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Semiotic modeling of mimicry with reference to brood parasitism
Sign Systems Studies, 2010 Biological mimicry can be considered as having a double-layered structure: there is a layer of ecological relations between species and there is a layer of semiotic relations of the sign. The present article demonstrates the limitations of triadic models
Timo Maran
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Mimicry: Towards a semiotic understanding of nature
Sign Systems Studies, 2001 Mimicry has been an important topic for biology since the rise of the Darwinian theory of evolution. However. by its very narure mimicry is a sign process and the quest for understanding mimicry in biology has intrinsically always been a semiotic quest ...
Timo Maran
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An In Vitro Model of Gastric Inflammation and Treatment with Cobalamin
International Journal of Inflammation, 2017 Pernicious anaemia (PA) is an autoimmune condition where antibodies target intrinsic factor and parietal cells, reducing the patient’s ability to absorb cobalamin promoting atrophic gastritis.
T. R. Elliott, A. L. Guildford
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Aculeate Hymenopterans as Aposematic and Mimetic Models
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Aposematism and mimicry are complex phenomena which have been studied extensively; however, much of our knowledge comes from just a few focal groups, especially butterflies.
Peter C. Willadsen
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HIBRIDITAS POSTKOLONIALISME HOMI K. BHABHA Dalam Novel Midnight’s And Children Salman Rushdie
Jentera: Jurnal Kajian Sastra, 2020 Postcolonialism is a branch of the cultural studies that focuses on socio-cultural analysis, including signs and languages. Colonialism had clear implications in the actions of postcolonial society. Homi K.
Syihabul Furqon, NFN Busro
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2016 There is a broad theoretical and empirical interest in spontaneous mimicry, or the automatic reproduction of a model’s behavior. Evidence shows that people mimic models they like, and that mimicry enhances liking for the mimic.
Liam Connor Kavanagh +3 more
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Short Peptides for Hydrolase Supramolecular Mimicry and Their Potential Applications
Gels, 2023 Hydrolases are enzymes that have found numerous applications in various industrial sectors spanning from pharmaceuticals to foodstuff and beverages, consumers’ products such as detergents and personal care, textiles, and even for biodiesel production and
Paola Alletto +2 more
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Human mimicry and Imitation: the case of Biomimetics
Aisthesis, 2017 Defining biomimetics (§ 1) as the imitation of models, systems and elements of nature for the purpose to solve human complex problems, the essay considers (§ 2) some examples of that activity, like display technologies, and nanoscientific innovations ...
Andrea Borsari
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Ecology and Evolution, 2020 Many chemically defended aposematic species are characterized by relatively low toxin levels, which enables predators to include them in their diets under certain circumstances.
Jan M. Kaczmarek +3 more
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The European Zoological Journal, 2022 A stunning scarlet-coloured clearwing moth was found mud-puddling on a rainforest river bank in Malaysia and is described herein as a new genus and species, Scarlata nirvana gen. et sp. Nov..
Marta Skowron Volponi
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