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A novel candidate species of Anaplasma that infects avian erythrocytes

Parasites & Vectors, 2018
Background Anaplasma spp. are Gram-negative obligate intracellular bacteria transmitted by ticks. Even though numerous studies have detected DNA from Anaplasma spp.
Ralph Eric Thijl Vanstreels, Michael J. Yabsley, Nola J. Parsons, Liandrie Swanepoel, Pierre A. Pistorius   +4 more
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A Novel Approach to Implementing Artificial Thalamic Neurons with Ferroelectric Transistors

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Artificial neurons created using CMOS technology often require a large number of transistors and capacitors. This study introduces an artificial thalamic neuron that employs only five CMOS compatible ferroelectric transistors. The manufactured thalamic neuron demonstrates leaky integrate‐and‐fire‐or‐burst (LIFB) functionalities, featuring self ...
Andreas Grenmyr, Jiayuan Zhang, Jingxuan Sun, Kenta Moto, Stefan Wiefels, Seong‐Ryong Koh, Detlev Grützmacher, Qing‐Tai Zhao   +7 more
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Substrate Engineering for Durable Omniphobic Liquid‐Like Surfaces

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
The significant yet less investigated role of substrates in determining the liquid‐repellency and mechanical durability of liquid‐like surfaces (LLSs) is explored. Thick and crack‐free sol–gel silica intermediary layers are developed that can smoothen substrate asperity roughness even at the micron scale, enabling omniphobic polydimethylsiloxane‐based ...
Tao Wen, Isaac J. Gresham, Rafaela Aguiar, Sudip K. Lahiri, Patrick C. Lee, Chiara Neto, Kevin Golovin   +6 more
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Modifying M‐44s to reduce risk of activation by swift fox

Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2016
M‐44s are spring‐powered sodium cyanide ejectors commonly used in the United States to manage livestock depredation by coyotes (Canis latrans). While highly selective for canids, improvements could reduce risk to nontarget canids, especially State ...
Julie K. Young
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Ternary Synergy in Layered Double Hydroxides for Efficient and Stable Nitrate Reduction

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Ternary CuZnFe LDH enables efficient electrocatalytic nitrate‐to‐ammonia conversion via controlled in situ reconstruction: zinc leaching creates porous active sites, copper reduced to metallic copper, while iron oxide keeps stable. Synergistic Cu‐Fe redox coupling drives tandem catalysis (nitrate→nitrite→NH3), achieving 95% Faraday efficiency and ...
Jiaqian Kang, Yuxuan Xiao, Lun Li, Lulu Qiao, Chunfa Liu, Chengcheng Zhong, Pengzhan Sun, Di Liu, Weng Fai Ip, Hui Pan   +9 more
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Toward the 3rd Generation of Smart Farming: Materials, Devices, and Systems for E‐Plant Technologies

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This review explores the latest developments in e‐plant technologies, which are revolutionizing smart farming by enabling real‐time monitoring of plant and environmental conditions. It covers the design, applications, and systems of e‐plant devices, detailing how they integrate data analytics to optimize agricultural practices, enhance crop yields, and
Daegun Kim, Jonghyun Won, Hyeongmin Park, Jun‐Gyu Choi, Sungjun Park, Giwon Lee   +5 more
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The complete mitogenome sequence of the agricultural pest, clover root weevil: the key to its own demise?

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2019
We report the complete mitogenome of Sitona obsoletus, an agricultural pest in New Zealand and some European countries. Like other Sitona mitogenomes, the 6 tRNA gene box is ordered RNSAEF, supporting the hypothesis that this signature is common to, and ...
Rami A. Al-Jiab, Joanne Gillum, Alana Alexander, Daniel M. Tompkins, Craig B. Phillips, Peter K. Dearden, Neil J. Gemmell   +6 more
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Parasitoid wasps as effective biological control agents

Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2019
Biological control (biocontrol) is a safe, sustainable approach that takes advantage of natural enemies such as predators, parasitic insects or pathogens to manage pests in agroecosystems. Parasitoid wasps, a very large evolutionary group of hymenopteran
Zhi-zhi WANG, Yin-quan LIU, Min SHI, Jian-hua HUANG, Xue-xin CHEN   +4 more
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Integrated Metallo‐Dielectric 3D Hotspots From High Refractive Index Nanodiamond‐Plasmonic Gold Cryosoret Nano‐Assemblies for Photonic Crystal Enhanced Fluorescence

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This work presents a novel sensing platform using metallo‐dielectric cryosoret nano‐assemblies and lossless photonic crystals to overcome limitations of conventional plasmonic biosensors. The hybrid system enhances both electric and magnetic field interactions, enabling amplified fluorescence, ultralow detection limits, and prism‐free, objective‐free ...
Seemesh Bhaskar, Weinan Liu, Skye Shepherd, Devinda Wijewardena, Joseph Tibbs, Brian T. Cunningham   +5 more
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Does a Change from Whole to Powdered Food (Artemia franciscana eggs) Increase Oviposition in the Ladybird Coleomegilla maculata?

Insects, 2015
The limited availability of alternative foods to replace natural prey hinders cost-effective mass production of ladybird beetles for augmentative biological control. We compared the effects of powdered vs. whole Artemia franciscana (A.
Eric W. Riddick, Zhixin Wu
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