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Liquid Metal Sensors for Soft Robots

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review thoroughly reviews liquid metal sensors in soft robots. Their unique material properties like high conductivity and good biocompatibility are analyzed. Working principles are classified, and applications in environmental perception, motion detection, and human—robot interaction are introduced.
Qi Zhang, Nan Li, Yujia Song, Chen Hua, Tangzhen Guan, Yibing Ma, Cai Cheng, Jing Liu   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Xylella fastidiosa and its insect vectors

, 2018
Slide of the Euphresco project 2016-F-221 'Xylella fastidiosa and its insect vectors'
Richard Gottsberger, Anton Loomans, Helga Reisenzein, Celia Mateus, Blanca B. Landa, Chris Malumphy, Miranda, Miguel, A., Franco Valentini, Gudrun Strauss, Toufic Elbeaino, Maria Bergsma-Vlami, Michael Maixner, Claudia Paredes, D'onghia, Anna, Maria, Fiona Highet, Paula Sa Pereira, Katherine Lester   +16 more
openaire   +3 more sources

The Spermatophore in Glossina morsitans morsitans: Insights into Male Contributions to Reproduction. [PDF]

, 2016
Male Seminal Fluid Proteins (SFPs) transferred during copulation modulate female reproductive physiology and behavior, impacting sperm storage/use, ovulation, oviposition, and remating receptivity.
Abd-Alla, Adly MM, Aksoy, Emre, Aksoy, Serap, Attardo, Geoffrey M, Benoit, Joshua B, Malacrida, Anna R, Michalkova, Veronika, Scolari, Francesca, Takac, Peter   +8 more
core   +2 more sources

Hard‐Magnetic Soft Millirobots in Underactuated Systems

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review provides a comprehensive overview of hard‐magnetic soft millirobots in underactuated systems. It examines key advances in structural design, physics‐informed modeling, and control strategies, while highlighting the interplay among these domains.
Qiong Wang, Zixuan Zhang, Bingyan Li, Junkai Wang, Hongcheng Gu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sydowia polyspora dominates fungal communities carried by two Tomicus species in pine plantations threatened by Fusarium circinatum [PDF]

, 2017
Producción CientíficaBark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae) carry a diverse filamentous fungal community sometimes acting as vectors or carriers of phytopathogens.
Díez Casero, Julio Javier, Fernández Fernández, María Mercedes, Flores Pacheco, Juan Asdrúbal, Hantula, Jarkko, Muñoz Adalia, Emigdio Jordán, Sanz Ros, Antonio Vicente, Vainio, Eeva J.   +6 more
core   +2 more sources

Multidirectional Motion Strategy of Miniature Water Surface Robot Actuated by Single Exciter

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
A novel multidirectional motion strategy on the water surface based on a single exciter is proposed, and a single‐exciter single‐plate module is developed for actuation. The driving forces generation mechanism of the module is revealed from the perspective of the asymmetric surface wave field.
Haoxuan He, Dehong Wang, Jing Li, Shijing Zhang, Yingxiang Liu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enhancing Honey Bee Health: Evaluating Pollen Substitute Diets in Field and Cage Experiments

Insects
Honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) play vital roles as agricultural pollinators and honey producers. However, global colony losses are increasing due to multiple stressors, including malnutrition.
Hyunjee Kim, Olga Frunze, Jeong-Hyeon Lee, Hyung-Wook Kwon   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

An Allele of Glutamate Formiminotransferase Triggers 5‐Methyl‐Tetrahydrofolate‐to‐MeFox Conversion and Facilitates Folate Biofortification in Maize

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This work demonstrates the distinct roles of the glutamate formiminotransferase (GFT) enzyme in plants. The GFT triggers the conversion of 5‐methyl‐tetrahydrofolate to MeFox in plants, a process distinct from its role as a formiminotransferase in mammals.
Tong Lian, Wenzhu Guo, Yanjing Wang, Weiwei Wen, Weixuan Wang, Ling Jiang, Qiuju Liang, Ji'an Liu, Haijun Liu, Yuan Xue, Lixu Pan, Qiaoquan Liu, Ping Yin, Delin Zhang, Jianbing Yan, Chunyi Zhang   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Potential risk of re-emergence of urban transmission of Yellow Fever virus in Brazil facilitated by competent Aedes populations

Scientific Reports, 2017
Yellow fever virus (YFV) causing a deadly viral disease is transmitted by the bite of infected mosquitoes. In Brazil, YFV is restricted to a forest cycle maintained between non-human primates and forest-canopy mosquitoes, where humans can be tangentially
Dinair Couto-Lima, Yoann Madec, Maria Ignez Bersot, Stephanie Silva Campos, Monique de Albuquerque Motta, Flávia Barreto dos Santos, Marie Vazeille, Pedro Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos, Ricardo Lourenço-de-Oliveira, Anna-Bella Failloux   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of textile substrates for dispensing synthetic attractants for malaria mosquitoes [PDF]

, 2014
Background: The full-scale impact of odour-baited technology on the surveillance, sampling and control of vectors of infectious diseases is partly limited by the lack of methods for the efficient and sustainable dispensing of attractants.
Gheysens, Tom, Mukabana, Wolfgang R, Mweresa, Collins K, Omusula, Philemon, Otieno, Bruno, Takken, Willem, van Loon, Joop JA   +6 more
core   +1 more source