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Double Helix Structure for Stable Flexural Actuation in Soft Robotics

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
This work introduces a double‐helical architecture for soft robotic actuators that enhances twisting resistance, increases output force, and minimizes undesired deformation. Actuators driven by shape‐memory alloy wires exhibit a roughly fivefold higher torsional/flexural stiffness ratio and 50% greater force output.
Louis Plottel, Richard Desatnik, Dinesh K. Patel, Philip LeDuc, Carmel Majidi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The cranial, mandibular, and hyoid anatomy of softshell turtles (Trionychidae): A revised character list for phylogenetic analysis

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Softshell turtles (Pan‐Trionychidae) are an early branching clade of hidden‐necked turtles (Cryptodira) with a rich fossil record extending back to the Early Cretaceous. The evolutionary history of softshell turtles is still unresolved because of their conservative morphology combined with high levels of polymorphism related to morphological ...
Léa C. Girard, Walter G. Joyce
wiley   +1 more source

Oogenesis and germinal bed morphology of the brown anole (A. sagrei)

Developmental Dynamics, EarlyView.
Abstract Background The brown anole is a model species of the genus Anolis, a squamate (encompassing lizards and snakes) group widely studied in evolutionary, behavioral, and developmental biology. Full genome annotation, the establishment of gene editing techniques, and comprehensive description of reproductive tract morphology and embryogenesis in ...
Bonnie K. Kircher, Antonia Weberling, Erin J. Vance, Natalia A. Shylo, Katherine Starr, Zoe B. Griffin, Hannah Wilson, Melainia McClain, Florian Hollfelder, Suzannah A. Williams, Thomas J. Sanger, Richard R. Behringer, Paul A. Trainor   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Review of Grain Boundaries: Formation Mechanism, Synthesis Strategy, and Application in Electrocatalysis

EcoEnergy, EarlyView.
An overview of grain boundary engineering in the field of electrocatalysis. ABSTRACT Key electrocatalytic reactions such as HER, OER, ORR, CO2RR, and NRR offer promising routes for storing renewable energy as chemical fuels. However, their widespread application is constrained due to the lack of highly active and stable catalysts. Grain boundaries (GBs)
Jingyu Gao, Fengming Zhou, Xinying Li, Ying Deng, Zexing Wu, Siyuan Feng, Yujing Zhu, Dan Zhang, Zhenyu Xiao   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ocean Governance and Marine Conservation: Institutional Work as a Lever for Ocean Sustainability

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ocean governance presents one of the most complex environmental policy challenges of our time, requiring coordinated action across multiple scales, sectors and stakeholder groups. This paper applies institutional work theory to systematically examine how actors create, maintain and disrupt the governance arrangements underpinning ocean ...
Kedar Uttam, Kristjan Jespersen, Paige Olmsted, Katryn Pasaribu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Digital surveillance of animals and nature recovery

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Digital surveillance technologies (DSTs) are widely applied in nature recovery for their potential to generate novel data on species and ecosystems through digital tracking, automation (e.g. from hazardous locations) and from newly recruited citizen scientists.
William M. Adams
wiley   +1 more source

A Tracking‐By‐Detection Framework to Automatically Count Rare and Elusive Megafauna in Aerial Video Surveys

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
Monitoring programs of vulnerable megafauna increasingly rely on aerial surveys from drones or planes fitted with cameras. However, automated methods are still lacking to accurately count individuals across entire surveys. Here, we leverage a tracking‐by‐detection framework to not only detect individuals but also link the resulting detections across ...
Laura Mannocci, Auguste Verdier, Louis Bézard, Valentine Fleuré, Gerard Subsol, Marc Chaumont, David Mouillot   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of a portable glucometer for blood glucose measurement in juvenile green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas)

Australian Veterinary Journal, EarlyView.
Blood glucose is a key physiological indicator in sea turtles, but its measurement in field settings can be challenging. Portable point‐of‐care (POC) glucometers offer practicality, yet their agreement with reference laboratory methods has not been established for juvenile green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) from the Southwestern Atlantic.
YAA Pérez, MG Chenard, G Martinez‐Souza, VHS Ney, K Russano, J de Menezes Paes, VZ Lemos, BA de Freitas, KM de Souza, JVM da Silva, T Gião, LV dos Santos, C de Freitas Campos, MA Helayel, ET Mársico, NX de Alencar, KVGC da Silva   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Disciplining the “Queen of the World”? Responsible Innovation as a Way of Life

Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper offers a critical reflection on the concept of responsible innovation as defined during the last decades. We argue that the emphasis on innovation as a process risks neglecting the very goals of innovation, namely societal desirability and acceptability. Thus, we suggest reconsidering the role of imagination, the “Queen of the world”
Xavier Pavie, Ghislain Deslandes, Monika Kostera   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

As‐Rigid‐As‐Possible Regularization for Implicit Surfaces

Computer Graphics Forum, EarlyView.
Abstract Implicit surface representations have regained popularity because of their use in machine learning. A common component in optimization is regularization, penalizing the deviation of the surface from its original shape. The popular as‐rigid‐as‐possible (Arap) energy strikes a good compromise between realistic deformation behavior and efficient ...
T. Djuren, M. Worchel, U. Finnendahl, M. Alexa   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source