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October 30, 2018; vol. 115 no. 44

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    In This Issue
    PNAS October 30, 2018 115 (44) 11103-11105; https://doi.org/10.1073/iti4418115

Inner Workings

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    Inner Workings: Can robots make good teammates?
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    Carolyn Beans
    PNAS October 30, 2018 115 (44) 11106-11108; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1814453115

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    Sandeep Ravindran
    PNAS October 30, 2018 115 (44) 11109-11111; first published October 15, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1815757115

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    Rapid assessment of natural visual motion integration across primate species
    Miriam Spering and Hiu Mei Chow
    PNAS October 30, 2018 115 (44) 11112-11114; first published October 22, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1816083115

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    Drumming up single-molecule beats
    Erik H. Horak and Randall H. Goldsmith
    PNAS October 30, 2018 115 (44) 11115-11117; first published October 18, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1815764115

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    • Single-molecule optical absorption imaging by nanomechanical photothermal sensing
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    Strengthening sustainability through data
    D. G. Webster
    PNAS October 30, 2018 115 (44) 11118-11120; first published October 19, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1816077115

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    Culmination of a half-century quest reveals insight into mutant tRNA-mediated frameshifting after tRNA departure from the decoding site
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    PNAS October 30, 2018 115 (44) 11121-11123; first published October 19, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1815837115

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    PNAS October 30, 2018 115 (44) 11124-11128; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.ss11544

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      Collective decision making by rational individuals
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      Sequential sampling strategy for extreme event statistics in nonlinear dynamical systems
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      PNAS October 30, 2018 115 (44) 11144-11149; first published October 15, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1814392115
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      PNAS October 30, 2018 115 (44) 11150-11155; first published September 25, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1804174115

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      PNAS October 30, 2018 115 (44) 11215-11220; first published October 15, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1803630115
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      PNAS October 30, 2018 115 (44) 11221-11225; first published September 24, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1807677115

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      PNAS October 30, 2018 115 (44) E10323-E10332; first published October 17, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1808981115
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      PNAS October 30, 2018 115 (44) 11226-11231; first published September 27, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1809319115

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      PNAS October 30, 2018 115 (44) E10427-E10436; first published October 16, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1807765115
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      Identification of SLAC1 anion channel residues required for CO2/bicarbonate sensing and regulation of stomatal movements
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      PNAS October 30, 2018 115 (44) 11333-11338; first published October 15, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1800901115

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    Correction to Supporting Information for Kwon et al., FoxP3 scanning mutagenesis reveals functional variegation and mild mutations with atypical autoimmune phenotypes
    PNAS October 30, 2018 115 (44) E10515; first published October 22, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1815642115
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