Article
Biology
Yohami Fernandez, Nicolas J. Dowdy, William E. Conner
Summary: Little is known about the minimum duty cycle of tiger moth signals for sonar jamming. The ability to jam the bat's sonar is a continuous function of duty cycle. Bats compensate for sonar jamming by lengthening the duration of their terminal buzz, resulting in a higher success rate in capturing moths.
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Jane Johnson
Summary: This paper discusses the possibility of applying human research ethics concepts to animal research, focusing on participant dissent. It explores the options available to researchers and the consequences of taking animal dissent seriously.
Article
Engineering, Aerospace
Javad Sepahi-Younsi, Safa Esmaeili
Summary: An axisymmetric supersonic inlet was studied computationally using the Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes equations and the SST k-omega turbulence model. The study aimed to discover the source of the buzz phenomenon by examining the Ferri and Dailey criteria. The main reasons for the buzz onset were found to be the low-speed flow above the vortex sheet and the flow separation near the cowl lip.
AEROSPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Review
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Martha R. C. Bhattacharya
Summary: In this review, we discuss how models of peripheral nerve injury and neuropathy in Drosophila have advanced our understanding of molecular mechanisms underlying axon degeneration and nerve injury pathways. Both neuron-intrinsic and glial responses to injury are highlighted. Further questions to be answered to advance these discoveries toward clinical interventions for patients with neuropathy are discussed.
FRONTIERS IN AGING NEUROSCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Geography
Chuantang Ren, Tao Wang, Luwei Wang, Yizhen Zhang
Summary: This study combines the 'Buzz-and-Pipeline' model with dual innovation theory to explain urban innovation capacity. Buzz and Pipeline, defined as inter-city-explicit knowledge and intra-city-tacit knowledge respectively, play different roles in the city's dual innovation capabilities. While their interaction has a positive impact on incremental innovation, it has a negative effect on breakthrough innovation. This study provides insights into strategies for developing countries to foster incremental and breakthrough innovation capabilities.
Article
Business
Nora Jansen, Oliver Hinz, Clemens Deusser, Thorsten Strufe
Summary: The study highlights the importance of identifying viral posts with characteristics of immediacy, unexpectedness, and intensity for marketing and social media strategies. By classifying and training a large number of posts, it was found that predictive factors are crucial in detecting buzzes.
JOURNAL OF INTERACTIVE MARKETING
(2021)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Lenka Rouhova, Barbara Kludkiewicz, Hana Sehadova, Michal Sery, Lucie Kucerova, Peter Konik, Michal Zurovec
Summary: Many lepidopteran larvae produce silk secretions for feeding tubes and cocoons. Recent research on the silk of bombycoid and pyralid moths has shown abundant silk components with remarkable mechanical properties. Analysis of cocoon proteins in Tineola bisselliella revealed fibroin, sericins, and protease inhibitors as the most abundant proteins, along with novel candidate silk components.
INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Business
Jie She, Tao Zhang, Qun Chen, Jianzhang Zhang, Weiguo Fan, Hongwei Wang, Qingqing Chang
Summary: This study proposes a two-step process framework for investigating social media post efficacy through attraction and likes, analyzing how various factors impact post attraction and likes, and considering online user engagement as a two-step process. New variables were constructed in each stage of the two-step process model.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Scott L. Althaus, May R. Berenbaum, Jenna Jordan, Dan A. Shalmon
Summary: While declines in insect biomass and diversity are receiving increasing attention in the scientific community, there remains a lack of focus on pollinator declines in news coverage. The study found significantly lower levels of news attention to pollinators compared to climate change, with most of the coverage concentrated in US national newspapers. Additionally, pollinator population stories are often marginalized in science and back section reports, despite an increasing link to climate change in news coverage.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2021)
Article
Entomology
Javier Castells-Sierra, Ana Guillem-Amat, Elena Lopez-Errasquin, Lucas Sanchez, Felix Ortego
Summary: The control of the Mediterranean fruit fly in citrus orchards in Spain relies on insecticides and sterilizing male flies, however, resistance to deltamethrin has been reported for the first time. The resistance is mediated by P450 enzymes and has a recessive inheritance. Implementing insecticide resistance management strategies is crucial to prevent control failures.
JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Lislie Solis-Montero, Mayumi Vega-Polanco, Monserrat Vazquez-Sanchez, Mario Ernesto Suarez-Mota
Summary: Plant species that are alien and invasive pose a significant threat to biodiversity and ecosystem function. This study focuses on Solanum rostratum, an invasive weed that relies on buzz-pollination for reproduction. By modeling the distribution of S. rostratum based on its pollinator distribution, the researchers found that the plant is more likely to establish in regions where appropriate pollinators are present. The study highlights the importance of considering both climatic factors and biological interactions, such as pollination, when studying and predicting the distribution of invasive plants.
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Ivan N. Bolotov, Mikhail Yu. Gofarov, Evgeny S. Koshkin, Vyacheslav V. Gorbach, Yury I. Bakhaev, Oleg E. Berlov, Sergey Yu. Gordeev, Yulia S. Kolosova, Alexander V. Kondakov, Alexey V. Korshunov, Grigory S. Potapov, Sergey Yu. Sinev, Spiridon S. Sleptsov, Vitaly M. Spitsyn, Evgeny G. Strelnikov, Andrey V. Timchenko, Risto Haverinen, Kari Nupponen, Hannu Saarenmaa
Summary: Global environmental changes may lead to significant declines in insect populations, but long-term time series data are rare. This study presents a database of almost all available information on the Menetries' Tiger Moth from the 1840s to 2020, which can be used for future research on distribution modeling and predicting range shifts under climate change.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Augustine Nwoye
Summary: This article argues for the recognition of African psychology as a legitimate and autonomous postcolonial discipline with its own definable epistemological, philosophical, and methodological traditions. It emphasizes the need for diverse perspectives in social science scholarship, moving away from a singular Western European voice in psychology.
SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Economics
Philip Ramirez, J. James Reade, Carl Singleton
Summary: Using Wikipedia page view data, the study finds that the buzz factor, which measures the difference in pre-match page views of tennis players, can predict mispricing by bookmakers. Betting on players with higher pre-match buzz can generate significant profits.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FORECASTING
(2023)
Review
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Sarah Whipple, Gillian Bowser
Summary: Climate and land use change are major drivers of global biodiversity loss, but the drivers of insect decline are more complex. A systematic review of studies on bumble bees and butterflies found evidence of earlier emergence, mismatch with floral resources, and changing range distributions in response to climate change. However, the findings for butterflies were inconsistent. Further research is needed to understand the impact of changing climates on floral emergence, abundance, and distribution.
