This study investigates how COVID-19-related content, especially conspiracy theories, is communicated on “dark platforms” — digital platforms that are less regulated and moderated, hence can be used for hosting content creators may not tolerated by their more mainstream counterparts. The objective of this two-fold: First, it introduces the concept dark platforms, which differ from counterparts ...

Widespread flooding of the Australian continent during Early Cretaceous, referred to as Eromanga Sea, deposited extensive shallow marine sediments throughout Great Artesian Basin (GAB). This event had been considered ‘out sync’ with eustatic sea level and was instead solely attributed dynamic subsidence associated Australia's passage over eastern Gondwanan subducted material. However, mantle co...

Using the membranes treated with Triton X-100, we studied the interaction between y-aminobutyric acid (GABA)$ receptors and the GTP-binding proteins which are the substrates for ADP-ribosylation by the islet-activating protein (IAP), pertussis toxin. The addition of guanine nucleotides to the membranes markedly decreased the binding of GABA to GABAB receptors. Preincubation of the membranes ...

Current-clamp experiments on an identified neurone have demonstrated the presence of L-glutamate receptors in the insect central nervous system. The cell body of the fast coxal depressor motor neurone (Df) in the metathoracic ganglion of the cockroach Periplaneta americana exhibits a hyperpolarizing response to L-glutamate, accompanied by an increase in membrane conductance. The response is dep...

Asking that the metric of a complex Finsler space should be strong convex, Abate and Patrizio ([1]) associate to the real tangent bundle a real Finsler metric for which they analyze the relation between Cartan (real) connection of the obtained space and the real image of Chern-Finsler complex connection. Following the same ideas, in the present paper we shall deal with the more general case of ...

A point particle of mass μ moving on a geodesic creates a perturbation hab, of the spacetime metric gab, that diverges at the particle. Simple expressions are given for the singular μ/r part of hab and its tidal distortion caused by the spacetime. This singular part hab is described in different coordinate systems and in different gauges. Subtracting hab from hab leaves a regular remainder hab....

Myogenesis is a highly ordered process that involves the expression of muscle-specific genes, cell-cell recognition and multinucleated myotube formation. Although protein tyrosine kinases have figured prominently in myogenesis, the involvement of tyrosine phosphatases in this process is unknown. SHP-2 is an SH2 domain-containing tyrosine phosphatase, which positively regulates growth and differ...

A point particle of mass μ moving on a geodesic creates a perturbation hab, of the spacetime metric gab, that diverges at the particle. Simple expressions are given for the singular μ/r part of hab and its distortion caused by the spacetime. This singular part hS ab is described in different coordinate systems and in different gauges. Subtracting hS ab from hab leaves a regular remainder h R ab...