Measuring undergraduate evolution learning using the CANS: psychometric strengths and limitations by Austin L. Zuckerman, Gena Sbeglia

“…In this study, we use the CANS to measure knowledge and learning of natural selection in a large (N > 6000) sample of undergraduate students to expand upon prior validity testing of this instrument and advance knowledge of student evolutionary reasoning. We apply the Rasch measurement framework to examine if the CANS productively measures the intended construct and investigate the patterns of knowledge and learning about evolution among students with different backgrounds and demographic characteristics. …”
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Plastic surgery and celebrity behavior change: Hiding and revealing by Lucas Monteiro Chaves, Isabella Wuillaume Marino, Aguinaldo Gonçalves

“…Publications from three nations, Brazil, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America, from websites, magazines, newspapers, and social media materials were used. Results: The construction of an evolutionary reference panel consisting of real situations reveals the sequence of two main phases: concealment and unveiling. …”
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Nonlinear energy consumption analysis of shallow-buried bias tunnel stability with improvement of failure mode by Wei Luo, Shirui Liu, Zhi Tao, Haifeng Wang, Xun Gan

“…The research findings provide crucial guidance for ensuring safe construction practices in shallow-buried tunnels.…”
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Interspecific variation in seed traits facilitates divergent pre-dispersal seed predation among five stone oak species by Xi Chen, Xingyue Li, Qian Li

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Coupling Machine Learning and Physically Based Hydrological Models for Reservoir-Based Streamflow Forecasting by Benjun Jia, Wei Fang

“…High-accuracy streamflow forecasting with long lead times can help promote the efficient utilization of water resources. However, the construction of cascade reservoirs has allowed the evolution of natural continuous rivers into multi-block rivers. …”
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Failure Mechanism of Sandy Soil Slopes Under High-Angle Normal Bedrock-Fault Dislocation: Physical Model Tests by Jianke Ma, Jianyi Zhang, Yijie Song, Ziyi Feng, Jing Tian, Jun Gu, Xiaobo Li

“…The main results were as follows: (i) The evolutionary process of the instability mechanism could be divided into three stages: crack damage stage (Stage I), crack expansion and penetration stage (Stage II), and slope instability stage (Stage III). …”
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Design and Prototyping of a Robotic Structure for Poultry Farming by Glauber da Rocha Balthazar, Robson Mateus Freitas Silveira, Iran José Oliveira da Silva

“…This study presents the full methodology for building a robot (so called <i>RobôFrango</i>) to its application in poultry farming. The construction method was based on evolutionary prototyping that allowed knowing and testing each physical component (electronic and mechanical) for assembling the robotic structure. …”
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Cognitive and Psychological Aspects in Academic Entrepreneur Identity and Entrepreneurial Intention: A Systematic Literature Review by José Iran Batista de Melo Filho, Ezequiel Alves Lobo, Samuel Façanha Câmara, Paulo Torres Junior, Rafaela Cajado Magalhães

“…The analysis involved co-citation network construction and thematic categorization into clusters. …”
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Cloning and sequence analysis of full length cDNA encoding S₁₆-RNase from 'Xuehua' pear（Pyrus bretschneideri Rehd.） by TAN Xiao-feng, ZHANG Lin, YUAN De-yi, ZENG Yan-ling, JIANG Ao-fang

“…Based on multiple amino acid sequences alignment and phylogenetic tree construction, the evolutionary relationship between S₁₆-RNase and other S-RNases of Rosaceae plants was investigated. …”
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The Policy Effectiveness and Citizen Feedback of Transferable Development Rights (TDR) Program in China: A Case Study of the Chongqing Land Ticket Model by Hongwei Zhang, Linhong Ji, Hui Wang

“…However, policymakers in Chongqing have historically focused more on institutional construction within the land ticket model, only recently shifting attention to the protection of farmers’ rights and interests. …”
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Método, evolución y progreso en la ciencia by Sergio Martínez

“…I suggest that the process of entrenchment of phenomena can be understood as a generalized evolutionary process. In that way, the analogy between progress and evolution, a topic of heated discussions for over a century, can help to elucidate the dynamics of experimental traditions in science. …”
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An Overview of Post-Fertilization Parental Care in Gobiidae by Miguel Trujillo-García, Bertha Patricia Ceballos-Vázquez, Palestina Guevara-Fiore, Hope Klug

“…Understanding diversity in parental care across animals is a timely topic in evolutionary ecology. Fishes are particularly well suited for studies aimed at understanding the diversity of parental care because parental care in fishes is highly variable across species. …”
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Experimental Study on Creep Behavior and Crack Evolution of Stratified Structural Sandstone under Segmental Constant Load by Yiran Yang, Yanzhong Li, Jiaojiao Pan, Tao Luo, Zidong Lu

“…This paper takes safe construction of underground roadway in Urumqi mining area as the research background. …”
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Prediction of Remaining Service Life of Miniature Circuit Breakers Based on Wiener Process by Lin Ma, Linming Hou, Puquan He, Changxian Wang, Zhenhua Xie, Yao Wang

“…In order to accurately predict the remaining electrical life of MCBs in service, MCB mechanical characterization and dynamic simulation are carried out, and the initial closing angle of MCBs is selected as the degradation characteristic quantity, so as to deeply analyze the evolutionary characteristics of the initial closing angle in the degradation of MCBs and to construct the electrical degradation model of the one-dimensional linear Wiener process in the present study. …”
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An investigation into the spatial distribution patterns and influencing factors of fortresses in Tianshui, Gansu Province, China by Shangzhou Song, Shaohua Wang, Xiao Li, Zhengbo Wang, Liang Zhou, Cheng Su, Dachuan Xu, Jiayi Zheng, Zhuonan Huang, Haojian Liang, Junyuan Zhou

“…The study finds that the reasons for fortress construction, settlement distributions, and terrain are the main factors influencing the spatial distribution of fortresses. …”
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Sustainability Study of Community Disaster Resilience Evolution Trends Based on Dissipative Structure Theory by Weijing Liang, Ye Xue

“…The evolution mechanism of community resilience is analyzed based on dissipative structure theory, and a dynamic evolutionary model is constructed using the Brusselator framework. …”
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Coal and gas outburst prediction based on data augmentation and neuroevolution. by Wenbing Shi, Ji Huang, Gaoming Yang, Shuzhi Su, Shexiang Jiang

“…It provides the initial genome code for the evolutionary neural network. Finally, an evolutionary neural network for CGO prediction is constructed through population initialization, fitness evaluation, species differentiation, genome mutation, and recombination. …”
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Climate sensitivity and restoration trajectories: Insights from tidal marsh restoration in Elkhorn Slough, California by Kerstin Wasson, Monique C. Fountain, Margaret A. Zimmer, Karen E. Tanner, Seth A. Robinson, Wesley P. Moore, Zeanna Graves, Rikke Jeppesen, Susanne K. Fork, Bethany J. Lee, Michael Wilshire, John C. Haskins, Charlie Endris, Sean B. McCollum, Levi D. Robbins, Anna E. Braswell

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CHARLES SANDERS PEIRCE AND THE PLACE OF CHAOS IN THE NEW WORLD ORDER by Volodymyr Ratnikov

“…Among the innovative ideas of evolutionary cosmology, the idea of the chaotic beginning of the Universe and constructive understanding of randomness stands out. …”
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Simulating Land Use and Evaluating Spatial Patterns in Wuhan Under Multiple Climate Scenarios: An Integrated SD-PLUS-FD Modeling Approach by Hao Yuan, Xinyu Li, Meichen Ding, Guoqiang Shen, Mengyuan Xu

“…However, most existing land use models emphasize quantity forecasting and spatial allocation, while overlooking the third critical dimension—structural complexity, which is essential for understanding the nonlinear, fragmented evolution of urban systems, thus limiting their ability to fully capture the evolutionary characteristics of urban land systems. To address this gap, this study proposes an integrated SD-PLUS-FD model, which combines System Dynamics, Patch-based Land Use Simulation, and Fractal Dimension analysis to construct a comprehensive three-dimensional framework for simulating and evaluating land use patterns in terms of quantity, spatial distribution, and structural complexity. …”
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