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International Journal of Swarm Intelligence Research, 2012 Termites present a good natural metaphor to evolutionary computation. While each individual’s computational power is small compared to more evolved species, it is the power of their colonies that inspires communication engineers. This paper presents a study of artificial termites in sensor networks for the purpose of solving its’ routing problem.
Zungeru, A. M., Ang, L. -M., Seng, K. P.
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Teaching varies with task complexity in wild chimpanzees
, 2020 Understanding social influences on how apes acquire tool behaviors can help us model the evolution of culture and technology in humans. Humans scaffold novice tool skills with diverse strategies, including the transfer of tools between individuals ...
Bernstein-Kurtycz, L. +6 more
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Immunity in society: diverse solutions to common problems [PDF]
, 2012 Understanding how organisms fight infection has been a central focus of scientific research and medicine for the past couple of centuries, and a perennial object of trial and error by humans trying to mitigate the burden of disease.
Babayan, S.A., Schneider, D.S.
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Analysis of Extensive [FeFe] Hydrogenase Gene Diversity Within the Gut Microbiota of Insects Representing Five Families of Dictyoptera [PDF]
, 2012 We have designed and utilized degenerate primers in the phylogenetic analysis of [FeFe] hydrogenase gene diversity in the gut ecosystems of roaches and lower termites. H2 is an important free intermediate in the breakdown of wood by termite gut microbial
Ballor, Nicholas R. +1 more
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From Lab to Landscape: Environmental Biohybrid Robotics for Ecological Futures
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This Perspective explores environmental biohybrid robotics, integrating living tissues, microorganisms, and insects for operation in real‐world ecosystems. It traces the leap from laboratory experiments to forests, wetlands, and urban environments and discusses key challenges, development pathways, and opportunities for ecological monitoring and ...
Miriam Filippi
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Applied SciencesTermites pose a threat to water conservancy infrastructure due to their concealed, recurring, and long-term destructive behaviors. Consequently, implementing termite monitoring in critical hydrological facilities—such as reservoirs—is essential for ...
Ming Wang +4 more
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Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.Insect‐scale crawling robots can traverse confined environments; nevertheless, their functionalities are predominantly restricted to sensing because of challenges in integrating actuated degrees of freedom. Herein, a miniature rotary electrostatic clutch is presented by incorporating cutting patterns in the clutch layer.
Jongeun Lee +4 more
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Acta Biologica SibiricaTurkmenistan is considered to be the habitat of termites of the genus Amitermes Silvestri, 1901 in the CIS countries. In Uzbekistan, as it turned out, they are very rare and were found for the first time for the fauna of the republic in 2024 in the south
Kakhramon D. Rustamov +6 more
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UJI PILIH MAKANAN RAYAP KAYU KERING CRYPTOTERMES CYNOCEPHALUS LIGHT
Jurnal Penelitian Hasil Hutan (Journal of Forest Products Research), 2017 The experiment was carried out to study the role of lignin as dry wood termite Cryptotermes cynocephalus Light food. The C. cynocephalus termite was given lignin and cellulose food, separately or both in the test petridish. These research conclude that :
Ginuk Sumarni, Agus Ismanto
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Genes for selenium dependent and independent formate dehydrogenase in the gut microbial communities of three lower, wood-feeding termites and a wood-feeding roach [PDF]
, 2011 The bacterial Wood-Ljungdahl pathway for CO_2-reductive acetogenesis is important for the nutritional mutualism occurring between wood-feeding insects and their hindgut microbiota. A key step in this pathway is the reduction of CO_2 to formate,
Leadbetter, Jared R. +2 more
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