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A Biomimetic Starfish‐Inspired Magnetic Soft Robot with Ultrasound Monitoring for Targeted Inflammatory Bowel Disease Therapy

Advanced Sensor Research, Volume 5, Issue 8, August 2026.
This work introduces a starfish‐inspired magnetic soft robot for localized, long‐term inflammatory bowel disease therapy. Featuring biomimetic multi‐arm microspines and magnetic actuation, it navigates the gastrointestinal tract, adheres firmly, and releases drugs on demand, monitored by ultrasound, with validated biosafety and ex vivo therapeutic ...
Ziheng Xu, Ruomeng Xu, Ieng Ieng Leong, Zehao Wu, Qingsong Xu   +4 more
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The predatory behavior of ants: an impressive panoply of morphological adaptations

Insect Science, Volume 33, Issue 4, Page 1256-1284, August 2026.
This review focuses on predation in ants, showing the wide diversity of cases from solitary foraging to group hunting tactics, as well as the evolution of mandible shape frequently adapted to capture specific prey. Although most ants are generalist feeders, finding their sugary substances directly on plants or indirectly via sap‐sucking insects, some ...
Alain Dejean, Xim Cerdá, Jérôme Orivel, Frédéric Azémar, Alexander L. Wild, Bruno Corbara, Axel Touchard   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Grotesque Realism and the Carnivalesque in Tom Six’s The Human Centipede (First Sequence) and The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence) [PDF]

Monstrum, 2019
Argues that Tom Six's controversial, excessive first two Human Centipede films offer a critical grotesque realism that can be traced to the Bakhtinian carnivalesque.
Ellen N. Freeman
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Advancing Lithium–Oxygen Batteries: Pioneering Cathode Catalyst Innovation and Artificial Intelligence‐Driven Design Paradigms

Advanced Materials, Volume 38, Issue 38, 8 July 2026.
This review summarizes the principles and challenges of nonaqueous lithium‐oxygen batteries and recent advances in cathode catalysts, including carbon‐based materials, metals, oxides, sulfides, nitrides, carbides, and redox mediators. It highlights emerging design strategies and artificial intelligence‐driven approaches, emphasizing data‐assisted ...
Yuqing Yao, Chongyang Hao, Karol Viviana Mejia‐Centeno, Malik Dilshad Khan, Shang Wang, Longqiu Li, Yanhong Tian, Andreu Cabot, Qing Sun   +8 more
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Macroecological relationships of ant diversity with increasing aridity in Australian tropical savannas: contrasting responses of epigaeic and hypogaeic assemblages

Ecography, Volume 2026, Issue 7, July 2026.
Studies using climatic gradients play a key role in our understanding of the importance of rainfall and temperature as factors regulating species diversity and distribution, and thus of likely responses to climate change. However, such studies currently consider above‐ground species only, ignoring the diverse hypogaeic (subterranean) invertebrate fauna.
François Brassard, Giovanny Destour, Tristan Klaftenberger, Alan N. Andersen   +3 more
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Centipede predation on vertebrates: a review with the first bat case from Asia

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Centipedes (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha), long regarded as generalist arthropod predators, are increasingly recognized for their capacity to subdue and consume small vertebrates.
Manokaran Kamalakannan, Rahul Mondal, Dhriti Banerjee   +2 more
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Evolution of Crematogaster sordidula (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Ants in the Mediterranean Region During Plio‐Pleistocene Climatic Changes

Zoologica Scripta, Volume 55, Issue 4, Page 615-638, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Understanding insect responses to global climate change involves identifying strategies used during past climate oscillations. Phylogeography offers a powerful framework to unravel how historical climatic and geological events have shaped the spatial genetic patterns of species, providing critical insights into evolutionary processes, whereas ...
Jody H. Voges, Sebastian Salata, Lech Borowiec, Jelena Bujan, Christos Georgiadis, Celal Karaman, Kadri Kiran, Albena Lapeva‐Gjonova, Claude Lebas, Mattia Menchetti, Enrico Schifani, Ahmed Taheri, Bonnie B. Blaimer   +12 more
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BACKWARD INDUCTION: MERITS AND FLAWS

Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric, 2017
Backward induction (BI) was one of the earliest methods developed for solving finite sequential games with perfect information. It proved to be especially useful in the context of Tom Schelling’s ideas of credible versus incredible threats.
Kamiński Marek M.
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Automatic segmentation of bone structures in CBCT images

Fogorvosi Szemle, 2023
Modern surgeries are performed using transplants or implants based on surgical planning with CT images. The CT or CBCT images having bad initial quality greatly decrease the performance of the processing algorithms and affect the quality of the ...
Gábor Dorogi, Péter Bodnár, Katalin Nagy   +2 more
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The presumed oldest flying insect: more likely a myriapod? [PDF]

PeerJ, 2017
The early fossil record of insects is scarce, with only few finds in the Devonian. All these finds appear problematic and controversial, partly due to incomplete preservation and challenging interpretation of many structures. We provide details of one of
Carolin Haug, Joachim T. Haug
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