{"results":[{"id":"arxiv_2601.16807","title":"Zoology of Altermagnetic-type Non-collinear Magnets on the Maple Leaf Lattice","authors":[{"name":"Pratyay Ghosh"},{"name":"Ronny Thomale"}],"abstract":"We define unconventional non-collinear magnetic ground states on the maple leaf lattice (MLL) distinguished by the selective breaking or preservation of time reversal ($\\mathcal{T}$) and parity ($\\mathcal{P}$). Depending on the nature of $\\mathcal{P}\\mathcal{T}$-breaking, linear spin-wave theory reveals momentum-dependent non-relativistic magnon spin splitting at different high symmetry points in the Brillouin zone. From a mean-field analysis of the Hubbard model at weak coupling, we reveal itinerant $\\mathcal{P}$-preserving $q=0$ altermagnetic (A$l$M)-type order, while we expect $\\mathcal{P}$-broken canted-$120^\\circ$ A$l$M-type order at strong coupling. Our findings establish the MLL as a prime platform for exploring phase transitions and frustration phenomena emanating from competing non-collinear A$l$M-type orders.","source":"arXiv","year":2026,"language":"en","subjects":["cond-mat.str-el"],"url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.16807","pdf_url":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2601.16807","is_open_access":true,"published_at":"2026-01-23T14:57:33Z","score":70},{"id":"doaj_10.3390/ani15243556","title":"The Effects of Eyestalk Ablation on the Androgenic Gland and the Male Reproductive Organs in the Kuruma Prawn \u003ci\u003eMarsupenaeus japonicus\u003c/i\u003e","authors":[{"name":"Takehiro Furukawa"},{"name":"Fumihiro Yamane"},{"name":"Takuji Okumura"},{"name":"Taeko Miyazaki"},{"name":"Naoaki Tsutsui"}],"abstract":"Insulin-like androgenic gland factor (IAG) is considered a key regulator of male sexual differentiation and maturation in decapod crustaceans. In several species, \u003ci\u003eIAG\u003c/i\u003e expression is thought to be negatively regulated by the eyestalk, as demonstrated by eyestalk ablation (ESA) experiments. In the kuruma prawn \u003ci\u003eMarsupenaeus japonicus\u003c/i\u003e, however, the upstream regulatory mechanisms of \u003ci\u003eIAG\u003c/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eMaj-IAG\u003c/i\u003e) remain largely unclear. In the present study, males of different body sizes were subjected to ESA to elucidate these mechanisms. Bilateral ESA induced upregulation of \u003ci\u003eMaj-IAG\u003c/i\u003e expression from day 7 onward, whereas unilateral ESA did not. Moreover, enhanced development of male reproductive organs and hypertrophy of the androgenic gland were observed from day 7 after bilateral ESA. These findings indicate that \u003ci\u003eMaj-IAG\u003c/i\u003e is regulated by eyestalk-derived factor(s), supporting the presence of an eyestalk–androgenic gland endocrine axis in \u003ci\u003eM. japonicus\u003c/i\u003e. By contrast, the expression of \u003ci\u003eMaj-Dsx2\u003c/i\u003e, a homolog of doublesex (\u003ci\u003eDsx\u003c/i\u003e) that has recently been proposed as an upstream regulator of IAG, did not show a consistent increase following bilateral ESA across all experiments, suggesting that the involvement of \u003ci\u003eMaj-Dsx2\u003c/i\u003e in this axis remains unclear. Overall, this study provides fundamental insights into the regulatory mechanisms of decapod male reproduction.","source":"DOAJ","year":2025,"language":"","subjects":["Veterinary medicine","Zoology"],"doi":"10.3390/ani15243556","url":"https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/15/24/3556","is_open_access":true,"published_at":"","score":69},{"id":"doaj_10.5751/JFO-00632-960201","title":"Sex differences in nest attention against simulated conspecific intrusions in the Saffron Finch ( Sicalis flaveola pelzelni )","authors":[{"name":"Maria Juliana Benitez Saldivar"},{"name":"Viviana Massoni"}],"abstract":"Nest attention has a strong effect on nestling survival and is essential for the reproductive success of the parents. Secondary cavity nesters compete intensively for access to cavities and face high risk of nest usurpation by conspecifics. We describe nest attention by both sexes in the Saffron Finch ( Sicalis flaveola pelzelni ), and compare rates of nest attention in response to experimental territorial intrusions of live male and female conspecifics. During the incubation and brooding periods, in response to intrusions by other females or males, both natural and experimental, the attending females arrived at the nest immediately. Females also stayed close to the nest during egg laying and “old” 8–9 days old nestlings’ periods, but never attacked the intruders. Attending males took more time to approach the nest but spent a lot of time close to it, during the egg laying, incubation, and “young” 4–5 days old nestling periods, especially during simulated intrusions by other males. Focal males kept intruders of both sexes at bay and physically attacked the male intruders. The observed responses could be elicited by the perceived risk of mate or cavity loss before raising a brood. This study on a multi-brooded subtropical obligate secondary cavity nester reveals sex differences of nest attention in response to the sex of conspecific intruders.","source":"DOAJ","year":2025,"language":"","subjects":["Zoology","Animal culture"],"doi":"10.5751/JFO-00632-960201","url":"https://journal.afonet.org/vol96/iss2/art1","is_open_access":true,"published_at":"","score":69},{"id":"doaj_10.1051/bioconf/202516403001","title":"Effect of zero-valent iron on Rhizobium sp. cells isolated from cadmium-contaminated sites after remediation by zero-valent iron","authors":[{"name":"Nuiyen Aussanee"},{"name":"Khumin Vinta"},{"name":"Wichai Siriwan"}],"abstract":"Cadmium contamination found in paddy fields in the Maesot District of Tak Province, Thailand. This area was remediated using 50mg/L of ZVI. The study aimed to isolate and identify soil bacteria in the soil and rice roots and to investigate ZVI’s effect on the isolated bacterial cells. The results indicated no significant difference in soil bacteria content before and after remediation at the 95% confidence level. Twelve isolates of nitrogen-fixing bacteria were obtained. Those isolates could grow at high concentrations of 300 mg/L of ZVI. RH17 had a high tolerance for TSA with 300 mg/L of ZVI at only 10 CFU/ml. The effects of ZVI at 150 mg/L on RH17 cells, a small amount of ZVI was observed adhering to the cells’ surface and forming giant cells, while at 300 mg/L of ZVI, caused a reduction in growth by 81.0%. The nifH gene of RH17 was related to Rhizobium sp. strain 5-1-2. The results demonstrated the cadmium remediation process with 50mg/L of ZVI did not affect the cell count of soil bacteria in the paddy field. However, at 150 mg/L or higher, ZVI damaged the isolated Rhizobium sp. cell membrane. So, the remediation using ZVI must consider the appropriate concentration.","source":"DOAJ","year":2025,"language":"","subjects":["Microbiology","Physiology","Zoology"],"doi":"10.1051/bioconf/202516403001","url":"https://www.bio-conferences.org/articles/bioconf/pdf/2025/15/bioconf_icaaa2025_03001.pdf","pdf_url":"https://www.bio-conferences.org/articles/bioconf/pdf/2025/15/bioconf_icaaa2025_03001.pdf","is_open_access":true,"published_at":"","score":69},{"id":"doaj_10.3390/ani14192903","title":"Predicting Microbial Protein Synthesis in Cattle: Evaluation of Extant Equations and Steps Needed to Improve Accuracy and Precision of Future Equations","authors":[{"name":"Michael L. Galyean"},{"name":"Luis O. Tedeschi"}],"abstract":"Predictions of microbial crude protein (MCP) synthesis for beef cattle generally rely on empirical regression equations, with intakes of energy and protein as key variables. Using a database from published literature, we developed new equations based on the intake of organic matter (OM) and intakes or concentrations of crude protein (CP) and neutral detergent fiber (NDF). We compared these new equations to several extant equations based on intakes of total digestible nutrients (TDN) and CP. Regression fit statistics were evaluated using both resampling and sampling from a simulated multivariate normal population. Newly developed equations yielded similar fit statistics to extant equations, but the root mean square error of prediction averaged 155 g (28.7% of the mean MCP of 540.7 g/d) across all equations, indicating considerable variation in predictions. A simple approach of calculating MCP as 10% of the TDN intake yielded MCP estimates and fit statistics that were similar to more complicated equations. Adding a classification code to account for unique dietary characteristics did not have significant effects. Because MCP synthesis is measured indirectly, most often using surgically altered animals, literature estimates are relatively few and highly variable. A random sample of individual studies from our literature database indicated a standard deviation for MCP synthesis that averaged 19.1% of the observed mean, likely contributing to imprecision in the MCP predictions. Research to develop additional MCP estimates across various diets and production situations is needed, with a focus on developing consistent and reliable methodologies for MCP measurements. The use of new meta-omics tools might improve the accuracy and precision of MCP predictions, but further research will be needed to assess the utility of such tools.","source":"DOAJ","year":2024,"language":"","subjects":["Veterinary medicine","Zoology"],"doi":"10.3390/ani14192903","url":"https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/14/19/2903","is_open_access":true,"published_at":"","score":68},{"id":"doaj_10.3354/esr01332","title":"mtDNA variation of humpback whales in their wintering grounds of Guerrero, southern Mexican Pacific","authors":[{"name":"L Medrano-González"},{"name":"K Audley"},{"name":"CS Baker"},{"name":"D Steel"}],"abstract":"Here, we describe variation in mtDNA haplotypes among 22 individual humpback whales off the Guerrero coast in southern Mexico and compare this to other wintering regions in the eastern North Pacific Ocean using published data. After correcting for different sample sizes, Guerrero humpback whales fit the cline in the eastern North Pacific in which A types are more abundant northwards, while E and F types are more abundant southwards. Whales observed around Guerrero in early winter exhibited a greater frequency of F types that are also observed earlier in winter at Bahía de Banderas in the mainland region, suggesting a seasonal passage of whales from Mexico to Central America. Four diversity indices were higher in different wintering regions between Nayarit and Guerrero. Departures from neutrality were observed in the bordering wintering grounds of the region. Four measures of differentiation by distance indicated boundaries between Nayarit and Southern Jalisco, and between Guerrero and Oaxaca, suggesting a transitional region between wintering regions of Mexico and Central America from 17.5° to 19.5°N.","source":"DOAJ","year":2024,"language":"","subjects":["Zoology","Botany"],"doi":"10.3354/esr01332","url":"https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/esr/v54/p219-224/","is_open_access":true,"published_at":"","score":68},{"id":"doaj_10.1051/bioconf/202411103023","title":"Research status of traditional Chinese medicine and physiotherapy for lumbodorsal myofascitis in badminton","authors":[{"name":"Xu Rongchang"}],"abstract":"lumbodorsal myofasciitis is a common injury in badminton and a common disease in clinical practice. Clinically, acupuncture, cupping, massage, extracorporeal shock wave and other methods are usually used. This paper summarizes and classifies the commonly used treatment methods in the clinic, which are mainly divided into traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) combined treatment methods, Chinese medicine treatment combined physical therapy methods and physical combined therapy. In the clinic, TCM combined treatment methods and TCM combined physical therapy methods are mainly used, and TCM combined physical therapy methods should be the main research direction in the future. There are many therapeutic methods, but the efficacy of combining multiple therapeutic methods is better than that of single method. This study can provide a theoretical basis and reference for subsequent research and clinical treatment.","source":"DOAJ","year":2024,"language":"","subjects":["Microbiology","Physiology","Zoology"],"doi":"10.1051/bioconf/202411103023","url":"https://www.bio-conferences.org/articles/bioconf/pdf/2024/30/bioconf_icbb2024_03023.pdf","pdf_url":"https://www.bio-conferences.org/articles/bioconf/pdf/2024/30/bioconf_icbb2024_03023.pdf","is_open_access":true,"published_at":"","score":68},{"id":"arxiv_2312.04927","title":"Zoology: Measuring and Improving Recall in Efficient Language Models","authors":[{"name":"Simran Arora"},{"name":"Sabri Eyuboglu"},{"name":"Aman Timalsina"},{"name":"Isys Johnson"},{"name":"Michael Poli"},{"name":"James Zou"},{"name":"Atri Rudra"},{"name":"Christopher Ré"}],"abstract":"Attention-free language models that combine gating and convolutions are growing in popularity due to their efficiency and increasingly competitive performance. To better understand these architectures, we pretrain a suite of 17 attention and \"gated-convolution\" language models, finding that SoTA gated-convolution architectures still underperform attention by up to 2.1 perplexity points on the Pile. In fine-grained analysis, we find 82% of the gap is explained by each model's ability to recall information that is previously mentioned in-context, e.g. \"Hakuna Matata means no worries Hakuna Matata it means no\" $\\rightarrow$ \"??\". On this task, termed \"associative recall\", we find that attention outperforms gated-convolutions by a large margin: a 70M parameter attention model outperforms a 1.4 billion parameter gated-convolution model on associative recall. This is surprising because prior work shows gated convolutions can perfectly solve synthetic tests for AR capability. To close the gap between synthetics and real language, we develop a new formalization of the task called multi-query associative recall (MQAR) that better reflects actual language. We perform an empirical and theoretical study of MQAR that elucidates differences in the parameter-efficiency of attention and gated-convolution recall. Informed by our analysis, we evaluate simple convolution-attention hybrids and show that hybrids with input-dependent sparse attention patterns can close 97.4% of the gap to attention, while maintaining sub-quadratic scaling. Our code is accessible at: https://github.com/HazyResearch/zoology.","source":"arXiv","year":2023,"language":"en","subjects":["cs.CL","cs.LG"],"url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.04927","pdf_url":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2312.04927","is_open_access":true,"published_at":"2023-12-08T09:44:25Z","score":67},{"id":"doaj_10.1051/bioconf/20237201010","title":"Study on the quality change of crown pear during storage","authors":[{"name":"Feng Yongchun"},{"name":"Zou Tonghua"},{"name":"Zhang Zekai"}],"abstract":"Using the high-quality Crown Pear as the subject of experimental research, an analysis of the changes in the quality of Crown Pears during a storage period is conducted to provide a theoretical basis for the development of the pear cold storage industry. The study utilizes a handheld digital refractometer, texture analyzer, colorimeter, T-type thermocouple, and electronic balance to explore six aspects of Crown Pears: soluble solids content, hardness, color difference, freezing point, drying loss, and taste. The results reveal the following changes in pear quality during different storage periods within one cycle: the content of soluble solids in Crown Pears initially increases and then decreases during the storage period; hardness decreases with increasing storage time; the external appearance of pears gradually darkens; and drying loss increases with storage time. During the cold storage process of Crown Pears, the optimal temperature setting for the cold storage should be maintained at -1°C to 0.5°C. The flavor of Crown Pears is not optimal during the early stage of storage. The storage time for Crown Pears should be within four months.","source":"DOAJ","year":2023,"language":"","subjects":["Microbiology","Physiology","Zoology"],"doi":"10.1051/bioconf/20237201010","url":"https://www.bio-conferences.org/articles/bioconf/pdf/2023/17/bioconf_icfsb2023_01010.pdf","pdf_url":"https://www.bio-conferences.org/articles/bioconf/pdf/2023/17/bioconf_icfsb2023_01010.pdf","is_open_access":true,"published_at":"","score":67},{"id":"arxiv_2202.03462","title":"Zoology of non-Hermitian spectra and their graph topology","authors":[{"name":"Tommy Tai"},{"name":"Ching Hua Lee"}],"abstract":"We uncover the very rich graph topology of generic bounded non-Hermitian spectra, distinct from the topology of conventional band invariants and complex spectral winding. The graph configuration of complex spectra are characterized by the algebraic structures of their corresponding energy dispersions, drawing new intimate links between combinatorial graph theory, algebraic geometry and non-Hermitian band topology. Spectral graphs that are conformally related belong to the same equivalence class, and are characterized by emergent symmetries not necessarily present in the physical Hamiltonian. The simplest class encompasses well-known examples such as the Hatano-Nelson and non-Hermitian SSH models, while more sophisticated classes represent novel multi-component models with interesting spectral graphs resembling stars, flowers, and insects. With recent rapid advancements in metamaterials, ultracold atomic lattices and quantum circuits, it is now feasible to not only experimentally realize such esoteric spectra, but also investigate the non-Hermitian flat bands and anomalous responses straddling transitions between different spectral graph topologies.","source":"arXiv","year":2022,"language":"en","subjects":["cond-mat.mes-hall","cond-mat.other"],"doi":"10.1103/PhysRevB.107.L220301","url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2202.03462","pdf_url":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2202.03462","is_open_access":true,"published_at":"2022-02-07T19:06:54Z","score":66},{"id":"arxiv_2201.07058","title":"Zoology of spin and orbital fluctuations in ultrathin oxide films","authors":[{"name":"Matthias Pickem"},{"name":"Josef Kaufmann"},{"name":"Karsten Held"},{"name":"Jan M. Tomczak"}],"abstract":"Many metallic transition-metal oxides turn insulating when grown as films that are only a few unit-cells thick. The microscopic origins of these thickness induced metal-to-insulator transitions however remain under dispute. Here, we simulate the extreme case of a monolayer of an inconspicuous correlated metal -- the strontium vanadate SrVO$_3$ -- deposited on a SrTiO$_3$ substrate. Crucially, our system can have a termination to vacuum consisting of either a SrO or a VO$_2$ top layer. While we find that both lead to Mott insulating behavior at nominal stoichiometry, the phase diagram emerging upon doping -- chemically or through an applied gate voltage -- is qualitatively different. Indeed, our many-body calculations reveal a cornucopia of nonlocal fluctuations associated with (in)commensurate antiferromagnetic, ferromagnetic, as well as stripe and checkerboard orbital ordering instabilities. Identifying that the two geometries yield crystal-field splittings of opposite signs, we elucidate the ensuing phases through the lens of the orbital degrees of freedom. Quite generally, our work highlights that interface and surface reconstruction and the deformation or severing of coordination polyhedra in ultra-thin films drive rich properties that are radically different from the material's bulk physics.","source":"arXiv","year":2022,"language":"en","subjects":["cond-mat.str-el","cond-mat.mtrl-sci"],"doi":"10.1103/PhysRevB.104.024307","url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2201.07058","pdf_url":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2201.07058","is_open_access":true,"published_at":"2022-01-18T15:36:19Z","score":66},{"id":"arxiv_2103.09816","title":"Zoology of Graviton non-Gaussianities","authors":[{"name":"Giovanni Cabass"}],"abstract":"We characterize graviton non-Gaussianities in models of inflation where de Sitter boosts are spontaneously broken. We discuss which of the symmetry breaking patterns studied in Nicolis et al., 2015 can sustain a period of quasi de Sitter expansion, and show that the symmetry breaking pattern of Solid Inflation allows the most freedom for graviton interactions. We comment on the phenomenological consequences of some of these interactions. As a byproduct of this analysis we construct the \"EFT of Solid Inflation\", which has all the useful features of the EFT of Inflation but for the case of broken spatial diffeomorphisms.","source":"arXiv","year":2021,"language":"en","subjects":["hep-th","astro-ph.CO"],"doi":"10.1088/1475-7516/2021/12/001","url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2103.09816","pdf_url":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2103.09816","is_open_access":true,"published_at":"2021-03-17T17:59:27Z","score":65},{"id":"doaj_10.3897/jhr.88.75855","title":"Azteca ants repair damage to their Cecropia host plants","authors":[{"name":"Alex Wcislo"},{"name":"Xavier Graham"},{"name":"Stan Stephens"},{"name":"Johannes Ehoulé Toppe"},{"name":"Lucas Wcislo"},{"name":"William T. Wcislo"}],"abstract":"Some Azteca ants are well-known symbionts that defend their Cecropia host plants against herbivory, although there is considerable variability in behavior among colonies, conditions, and species. In exchange, ants receive food, and also shelter within the plants’ internodes. Here we demonstrate that ants repair damage to the host plant when their brood is directly threatened. Using comminuted plant fibers and an unidentified binding liquid (probably plant sap) ants generally began patching holes in the tree trunk immediately, and significantly reduced the size of the hole 2.5 hours after it was created, and they generally completed the repairs within 24 hours.","source":"DOAJ","year":2021,"language":"","subjects":["Zoology"],"doi":"10.3897/jhr.88.75855","url":"https://jhr.pensoft.net/article/75855/","is_open_access":true,"published_at":"","score":65},{"id":"arxiv_2007.09743","title":"A framework to evaluate whether to pool or separate behaviors in a multilayer network","authors":[{"name":"Annemarie van der Marel"},{"name":"Sanjay Prasher"},{"name":"Chelsea Carminito"},{"name":"Claire O'Connell"},{"name":"Alexa Phillips"},{"name":"Bryan M. Kluever"},{"name":"Elizabeth A. Hobson"}],"abstract":"A multilayer network approach combines different network layers, which are connected by interlayer edges, to create a single mathematical object. These networks can contain a variety of information types and represent different aspects of a system. However, the process for selecting which information to include is not always straightforward. Using data on two agonistic behaviors in a captive population of monk parakeets (Myiopsitta monachus), we developed a framework for investigating how pooling or splitting behaviors at the scale of dyadic relationships (between two individuals) affects individual- and group-level social properties. We designed two reference models to test whether randomizing the number of interactions across behavior types results in similar structural patterns as the observed data. Although the behaviors were correlated, the first reference model suggests that the two behaviors convey different information about some social properties and should therefore not be pooled. However, once we controlled for data sparsity, we found that the observed measures corresponded with those from the second reference model. Hence, our initial result may have been due to the unequal frequencies of each behavior. Overall, our findings support pooling the two behaviors. Awareness of how selected measurements can be affected by data properties is warranted, but nonetheless our framework disentangles these efforts and as a result can be used for myriad types of behaviors and questions. This framework will help researchers make informed and data-driven decisions about which behaviors to pool or separate, prior to using the data in subsequent multilayer network analyses.","source":"arXiv","year":2020,"language":"en","subjects":["physics.soc-ph","q-bio.PE","q-bio.QM"],"doi":"10.1093/cz/zoaa077","url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2007.09743","pdf_url":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2007.09743","is_open_access":true,"published_at":"2020-07-19T18:29:08Z","score":64},{"id":"arxiv_2009.00144","title":"Habitable Zones in Binary Star Systems: A Zoology","authors":[{"name":"Siegfried Eggl"},{"name":"Nikolaos Georgakarakos"},{"name":"Elke Pilat-Lohinger"}],"abstract":"Several concepts have been brought forward to determine where terrestrial planets are likely to remain habitable in multi-stellar environments. Isophote-based habitable zones, for instance, rely on insolation geometry to predict habitability, whereas radiative habitable zones take the orbital motion of a potentially habitable planet into account. Dynamically informed habitable zones include gravitational perturbations on planetary orbits, and full scale, self consistent simulations promise detailed insights into the evolution of select terrestrial worlds. All of the above approaches agree that stellar multiplicity does not preclude habitability. Predictions on where to look for habitable worlds in such environments can differ between concepts. The aim of this article is to provide an overview of current approaches and present simple analytic estimates for the various types of habitable zones in binary star systems.","source":"arXiv","year":2020,"language":"en","subjects":["astro-ph.EP"],"url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.00144","pdf_url":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2009.00144","is_open_access":true,"published_at":"2020-08-31T23:22:46Z","score":64},{"id":"doaj_http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ovj.v10i2.11","title":"Drugs, dogs and driving: the potential for year-round thermal stress in UK vehicles","authors":[{"name":"Anne J. Carter"},{"name":"Emily J. Hall"},{"name":"Sophie L. Connolly"},{"name":"Zoe F. Russell"},{"name":"Kirsty Mitchell"}],"abstract":"Background: Dogs are regularly transported or housed in vehicles, with guidelines for housing dogs suggesting that the ambient temperature should be maintained between 15 – 24 °C. Veterinary drugs are routinely stored and carried in vehicles providing ambulatory veterinary care. Non-refrigerated medications typically require storage between 8 – 25 °C. \r\nAim: This study aimed to investigate the potential for thermal stress associated with vehicular storage and transportation of drugs and dogs in a temperate climate such as the United Kingdom.\r\nMethods: The study used data loggers to continuously record internal temperatures of four vehicles at 15-minute intervals over a two-year period, to investigate the effect of seasonality and time of day on internal car temperature.\r\nResults: Internal car temperature ranged from -7.4 °C to 54.5 °C during the study period. Temperatures fell below 8 °C in every month except June and July. Internal car temperature exceeded typical drug storage recommendations (\u003e 25°C) during every month, and exceeded the canine thermo-neutral zone (\u003e 35°C) from April to September. Peak temperatures occurred between 14:00 and 17:00 hours.\r\nConclusion: The results demonstrate the year-round potential for thermal stress of both dogs and drugs left in cars. Public awareness campaigns highlighting the risks of leaving dogs in hot cars are typically launched in late spring, but should consider launching earlier in light of these findings. Veterinary surgeons transporting drugs should take measures to ensure drugs are stored within the manufacturer’s temperature range year-round. This will limit the potential for drug degradation and decreased efficacy.","source":"DOAJ","year":2020,"language":"","subjects":["Zoology"],"doi":"http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ovj.v10i2.11","url":"https://www.openveterinaryjournal.com/OVJ-2020-01-023%20A.J.%20Carter%20et%20al.pdf","is_open_access":true,"published_at":"","score":64},{"id":"arxiv_1908.00596","title":"Oblate to prolate transition of a vesicle in shear flow","authors":[{"name":"Maximilien Degonville"},{"name":"Gwenn Boedec"},{"name":"Marc Leonetti"}],"abstract":"Vesicles are micrometric soft particles whose the membrane is a two-dimensional incompressible fluid governed by bending resistance leading to a zoology of shapes. The dynamics of deflated vesicles in shear flow with a bottom wall, a first minimal configuration to consider confined vesicles is investigated using numerical simulations. Coexistence under flow of oblate (metastable) and prolate (stable) shapes is studied in details. In particular, we discuss the boundaries of the region of coexistence in the (v, Ca) plane where v is the reduced volume of the vesicle and Ca the Capillary number. We characterize the transition from oblate to prolate and analyse the divergence of the transition time near the critical capillary number. We then analyse lift dynamics of oblate vesicle in the weak flow regime.","source":"arXiv","year":2019,"language":"en","subjects":["cond-mat.soft","physics.flu-dyn"],"doi":"10.1140/epje/i2019-11881-0","url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/1908.00596","pdf_url":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/1908.00596","is_open_access":true,"published_at":"2019-08-01T19:46:08Z","score":63},{"id":"arxiv_1804.08522","title":"Cylinder morphology of a stretched and twisted ribbon","authors":[{"name":"Vincent Démery"},{"name":"Huy Pham Dinh"},{"name":"Pascal Damman"}],"abstract":"A rich zoology of shapes emerges from a simple stretched and twisted elastic ribbon. Despite a lot of interest, all these shape are not understood, in particular the shape that prevails at large tension and twist and that emerges from a transverse instability of the helicoid. Here, we propose a simple description for this cylindrical shape. By comparing its energy to the energy of other configurations, we are able to determine its location on the phase diagram. The theoretical predictions are in good agreement with our experimental results.","source":"arXiv","year":2018,"language":"en","subjects":["cond-mat.soft"],"doi":"10.1103/PhysRevE.98.012801","url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/1804.08522","pdf_url":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/1804.08522","is_open_access":true,"published_at":"2018-04-23T15:51:48Z","score":62},{"id":"arxiv_1801.05628","title":"Zoology in the Hénon family: twin babies and Milnor's swallows","authors":[{"name":"Pierre Berger"}],"abstract":"We study $C^{d,r}$-Hénon-like families $(f_{a\\, b})_{a\\, b}$ with two parameters $(a,b)\\in \\mathbb R^2$. We show the existence of an open set of parameters $(a,b)\\in \\mathcal D$, so that a renormalization chart conjugates an iterate of $f_{a\\, b}$ to a perturbation of $(x,y)\\mapsto ((x^2+c_1)^2+c_2,0)$. We prove that the map $(a,b)\\in \\mathcal D\\mapsto (c_1,c_2)$ is a $C^d$-diffeomorphism; as first numerically conjectured by Milnor in 1992.   Furthermore, we show the existence of an open set of parameters $(a,b)$ so that $f_{a\\, b}$ displays exactly two different renormalized Hénon-like maps whose basins union attracts Lebesgue a.e. point with bounded forward orbit. A great freedom in the choice of the renormalized parameters enables us to deduce in particular the existence of a (unperturbed) Hénon map with exactly $2$ attracting cycles (an answer to a Question by Lyubich).   The proof is based on a generalization of puzzle pieces for Hénon-like maps, and on a generalization of both the affine-like formalism of Palis-Yoccoz and the cross map of Shilnikov. The distortion bounds enable us to define (for the first time) $C^{r}$ and $C^{d,r}$-renormalizations and multi-renormalizations with bounds on all the derivatives.","source":"arXiv","year":2018,"language":"en","subjects":["math.DS"],"url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/1801.05628","pdf_url":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/1801.05628","is_open_access":true,"published_at":"2018-01-17T11:50:25Z","score":62},{"id":"doaj_10.7717/peerj.4797","title":"Water mites (Acari, Hydrachnidia) of riparian springs in a small lowland river valley: what are the key factors for species distribution?","authors":[{"name":"Andrzej Zawal"},{"name":"Robert Stryjecki"},{"name":"Edyta Buczyńska"},{"name":"Paweł Buczyński"},{"name":"Joanna Pakulnicka"},{"name":"Aleksandra Bańkowska"},{"name":"Tomasz Czernicki"},{"name":"Katarzyna Janusz"},{"name":"Agnieszka Szlauer-Łukaszewska"},{"name":"Vladimir Pešić"}],"abstract":"This paper examines the impact of disturbance factors—flooding and intermittency—on the distribution of water mites in the riparian springs situated in the valley of a small lowland river, the Krąpiel. The landscape factors and physicochemical parameters of the water were analysed in order to gain an understanding of the pattern of water mite assemblages in the riparian springs. Three limnological types of springs were examined (helocrenes, limnocrenes and rheocrenes) along the whole course of the river and a total of 35 water mite species were found. Our study shows that flooding influences spring assemblages, causing a decrease in crenobiontic water mites in flooded springs. The impact of intermittency resulted in a high percentage of species typical of temporary water bodies. Surprisingly, the study revealed the positive impact of the anthropogenic transformation of the river valley: preventing the riparian springs from flooding enhances the diversity of crenobiontic species in non-flooded springs. In the conclusion, our study revealed that further conservation strategies for the protection of the riparian springs along large rivers would take into account ongoing climatic changes and possible the positive impact of the anthropogenic transformation of river valleys.","source":"DOAJ","year":2018,"language":"","subjects":["Medicine","Biology (General)"],"doi":"10.7717/peerj.4797","url":"https://peerj.com/articles/4797/","is_open_access":true,"published_at":"","score":62}],"total":262284,"page":1,"page_size":20,"sources":["CrossRef","arXiv","DOAJ"],"query":"Zoology"}