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Stochastic Locomotion Emerging From Body–Environment Interactions in a Mexican Jumping Bean–Inspired Robot

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
Inspired by the Mexican jumping bean, this study presents a centimeter‐scale, electronics‐free robot that merges principles from both the animal and plant kingdoms. A thermo‐responsive actuator mimicking larval motion, enclosed within a uniquely shaped plant‐seed‐inspired shell, generates jumping, rolling, flipping, sliding, and climbing through ...
Ragesh Chellattoan, Alessio Mondini, Edoardo Sinibaldi, Barbara Mazzolai   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Comprehensive In Vitro Approach for Assessing the Physiological Degradation of Medical Implants: The Silkothane Arteriovenous Graft Case Study

Advanced NanoBiomed Research, EarlyView.
Evaluating the degradation of absorbable medical devices in vitro demands physiologically relevant conditions. This study presents a comprehensive framework applied to a three‐layered silk fibroin/polyurethane arteriovenous graft, employing human enzymes at physiological concentrations over 6 months. Multiparametric analyses of both graft structure and
Cristina Oldani, Alice Caldiroli, Federica Barzaghi, Nina Bono, Gabriele Candiani, Stefania Adele Riboldi   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Conidiation color mutants of Aspergillus fumigatus are highly pathogenic to the heterologous insect host Galleria mellonella. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2009
The greater wax moth Galleria mellonella has been widely used as a heterologous host for a number of fungal pathogens including Candida albicans and Cryptococcus neoformans. A positive correlation in pathogenicity of these yeasts in this insect model and
Jennifer C Jackson, Laura A Higgins, Xiaorong Lin   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fibrillogenesis in the wax-moth, Galleria mellonella [PDF]

Journal of Cell Science, 1964
ABSTRACT The fibroblasts of the pupa are characterized by the great development of the endoplasmic reticulum, which becomes dilated to form vesicles containing a rather electron-dense material which is thought to be a precursor of the collagen fibrils.
openaire   +1 more source

Abdominal POCUS Education for Clinicians: A Systematic Review of Teaching Methods for Point‐of‐Care Abdominal Ultrasonography

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound, Volume 53, Issue 3, Page 547-561, March/April 2025.
For patients to benefit from abdominal point‐of‐care ultrasound, the ultrasound examinator must be sufficiently trained. In this systematic review, we identified advantages and disadvantages of different training methods and approaches. We conclude that thoughtful integration of the various educational methods is crucial for stakeholders and educators.
Birkir Örn Sveinsson, Olof Kristin Thorsteinsdottir, Alexander G. P. Browne, Benjamin S. B. Rasmussen, Anders Bo Nielsen, Pia Iben Pietersen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rainforest conversion to monoculture plantations restructures functional communities of braconid parasitoid wasps

Oikos, EarlyView.
The conversion of rainforests into rubber and oil palm plantations drives biodiversity loss in Southeast Asia. Parasitoid wasps are highly diverse and play an essential role in ecosystems by regulating herbivore populations. Declines in density and diversity of parasitoid wasps, after land‐use change is well‐documented, but potential functional losses ...
Azru Azhar, Fabian Brambach, Nicolò Camarretta, Ina Geedicke, Kasmiatun, Alexander Knohl, Martyna M. Kotowska, Christoph Leuschner, Rizky Nazarreta, Rawati Panjaitan, Katja Rembold, Christian Stiegler, Endah Utari, Delphine Clara Zemp, Purnama Hidayat, Damayanti Buchori, Stefan Scheu, Jochen Drescher   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Wax removal using pipeline pigs [PDF]

, 2004
The deposition of paraffin wax solids in pipelines and risers represents a continuing challenge to flow assurance in offshore installations. Wax deposits reduce product throughput, requiring increased energy expenditure to re-establish flow levels.
Southgate, Jonathan
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Study of mating effect, hosts range and competition with the parasitoid Bracon hebetor on some behavioral and biological aspects of larval parasitoid Goniosus sp [PDF]

مجلة جامعة الانبار للعلوم الصرفة, 2018
Laboratory studies was conducted to investigate effect of mating behavior on egg laying, host selection and competition with Bracon hebetor. The results showed that no differences in mating and egg laying behavior between mated and unmated females ...
A.J. AllAllah, S.H. Abid, J.K. Mohammed
doaj   +1 more source

Characterization of silk genes in Ephestia kuehniella and Galleria mellonella revealed duplication of sericin genes and highly divergent sequences encoding fibroin heavy chains

Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2022
Silk is a secretory product of numerous arthropods with remarkable mechanical properties. In this work, we present the complete sequences of the putative major silk proteins of E. kuehniella and compare them with those of G.
Bulah Chia-hsiang Wu, Bulah Chia-hsiang Wu, Ivo Sauman, Ivo Sauman, Houda Ouns Maaroufi, Houda Ouns Maaroufi, Anna Zaloudikova, Martina Zurovcova, Barbara Kludkiewicz, Miluse Hradilova, Michal Zurovec, Michal Zurovec   +11 more
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Integrating vision, audition and olfaction traits: a roadmap for contrasting sensory ecologies of birds and rodents

Oikos, EarlyView.
Sensory ecology seeks to understand how organisms detect and use information from their environment, yet comparative analyses across multiple sensory modalities remain rare. Here, we present a roadmap for contrasting the sensory ecologies of birds and rodents using surrogate morphological and acoustic traits associated with vision, audition, and ...
Raphaël Proulx, Josyane Brouillard, Laurie Provençal, Frédérick Girard, Jessica Bertolacci, Youri Simard   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source