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Random noise can help to improve synchronization of excimer laser pulses
(2016)Recently, we have reported on a compact microcontroller-based unit developed to accurately synchronize excimer laser pulses (Mingesz et al. 2012 Fluct. Noise Lett. 11, 1240007 (doi:10.1142/S021947751240007X)). We have shown ... -
Peculiar macrophagous adaptations in a new Cretaceous pliosaurid
(2015)During the Middle and Late Jurassic, pliosaurid plesiosaurs evolved gigantic body size and a series of craniodental adaptations that have been linked to the occupation of an apex predator niche. Cretaceous pliosaurids (i.e. ... -
Ants determine their next move at rest
(2016)To find useful work to do for their colony, individual eusocial animals have to move, somehow staying attentive to relevant social information. Recent research on individualTemnothorax albipennis ants moving inside their ... -
Trophic niche divergence among colour morphs that exhibit alternative mating tactics
(2016)Discrete colour morphs associated with alternative mating tactics are assumed to be ecologically equivalent. Yet suites of behaviours linked with reproduction can also favour habitat segregation and exploitation of different ... -
Markovian language model of the DNA and its information content
(2016)This work proposes a Markovian memoryless model for the DNA that simplifies enormously the complexity of it. We encode nucleotide sequences into symbolic sequences, called words, from which we establish meaningful length ... -
Sharpening coarse-to-fine stereo vision by perceptual learning
(2016)Neurons in the early visual cortex are finely tuned to different low-level visual features, forming a multi-channel system analysing the visual image formed on the retina in a parallel manner. However, little is known about ... -
Isotopic evidence for residential mobility of farming communities during the transition to agriculture in Britain
(2016)Development of agriculture is often assumed to be accompanied by a decline in residential mobility, and sedentism is frequently proposed to provide the basis for economic intensification, population growth and increasing ... -
The cervical anatomy of Samotherium,an intermediate-necked giraffid
(2015)Giraffidae are represented by many extinct species. The only two extant taxa possess diametrically contrasting cervical morphology, as the okapi is short-necked and the giraffe is exceptionally long-necked.Samotherium ... -
Phenotype limited distributions
(2015)In our seasonal world, animals face a variety of environmental conditions in the course of the year. To cope with such seasonality, animals may be phenotypically flexible, but some phenotypic traits are fixed. If fixed ... -
Fractal measures of spatial pattern as a heuristic for return rate in vegetative systems
(2016)Measurement of population persistence is a long-standing problem in ecology in particular, whether it is possible to gain insights into persistence without long time-series. Fractal measurements of spatial patterns, such ... -
A model of muscle atrophy based on livemicroscopy of muscle remodelling in Drosophila metamorphosis
(2016)Genes controlling muscle size and survival play important roles in muscle wasting diseases. In Drosophila melanogaster metamorphosis, larval abdominal muscles undergo two developmental fates. While a doomed population is ... -
Across-shelf distribution of bluemussel larvae in the northern Gulf of Maine
(2015)Studies of population connectivity have largely focused on along-shelf, as opposed to across-shelf, processes. We hypothesized that a discontinuity in across-shelf mixing caused by the divergence of the Eastern Maine Coastal ... -
Hodgkin–Huxley revisited
(2015)As cardiac cell models become increasingly complex, a correspondingly complex ‘genealogy’ of inherited parameter values has also emerged. The result has been the loss of a direct link between model parameters and experimental ... -
Heidelberg-mCT-Analyzer
(2015)Bone tissue engineering and bone scaffold development represent two challenging fields in orthopaedic research. Micro-computed tomography (mCT) allows non-invasive measurement of these scaffolds’ propertiesin vivo. However, ... -
Estimating cranial musculoskeletal constraints in theropod dinosaurs
(2015)Many inferences on the biology, behaviour and ecology of extinct vertebrates are based on the reconstruction of the musculature and rely considerably on its accuracy. Although the advent of digital reconstruction techniques ... -
Rapid mimicry and emotional contagion in domestic dogs
(2015)Emotional contagion is a basic form of empathy that makes individuals able to experience others’ emotions. In human and non-human primates, emotional contagion can be linked to facial mimicry, an automatic and fast response ... -
A comprehensive study of the delay vector variance method for quantification of nonlinearity in dynamical systems
(2016)Although vibration monitoring is a popular method to monitor and assess dynamic structures, quantification of linearity or nonlinearity of the dynamic responses remains a challenging problem. We investigate the delay vector ... -
Sex differences in risk-taking and associative learning in rats
(2015)In many species, males tend to have lower parental investment than females and greater variance in their reproductive success. Males might therefore be expected to adopt more high-risk, high-return behaviours than females. ... -
Only accessible information is useful
(2015)Information theory is gaining popularity as a tool to characterize performance of biological systems. However, information is commonly quantified without reference to whether or how a system could extract and use it as a ... -
Unexpected monophyletic origin of Ephoron shigae unisexual reproduction strains and their rapid expansion across Japan
(2015)The burrowing polymitarcyid mayflyEphoron shigaeis distri-buted across Japan, Korea, northeast China and far east Russia. Some populations are bisexual, and others are unisexual, i.e. geographically parthenogenetic throughout ...
