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Pliny the Elder and Nicholas of Poland on Snake Products and Their Medical Applications

open access: yesClotho, 2023
The paper aims to show how Pliny the Elder, in his Historia Naturalis, and Nicholas of Poland, in Experimenta, the medical treatise attributed to him, presented and described ways of preparing snakes for medi­cal purposes.
Adriana Grzelak-Krzymianowska
doaj   +1 more source

Apostolepis multicincta Harvey 1999 (Squamata, Dipsadidae) in Argentina [PDF]

open access: yesCheck List, 2017
Apostolepis multicincta, a fossorial snake known only from Bolivia, is recorded in Argentina, extending its known range 450 km south of the previous closest record.
Freddy Burgos Gallardo   +3 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Analyses of Skin Secretions of Vipera ammodytes (Linnaeus, 1758) (Reptilia: Serpentes), with Focus on the Complex Compounds and Their Possible Role in the Chemical Communication

open access: yesMolecules, 2020
Snakes rely heavily on chemical cues when foraging, searching for mates, etc. Snakes’ sex attractiveness pheromones comprise mainly heavy, semi-volatile compounds such as ketones.
Kostadin Andonov   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

INVENTARISASI JENIS – JENIS ULAR YANG DITEMUKAN DI SEKITAR PANTAI MERTA SARI DAN PADANG GALAK

open access: yesSimbiosis: Journal of Biological Sciences, 2017
Sea snakes have a strong venom and when they bite can be fatal for humans, whereas snakes found in mangrove areas are weak venomous snakes and non-venomous snakes (McKay, 2006).
I Gusti Putu Ayunda Pratiska   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Morphological snakes

open access: yes2010 IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 2010
We introduce a morphological approach to curve evolution. The differential operators used in the standard PDE snake models can be approached using morphological operations on a binary level set. By combining the morphological operators associated to the PDE components we achieve a new snakes evolution algorithm.
Luis Álvarez 0001   +3 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Urban snake ecology revealed through the lens of decadal data on snake rescues in a megacity

open access: yesGlobal Ecology and Conservation
Rapid urbanization in tropical and sub-tropical cities has driven habitat loss and intensified human–wildlife conflict, particularly involving snakes. In the absence of apex predators, snakes function as mesopredators and play important ecological roles ...
Avinash C. Visvanathan   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

It’s Like a Game of Snakes and Ladders [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Speaking to a political insider yesterday about what has been going on over the last few week, this person claimed that, “It’s like a game of snakes and ladders in that the two sides (those who are pro and anti-Brexit) seem to be up one minute and ...
McCabe, Steven
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The Road to Redemption: Killing Snakes in Medieval Chinese Buddhism

open access: yesReligions, 2019
In the medieval Chinese context, snakes and tigers were viewed as two dominant, threatening animals in swamps and mountains. The animal-human confrontation increased with the expansion of human communities to the wilderness.
Huaiyu Chen
doaj   +1 more source

Advances in Sustainable and Wearable Textile Based Soft Robotics

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This Review examines advances in wearable textile‐based soft robotics, focusing on sustainable materials, integrated sensing, and scalable actuation. It discusses manufacturing and system integration across healthcare, assistive robotics, prosthetics, and human–machine interfaces, and highlights key challenges in circular design, including life‐cycle ...
Zahir Abbas   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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