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Image background assessment as a novel technique for insect microhabitat identification [PDF]

arXiv, 2023
The effects of climate change, urbanisation and agriculture are changing the way insects occupy habitats. Some species may utilise anthropogenic microhabitat features for their existence, either because they prefer them to natural features, or because of no choice. Other species are dependent on natural microhabitats.
arxiv  

Direct Surface Modification of the Epidermis Using Mussel‐Inspired Polydopamine with Multiple Anti‐Biofouling Functions

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Surface modification using mussel‐derived polydopamine (PDA) is a versatile and robust biocompatible strategy that enables direct application to various epidermal surfaces, regardless of their morphological complexity or surface characteristics. The PDA‐coated epidermis exhibits multiple anti‐biofouling functionalities, including antibacterial and anti‐
Su Eon Lee, Hanna Lee, Jang Hwan Kim, Sungwook Park, Young Taek Oh, Hayoung Choi, Jeong‐Min Kim, Hye‐Jun Jo, Jun Hyun Park, Ho Jun Jin, Kwan Hyi Lee, Seung Ho Han, Hojun Kim, Jun Kyun Oh, Bong Hoon Kim   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Intra-dance variation among waggle runs and the design of efficient protocols for honey bee dance decoding

Biology Open, 2012
Summary Noise is universal in information transfer. In animal communication, this presents a challenge not only for intended signal receivers, but also to biologists studying the system.
Margaret J. Couvillon, Fiona C. Riddell Pearce, Elisabeth L. Harris-Jones, Amanda M. Kuepfer, Samantha J. Mackenzie-Smith, Laura A. Rozario, Roger Schürch, Francis L. W. Ratnieks   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fabrication of a Lipopolysaccharide‐Targeting Peptide‐Based Colloid for Alleviating Carbapenem‐Resistant Enterobacteriaceae‐Induced Cutaneous Infection

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
In this study, a novel cationic peptide, IW is designed and synthesized, with a tandem‐repeat sequence demonstrating potent activities against a broad spectrum of clinically relevant Carbapenem‐resistant Enterobacteriaceae in both the planktonic and biofilm states. IW is then formulated with P407 to form IW‐P407 colloids.
Ping Zeng, Xinyi Ding, Chenyu Liu, Sheng Chen, Kin‐Fai Chan, Sharon Shui Yee Leung   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dynamic $β$-VAEs for quantifying biodiversity by clustering optically recorded insect signals [PDF]

arXiv, 2021
While insects are the largest and most diverse group of terrestrial animals, constituting ca. 80% of all known species, they are difficult to study due to their small size and similarity between species. Conventional monitoring techniques depend on time consuming trapping methods and tedious microscope-based work by skilled experts in order to identify
arxiv  

Phylogenomics and the evolution of hemipteroid insects

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2018
Significance Hemipteroid insects constitute a major fraction of insect diversity, comprising three orders and over 120,000 described species. We used a comprehensive sample of the diversity of this group involving 193 genome-scale datasets and sequences ...
K. Johnson, C. Dietrich, F. Friedrich, R. Beutel, B. Wipfler, R. Peters, Julie M. Allen, Malte Petersen, A. Donath, Kimberly K O Walden, Alexey M. Kozlov, L. Podsiadlowski, C. Mayer, K. Meusemann, Alexandros Vasilikopoulos, Robert M. Waterhouse, S. Cameron, C. Weirauch, D. R. Swanson, Diana M. Percy, N. Hardy, I. Terry, Shanlin Liu, Xin Zhou, B. Misof, H. Robertson, K. Yoshizawa   +26 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Designing for Degradation: Transient Devices Enabled by (Nano)Cellulose

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Recent progress in transient devices enabled by (nano)cellulosic materials is reviewed. Transiency mechanisms, advantages of nanocelluloses, and a suite of applications are discussed. A circular thinking approach coupled with life cycle assessment is applied to critically revisit the potential, advantages, and challenges of nanocellulose‐enabled ...
Lucas J. Andrew, Erlantz Lizundia, Mark J. MacLachlan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Single-cell transcriptional responses of T cells during microsporidia infection

Communications Biology
T cells have been reported to play critical roles in preventing of microsporidia dissemination. However, there roles and functions of each subset remain unclear.
Yunlin Tang, Lu Cao, Jiangyan Jin, Tangxin Li, Yebo Chen, Yishan Lu, Tian Li, Louis M. Weiss, Guoqing Pan, Jialing Bao, Zeyang Zhou   +10 more
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Microsporidia persistence in host impairs epithelial barriers and increases chances of inflammatory bowel disease

Microbiology Spectrum
Microsporidia are intracellular fungus-like pathogens and the infection symptoms include recurrent diarrhea and systematic inflammations. The major infection route of microsporidia is the digestive tract.
Jiangyan Jin, Yunlin Tang, Lu Cao, Xue Wang, Yebo Chen, Guozhen An, Huarui Zhang, Guoqing Pan, Jialing Bao, Zeyang Zhou   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Analyzing Insect-Plant Predation Data By Bayesian Nonparametrics [PDF]

arXiv, 2019
In the prospect of ecology and biology, studying insect-plant predation will considerably contribute to pest control, benefit agriculture and afforestation, and also help people to better understand insect-plant co-evolution. Therefore, we are motivated to do two work in this study.
arxiv