respectively. This corresponds to a ratio of Z-linked/autosomal reads of 0.47. Since female birds are the heterogametic sex (ZW), and since the female-specific W chromosome is highly degraded and differentiated to the Z chromosome over most of its length15, this ratio indicates that the spec...
When she realised the facial recognition wouldn’t detect her until she was holding a white mask over her face, she was confronted face on with what she termed the "coded gaze". She soon founded the Algorithmic Justice League, which exists to prevent AI harms and increase accountability. ...
Perpetuating ability to live life as usual, is characterised by a desire to continue life as usual, which requires an acceptance of the disease’s progress, self-acceptance of the new me, and an acceptance that the new life needs to be lived a little...
Real-world networks often consist of densely connected modules, so-called clusters or communities that represent functional units within the network66. We used an unbiased way to identify clusters within our model, independently from the type of a variable. To this end, we used the algorithm of...
It hurts that I never had a chance to try. Well, there were a couple times without birth control over the years with men who still had sperm, but nothing happened. It’s probably for the best. Those men were scum. But when I imagine lying in bed with a man who says, “Let’s ...
I suddenly became aware over the last couple of years that I'm in my sixties. I never thought about it. I thought I'd better start acting my age or find roles that are going to be interesting to me in the sexagenarian repertoire, because it's not what you do in your forties or ...
Although Māori living in advanced age may enjoy wider social connections than non-Māori through the role they play in whānau and communities, their level of income is low and this is likely to affect their well-being. Investigation of the settlement of claims made to the Waitangi Tribunal (...
I think this is the most important thread for me, because I am 26, and the first chess game that I ever played in my life was just about two months before...I have seen these examples of players who started taking chess seriously in their twenties and became some great masters.. But ...
and genetic lineages. Through the co-analysis and contextualization of genome-wide, radiogenic strontium isotope, osteological/anthropological and archaeological data, this study aims to contribute to the understanding of the kinship structure and social organization of EBA communities of the (northern) ...
One thing I’ll say: if you’ve never been handy to begin with (me), there’s a lot less to turn over to professional help when you get older as they’ve already been doing it! The decision on where to live as you age is always a tough one, and everyone’s situation is ...