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Wing morphology and eyespot pattern of Erebia medusa (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) vary along an elevation gradient in the Carpathian Mountains [PDF]

Nota Lepidopterologica, 2022
Butterfly wings play a crucial role during flight, but also in thermoregulation, intraspecific signalling and interaction with predators, all of which vary across different habitat types and may be reflected in wing morphology or colour pattern.
Barbora Mikitová, Martina Šemeláková, Ľubomir Panigaj   +2 more
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Does Environmental Regulation Promote Eco-Innovation Performance of Manufacturing Firms?—Empirical Evidence from China

Energies, 2023
As the world becomes more concerned about carbon emissions, the Chinese government, which is a large contributor to carbon emissions, has also begun to pay attention to the issue of carbon emissions.
Jieqiong Wang, Shichao Hu, Ziyi Zhang
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Object knowledge modulates colour appearance [PDF]

, 2011
We investigated the memory colour effect for colour diagnostic artificial objects. Since knowledge about these objects and their colours has been learned in everyday life, these stimuli allow the investigation of the influence of acquired object ...
ActiveWire Inc, Adobe Systems Inc, Berlin B, Bloj M G, Hume D, Ishihara S, Leibovich B, MathWorks, Nicholson K G, O'Connor K, St Julien J, Sumner P, v Helmholtz H L F, Wandell B A, Watzlawick P, Wittgenstein L, Wyszecki G   +16 more
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Quantifying phenotype-environment matching in the protected Kerry spotted slug (Mollusca: Gastropoda) using digital photography: exposure to UV radiation determines cryptic colour morphs

Frontiers in Zoology, 2017
Background Animal colours and patterns commonly play a role in reducing detection by predators, social signalling or increasing survival in response to some other environmental pressure.
Aidan O’Hanlon, Kristina Feeney, Peter Dockery, Michael J. Gormally   +3 more
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Technological and nutritional assessment of dry pasta with oatmeal and the microalga Spirulina platensis

Brazilian Journal of Food Technology, 2014
Wheat flour is the most important raw material in the production of pasta. The production process consists of mixing water and flour, kneading, extrusion and drying.
Fernanda Arnhold Pagnussatt, Franciela Spier, Telma Elita Bertolin, Jorge Alberto Vieira Costa, Luiz Carlos Gutkoski   +4 more
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Change my body, change my mind: the effects of illusory ownership of an out group hand on implicit attitudes towards that outgroup.

Frontiers in Psychology, 2014
The effect of multisensory-induced changes on body-ownership and self-awareness using bodily illusions has been well established. More recently, experimental manipulation of bodily illusions have been combined with social cognition tasks to investigate ...
Harry eFarmer, Lara eMaister, Manos eTsakiris   +2 more
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Cultural transmission results in convergence towards colour term universals. [PDF]

, 2013
As in biological evolution, multiple forces are involved in cultural evolution. One force is analogous to selection, and acts on differences in the fitness of aspects of culture by influencing who people choose to learn from.
Dowman, Mike, Griffiths, Tom, Xu, Jing
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High-throughput sequencing reveals the change of microRNA expression caused by allopolyploidization in Cucumis

Biologia Plantarum, 2020
Allopolyploidy is long recognized as an essential driving force in plant evolution. Recent studies have demonstrated that small RNAs, including microRNAs (miRNAs), play important roles in the process of allopolyploidy.
X. YU, Z. ZHU, T. ZHANG, J. LI, C. CHENG, Q. LOU, C.-O. OTTOSEN, J. CHEN   +7 more
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Thermal performance of cooling strategies for asphalt pavement: A state-of-the-art review

Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering (English ed. Online), 2021
Asphalt pavements absorb and store more heat than natural surfaces. Thus, high temperatures are emitted from conventional asphalt pavements, subsequently releasing heat into the atmosphere and contributing to the urban heat island (UHI) phenomenon ...
Salam Ridha Oleiwi Aletba, Norhidayah Abdul Hassan, Ramadhansyah Putra Jaya, Eeydzah Aminudin, Mohd Zul Hanif Mahmud, Azman Mohamed, Ahmed Abdulameer Hussein   +6 more
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Relationship between protector color, perception of dominance, and match outcome in a Colombian national taekwondo championship

Слобожанський науково-спортивний вісник
Background and Study Aim. The effect of colour on sports performance has been widely studied in Taekwondo, but gaps persist across national contexts and regarding subjective variables, such as perceptions of dominance.
Luis A. Cardozo, Malinatzin Mateos-Olivarez, Valeria González-Palacios, Hannah Palomino-López, Oscar Santiago-Angel, Jesús E. Torres-Villegas   +5 more
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