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Lacan's construction and deconstruction of the double mirror device [PDF]

, 2011
In the 1950s Jacques Lacan developed a set-up with a concave mirror and a plane mirror, based on which he described the nature of human identification. He also formulated ideas on how psychoanalysis, qua clinical practice, responds to identification.
Vanheule, Stijn
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Beetle bombing always deters praying mantises [PDF]

PeerJ, 2021
Some animals have evolved chemical weapons to deter predators. Bombardier beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Brachininae: Brachinini) can eject toxic chemicals at temperatures of 100 °C from the tips of their abdomens, ‘bombing’ the attackers. Although some
Shinji Sugiura
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Trophic Transfer of Arsenic from an Aquatic Insect to Terrestrial Insect Predators. [PDF]

, 2013
The movement of energy and nutrients from aquatic to terrestrial ecosystems can be substantial, and emergent aquatic insects can serve as biovectors not only for nutrients, but also for contaminants present in the aquatic environment.
Mogren, Christina L, Parker, David R, Trumble, John T, Walton, William E   +3 more
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First report of Mantibaria mantis (Dodd) (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae: Scelioninae) from India and additional descriptors for the species

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2017
Mantibaria mantis, an egg parasitoid and an ectoparasite of praying mantids (Mantodea) is reported for the first time from India. This species is redescribed and imaged.
Kamalanathan Veenakumari, Prashanth Mohanraj   +1 more
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Understanding the role of promoters in catalysis: operando XAFS/DRIFTS study of CeO_x/Pt/Al₂O₃ during CO oxidation [PDF]

, 2017
A combined operando XAFS/DRIFTS study on CeOx/Pt/Al2O3 catalysts has been performed during CO oxidation and provides insights into the changes in nanoparticle structure and adsorbed species during the reaction profile. The onset of CO2 formation is shown
Crabb, E. M., Gianolio, D., Gibson, E. K., Russell, A. E., Thompsett, D., Wells, P. P.   +5 more
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Camera oscillation pattern for VSLAM: translational versus rotational [PDF]

, 2014
Visual SLAM algorithms exploit natural scene features to infer the camera motion and build a map of the environment landmarks. SLAM algorithm has two interrelated processes localization and mapping.
Abdellatif, Mohamed, Abouelsoud, A. A., Babaguchi, Noboru, Heshmat, Mohamed, Nakamura, Kazuaki   +4 more
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Sexual cannibalism increases male material investment in offspring: quantifying terminal reproductive effort in a praying mantis. [PDF]

Proc Biol Sci, 2016
Brown WD, Barry KL.
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Evaluation of the expansion of Mantis religiosa (L.) in Poland based on a questionnaire survey [PDF]

Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, 2018
Mantis religiosa (L.) is the only species of praying mantis in Poland. The main habitat where its occurrence is permanent and confirmed is the Sandomierska Basin (SE Poland).
Zielinski, D., Schwarz, C. J., Ehrmann, R.   +2 more
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A new species of Microphotina Beier, 1935 from the southernmost region of Amazonia (Mantodea: Photinaidae)

European Journal of Taxonomy, 2023
A new species of Microphotina Beier, 1935 (Mantodea: Photinaidae: Microphotinini), Microphotina cristalino sp. nov., is described from Mato Grosso, Brazil based on two male specimens.
Leonardo Moutinho Lanna, Lucas Linhares Fiat, João Felipe Herculano, Julio Rivera, Pedro Peloso   +4 more
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The functional significance of mantis peering behaviour

European Journal of Entomology, 2012
The aim of this review is to explain the functional significance of mantis peering behaviour from an entomological perspective. First the morphological and optical features of the mantis compound eye that are important for spatial vision are described ...
Karl KRAL
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