- [Research] Hospitals around the world are using AI algorithms to help predict length of stay to target care to the neediest patients and cut costs. A new systematic review published in PLOS Digital Health finds that they are institution & institution-data dependent: not generalizable to scale up https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pdig.0000017 8 comments machinelearning
- The Voynich manuscript: Symbol roles revisited https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0260948 5 comments science
- Dancing in a culture of disordered eating: A feminist poststructural analysis of body and body image among young girls in the world of dance https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0247651 12 comments science
- Insertive condom-protected and condomless vaginal sex both have a profound impact on the penile immune correlates of HIV susceptibility https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1009948 20 comments science
- Upregulation of DNA repair genes and cell extrusion underpin the remarkable radiation resistance of Trichoplax adhaerens https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001471 4 comments science
- Dating violence and associated factors among male and female adolescents in Spain https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258994 10 comments science
- ‘I will rather be killed by corona than by him…’: Experiences of abused women seeking shelter during South Africa’s COVID-19 lockdown https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259275 2 comments science
- A simple and economic protocol for efficient in vitro fertilization using cryopreserved mouse sperm https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259202 3 comments science
- Sex- and context-dependent effects of acute isolation on vocal and non-vocal social behaviors in mice https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255640 2 comments science
- Understanding and countering the spread of conspiracy theories in social networks: Evidence from epidemiological models of Twitter data https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256179 71 comments science
- The h-index is no longer an effective correlate of scientific reputation https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253397 8 comments science
- A first analysis of excess mortality in Switzerland in 2020 https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253505 3 comments science
- The impact of girl child marriage on the completion of the first cycle of secondary education in Zimbabwe: A propensity score analysis https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252413 3 comments science
- Quantitative analysis of piano performance proficiency focusing on difference between hands https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250299 3 comments science
- Difficulties in reporting purpose and dosage of prescribed medications are associated with poor cognition and depression https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251374 2 comments science
- Savoring the present: The reciprocal influence between positive emotions and positive emotion regulation in everyday life https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251561 7 comments science
- Women’s techniques for making vaginal penetration more pleasurable: Results from a nationally representative study of adult women in the United States https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249242 473 comments science
- 3D protein modeling suggests why COVID-19 infects some animals, but not others. https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008449 6 comments science
- To beer or not to beer: A meta-analysis of the effects of beer consumption on cardiovascular health https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0233619 3 comments science
- The rich-poor gap, levels of citizens’ trust in institutions, economic opportunity, and public welfare spending are all associated with firearm-related homicide rates and incident counts in the US. https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002978 9 comments science
- All biology is computational biology http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2002050 3 comments science
- Optimized colormaps with consideration for color blindness to aid accurate interpretation of scientific data http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0199239 3 comments science
- Release of aluminium and thallium ions from uncoated food contact materials made of aluminium alloys into food and food simulant http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0200778 10 comments science
- New Technology Allows Determination of Intention from Action http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0137289 3 comments science
- Drinking Songs: Alcohol Effects on Learned Song of Zebra Finches http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0115427 4 comments science
- An estimated minimum of 268,940 tons of plastic found floating in the world's oceans. http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0111913 4 comments science
- Doctors continue to over-utilize expensive end-of-life care even though they would forgo such services in their own care http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0098246 5 comments science
- A Direct Brain-to-Brain Interface in Humans http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0111332 8 comments science
- 30% of Borneo's forests were cleared in less than 40 years, mostly the product of palm oil, logging, and fire http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0101654 29 comments science
- A new solution to the von Neumann bottleneck (not Micron's solution) http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0085175 8 comments programming
- Finally published my very first first author peer-reviewed scientific paper! http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0086786 11 comments science
- Being skinny may be more about genetics than dietary restraint. http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0080287 5 comments science
- Visualizing the "good fat" in newborn humans using MRI. http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0077907 5 comments science
- The Amyloid Precursor Protein (APP) Does Not Have a Ferroxidase Site in Its E2 Domain http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0072177 12 comments science
- Dependence of the Firearm-Related Homicide Rate on Gun Availability: A Mathematical Analysis http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0071606 16 comments science
- Platelets sense brain damage leading to horror anaphylaxis http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0058979 3 comments science
- 165-year-old mystery unravels a bit more - Phineas Gage http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0037454 6 comments science
- PLOS Biology: Neural Activity during Natural Viewing of Sesame Street Statistically Predicts Test Scores in Early Childhood http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001462 3 comments cogsci
- something new found floating in your bloodstream: small RNA from bacteria, fungi, corn, rice - and bees! http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051009 3 comments science
- Why Most Biomedical Findings Echoed by Newspapers Turn Out to be False: The Case of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0044275 4 comments science