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Seb278426 t1_j8hvoid wrote

Reply to comment by Fatesurge in A study in the US has found, compared to unvaccinated people, protection from the risk of dying from COVID during the six-month omicron wave for folks who had two doses of an mRNA vaccine was 42% for 40- to 59-year-olds; 27% for 60- to 79-year-olds; and 46% for people 80 and older. by Wagamaga

If they write unsolicited invitations to journals that have nothing to do with my field, or invite me to be an editor for said journals, promise rapid publication and have publication fees, I think it's fair for me to call them predatory. Its the combination of all of those and the effort of customization they put it. I got invitations from renowned journals but those came from editors that are known in the field and match my research. Predatory ones just randomly scrap titles from the web and paste them into whatever template they have for their issue of the day.

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extropia t1_j8hvdtz wrote

Reply to comment by epsilona01 in The brain can rapidly detect and process fearful faces that are otherwise invisible to the eye. There appears to be a neural pathway for detection of fear, which operates automatically, outside of conscious awareness. by Wagamaga

That is really fascinating, especially the part where you describe the alertness it triggers. Anecdotally it does feel like the sweating that happens when one is suddenly scared/anxious seems different, like it suddenly starts seeping out of you without any of the physical work it 'normally' requires to produce.

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Merry-Lane t1_j8hv8cm wrote

Reply to comment by Fckdisaccnt in Upon hearing recordings of wolf howls, older family dogs from more ancient breeds respond with longer howls — suggesting that genetic similarity with wolves affects dogs’ repertoire by marketrent

The wolves howl to say : "whoever hears this, you are on our territory".

Dogs and wolves respect boundaries, and can be stressed simply at the idea of being on the territory that another dog/wolf claims.

Howls don’t have a meaning as in "a short yap followed by a long tremolo means hi". Maybe howls can have significances like wolves may howl a bit differently depending on their mood, the moon, a specific event or whatever. They may share this feeling through their howls, anyone (dogs, humans, animals,…) could maybe interpret specific howls and attribute vague meanings but…

No, dogs stress out because howling is claiming territory.

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DrThirdOpinion t1_j8huz99 wrote

Reply to comment by sw33tr3l33s in A study in the US has found, compared to unvaccinated people, protection from the risk of dying from COVID during the six-month omicron wave for folks who had two doses of an mRNA vaccine was 42% for 40- to 59-year-olds; 27% for 60- to 79-year-olds; and 46% for people 80 and older. by Wagamaga

The sentence wasn’t difficult to interpret at all.

Maybe before becoming scientists, people should learn how to read?

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TheDefterus t1_j8htkrh wrote

Reply to comment by Levainathan in The brain can rapidly detect and process fearful faces that are otherwise invisible to the eye. There appears to be a neural pathway for detection of fear, which operates automatically, outside of conscious awareness. by Wagamaga

I mean, that's why they looked there. We know it has to do with fear response. We didn't know that it does visual processing that the other mentioned regions don't.

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atchijov t1_j8hs1ac wrote

Reply to comment by WeirdAndGilly in Study on former citizens of East Germany sheds light on why people may choose deliberate ignorance by chrisdh79

To be fair… I do have very little patience with religion(s) in general and institution of “church” in particular. And you probably can find dozen comments from me on the subject (though considering how old my Reddit account is… it most likely will be less than 1 comment per year :) )

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Anschluss11 t1_j8hrc81 wrote

Reply to Upon hearing recordings of wolf howls, older family dogs from more ancient breeds respond with longer howls — suggesting that genetic similarity with wolves affects dogs’ repertoire by marketrent

Would there be some source for more info on what would be considered "ancient" vs "modern" breeds? It would be interesting to see at what time in the past certain breeds became "modern". I would say pugs fall under the modern ones, but would be really interested to learn more.

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koolhany t1_j8hqmgd wrote

Reply to comment by klousGT in Social mobility refers to movement of individuals from one socio-economic strata to another. Social mobility is largely driven by personal motivation, education, skills and migration. But an analysis of historical data tells us that social mobility is primarily caused by changes in political rule. by rustoo

The biggest factor is wealth equality and education/skills acquisition

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Gatsby_curve

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GiovanniResta t1_j8hps85 wrote

Reply to comment by TJSnider1984 in Extracts from two common wildflowers, tall goldenrod and eagle fern blocked SARS_CoV_2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, from entering human cells. The findings could provide a new avenue to develop pharmaceutical treatments for COVID-19. by MistWeaver80

> https://www.amjmed.com/article/S0002-9343(21)00523-4/fulltext

I'm not an expert, but from reference (4) in the article you cited, it appears that Hydroxychloroquine "is effective in inhibiting SARS-CoV-2 infection in vitro". So it was appropriate for this "in vitro" study.

Unfortunately effective "in vitro" does not always translate in effective "in vivo".

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