The genome sequence of the oak pinhole borer, Platypus cylindrus (Fabricius, 1792) [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations]

We present a genome assembly from an individual male Platypus cylindrus (the oak pinhole borer; Arthropoda; Insecta; Coleoptera; Snap Ring Curculionidae).The genome sequence is 147.5 megabases in span.Most of the assembly is scaffolded into 8 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the Tables X and Y sex chromosomes.The mitochondrial genome has also

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Covalent Organic Framework-Functionalized Magnetic CuFe2O4/Ag Nanoparticles for the Reduction of 4-Nitrophenol

In this work, magnetic CuFe2O4/Ag nanoparticles activated by porous covalent organic frameworks (COF) was fabricated to evaluate the heterogenous reduction of 4-nitrophenol (4-NP).The core-shell CuFe2O4/Ag@COF was successfully prepared by 5BP polydopamine reduction of silver ions on CuFe2O4 nanoparticles, followed by COF layer condensation.By integ

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On the Bias in Confirmatory Factor Analysis When Treating Discrete Variables as Ordinal Instead of Continuous

Confirmatory factor analysis is some of the most widely used statistical techniques in the social sciences.Frequently, variables (i.e., items) stemming from questionnaires are analyzed.Two competing approaches for estimating confirmatory factor analysis Electric Salad Spinners can be distinguished.First, ordinal variables could be treated as in the

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