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On the control of dispersion interactions between biological membranes and protein coated biointerfaces [PDF]

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2021
Interaction of cellular membranes with biointerfaces is of vital importance for a number of medical devices and implants. Adhesiveness of these surfaces and cells is often regulated by depositing a layer of bovine serum albumin (BSA) or other protein coatings.
Ana-Sunčana Smith, Arnaud Hemmerle, Robert Blackwell, Kheya Sengupta, Wolfgang Peukert, Drew F. Parsons, Drew F. Parsons, Matthias Späth, Andreas Baer   +8 more
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Application of reaction-diffusion equations for modeling human and breeding site attraction movement behavior of Aedes aegypti mosquito

Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, 2022
This paper shows how biological population dynamic models in the form of coupled reaction-diffusion equations with nonlinear reaction terms can be applied to heterogeneous landscapes. The presented systems of coupled partial differential equations (PDEs)
Otto Richter , Anh Nguyen, Truc Nguyen
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Rapid evolution of dispersal ability makes biological invasions faster and more variable

Nature Communications, 2017
Genetic variation in dispersal ability may result in the spatial sorting of alleles during range expansion. Recent theory suggests that spatial sorting can favour the rapid evolution of life history traits at expanding fronts, and therefore modify the ...
Brad M. Ochocki, T. Miller
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Dispersal Kernel Type Highly Influences Projected Relationships for Plant Disease Epidemic Severity When Outbreak and At-Risk Populations Differ in Susceptibility

Life, 2022
In silico study of biologically invading organisms provide a means to evaluate the complex and potentially cryptic factors that can influence invasion success in scenarios where empirical studies would be difficult, if not impossible, to conduct.
Paul M. Severns
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Optimal Control for a Dispersing Biological Agent

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2014
A bioeconomic model is developed to analyze the optimal control management strategies for an introduced herbivore in a two-compartment ecosystem. This paper analyzes cost-effective control strategies that decrease the spillover effects of the herbivore on endangered plant species, thereby reducing extinction pressure and increasing benefits.
Chalak, Morteza, Chalak, Morteza
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A method to quantify jump dispersal of invasive species from occurrence data: the case of the spotted lanternfly, Lycorma delicatula [PDF]

NeoBiota
The accuracy of predicting the spread of biological invasions is improved if models explicitly incorporate the two main dispersal mechanisms: diffusive spread and jump dispersal.
Nadège Belouard, Sebastiano De Bona, Matthew R. Helmus, Isabella G. Smith, Jocelyn E. Behm   +4 more
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High Emigration Propensity and Low Mortality on Transfer Drives Female-Biased Dispersal of Pyriglena leucoptera in Fragmented Landscapes. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
Dispersal is a biological process performed in three stages: emigration, transfer and immigration. Intra-specific variation on dispersal behavior, such as sex-bias, is very common in nature, particularly in birds and mammals.
Marcelo Awade, Carlos Candia-Gallardo, Cintia Cornelius, Jean Paul Metzger   +3 more
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Controlled radical polymerization in dispersed systems for biological applications [PDF]

Progress in Polymer Science, 2020
Polymeric nanoparticles show great promise in a range of biomedical applications, improving pharmacokinetic properties, dose requirements and immune response in drug delivery and bioimaging. Common synthesis techniques such as self-assembly, while prevalent, are unscalable and require the use of organic solvents, or extensive purification. In contrast,
Sébastien Perrier, Sébastien Perrier, Pratik Gurnani   +2 more
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Refuge distributions and landscape connectivity affect host-parasitoid dynamics: Motivations for biological control in agroecosystems

PLoS ONE, 2022
Species distributions are affected by landscape structure at different spatial scales. Here we study how the interplay between dispersal at different spatial scales and landscape connectivity and composition affect local species dynamics.
Lucas D. Fernandes, Angelica S. Mata, Wesley A. C. Godoy, Carolina Reigada   +3 more
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Evolution of dispersal and the ideal free distribution

Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, 2009
A general question in the study of the evolution of dispersalis what kind of dispersal strategies can conveycompetitive advantages and thus will evolve.We consider a two species competition modelin which the species are assumed to have the same ...
Robert Stephen Cantrell, Chris Cosner, Yuan Lou   +2 more
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