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Effect of Biotic and Abiotic Factors on the Flight Performance of Anarta trifolii (Hüfnagel, 1766)

Agronomy
The clover cutworm, Anarta trifolii (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), constitutes a polyphagous pest known for causing sporadic, local outbreaks that significantly damage Beta vulgaris, Gossypium hirsutum, Brassica oleracea and others.
Xiaoting Sun, Yatao Zhou, Wei He, Shishuai Ge, Kongming Wu, Limei He   +5 more
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Electrode and Microstructure Dependence of Oxygen Diffusion in Ferroelectric Hafnium Zirconium Oxide Thin Films

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Significant nanoscale oxygen diffusion coefficient variations are measured in ferroelectric hafnium zirconium oxide films with grain boundaries and electrode interfaces exhibiting values 104 times larger than the grain cores. Overall coefficients are 10X larger for films prepared with metal nitride electrodes compared to refractory metals. New insights
Liron Shvilberg, Thomas W. Pfeifer, Chuanzhen Zhou, Yong Kyu Choi, Duk‐Hyun Choe, Patrick E. Hopkins, Jon F. Ihlefeld   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

No effect of carrying a leg-loop harness mounted radio transmitter on flight energy expenditure of a small migratory songbird

Journal of Field Ornithology
Radio transmitters and other miniature electronic devices have greatly enhanced our understanding of avian ecology. However, from both animal welfare and data integrity perspectives, it is crucial to determine if tracking devices adversely affect birds ...
Greg W Mitchell, Morag Dick, Alexander Macmillan, Christopher G Guglielmo   +3 more
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Advances in Sustainable and Wearable Textile Based Soft Robotics

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This Review examines advances in wearable textile‐based soft robotics, focusing on sustainable materials, integrated sensing, and scalable actuation. It discusses manufacturing and system integration across healthcare, assistive robotics, prosthetics, and human–machine interfaces, and highlights key challenges in circular design, including life‐cycle ...
Zahir Abbas, Marzia Dulal, Sophia K. Novoselov, Victoria K. Novoselov, Kostya S. Novoselov, Shaila Afroj, Nazmul Karim   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing the Productivity of Colonies Headed by Preheated Honeybee Queens

Insects
This study investigated the effects of preheat hardening on the egg-laying capacity of honeybee queens and the flight performance of their daughter workers. A honeybee queen was confined in a cage with a two-section frame for 12 h.
Abd Al-Majeed Al-Ghzawi, Shahera Talat Zaitoun, Mohammad Nafi Solaiman Al-Sabi, Salem Saleh Mazari, Ilham Mustafa Al-Omari, Maqbool Saed Altalhi   +5 more
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Electrospun Wood‐Derived Biopolymers as Electrodes in Electrochemical Energy Storage Technologies

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Electrospinning transforms wood‐derived cellulose and lignin into architecturally defined, binder‐free carbon electrodes with tuneable porosity and functionality. This review shows how fibre design enables decoupled charge and mass transport, enhancing performance across battery systems, while identifying key challenges in spinnability, scalability ...
Michael W. Thielke, Hattie R. Chisnall, Jesus Vazquez Chavez, Ana B. Jorge Sobrido   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Combining functional traits and phylogeny to disentangling Amazonian butterfly assemblages on anthropogenic gradients

Ecosphere, 2019
Environmental gradients consist of sequential changes in the physical and structural characteristics of a region. These allow us to follow species responses and tolerances under different habitat conditions.
Ricardo Luís Spaniol, Leandro da Silva Duarte, Milton de Souza Mendonça Jr., Cristiano Agra Iserhard   +3 more
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The CREAM Calorimeter: Performance In Tests And Flights

AIP Conference Proceedings, 2006
The Cosmic Ray Energetics And Mass (CREAM) balloon‐borne experiment, designed to directly measure cosmic‐ray particle energies from ∼1011 to ∼1015 eV, had two successful flights since December 2004, with a total duration of 70 days. The CREAM calorimeter is comprised of 20 layers of 1 radiation length (X0) tungsten interleaved with 20 active layers ...
Lee, M. H., Ahn, H. S., Allison, P., Bagliesi, M. G., Barbier, L., Beatty, J. J., Bigongiari, G., Boyle, P., Brandt, T. J., Childers, J. T., Conklin, N. B., Coutu, S., Duvernois, M. A., Ganel, O., Han, J. H., Jeon, J. A., Kim, K. C., Lutz, L., Maestro, P., Malinine, A., Marrocchesi, P. S., Minnick, S., Mognet, S. I., Nam, S. W., Nutter, S., Park, I. H., Park, N. H., Seo, E. S., Sina, R., Swordy, S., Wakely, S., Walpole, P., Wu, J., Yang, J., Yoon, Y. S., Zei, R., Zinn, S. Y.   +36 more
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Biomineral‐Inspired Organic/Inorganic Colloidal Liquid‐Crystalline Hybrids for Photoresponsive Adhesion

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A new class of photoresponsive liquid‐crystalline (LC) adhesives based on biomineral‐inspired organic/inorganic colloidal hybrids is reported. These colloidal LC materials are formed by hybridization of a hydroxyapatite nanorod with azobenzene‐based forklike molecules.
Junya Uchida, Ryuta Kiguchi, Riki Kato, Yuta Nishina, Takashi Kato   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Flight performance of the largest volant bird [PDF]

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2014
Significance A fossil species of pelagornithid bird exhibits the largest known avian wingspan. Pelagornithids are an extinct group of birds known for bony tooth-like beak projections, large size, and highly modified wing bones that raise many questions about their ecology.
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