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Foods, 2022 Foods are complex systems due to their biological origin. Biological materials are soft matter hierarchically structured on all scales from molecules to tissues.
Charlotte Vinther Schmidt +1 more
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Ultra-fast escape maneuver of an octopus-inspired robot [PDF]
, 2014 We design and test an octopus-inspired flexible hull robot that demonstrates outstanding fast-starting performance. The robot is hyper-inflated with water, and then rapidly deflates to expel the fluid so as to power the escape maneuver.
Subramaniam, V. +2 more
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European Annals of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Diseases, 2020 Nasal polyposis is a recurring research topic, as it affects 2 to 4% of the population. The aim of this historical note is to delve back into the original texts written by Hippocrates and discuss their relevance to the term "polyp", meaning "many feet", like an octopus.
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The Colours of Octopus: Using Spectral Data to Measure Octopus Camouflage
Vision, 2022 No animal can so effectively camouflage in such a wide range of environments as the octopus. Thanks to their highly malleable skin, they are capable of adapting their body patterns to the brightness and texture of their immediate environment, and they ...
Luis Nahmad-Rohen +2 more
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Scientometrics, 2020 Although institutional affiliation is not mandatory in scholarly publishing, a new trend of multiple and simultaneous affiliations, which I'll call "octopus affiliations" or "octaffiliations" in short, is increasingly noticeable as a distorted consequence of academic ranking and evaluation systems. Institutions offer financial and/or technical supports
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The two-photon reversible reaction of the bistable jumping spider rhodopsin-1 [PDF]
, 2019 Bistable opsins are photopigments expressed in both invertebrates and vertebrates. These light-sensitive G-protein-coupled receptors undergo a reversible reaction upon illumination.
Deupi, Xavier +7 more
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Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2023 The advent of marine stations in the last quarter of the 19th Century has given biologists the possibility of observing and experimenting upon myriad marine organisms.
Fabio De Sio +2 more
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PLoS ONE, 2020 Exploited, understudied populations of the common octopus, Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797, occur in the northeastern Atlantic (NEA) throughout Macaronesia, comprising the Azores, Madeira and Canaries, and also the Cabo Verde archipelago.
Javier Quinteiro +3 more
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Foods, 2023 This study focused on the recovery of valuable lipid compounds from octopus (Octopus vulgaris) by-products. Extraction conditions of total lipids (TLs), phospholipids (PLs), eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) were optimized by ...
Lucía Méndez +3 more
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Population biology of the sea star Anasterias minuta (Forcipulatida: Asteriidae) threatened by anthropogenic activities in rocky intertidal shores of San Matías Gulf, Patagonia, Argentina [PDF]
, 2017 In Patagonian coastal areas, intertidal benthic communities are exposed to extreme physical conditions. The interaction between harsh environment and anthropogenic pressure can generate changes in population biology of marine invertebrates, like density ...
Arribas, Lorena Pilar +3 more
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