standard SEM models with the possibility to structurally align various model parameters. Exploratory latent growth models, also referred to as Tuckerized curve models, can also be estimated in the PSEM framework and are illustrated here with simulation studies and an empirical example.
Enhancing aluminum corrosion for hydrogen generation
Creators: name: Skrovan, John
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: Aluminum powder when ball milled with secondary particles will corrode in water releasing hydrogen. With corrosion rates approaching 90% of available aluminum within 20 minutes, this process is of interest as a portable hydrogen source. Electrochemical polarization and hydrogen capture tests are used to study changes in solution pH and temperature during the reaction as well as calculate the activation energy for corrosion of the ball milled powder. Evidence that the ball milled aluminum is increasing the solution pH is presented along with tests indicating the pH shift is not sufficient to account for the increase in corrosion rate. The effect of solution temperature on reaction products and corrosion rate for aluminum powders is measured, and the hypothesis that the exothermic nature of the reaction combined with a deformed surface is creating high temperature micro-environments is discounted. Activation energy for the rate limiting step in the corrosion of ball milled aluminum is calculated between 72 – 74 kJ/mol, similar to that seen for aluminum disks at a similar pH. Finally BET measurements show an increase in surface area of the aluminum particles after ball milling between 10x-20x. The amount of hydrogen evolved in the first hour is seen to correlate almost exactly with the aluminum surface area. The addition of alumina powder without ball milling is shown to increase the corrosion rate of aluminum powders by an order of magnitude or greater and to delay or prevent passivation of the aluminum. Two models are proposed to explain this observation and tests run to support them. The high surface area (10m²/g) of alumina is thought to provide an alternative deposition site for hydroxide formed during aluminum corrosion and the positive surface charge alumina acquires at pH 7 to provide a source of protons for hydrogen evolution. The hydrogen exchange current densities on aluminum and platinum surfaces are shown to increase by over an order of magnitude in the presence of alumina particles. The acceleration of aluminum corrosion is only seen with electrical contact between the aluminum and alumina, but contact is not required to delay passivation.
MOESM8 of Specific tracking of xylan using fluorescent-tagged carbohydrate-binding module 15 as molecular probe
Creators: name: Khatri, Vinay
name: HĂŠbert-Ouellet, Yannick
name: Meddeb-Mouelhi, Fatma
name: Beauregard, Marc
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 8: Table S4. XPS analysis of UBKP and xylanase-treated UBKP. Results include O/C ratios and contributions (%) from each carbon type (C1-C4) to curve fitting of the C 1s peak measured by low- and high-resolution XPS. UBKP: Unbleached kraft pulp.
Astarteserphus ENGEL & HERHOLD & BARDEN 2022, gen. nov.
Creators: name: ENGEL, MICHAEL S.
name: HERHOLD, HOLLISTER W.
name: BARDEN, PHILLIP
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Proctotrupidae
Astarteserphus

description: Astarteserphus gen. nov.
Type species. Astarteserphus grimaldii sp. nov.
Etymology. The new genus-group name is a combination of the Ancient Greek name for the Near Eastern goddess Ἀστάρτη / Astártē (particularly worshipped among the Phoenicians) and Serphus Schrank (from Ancient Greek σέρΦΟΣ / sérphos, meaning, “small winged insect” and at the time likely referring to gnats), the latter a historical name for Proctotrupes Latreille. The gender of the name is masculine.
Diagnosis. As for the subfamily (vide supra).
description: Published as part of ENGEL, MICHAEL S., HERHOLD, HOLLISTER W. & BARDEN, PHILLIP, 2022, A proctotrupid wasp in Lebanese Lower Cretaceous amber (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupidae), pp. 439-444 in Palaeoentomology 5 (5) on page 441, DOI: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.5.5.4, http://zenodo.org/record/7333697
Circumplex Models with Multivariate Time Series: An Idiographic Approach
Creators: name: Lee, Dayoung
name: Zhang, Guangjian
name: Luo, Shanhong
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: The circumplex model posits a circular representation of affect and some personality traits. There is an increasing need to examine the viability of the circumplex model with multivariate time series data collected on the same individuals due to the development of new data collection methods such as smartphone applications and wearable sensors. Estimating the circumplex model with time series data is more complex than with cross-sectional data because scores at nearby time points tend to be correlated. We adapt Browne’s circumplex model to accommodate time series data. We illustrate the proposed method with an empirical data set of daily affect ratings of an individual over 70 days. We conducted a simulation study to explore the statistical properties of the proposed method. The results show that the method provides more satisfactory confidence intervals and test statistics than a method that treats time series data as if they were cross-sectional data.
Additional file 1: of A phase I clinical study of immunotherapy for advanced colorectal cancers using carcinoembryonic antigen-pulsed dendritic cells mixed with tetanus toxoid and subsequent IL-2 treatment
Creators: name: Ko-Jiunn Liu
name: Tsu-Yi Chao
name: Jang-Yang Chang
name: Ann-Lii Cheng
name: ChâAng, Hui-Ju
name: Woei-Yau Kao
name: Wu, Yu-Chen
name: Wei-Lan Yu
name: Tsai-Rong Chung
name: Whang-Peng, Jacqueline
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer

description: The complete inclusion and exclusion criteria of patient selection. (DOC 30Â kb)
Pithemera bicincta Perrier 1875
Creators: name: Nguyen, Tung T.
name: Nguyen, Anh D.
name: Tran, Binh T. T.
name: Blakemore, Robert J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Oligochaeta
Haplotaxida
Megascolecidae
Pithemera
Pithemera bicincta

description: Pithemera bicincta (Perrier, 1875)
Perichaeta bicincta Perrier, 1875: 1044; Michaelsen 1900: 419.
Pheretima bicincta— Gates 1972: 170; Nguyen 1994: 43; Thai 2000a: 308.
Pithemera bicincta— Sims & Easton 1972: 202, 232; Lee, 1981: 563, Figs 29–30; Easton, 1981: 60; Easton, 1981: 60; 1982: 732; Blakemore 2002: 227, Fig. 2.18; Blakemore 2007a: 14; Blakemore 2008.
Perichaeta violacea Beddard, 1895a: 407, synonymized by Michaelsen (1910: 84).
Pithemera philippinensis James & Hong, 2004 (in: James et al. 2004): 9, Figs 2C–D, synonymized by Blakemore (2016: 19).
See Blakemore (2002) for more synonyms.
Type locality. Philippines (Mindoro, or Luzon).
Type material. MNHN, France (AE 689-692) inspected by Michaelsen (1910: 84).
Records from Vietnam. Quang Binh (Quang Trach) (Nguyen 1994).
Distribution. A cosmopolitan species, frequently reported from Philippines, Myanmar, Taiwan, Java, Hawaii, Mexico, USA, Malaysia, India, West Indies, Japan, Samoa, Fiji, Penang west of Malacca, and Grenada in the Antilles, Australia (Blakemore 2002, 2007a).
Remarks. Further examination was not possible because all previously collected material has been lost.
description: Published as part of Nguyen, Tung T., Nguyen, Anh D., Tran, Binh T. T. & Blakemore, Robert J., 2016, A comprehensive checklist of earthworm species and subspecies from Vietnam (Annelida: Clitellata: Oligochaeta: Almidae, Eudrilidae, Glossoscolecidae, Lumbricidae, Megascolecidae, Moniligastridae, Ocnerodrilidae, Octochaetidae), pp. 1-92 in Zootaxa 4140 (1) on page 11, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4140.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/256507
Learned Ladies- an education through design.
Creators: name: Schwartz, Stephanie
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: Learned Ladies opened on February 7, 2008 and ran until February 16th, 2008 at the Frederic Wood Theatre. It was directed by Patrick Gauthier, with scenery by Stephanie Schwartz, costumes by Carmen Alatorre, Lighting by Kristen Robinson, and sound by Craig Alfredson, Patrick Caracas, and James Chen. Designing the production of “Learned Ladies” for the Frederic Wood Theater was a true education in design. Not only did the production provide the artistic challenge of bringing an antiquated play to modern audiences, it also provided the technical challenge of designing a set that worked harmoniously with over-the-top costumes and video technology. The designers of the show were asked to create a look that married the lines of the historic period and the palette of today’s. Furthermore, due to the static nature of the scenes, the director, Patrick Gauthier, gave me the task of creating a playground for the actors to physically express themselves beyond the confines of the text. He was also keen to use my initial suggestion of having the actors use projected slides in a gilded frame as a “television” of sorts, with changing ”channels” reflecting the mood. This frame would also aid in the opening “dumb show” as a bearer of text and titles, and continue to announce the different acts throughout the show. The set itself needed to appear large and as expansive as a real Salon would have at the time; this was accomplished by opening up the stage to almost its full depth. A sense of height was conveyed by hanging long sheer curtain panels. Furniture was modified to give a period line with modern fabrics that complimented the curtains and floor. The final touch entailed creating large stacks of loose and fixed books that the actors could run around, sit on, and throw. The excess of books littering the stage was meant to be a visual statement of play’s theme about the abuse and misuse of education. Overall, the set succeeded in being a battleground for the sexes as the story unfolded.
Amynthas Kinberg 1867
Creators: name: Nguyen, Tung T.
name: Nguyen, Anh D.
name: Tran, Binh T. T.
name: Blakemore, Robert J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Clitellata
Opisthopora
Megascolecidae
Amynthas

description: Genus Amynthas Kinberg, 1867
Amynthas Kinberg, 1867: 97; Sims & Easton 1972: 211; Blakemore 2002: 149. Amyntas Kinberg, 1867: 101; Beddard 1900: 612.
Nitocris Kinberg, 1867: 102.
Pheretima (part) Kinberg, 1867: 102; Michaelsen 1900: 234. Perichaeta (part) — Beddard 1895a: 388.
Pheretima (Pheretima) (part) — Michaelsen 1928: 8. Pheretima (Metapheretima) (part) — Michaelsen 1928: 8. Pheretima (Terrata) (part) Thai, 1983: 123.
Type species. Amynthas aeruginosus Kinberg, 1867, by monotypy Distribution. Widely distributed in the Oriental region, and also found in Australasian and Oceania regions (Sims & Easton 1972; Blakemore 2012a).
Remarks. Members of the genus can be easily recognized by the presence of intestinal caeca at or near xxvii and the absence of copulatory pouches. It is noted that about 400 nominal species have been recorded, but possibly more than half are synonyms (Blakemore 20 12a).
To date, 110 species have been found in Vietnam.
description: Published as part of Nguyen, Tung T., Nguyen, Anh D., Tran, Binh T. T. & Blakemore, Robert J., 2016, A comprehensive checklist of earthworm species and subspecies from Vietnam (Annelida: Clitellata: Oligochaeta: Almidae, Eudrilidae, Glossoscolecidae, Lumbricidae, Megascolecidae, Moniligastridae, Ocnerodrilidae, Octochaetidae), pp. 1-92 in Zootaxa 4140 (1) on pages 11-12, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4140.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/256507
Amynthas abrevicapitatus
Creators: name: Nguyen, Tung T.
name: Nguyen, Anh D.
name: Tran, Binh T. T.
name: Blakemore, Robert J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Clitellata
Opisthopora
Megascolecidae
Amynthas
Amynthas abrevicapitatus

description: Amynthas abrevicapitatus (Thai & Le, 1993)
Pheretima abrevicapitata Thai & Le, 1993: 34, fig. 1B; Thai 2000a: 307. Amynthas? abrevicapitatus— Blakemore 2007a: 3; Blakemore 2008b.
Type locality. Vietnam (Hai Phong: Cat Ba Isl.).
Type material. SORC, Vietnam.
Records from Vietnam. Hai Phong (Cat Ba Isl.) (Thai & Le 1993).
Distribution. Only known from Vietnam.
Remarks. The species is fairly similar to Amynthas brevicapitatus (Thai, 1984) in having two pairs of spermathecal pores in intersegments 7/8/9, more or less same number of pre- and post-clitellar setae, prostatic duct S-shaped. However, it can be recognised by smaller body, prolobous prostomium, the absence of genital markings in spermathecal and male regions, spermathecal ampulla ellipsoid-shaped, and diverticula very short. The species was found inside decaying woods (Thai & Le 1993).
description: Published as part of Nguyen, Tung T., Nguyen, Anh D., Tran, Binh T. T. & Blakemore, Robert J., 2016, A comprehensive checklist of earthworm species and subspecies from Vietnam (Annelida: Clitellata: Oligochaeta: Almidae, Eudrilidae, Glossoscolecidae, Lumbricidae, Megascolecidae, Moniligastridae, Ocnerodrilidae, Octochaetidae), pp. 1-92 in Zootaxa 4140 (1) on page 12, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4140.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/256507
MOESM8 of Contribution of type W human endogenous retroviruses to the human genome: characterization of HERV-W proviral insertions and processed pseudogenes
Creators: name: Grandi, Nicole
name: Cadeddu, Marta
name: Blomberg, Jonas
name: Tramontano, Enzo
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Additional file 8: File S1. HERV-W proposed consensus in Fasta format. HERV-W group general proviral consensus sequence (HERVW_PVcons) and HERV-W subgroups 1 and 2 consensus sequences (HERVW_SG1cons and HERVW_SG2cons, respectively) generated starting from our HERV-W sequences dataset.
Wikis and the creative writing process
Creators: name: Braun, Jennifer Ann
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: A wiki is one example of social software that can assist and augment the creative writing process in a number of ways. In this thesis, I present a work of original fiction developed in a wiki, a select literature review on wikis, an autoethnography of my creative writing process while working in a wiki, and an ethnographic study of my students who wrote their own wiki stories. The research thus far suggests that wikis can facilitate the following vis-à-vis creative writing: increased risk-taking; more extensive revision and editing; greater flexibility and freedom for writers; instant access to writing via the internet; the storage of intermediate drafts; and the ability to incorporate multimedia and hyperlinks to convey complexity in ways not possible in print. Wiki environments may also support dialectical inquiry and collaboration between students and teachers. This opportunity for easy (and easy to monitor) collaboration, along with their organizational and creative affordances, is why wikis should be more readily adopted into school curricula. As many texts today are digital, collaborative and under constant revision, wikis can support the creative writing process in a milieu that is becoming increasingly comfortable for people and provide them with a much wider audience than most print formats.
MOESM4 of Specific tracking of xylan using fluorescent-tagged carbohydrate-binding module 15 as molecular probe
Creators: name: Khatri, Vinay
name: HĂŠbert-Ouellet, Yannick
name: Meddeb-Mouelhi, Fatma
name: Beauregard, Marc
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Plant Biology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 4: Table S2. XPS analysis of UBKP and BKP. Results include O/C ratios and contributions (%) from each carbon type (C1-C4) to curve fitting of the C 1s peak measured by low- and high-resolution XPS. UBKP: Unbleached kraft pulp. BKP: Bleached kraft pulp.
Araneus grossus
Creators: name: Sajadi, Samin Sadat
name: Wesal, Mohammad Wasil
name: Zamani, Alireza
name: Moradmand, Majid
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Araneidae
Araneus
Araneus grossus

description: 10) Araneus grossus (C.L. Koch, 1844)
Records: Laghman: [Lagh1].
Distribution: Europe to Central Asia.
References:
Araneus grossus: Roewer 1962b: 4.
description: Published as part of Sajadi, Samin Sadat, Wesal, Mohammad Wasil, Zamani, Alireza & Moradmand, Majid, 2024, A checklist of the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Afghanistan, pp. 1-50 in Zootaxa 5551 (1) on page 8, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5551.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14389939
MOESM1 of Specific tracking of xylan using fluorescent-tagged carbohydrate-binding module 15 as molecular probe
Creators: name: Khatri, Vinay
name: Hébert-Ouellet, Yannick
name: Meddeb-Mouelhi, Fatma
name: Beauregard, Marc
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Inorganic Chemistry

description: Additional file 1: Figure S1. SDS-PAGE analysis of the OC15 probe purified by affinity chromatography. The expected molecular weight of the OC15 fusion protein is 44.68 kDa. A 12 % polyacrylamide gel was used for SDS-PAGE analysis. Well M: Precision plus protein standards (5 µg). Well OC15: Purified OC15 probe (10 µg).
Araneus tartaricus
Creators: name: Sajadi, Samin Sadat
name: Wesal, Mohammad Wasil
name: Zamani, Alireza
name: Moradmand, Majid
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Araneidae
Araneus
Araneus tartaricus

description: 11) Araneus tartaricus (Kroneberg, 1875)
Records: Bamyan: [Bam9]; Kandahar: [Kan2].
Distribution: Caucasus and Central Asia to Korea.
References:
Araneus tartaricus: Denis 1958: 118.
description: Published as part of Sajadi, Samin Sadat, Wesal, Mohammad Wasil, Zamani, Alireza & Moradmand, Majid, 2024, A checklist of the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Afghanistan, pp. 1-50 in Zootaxa 5551 (1) on page 8, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5551.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14389939
Argiope lobata
Creators: name: Sajadi, Samin Sadat
name: Wesal, Mohammad Wasil
name: Zamani, Alireza
name: Moradmand, Majid
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Araneidae
Argiope
Argiope lobata

description: 12) Argiope lobata (Pallas, 1772)
Records: Logar: [Log1]; Uncertain locality: [Un4].
Distribution: Old World.
References:
Argiope lobata: Roewer 1962b: 3.
description: Published as part of Sajadi, Samin Sadat, Wesal, Mohammad Wasil, Zamani, Alireza & Moradmand, Majid, 2024, A checklist of the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Afghanistan, pp. 1-50 in Zootaxa 5551 (1) on page 8, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5551.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14389939
The expensive son hypothesis
Creators: name: Invernizzi, Lucas
name: Lemaître, Jean-françois
name: Douhard, Mathieu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Populations and Evolution (q-bio.PE)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: In its initial form, the expensive son hypothesis postulates that sons from male-biased sexually dimorphic species require more food during growth than daughters, which ultimately incur fitness costs for mothers predominantly producing and rearing sons. We first dissect the evolutionary framework in which the expensive son hypothesis is rooted, and we provide a critical reappraisal of its differences from other evolutionary theories proposed in the field of sex allocation. Then, we synthesize the current (and absence of) support for the costs of producing and rearing sons on maternal fitness components (future reproduction and survival). Regarding the consequences in terms of future reproduction, we highlight that species with pronounced sexual size dimorphism display a higher cost of sons than of daughters on subsequent reproductive performance, at least in mammals. However, in most studies, the relative fitness costs of producing and rearing sons and daughters can be due to sex-biased maternal allocation strategies rather than differences in energetic demands of offspring, which constitutes an alternative mechanism to the expensive son hypothesis stricto sensu. We observe that empirical studies investigating the differential costs of sons and daughters on maternal survival in non-human animals remain rare, especially for long-term survival. Indeed, most studies have investigated the influence of offspring sex (or litter sex ratio) at year $T$ on survival at year $T+1$, and they rarely provide a support to the expensive son hypothesis. On the contrary, in humans, most studies have focused on the relationship between proportion of sons and maternal lifespan, but these results are inconsistent. Our study highlights new avenues for future research that should provide a comprehensive view of the expensive son hypothesis, by notably disentangling the effects of offspring behaviour from the effect of sex-specific maternal allocation. Moreover, we emphasize that future studies should also embrace the mechanistic side of the expensive son hypothesis, largely neglected so far, by deciphering the physiological pathways linking son's production to maternal health and fitness.
description: Journal of Animal Ecology, 2024