The non-return mechanism is the key device that plays the role of braking in the opening-and-closing electric actuator of an amphibious aircraft hatch door. The ball-and-socket contact pair, providing the pressing force, and the multi-disc friction p...
The Peruvian grunt, Anisotremus scapularis, is a commercially valuable coastal fish in the southeastern Pacific that is facing overexploitation. To support its aquaculture development, this study evaluated the spontaneous reproductive dynamics of a c...
Acanthoic acid, a diterpene isolated from the root bark of Acanthopanax koreanum Nakai, possesses diverse pharmacological activities, including anti-inflammatory, anti-diabetic, gastrointestinal protection, and cardiovascular protection. This study i...
This study describes the first successful rearing of capelin from hatch to adulthood in a laboratory setting using intensive culture methods. Over the span of about two years, the capelin were reared in aquaculture tanks under a constant temperature...
The Sichuan taimen (Hucho bleekeri) is a flagship species for the Yangtze River and is classified as critically endangered by the IUCN. Successful artificial breeding and conservation efforts are therefore essential for maintaining population stabili...
Tebuconazole (TEB), a widely used triazole fungicide, is effective against soil-borne and foliar fungal pathogens. Toxicants can exhibit varying effects depending on the life stage of organisms, although standard toxicity tests typically focus on adu...
Cephalopods such as Euprymna berryi play vital ecological roles and hold potential for aquaculture, yet their development in the South China Sea remains understudied. This study aimed to verify the species identity of E. berryi from Sanya, Hainan, us...
Background/Objectives: Dynamic remodeling of the zona pellucida (ZP) is a fundamental biochemical and structural process during human preimplantation development; however, its quantitative characterization and clinical relevance remain incompletely d...
Light exposure during incubation can influence hatching characteristics, post-hatch growth, and physiological responses in poultry. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of pre-development exposure to different cold-colored light emitting diode (LE...
Control of the geometric accuracy of a metal deposit is critical in the repair and fabrication of complex components through Directed Energy Deposition (DED). This paper developed and experimentally evaluated a model-based feedforward control of lase...
Although integrated management and control programs implement intense control measures for adult, pupal, larval, and breeding sites during outbreaks, there is a lack of studies to understand the role of the vector egg stage in disease dynamics. This...
The migratory locust (Locusta migratoria), is a destructive pest in agriculture and ecological conservation, characterized by its unique phase polyphenism (phase change). Parthenogenesis, defined as oviparous reproduction without fertilization, has b...
One of the major problems impeding the sustainable development of goose production is low egg hatchability. Thus, it is imperative to develop more efficient ways to improve the hatching qualities of goose eggs. The present study aimed to investigate...
Automating the pushing of bulk materials deposited through the hatch of a transport and packaging container (TPC) requires the development of a specialized robot equipped with an end effector capable of displacing material within a spatially constrai...
Surface wetting plays an important role in the corrosion protection processes of aerospace applications. Here, we demonstrate the use of ultrafast femtosecond (fs) laser processing techniques to tailor the wetting properties of aluminum (Al) substrat...
Hybridization and polyploidization are key evolutionary forces shaping fish biodiversity. But their interaction with environmental factors, such as temperature, remains poorly understood. This study examined how maternal genome composition and incuba...
Introduction: The fartet (Apricaphanius iberus) and the samaruc (Valencia hispanica) are two endemic fish species from the Valencian Community that have experienced significant population declines due to habitat degradation, competition with invasive...
The strategy of Aedes aegypti to prolong embryonic viability by quiescence has severe implications for geographic expansion and maintenance of mosquito populations in areas under control measures. We evaluated the effects of quiescence on biological...
Early development, when many important developmental events occur, is a critical period for fish. However, research on the early development of clearhead icefish is very limited, especially in molecular research. In this study, we aimed to explore th...
Salinity can interact with organic compounds and modulate their toxicity. Studies have shown that the fraction of pyrethroid insecticides in the aqueous phase increases with increasing salinity, potentially increasing the risk of exposure for aquatic...
Effective fisheries management depends on a clear understanding of the recruitment dynamics of young-of-year (YOY) fish. Analysis of two-decade ichthyological data from Czechia and the Netherlands revealed an unexpectedly small cohort of YOY pikeperc...
The pikeperch (Sander lucioperca) is an economically important freshwater fish and a valuable food with high market acceptance. It is undergoing important changes in growth and regulatory metabolism during the ontogeny. Hence, the current study aims...
This study investigates the influence of internal factors on growth dynamics in four Cyprinus carpio varieties, three Romanian strains (Frăsinet, Ineu, and Podu Iloaiei) and the Koi variety. Fish were measured for total length, maximum height, a...
The Aedes aegypti mosquito exhibits a critical behavioral adaptation through its oviposition strategy, laying eggs in dry and wet environments just above the water level, allowing eggs to resist desiccation and hatch only when submerged by rain. To i...
An outbreak of harmful algal blooms (HABs) often leads to the death of fish and other marine organisms and causes serious losses to human economic activities. Modified clay (MC) technology is an effective way to control HABs. Although the material an...
Henosepilachna vigintioctomaculata is an intrinsic element in the agroecosystem of potato fields. The issues of relationships in the system “potato ladybird beetle—potato plant” have not yet been studied. To study the effect of pota...
The sterile insect technique (SIT) is considered a promising and environmentally sustainable tool for controlling Aedes albopictus. While current guidelines address its implementation in moderately large and partially isolated areas, evidence from sm...
Accurate scientific information is critical for undertaking appropriate conservation and management practices for imperiled species. One source of concern is that research findings might vary for non-biological reasons, including experimental design...
Skin pigmentation in teleosts is a complex process governed by molecular and cellular mechanisms during development. In this study, we investigated the pigmentation process in the tomato clownfish (Amphiprion frenatus) using an integrated approach co...
Background: The silkworm (Bombyx mori) is an important lepidopteran model insect worldwide which undergoes a complete metamorphosis developmental process. Although genome sequencing has been long performed, no transcriptome data covering the complete...
Vertically printed fused deposition modelling (FDM) components exhibit pronounced surface irregularities on their sidewalls at the interfaces between deposited layers, while limited interlayer bonding can impair their tensile performance. Although la...
Pest control models integrating the use of the sterile insect technique (SIT) and augmentative biological control (ABC) have postulated that it is possible to obtain a synergistic effect from the joint use of these technologies. This synergistic effe...
Changes of telomere length with age were assessed in diploid and triploid rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) females in the cross-sectional study using Q-FISH technique. Triploid trout as sterile do not invest an energy in gametogenesis and continue...
Bactrocera latifrons (Hendel) is a serious pest requiring quarantine in many countries worldwide. It has caused huge economic losses to the cultivation of solanaceous plants, such as peppers and eggplants. In this study, we constructed an age-stage,...
This work investigates the solvability of the generalized Hilfer fractional inclusion associated with the solution set of a controlled system of minty type–fuzzy mixed quasi-hemivariational inequality (FMQHI). We explore the assumed inclusion v...
Background/Objectives: Lens development is an essential component of visual-system development during fish embryogenesis, yet its transcriptional timing remains poorly characterized in European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax). This study aimed to prov...
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This study investigated a model to assess the role of climate fluctuations on dengue (DENV) dynamics from 2010 to 2019 in four Brazilian municipalities. The proposed transmission model was based on a preexisting SEI-SIR model, but also incorporates t...
Knowledge of post-larval swordfish (Xiphias gladius) ecology in the world’s oceans is incomplete as they are rarely found in ichthyoplankton samplings or commercial catches and individuals are difficult to observe in the marine ecosystem. Analy...
In vitro embryo production is a widely applied technique that allows the expansion of genetics and accelerated breeding programs. However, in cattle, this technique still needs improvement in order to reach quality and pregnancy rates comparable to i...
One of the first tasks of worker honey bees (Apis mellifera) during their lifetime is to feed the larval offspring. In brief, young workers (nurse bees) secrete a special food jelly that contains a large amount of unique major royal jelly proteins (M...
The aim of this study is to develop a digital twin hierarchy that fully examines the design and manufacturing processes of an automotive component for metal additive manufacturing. Initially, a lighter model was obtained that was more resistant to st...
The phenomenological universalities (PU) approach is employed to derive the Richards growth function in the unknown hyperbolic representation. The formula derived can be applied in theoretical modeling of sigmoid and involuted growth of biological sy...
Population models offer insights into both theoretical and practical aspects of insect population dynamics. Among the models, stage-structured matrix models are used to describe the population dynamics of insects because the development of insects is...
Powder spattering and splashing in the melt pool are common phenomena during Laser-based Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) of metallic materials having high fluidity. For this purpose, analytical and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) models have been deduced...
Root-knot nematodes are economically important plant-parasitic nematodes that damage roots, reduce plant growth, and limit crop productivity. Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) synthesized through biological processes have attracted interest as potential a...
Corythucha arcuata, commonly known as the oak lace bug (OLB), is an insect species originally native to North America that has become an invasive species of significant concern in Europe. This invasive pest has been observed in various European count...
Although the use of lasers in medical diagnosis and therapies, as well as in fundamental biomedical research is now almost routine, advanced laser sources and new laser-based methods continue to emerge. Due to the unique ability of ultrashort laser p...
The Natura 2000 network of protected areas is the backbone of species conservation in the European Union. We investigated whether Austrian-hatched white-tailed eagles (Haliaeetus albicilla) make particular use of this multinational network during the...
Temperature has been shown to have profound effects on mosquito population dynamics and life history. Understanding these effects can provide insight into how mosquito populations and the diseases they transmit may vary across space and time and unde...
Solenocera crassicornis is a commercially important shrimp of the Solenoceridae family. The current study investigated the morphology, molecular identification, phylogenetic relationships, and population dynamics of S. crassicornis in Egypt. Samples...
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