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SVM-based prediction of propeptide cleavage sites in spider toxins identifies toxin innovation in an Australian tarantula. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
Spider neurotoxins are commonly used as pharmacological tools and are a popular source of novel compounds with therapeutic and agrochemical potential.
Emily S W Wong, Margaret C Hardy, David Wood, Timothy Bailey, Glenn F King   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The impacts of biological invasions

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Anthropocene is characterised by a continuous human‐mediated reshuffling of the distributions of species globally. Both intentional and unintentional introductions have resulted in numerous species being translocated beyond their native ranges, often leading to their establishment and subsequent spread – a process referred to as biological
Phillip J. Haubrock, Teun Everts, Neil Angelo S. Abreo, Jamie Bojko, Victor Deklerck, James W. E. Dickey, Ana Clara S. Franco, Emili García‐Berthou, Stelios Katsanevakis, Natalia I. Kirichenko, Stefano Mammola, Martin A. Nuñez, Ben Parker, Riccardo Scalera, Ismael Soto, Diederik Strubbe, Ali Serhan Tarkan, Lorenzo Vilizzi, Tim Adriaens, Paride Balzani, Dagmara Błońska, Elizabeta Briski, Rein Brys, Amy L. Burgess, James E. Byers, Carlos Cano‐Barbacil, Giuseppe Castaldelli, Jaimie T.A. Dick, Victoria Dominguez Almela, Romina D. Dimarco, Margarita Florencio, Antonín Kouba, Melina Kourantidou, Irmak Kurtul, Irene Martín‐Forés, Olivier Morissette, Julian D. Olden, Bruno E. Soares, Jakub Truszkowski, Hugo Verreycken, Marc Kenis, Ronaldo Sousa, J. Robert Britton   +42 more
wiley   +1 more source

A neuro‐behavioural model of neophobia

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Fear can be defined as the internal neurological state that releases a repertoire of behaviours an animal performs to reduce the effect of an aversive factor. Neophobia, the fear of novelty, is a fundamental behavioural trait observed across a wide range of species from arthropods to humans.
Arik Dorfman, Aziz Subach, Inon Scharf
wiley   +1 more source

Data‐Based Detection of Antagonistic Agents in a Robot Swarm Solving a Dynamic Coverage Task

International Journal of Mechanical System Dynamics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Robot swarms can be deployed as moving surveillance systems, for instance, as mobile anti‐poaching systems for monitoring wildlife and detecting poaching activities. Since poachers have an interest in evading detection, robots are at risk of being hijacked and manipulated to behave antagonistically, for example, to prevent the correct ...
Ingeborg Wenger, Peter Eberhard, Henrik Ebel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lecanicillium aphanocladii: a biocontrol agent against insect pests and phytopathogens

Pest Management Science, EarlyView.
Recent research findings on the biocontrol potential of Lecanicillium aphanocladii fungus against insect‐pests and plant diseases were highlighted. This review indicates that several L. aphanocladii strains show great potential to be developed as multipurpose biocontrol agents active against several insect‐pests, plant diseases and plant parasitic ...
Qianhe Liu, Richard Johnson, Kwasi Adusei‐Fosu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transcriptomic Analysis of the Spider Venom Gland Reveals Venom Diversity and Species Consanguinity

Toxins, 2019
Selenocosmia jiafu (S. jiafu) has been recently identified as a new species of spider in China. It lives in the same habitat as various other venomous spiders, including Chilobrachys jingzhao (C. jingzhao), Selenocosmia huwena (S. huwena), and Macrothele
Zhaotun Hu, Bo Chen, Zhen Xiao, Xi Zhou, Zhonghua Liu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The lethal toxin from Australian funnel-web spiders is encoded by an intronless gene. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
Australian funnel-web spiders are generally considered the most dangerous spiders in the world, with envenomations from the Sydney funnel-web spider Atrax robustus resulting in at least 14 human fatalities prior to the introduction of an effective anti ...
Sandy Steffany Pineda, David Wilson, John S Mattick, Glenn F King   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Why Autonomous Vehicles Are Not Ready Yet: A Multi‐Disciplinary Review of Problems, Attempted Solutions, and Future Directions

Journal of Field Robotics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Personal autonomous vehicles can sense their surrounding environment, plan their route, and drive with little or no involvement of human drivers. Despite the latest technological advancements and the hopeful announcements made by leading entrepreneurs, to date no personal vehicle is approved for road circulation in a “fully” or “semi ...
Xingshuai Dong, Massimiliano Cappuccio, Fady Alnajjar, Luqman Ali, Hamad Al Jassmi, Essam Debie, Milad Ghasrikhouzani, Alessandro Lanteri, Tate McGregor, Oleksandra Molloy, Alice Plebe, Michael Regan, Eduardo Sandoval, Dongmo Zhang   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Peptidomic and transcriptomic profiling of four distinct spider venoms. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
Venom based research is exploited to find novel candidates for the development of innovative pharmacological tools, drug candidates and new ingredients for cosmetic and agrochemical industries.
Vera Oldrati, Dominique Koua, Pierre-Marie Allard, Nicolas Hulo, Miriam Arrell, Wolfgang Nentwig, Frédérique Lisacek, Jean-Luc Wolfender, Lucia Kuhn-Nentwig, Reto Stöcklin   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Cascaded Strategy With Embodied Artificial Intelligence: Forward Kinematics Solutions for CCRobot‐S

Journal of Field Robotics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper presents a novel cable‐climbing mechanism: the Collaborative Climbing Robot Squad (CCRobot‐S), a variant of Reconfigurable Cable‐Driven Parallel Robots (R‐CDPR), specifically designed for the inspection and maintenance of stay cables.
Zhenliang Zheng, Yongyuan Xu, Xuchun He, Tin Lun Lam, Ning Ding   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source