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Hidden jewels of Malaysia: two new genera and species of remarkable clearwing moths (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae: Osminiini)

The European Zoological Journal, 2022
A stunning scarlet-coloured clearwing moth was found mud-puddling on a rainforest river bank in Malaysia and is described herein as a new genus and species, Scarlata nirvana gen. et sp. Nov..
Marta Skowron Volponi
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Numbers, neighbors, and hungry predators: What makes chemically defended aposematic prey susceptible to predation?

Ecology and Evolution, 2020
Many chemically defended aposematic species are characterized by relatively low toxin levels, which enables predators to include them in their diets under certain circumstances.
Jan M. Kaczmarek, Mikołaj Kaczmarski, Jan Mazurkiewicz, Janusz Kloskowski   +3 more
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Social Top-down Response Modulation (STORM): A model of the control of mimicry in social interaction

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2012
As a distinct feature of human social interactions, spontaneous mimicry has been widely investigated in the past decade. Research suggests that mimicry is a subtle and flexible social behaviour which plays an important role for communication and ...
Yin eWang, Antonia F. de C. Hamilton
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Autoimmunity in Chronic Chagas Disease: A Road of Multiple Pathways to Cardiomyopathy?

Frontiers in Immunology, 2018
Chagas disease (CD), a neglected tropical disease caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, affects around six million individuals in Latin America. Currently, CD occurs worldwide, becoming a significant public health concern due to its silent aspect ...
Elidiana De Bona, Kárita Cláudia Freitas Lidani, Lorena Bavia, Zahra Omidian, Luiza Helena Gremski, Thaisa Lucas Sandri, Thaisa Lucas Sandri, Iara J. de Messias Reason   +7 more
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Mimicry and masquerade from the avian visual perspective

Current Zoology, 2012
Several of the most celebrated examples of visual mimicry, like mimetic eggs laid by avian brood parasites and pala­table insects mimicking distasteful ones, involve signals directed at the eyes of birds.
Mary Caswell STODDARD
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Learning from the local: the variety and spatial pattern of vocal mimicry in songs of the invasive white-rumped shama in Taiwan

Royal Society Open Science
Studying the model selection, especially in multiple heterospecific mimicry, is crucial for understanding the function of vocal mimicry. Invasive songbirds with large repertoires in novel auditory environments lacking conspecifics expand their ...
Bao-Sen Shieh, Shih-Hsiung Liang, Shuo-Chen Chang   +2 more
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A Review of Philenis Champion, 1906 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Conoderinae), with Descriptions of New Species from Central and South America

Diversity, 2018
A brief review of the history of the taxonomic treatment of the genus Philenis Champion is presented and characters are discussed. Philenis flavipes Champion and P.
Henry Hespenheide
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HIBRIDITAS POSTKOLONIALISME HOMI K. BHABHA Dalam Novel Midnight’s And Children Salman Rushdie

Jentera: Jurnal Kajian Sastra, 2020
Postcolonialism is a branch of the cultural studies that focuses on socio-cultural analysis, including signs and languages. Colonialism had clear implications in the actions of postcolonial society. Homi K.
Syihabul Furqon, NFN Busro
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Facial Imitation Improves Emotion Recognition in Adults with Different Levels of Sub-Clinical Autistic Traits

Journal of Intelligence, 2021
We used computer-based automatic expression analysis to investigate the impact of imitation on facial emotion recognition with a baseline-intervention-retest design.
Andrea E. Kowallik, Maike Pohl, Stefan R. Schweinberger   +2 more
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The association of negative mood with automatic and effortful facial expression mimicry

Frontiers in Psychology, 2023
The natural process of mimicking the facial expressions of others is well established, as are the deficits in this reflexive behavior for individuals with clinical disorders such as depression.
Tara L. Kraft-Feil, Rick E. Ingram, Claire Gorey, Jazlyn H. Luu, Marie P. Cross, Sarah D. Pressman   +5 more
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