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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https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.169456.1
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A Differential Evolution-Based Optimized Ensemble for Balanced and Imbalanced Medical Datasets
[version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]
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  • Funder
  • Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology
PUBLISHED 29 Sep 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.169799.1
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Shining Light into Adolescent HIV Neuroplasticity: A Study of the Prefrontal Cortex Using Functional Near Infrared Spectrometry
[version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]
Peer Reviewers Invited
  • Funders
  • University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
  • Rhodes University
  • National Research Foundation
PUBLISHED 29 Sep 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.167794.1
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An Enhanced Jaya Algorithm with Mutation and Diversity-Preserving Strategies for Hyperspectral Band Selection
[version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]
Peer Reviewers Invited
  • Funder
  • Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology
PUBLISHED 29 Sep 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.164618.2
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Gas Chromatography-Mass spectrometry (GC-MS) Revealed Bioactive Constituents of Brassica oleracea var. viridis (Collard Greens) Used to Treat Male Infertility in Uganda.
[version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Faten Hameed Thamer; Adeoye-Isijola Morenike; Amanulla Khan
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 24 Sep 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.166307.2
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Explainable Transfer Learning with Residual Attention BiLSTM for Prognosis of Ischemic Heart Disease.
[version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 1 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Neelam Joshi and Krishna Kumar Joshi; Ramesh Chandra Poonia
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 24 Sep 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.145845.4
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Sentiment analysis of internet posts on vaccination using ChatGPT and comparison with actual vaccination rates in South Korea
[version 4; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Cihan Cilgin; Ummu Fatihah Mohd Bahrin; Young Anna Argyris
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 24 Sep 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.167988.1
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You are the Driver and AI is the Mate: Exploring Human-Led Creative and Critical Thinking in AI-Augmented Learning Environments
[version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]
Peer Reviewers Invited
PUBLISHED 24 Sep 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.165402.1
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T-Fuzzy Structure on JU-Algebra
[version 1; peer review: 3 approved]
Peer Reviewers Tapan Senapati; Jehad R. Kider; Beza Lamesgin Derseh
  • Funders
  • The authors received no funding directly from public or private institutions for this research.
  • American Mathematical Society
PUBLISHED 23 Sep 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.169813.1
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Converging Dynamics of Urban Land Lease Systems, State-Controlled Land Ownership, and Neo-patrimonial Governance: Exploring Contradictions in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
[version 1; peer review: 1 not approved]
Peer Reviewers Fernando Puente-Sotomayor
PUBLISHED 23 Sep 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.129075.5
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Investigation of wine fermentation of three-leaf cayratia (Cayratia trifolia L.) using Saccharomyces cerevisiae 2.1
[version 5; peer review: 2 approved, 2 not approved]
Peer Reviewers Javier Alonso-Del-Real; Susan Abdul Raheem Hasan and Muazaz Azeez Hasan AL-Hadeethi; Shatha Abdullah Allaith; Nguyen Khoi Hong Nguyen
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 23 Sep 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.29032.3
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Sustainable data analysis with Snakemake
[version 3; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Michael Reich; Caroline C. Friedel
  • Funders
  • Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)
  • Deutsche Stiftung für Herzforschung
  • Google LLC
  • United States National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF-GRFP)
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 23 Sep 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.166417.2
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Stage 2 Registered Report: Refinement of tickling protocols to improve positive animal welfare in laboratory rats
[version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Sergio Pellis; Carla Forte Maiolino Molento
  • Funder
  • NC3Rs
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 23 Sep 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.169688.1
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Montelukast altered BDNF and CHRNA7 gene expression were associated with behavioral changes in rats.
[version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]
Peer Reviewers Invited
PUBLISHED 22 Sep 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.159630.2
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Expression status transition of NOTCH1 accompanies chromatin remodeling in human early retinal progenitor cells
[version 2; peer review: 2 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Mariko Kashiwagi; Zhongjie Tang
  • Funder
  • Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 22 Sep 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.127413.2
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Effect of ACTH4-10Pro8-Gly9-Pro10 on anti-inflammatory cytokine (IL-4, IL-10, IL-13) expression in acute spinal cord injury models (male Sprague Dawley rats)
[version 2; peer review: 1 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Mawaddah Ar Rochmah
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 22 Sep 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.169102.1
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Multimodal Machine Learning Approach for Diagnosing Atopic Dermatitis
[version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]
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  • Funder
  • This study was supported by the Indonesian Education Scholarship, the Center for Higher Education Funding and Assessment, and the Indonesian Endowment Fund for Education. The authors would like to thank the board-certified dermatologists, participating hospitals, and patients for their contributions. We also thank our collaborators in data science and medical informatics.
PUBLISHED 19 Sep 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.167441.1
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Impact of antibiotics on the genomic expression of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the East African community: a systematic review
[version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]
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  • Funder
  • NA
PUBLISHED 19 Sep 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.165202.2
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The antimicrobial activity of EDTA in combination with Meropenem, Amikacin, and Piperacillin-Tazobactam against hospital-multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates
[version 2; peer review: 1 not approved]
Peer Reviewers Giulia Kassab
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 19 Sep 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.162878.2
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Surface engineering of chak’o nano-clay with iron oxide and APTES for enhanced heavy metal adsorption in water treatment
[version 2; peer review: 1 approved]
Peer Reviewers Thabang H Mokhothu
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 19 Sep 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.161461.3
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The genome sequence of Tethysbaena scabra (Pretus, 1991), the first known in the peracarid crustacean order Thermosbaenacea.
[version 3; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Pascal Angst; Martin Schwentner
  • Funders
  • Govern de les Illes Balears
  • Institut d'Estudis Catalans
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 19 Sep 2025
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