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“Piolho-de-cobra” (Arthropoda: Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha) na concepção dos moradores de Pedra Branca, Santa Terezinha, Estado da Bahia, Brasil = Piolho-de-cobra (Arthropoda: Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha) as viewed by the inhabitants of Pedra Branca, Santa Terezinha, Bahia State, Brazil

Acta Scientiarum: Biological Sciences, 2006
O presente artigo registra as concepções, os conhecimentos e os comportamentos que os moradores do povoado de Pedra Branca, no Estado da Bahia, possuem sobre o “piolho-de-cobra” (Chilopoda, Geophilomorpha).
Eraldo Medeiros Costa Neto
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Counterfactual conditional analysis using the Centipede Game [PDF]

, 2019
The Backward Induction strategy for the Centipede Game leads us to a counterfactual reasoning paradox, The Centipede Game paradox. The counterfactual reasoning proving the backward induction strategy for the game appears to rely on the players in the ...
Bilal, Ahmed
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Mitochondrial activity disruption and local muscle damage induced in mice by Scolopendra polymorpha venom

Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases
Background: Scolopendra polymorpha (S. polymorpha) is a predatory centipede whose venom contains a multiplicity of biochemical effectors that can cause muscle damage and cumulative cell destruction in its prey.
Judith Tabullo De Robles, Francisca Fernández Valverde, Lucero Valladares Cisneros, Juana Hernández Villeda, Ayixon Sánchez-Reyes, María del Carmen Gutiérrez   +5 more
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Indenture as a Self-Enforced Contract Device: An Experimental Test [PDF]

We experimentally test the efficacy of indenture as a self-enforced contract device. In an indenture game, the principal signals the intention of payment-on-delivery, by tearing a banknote and giving the agent half of it as "prepayment"; the agent ...
Jonathan H. W. Tan, Alexander S. Kritikos   +1 more
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Enhancing Atmospheric Monitoring Capabilities: A Comparison of Low- and High-Cost GNSS Networks for Tropospheric Estimations

Remote Sensing
Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signals experience delays when passing through the atmosphere due to the presence of free electrons in the ionosphere and air density in the non-ionized part of the atmosphere, known as the troposphere.
Paolo Dabove, Milad Bagheri
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Geophilomorpha (Centipede)

Geophilomorpha Indet 1 (Soil Centipede) 5/11/2020 Group: Invertebrates Type: Arthropods Notes Common Names: Soil Centipede Year Observed: 2020 Identified By: H. Hernandez (iNaturalist); First Noted By: M.
Valles, M.
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Ecology, natural history, and conservation status of Scolopendra abnormis, a threatened centipede endemic to Mauritius

Endangered Species Research
The Serpent Island centipede Scolopendra abnormis is a threatened centipede species found on only 2 small islands in the Indian Ocean: Round Island, located 22.5 km northeast of Mauritius, and Serpent Island, 4 km northwest of Round Island.
MPTG Tercel, JP Cuff, IP Vaughan, WOC Symondson, M Goder, S Matadeen, V Tatayah, NC Cole   +7 more
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Predatory behavior of three centipede species of the order Scolopendromorpha (Arthropoda: Myriapoda: Chilopoda)

Zoologia (Curitiba)
Studies related to centipede feeding and predatory behavior are rare in the literature, and are limited to observations made during fieldwork. Furthermore, they lack descriptions of prey capture.
Samuel P.G. Guizze, Irene Knysak, Katia C. Barbaro, Manoela Karam-Gemael, Amazonas Chagas-Jr   +4 more
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house centipede

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Garden centipede: Summer flooding has advantages in controlling pest in asparagus fields

California Agriculture, 1953
The garden centipede,Scutigerella immaculate (Newp.)—a white organism about ¼? long which lives in the soil—is difficult to control with chemicals.
A Michelbacher, O Bacon, J Underhill
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