PLoS ONE, 2023 Scorpions represent an ancient lineage of arachnids that have radiated across the globe and are incredibly resilient-since some thrive in harsh environments and can exist on minimal and intermittent feedings.
Christopher Shimwell +3 more
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Flying Hydraulically Amplified Electrostatic Gripper System for Aerial Object Manipulation [PDF]
, 2022 Rapid and versatile object manipulation in air is an open challenge. An energy-efficient and adaptive soft gripper combined with an agile aerial vehicle could revolutionize aerial robotic manipulation in areas such as warehousing. This paper presents a bio-inspired gripper powered by hydraulically amplified electrostatic actuators mounted to a ...
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Novel scorpion detection system combining computer vision and fluorescence [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 In this work, a fully automatic and real-time system for the detection of scorpions was developed using computer vision and deep learning techniques. This system is based on the implementation of a double validation process using the shape features and the fluorescent characteristics of scorpions when exposed to ultraviolet (UV) light. The Haar Cascade
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Nature Communications, 2020 Scorpion envenomation is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among accidents caused by venomous animals. Major clinical manifestations that precede death after scorpion envenomation include heart failure and pulmonary edema.
M. Reis +17 more
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Scorpion detection and classification systems based on computer vision and deep learning for health security purposes [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 In this paper, two novel automatic and real-time systems for the detection and classification of two genera of scorpions found in La Plata city (Argentina) were developed using computer vision and deep learning techniques. The object detection technique was implemented with two different methods, YOLO (You Only Look Once) and MobileNet, based on the ...
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The electronic structure and dipole moment of charybdotoxin, a scorpion venom peptide with K+ channel blocking activity [PDF]
Computational and Theoretical Chemistry 963 (2011) 384-393, 2010 The electronic structure of charybdotoxin (ChTX), a scorpion venom peptide that is known to act as a potassium channel blocker, is investigated with the aid of quantum mechanical calculations. The dipole moment vector (145 D) of ChTX can be stirred by the full length KcsA potassium channel's macrodipole (403 D) thereby assuming the proper orientation ...
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The Scorpion Planet Survey: Wide-Orbit Giant Planets Around Young A-type Stars [PDF]
, 2021 The first directly imaged exoplanets indicated that wide-orbit giant planets could be more common around A-type stars. However, the relatively small number of nearby A-stars has limited the precision of exoplanet demographics studies to $\gtrsim$10%.
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Overview of Scorpion Species from China and Their Toxins
Toxins, 2014 Scorpions are one of the most ancient groups of terrestrial animals. They have maintained a steady morphology over more than 400 million years of evolution.
Zhijian Cao +3 more
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Small Molecules in the Venom of the Scorpion Hormurus waigiensis
Biomedicines, 2020 Despite scorpion stings posing a significant public health issue in particular regions of the world, certain aspects of scorpion venom chemistry remain poorly described.
Edward R J Evans +4 more
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Life threatening scorpion sting on adult complicated by: acute toxic myocarditis, cardiogenic shock, pulmonary edema, acute kidney injury and toxic hepatitis: a case report. [PDF]
J Med Case RepBackground Occurrence of life-threatening scorpion sting in adults is a rare entity compared with children. Different cases of organ failure following scorpion sting have been reported but complications, such as acute toxic myocarditis, cardiogenic shock,
Tesfay F, Frezgi O, Asheber M, Mussie L.
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