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Tracking a medically important spider: climate change, ecological niche modeling, and the brown recluse (Loxosceles reclusa). [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2011
Most spiders use venom to paralyze their prey and are commonly feared for their potential to cause injury to humans. In North America, one species in particular, Loxosceles reclusa (brown recluse spider, Sicariidae), causes the majority of necrotic ...
Erin E Saupe, Monica Papes, Paul A Selden, Richard S Vetter   +3 more
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Inter‐ and intraspecific variation in theropod dinosaur dental microwear and its palaeoecological implications

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Differences in skull and tooth morphology, stomach contents, and estimated bite force between medium‐to‐large sized (≥100 kg) predatory theropod dinosaurs have long been suspected to correlate with differences in their diets and dietary guilds (e.g., hypercarnivory, piscivory).
Cassius Morrison, James Gregory, Christopher Jackson, Jordan Bestwick, Katlin Schroeder, Samuel J.L. Gascoigne, Paul Bills, Laura B. Porro, Philip D. Mannion, Paul M. Barrett   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

An overview of spider accidents in the Brazilian Amazon [PDF]

Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases
Background: Spiders of medical importance in the Amazon region belong to the genera Phoneutria, Loxosceles and Latrodectus. Natural history data show that Phoneutria spp.
Jonas Gama Martins, Pedro Pereira de Oliveira Pardal, Antonio Domingos Brescovit, Rudi Emerson de Lima Procópio   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Formalizing Spider Diagrams [PDF]

, 1999
Geared to complement UML and to the specification of large software systems by non-mathematicians, spider diagrams are a visual language that generalizes the popular and intuitive Venn diagrams and Euler circles.
J. Gil, Howse, J., Kent, S., J. Howse, Gil, J., S. Kent   +5 more
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Quantitative muscle architecture in large carnivorous marsupials (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) and links to substrate use and prey processing

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The Dasyurid species Sarcophilus harrisii, Dasyurus maculatus, and Dasyurus viverrinus, occupying diverse ecological niches and forming a guild structure in Tasmania, provide a basis for examining the roles of various forelimb muscle groups in prey capture and locomotion.
Riya G. Bidaye, Samuel H. Frenkel, David P. Hocking, Alistair R. Evans, Justin W. Adams   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A verified spider bite and a review of the literature confirm Indian ornamental tree spiders (Poecilotheria species) as underestimated theraphosids of medical importance [PDF]

, 2013
Literature on bird spider or tarantula bites (Theraphosidae) is rare. This is astonishing as they are coveted pets and interaction with their keepers (feeding, cleaning the terrarium or taking them out to hold) might increase the possibility for bites ...
Fuchs, Joan, Ceschi, Alessandro, Mordasini, Raffaella Cristina, Mordasini, Raffaella, von Dechend, Margot, Nentwig, Wolfgang   +5 more
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Evidence for adaptive explanations of semelparity in animals

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Semelparity, the reproductive strategy of reproducing once, is widespread but uncommon in animals. Classes of models to explain the evolution of semelparity are based either on age structure and mortality schedules – demographic models in which high post‐reproductive mortality risk favours high reproductive effort and semelparity results from ...
Diana O. Fisher, Roberto Salguero‐Gómez   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evidence of the Most Stretchable Egg Sac Silk Stalk, of the European Spider of the Year Meta menardi [PDF]

, 2011
Spider silks display generally strong mechanical properties, even if differences between species and within the same species can be observed. While many different types of silks have been tested, the mechanical properties of stalks of silk taken from the
Lepore, Emiliano, Pugno, Nicola M., Buehler, MJ, Pugno, NM, Marchioro, A, Markus J Buehler, Emiliano Lepore, Marco Isaia (184477), Buehler Markus J., Isaia, Marco, Nicola M. Pugno (184485), Emiliano Lepore (184472), Isaia, M, Nicola M Pugno, A. Marchioro, Isaia, M., Buehler, M.J., Andrea Marchioro, Lepore Emiliano, Marchioro Andrea, M. J. Buehler, Andrea Marchioro (184474), E. Lepore, Lepore, E, Marchioro, A., Marchioro, Andrea, Marco Isaia, Markus J. Buehler (184481), Buehler, Markus J, Buehler, Markus J., Pugno Nicola M., Isaia Marco, M. Isaia, Pugno, Nicola   +33 more
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Beyond Structural Interventions: The Human Architecture Shaping ESG Integration in Corporate Systems

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite the promotion of ESG in corporate discourse, substantive integration of ESG principles into business practices remains challenging. This study applies and extends Meadows' leverage framework to examine ESG integration in UAE‐listed firms.
M. Schulte, Dimitris Christopoulos
wiley   +1 more source

Clinical performance of a new prediction rule of systemic loxoscellism. case report

Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana, 2021
Systemic or cutaneous-visceral loxoscelism is the most severe clinical presentation of loxoscelism. Currently there is no validated laboratory diagnostic method that allows us to confirm the presence of this disease in the face of arachneism.
Rafael Martin de Jesus Pichardo Pichardo Rodriguez, Marcos Saavedra Velazco, Cesar Enrique Sánchez Alvarez, Juan Jesús Bracamonte Hernández, Abel Aldave Visurraga, Oscar Emilio Ruiz Franco   +5 more
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