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Characterization and Selection of Contractile Actuators for Soft Robotics Operating in the Quasistatic Regime

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
We developed methods to characterize soft contractile actuators using force–displacement measurements in the passive state and the total force in the active state and define the operational range of thermal, electrothermal, and pneumatic muscles. A graphical method enables the selection of an actuator based on the required mechanical force–displacement
Qiong Wang, Liuyang Cheng, Jeongmin Kim, Samuel Tsai, Devin Roach, Sameh Tawfick   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Metatranscriptomic Assessment of the Microbial Community Associated With the Flavescence dorée Phytoplasma Insect Vector Scaphoideus titanus. [PDF]

Front Microbiol, 2022
Abbà S, Rossi M, Vallino M, Galetto L, Marzachì C, Turina M.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Are there morpho‐acoustic patterns of adaptation in nonhuman primate ears? Testing the role of ecology and habitat in shaping ear morphology and function

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Analysis of the variation in the bony structures of the inner and middle ear provides critical insights into functional morphology, as well as adaptive morphology across primates. In this study, we investigated whether ear morphology patterns are related to the ecological characteristics of species and their habitats to test two acoustic ...
Myriam Marsot, Rémi Laffont, Émilie Steimetz, Patricia Balaresque, Sébastien Couette   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A plant virus hijacks phosphatidylinositol-3,5-bisphosphate to escape autophagic degradation in its insect vector. [PDF]

Autophagy, 2023
Wang H, Zhang J, Liu H, Wang M, Dong Y, Zhou Y, Wong SM, Xu K, Xu Q.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

CRISPR/Cas Technology in Insect Insecticide Resistance

Chemicals and biological insecticides play a crucial role as pest management strategies in modern agriculture and forestry. However, their excessive and unreasonable use inevitably leads to varying degrees of resistance among insect populations, which ...
Hangzhen Sun, Hui Jiang, Xiaoqi Wei, Dan Sun, Qiuchen Xu, Xuping Shentu, Jiahui Zeng, Mingyun Wang   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Three‐dimensional digital analysis of musteloid masticatory muscle architecture

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Musteloids span an enormous breadth of dietary modes within a single superfamily. In this study, we utilize digital dissection techniques to reconstruct the internal 3D anatomy of muscles within the musteloid feeding apparatus, and explore how dietary specializations might alter the size, orientation, and curvature of fascicles therein.
Cassidy E. Davis, Edwin Dickinson, Madison Manzo, Ashley R. Deutsch, Jillian S. Davis, Michael C. Granatosky, Adam Hartstone‐Rose   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bacteriophage-Host Association in the Phytoplasma Insect Vector Euscelidius variegatus. [PDF]

Pathogens, 2021
Vallino M, Rossi M, Ottati S, Martino G, Galetto L, Marzachì C, Abbà S.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Advancements and Future Prospects of CRISPR-Cas-Based Population Replacement Strategies in Insect Pest Management

Population replacement refers to the process by which a wild-type population of insect pests is replaced by a population possessing modified traits or abilities.
Longfeng Li, Liangzi Wei, Zhilin Han, Yu Zhao, Yifan Wang   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Bite force estimates and morphological correlations of jaw muscles in parrots

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Parrots (Order: Psittaciformes) are renowned for their high bite force (BF) and morphological correlates thereof, including a highly mobile skull and two unique mandibular adductor muscles—m. pseudomasseter and m. ethmomandibularis, with the former being hypothesized to increase force output.
Ana Carolina L. Faillace, Arin Berger, Marcelo Ismar S. Santana, Adam Hartstone‐Rose   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Insect vector manipulation by a plant virus and simulation modeling of its potential impact on crop infection. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2022
Lee H, Stephanus AP, Fowles TM, Wintermantel WM, Trumble JT, Gilbertson RL, Nansen C.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source