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.

All Research Articles

1,961-1,980 of 5,774 ARTICLES
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.27393.3
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Revised
Towards establishing extracellular vesicle-associated RNAs as biomarkers for HER2+ breast cancer
[version 3; peer review: 3 approved]
Peer Reviewers Nagarajan Kannan; Tracy K. Hale; Bruno M. Simoes
  • Funders
  • New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation
  • Cancer Research Trust New Zealand
  • Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 04 May 2021
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.50738.2
Research Article metrics
Revised
Risk factors for major external structural birth defects among children in Kiambu County, Kenya: a case-control study
[version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Yoseph Worku; Marcia L. Feldkamp; Rogath Kishimba
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 30 Apr 2021
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.47068.1
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The existence and characteristics of rats and shrews in endemic leptospirosis areas and types of ectoparasites: a case study of West Jakarta, Indonesia
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved, 1 not approved]
Peer Reviewers Malina Osman; Philip Samuel Paulraj; Rahayu Lubis
  • Funder
  • Publikasi Terindeks Internasional (PUTI) Kolaborasi Internasional (2Q2)
PUBLISHED 30 Apr 2021
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.25485.1
Opinion Article metrics
Highlights from the 2016-2020 NEUBIAS training schools for Bioimage Analysts: a success story and key asset for analysts and life scientists
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Thorsten Wohland; Kevin Eliceiri
  • Funders
  • Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research
  • Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
  • COST
  • Luxembourg National Research Fund
  • Cancer Research UK
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
  • Swedish National Microscopy infrastructure
  • UK Medical Research Council
  • France BioImaging national infrastructure
  • Wellcome Trust
PUBLISHED 30 Apr 2021
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.51732.1
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ImageM: a user-friendly interface for the processing of multi-dimensional images with Matlab
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers John Anthony Jose and Janos Lance Tiberio; Curtis Rueden
PUBLISHED 30 Apr 2021
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.52569.1
Opinion Article metrics
Bioimage analysis workflows: community resources to navigate through a complex ecosystem
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Katy Wolstencroft; Assaf Zaritsky
  • Funder
  • Agence Nationale de la Recherche
PUBLISHED 26 Apr 2021
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.28402.1
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Jellyfish (Aurelia aurita) collagen scaffolds potential in alveolar bone regeneration
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Ika Dewi Ana; Mike Barbeck
  • Funder
  • Universitas Brawijaya
PUBLISHED 23 Apr 2021
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.21072.2
Research Article metrics
Revised
A bioactive compound isolated from Duku (Lansium domesticum Corr) fruit peels exhibits cytotoxicity against T47D cell line
[version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Ratana Banjerdpongchai; Deden Derajat Matra
  • Funder
  • Kementerian Riset, Teknologi dan Pendidikan Tinggi
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 23 Apr 2021
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.52954.1
Retraction metrics NOT PEER REVIEWED
RETRACTED: A low-cost in-house HIV integrase strand transfer inhibitor drug resistance test for resource-limited settings
[version 1; peer review: not peer reviewed]
  • Funder
  • Interhealth Networks Africa scholarship INA-001
PUBLISHED 20 Apr 2021
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.52531.1
Opinion Article metrics
Developing open-source software for bioimage analysis: opportunities and challenges
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Loïc A. Royer; Nico Stuurman
  • Funders
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
  • Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale
  • National Institutes of Health
  • Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
PUBLISHED 19 Apr 2021
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.28608.2
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ASaiM-MT: a validated and optimized ASaiM workflow for metatranscriptomics analysis within Galaxy framework
[version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Caitlin Simopoulos; Won Kyong Cho
  • Funders
  • National Cancer Institute
  • University of Minnesota
  • National Science Foundation
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 19 Apr 2021
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.26486.3
Research Article metrics
Revised
Neurons with dendrites can perform linearly separable computations with low resolution synaptic weights
[version 3; peer review: 3 approved]
Peer Reviewers Sacha van Albada; Fleur Zeldenrust; Alexandra Tzilivaki and Panayiota Poirazi
  • Funders
  • IHU FOReSIGHT
  • LabEx LIFESENSES
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 18 Apr 2021
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.28439.1
Data Note metrics
CFM: a database of experimentally validated protocols for chemical compound-based direct reprogramming and transdifferentiation
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Erdem B. Dashinimaev; Stephanie M. Willerth
  • Funder
  • Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation
PUBLISHED 16 Apr 2021
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.52192.1
Editorial metrics NOT PEER REVIEWED
Expanding the Chemical Information Science gateway
[version 1; peer review: not peer reviewed]
PUBLISHED 16 Apr 2021
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.51164.1
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The feasibility of targeted test-trace-isolate for the control of SARS-CoV-2 variants
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Akira Endo; Tim C. D. Lucas
  • Funders
  • Drexel Endowment
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Open Philanthropy Project
  • Reid Hoffman Foundation
  • COVID-19 HPC consortium
PUBLISHED 16 Apr 2021
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.38156.1
Research Article metrics
Improved chromosome-level genome assembly and annotation of the seagrass, Zostera marina (eelgrass)
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Jarkko Salojärvi; Vratislav Peska
  • Funder
  • the DOE-Joint Genome Institute, Berkeley, CA, USA
PUBLISHED 15 Apr 2021
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.27372.2
Brief Report metrics
Revised
Image analysis method for heterogeneity and porosity characterization of biomimetic hydrogels
[version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Miroslava Dušková-Smrčková; Susana Rocha
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 12 Apr 2021
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.25484.2
Software Tool Article metrics
Revised
PUblications Metadata Augmentation (PUMA) pipeline
[version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Leslie McIntosh; Meena Khatwa
  • Funders
  • Economic and Social Research Council
  • National Institute for Health Research
  • H2020 Health
  • Medical Research Council
  • Wellcome Trust and MRC
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 12 Apr 2021
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.24250.2
Research Article metrics
Revised
Bibliometric assessment and key messages of sporotrichosis research (1945-2018)
[version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Max Carlos Ramírez-Soto; Maria Simone Menezes Alencar; Daniel Zamith-Miranda
  • Funders
  • Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
  • Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
  • Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
  • Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia de Inovação em Doenças de Populações Negligenciadas
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 09 Apr 2021
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.27502.2
Research Article metrics
Revised
Inter-site and interpersonal diversity of salivary and tongue microbiomes, and the effect of oral care tablets
[version 2; peer review: 3 approved]
Peer Reviewers Takuichi Sato; Rohit Kunnath Menon; Priya Nimish Deo
  • Funder
  • Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 09 Apr 2021
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