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Bioinspired Adaptive Sensors: A Review on Current Developments in Theory and Application

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review comprehensively summarizes the recent progress in the design and fabrication of sensory‐adaptation‐inspired devices and highlights their valuable applications in electronic skin, wearable electronics, and machine vision. The existing challenges and future directions are addressed in aspects such as device performance optimization ...
Guodong Gong, You Zhou, Qingxiu Li, Wenyu Zhao, Sunyingyue Geng, Hangfei Li, Yan‐Bing Leng, Shirui Zhu, Guanglong Ding, Yongbiao Zhai, Ziyu Lv, Ye Zhou, Su‐Ting Han   +12 more
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Manual of tropical bryology [PDF]

, 2003
Bryophytes belong to the oldest land plants. They existed already in the Palaeozoic 300 mio years ago in forms which were hardly different from the extant species. They remained relatively unchanged with relatively low evolution rates (and are thus often
Enroth, Johannes, Fang, Yin-Ming, Frahm, Jan-Peter, Koponen, Timo, O’Shea, Brian J., Piippo, Sinikka, Pocs, Tamas, Rao, Pengcheng   +7 more
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Kindia (Pavetteae, Rubiaceae), a new cliff-dwelling genus with chemically profiled colleter exudate from Mt Gangan, Republic of Guinea [PDF]

, 2018
A new genus Kindia (Pavetteae, Rubiaceae) is described with a single species, Kindia gangan, based on collections made in 2016 during botanical exploration of Mt Gangan, Kindia, Republic of Guinea in West Africa.
Cheek, Martin, Couch, Charlotte, Doré, Tokpa, Doumbouya, Saïdou, Grall, Aurélie, Howes, Melanie-Jayne R, Larridon, Isabel, Magassouba, Sékou, Molmou, Denise   +8 more
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Rainbow Photonic Crystals: Self‐Assembly of Carbohydrate Bottlebrushes Block Copolymers

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Full‐color reflective 1D photonic crystals, capable of a tunable, responsive, and reversible color with high repeatability, are created from the self‐assembly of carbohydrate‐based brush block copolymers (BR01‐04). Abstract Tunable and responsive photonic crystal systems are the subject of great research interest owing to their ability to actively ...
Hong Li, Muhammad Mumtaz, Takuya Isono, Toshifumi Satoh, Cheng‐Liang Liu, Wen‐Chang Chen, Redouane Borsali   +6 more
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Feeding Value Assessment of Five Varieties Whole-Plant Cassava in Tropical China

Fermentation
The feeding value of five varieties of whole-plant cassava (SC5, SC7, SC9, SC14, and SC205) was assessed through analysis of the nutritional composition and in situ ruminal degradability.
Mao Li, Hanlin Zhou, Xuejuan Zi, Renlong Lv, Jun Tang, Wenjun Ou, Songbi Chen   +6 more
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Grazing alters species relative abundance by affecting plant functional traits in a Tibetan subalpine meadow

Ecology and Evolution, 2021
Domestic livestock grazing has caused dramatic changes in plant community composition across the globe. However, the response of plant species abundance in communities subject to grazing has not often been investigated through a functional lens ...
Qifang He, Kai Jiang, Weicheng Hou, Yang Zhao, Xinhang Sun, Lu Wang, Yike Zou, Zhenhao Zhu, Hui Zhang   +8 more
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High‐Throughput In Vivo Screening Using Barcoded mRNA Identifies Lipid Nanoparticles With Extrahepatic Tropism for In Situ Immunoengineering

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A high‐throughput in vivo mRNA LNP screening platform is developed and employed to screen a large library of 122 mRNA LNPs in vivo for delivery to immune, stromal, and parenchymal cells, identifying promising LNP candidates. A novel small particle flow cytometry‐based protein adsorption analysis method is utilized to interrogate protein corona ...
Alex G. Hamilton, Ajay S. Thatte, Junchao Xu, Zhangyi Luo, Hannah C. Safford, Kelsey L. Swingle, Jenna Muscat‐Rivera, Michael Kegel, Xuexiang Han, Ryann A. Joseph, Amanda M. Murray, Hannah C. Geisler, Ricardo C. Whitaker, Lulu Xue, Roman Spektor, Jilian R. Melamed, Drew Weissman, Michael J. Mitchell   +17 more
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Mushroom cultivation in tropical Africa: Successes, challenges, and opportunities

Journal of Agriculture and Food Research
Mushroom cultivation has become an essential element in the fight against food insecurity, particularly in tropical Africa where agricultural diversity is paramount.
Boukary Aa, Olou Ab, Piepenbring M, Yorou Ns   +3 more
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Phosphorus nutrition of ectomycorrhizal and arbuscular mycorrhizal tree seedlings from a lowland tropical rain forest in Korup National Park, Cameroon [PDF]

, 1998
The relationship between mycorrhizal colonisation and phosphorus acquired by seedlings of the arbuscular mycorrhizal tree Oubanguia alata Bak f. (Scytopetalaceae) and the ectomycorrhizal tree Tetraberlinia moreliana Aubr.
Alexander, I.J., Fitter, A.H., Moyersoen, B.   +2 more
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An integrated molecular and conventional breeding scheme for enhancing genetic gain in maize in Africa [PDF]

, 2020
Open Access Journal; Published online: 06 Nov 2019Maize production in West and Central Africa (WCA) is constrained by a wide range of interacting stresses that keep productivity below potential yields.
Gedil, M., Menkir, A.
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