A description of dental microanatomy and implantation geometry in Chamaeleonidae
A reassessment of the dental histology in adult chamaeleons reveals the presence of periodontal ligament. Alongside alveolar bone and cementum, these tissues together constitute a compacted and remodelled tripartite periodontium. Our findings include the novel observation of plicidentine‐like protuberances of dentine within underlying bone.
Giles D. Sukkert +4 more
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Dragonfly-Wing-Inspired Bluff-Body Piezoelectric Harvester for Efficient Low-Wind-Speed Energy Harvesting. [PDF]
Zhou Z, Shang X, Xia Y, Zhu P.
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Gut Microbial Nitrate Reduction to Ammonia: A Possible Pathway of Biological Nitrogen Provisioning in Freshwater Insects. [PDF]
Nelson K +7 more
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Our ancestral state reconstruction in tree crickets reveals multiple independent and irreversible losses of sound‐producing and ‐receiving structures, supporting the convergent evolution of the silent phenotype. We demonstrate strong evolutionary integration between forewings and tympana, although the discovery of ‘silent listeners′ and ‘deaf singers ...
Lucas Denadai de Campos +3 more
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Dragonfly red opsins share a common tuning mechanism with mammalian red opsins and further enhancement of near-infrared sensitivity. [PDF]
Sato R, Terakita A, Koyanagi M.
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Abstract Remote spectroscopy is used to characterize the mineralogy and infer the history of planetary bodies. Carbonaceous asteroids, such as B‐type (101955) Bennu, represent the earliest stages of planet formation. B types have a blue (negative) spectral slope and comprise <5% of asteroids.
V. E. Hamilton +32 more
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A robotic model of efficient prey finding in the gleaning bat Micronycteris microtis. [PDF]
Vanderelst D +3 more
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ABSTRACT How should we understand the duration of a pleasant or unpleasant sensation, insofar as its duration modulates how good or bad the experience is overall? Given that we seem able to distinguish between subjective and objective duration and that how well or badly someone's life goes is naturally thought of as something to be assessed from her ...
Andreas L. Mogensen
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DragonFly™ edge-to-edge repair of the systemic atrioventricular valve in a patient with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries: a case report. [PDF]
Lin X, Tan B, Sung SH, Wang J, Liu X.
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Postembryonic development of the predatory strike mechanics in a praying mantis (Insecta: Mantodea)
Praying mantis forelegs capture prey using specific kinematic and kinetic traits that change in size and morphology during postembryonic growth and sexual dimorphism influences these dynamics. Strike forces grow hyperallometrically with body weight; larger mantises show longer strike durations, slower joint angular velocities and increased tibia ...
Thies H. Büscher +3 more
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