Article
Physiology
P. L. Colbert, R. -j. Spencer, F. J. Janzen
Summary: Synchronous hatching and emergence of turtles from nests may help them avoid predators during dispersal. However, the effects of such synchrony on their phenotype and the general role of predator avoidance in driving the evolution of this trait are still poorly understood. Through experimental assessment, this study found that accelerating embryonic development had no significant impact on hatching success, winter survival, and terrestrial dispersal of turtles. These findings suggest that the lack of fitness costs associated with hatching synchrony supports its origin as a predator avoidance trait retained in C. picta and other derived turtles via phylogenetic inertia.
FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Thomas L. L. Anderson, Jacob J. J. Burkhart, Jacob A. A. Cianci-Gaskill, Jon M. M. Davenport
Summary: Understanding phenological variation and its impact on population dynamics and trophic dynamics is important. In this study, we manipulated the hatching synchrony of predatory marbled salamanders and investigated its effects on intraspecific interactions, demographic traits, and overall trophic dynamics. We found that variability in body size among larvae decreased over time and had no significant effect on life history traits or survival. Additionally, there were no differences in zooplankton abundance or phytoplankton biomass among hatching synchrony treatments. These findings suggest that the influence of phenological variation on community structure may be context dependent.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Pedro Gonzalez-Redondo, Fatima Quesada-Perez
Summary: This study evaluated the effects of different sibling contact regimes on egg performance and hatching synchrony in red-legged partridge eggs. The results showed that eggs in contact during the hatching phase had shorter incubation length and increased hatching synchrony. This indicates that allowing eggs to have contact during incubation can maximize hatching synchrony in artificial incubation.
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2022)
Article
Fisheries
Junxian Zhu, Luo Lei, Chen Chen, Jiansong Li, Yongchang Wang, Congcong Wu, Yakun Wang, Xiaoyou Hong, Xiaoli Liu, Lingyun Yu, Haigang Chen, Chengqing Wei, Yihui Liu, Wei Li, Xinping Zhu
Summary: In this study, a medium-free incubation method for hatching Pelodiscus sinensis eggs was developed and compared with the traditional vermiculite incubation method. The results showed that medium-free incubation did not significantly affect hatching success, body weight, carapace length, carapace width, plastron length, plastron width, and righting response time of P. sinensis compared to the traditional vermiculite incubation. Furthermore, light treatment shortened the incubation period and had negative effects on certain parameters during medium-free incubation. This study also discovered the phenomenon of egg-hatching synchrony in P. sinensis.
AQUACULTURE REPORTS
(2023)
Article
Physics, Applied
Aurelien Crut
Summary: Recent optical experiments have shown that certain shapes of nano-objects, such as gold nanodisks, can significantly enhance their vibrational quality factors by suppressing radiative vibrational damping. This paper explains that this enhancement is due to the coupling of two nano-object modes, which creates a quasi-bound state in the vibrational mode. The presence of a substrate and the acoustic mismatch between the nano-object and the substrate play important roles in enabling this radiative coupling.
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS
(2022)
Article
Physics, Fluids & Plasmas
Liang Wang, Huawei Fan, Yafeng Wang, Jian Gao, Yueheng Lan, Jinghua Xiao, Xingang Wang
Summary: In the study of network synchronization, the question of how to allocate heterogeneous oscillators on a complex network for improved synchronization performance is addressed using a model-free technique of a feed-forward neural network. The measured synchronization performance data is used to train a machine that can predict the performance of new allocation schemes and find the optimal allocation scheme for synchronization from a large number of candidates.
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Madison A. Rittinger, Rachel M. Bowden, Logan A. Sauers, Ryan T. Paitz, Christine J. Poppe, Charles F. Thompson, Scott K. Sakaluk
Summary: Variation in nestling growth and survival is influenced by hatching order with sex-specific differences in nestling size and condition. The sex-dependent effects of hatching order on nestling corticosterone levels may arise from embryonic exposure to maternally-derived corticosterone, while post-natal rearing environment plays a minimal role in determining nestling baseline corticosterone levels.
GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY
(2022)
Review
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Aleksandra Dunislawska, Elzbieta Pietrzak, Ramesha Wishna Kadawarage, Aleksandra Beldowska, Maria Siwek
Summary: This review provides an overview of the current state of knowledge in poultry epigenetics, discussing issues relevant to overall poultry production and the improvement of health status. Environmental modulation has a significant influence on the regulation of epigenetic mechanisms in poultry, particularly during egg incubation before hatching. The epigenome of adult birds can be modulated by nutrition, supplementation, treatment, and modification of intestinal microbiota.
JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Sport Sciences
Katherine Anne Tamminen, Chad Danyluck, Devin Bonk, Ruochen Chen
Summary: This study explored the relationship between emotional and physiological synchrony with performance outcomes in male volleyball players. The results showed that emotional and physiological synchrony were not significantly correlated, but they were differently related to performance outcomes. The findings also indicated significant interaction effects between physiological synchrony and time. Athletes' ratings were associated with perceived emotional synchrony, while coach performance ratings were associated with pre-practice team physiological synchrony.
JOURNAL OF SPORTS SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Julie Jung, J. Gregory McDaniel, Karen M. Warkentin
Summary: The study revealed that as animals develop, embryos' decision rules for ambiguous cues in deploying escape behavior change. Older embryos showed stronger responses to unfamiliar cues, suggesting developmental behavioral adaptations in response to perceived threats are common.
BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Materials Science, Coatings & Films
Zhanliang Li, Yuxing He, Tie Liu, Baijun Yang, Pengfei Gao, Jun Wang, Qiang Wang
Summary: Application of ultrasonic vibration during plasma spraying of Ni coatings improved the bonding and density of the coatings, reduced porosity and grain size, increased the hardness and Young's modulus of the coatings, and decreased the wear rate.
SURFACE & COATINGS TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Reproductive Biology
Kai Lehmann, Johann Torno, Helmut Jeske, Heinz Brendelberger
Summary: The study showed that extended cold periods, particularly at 38 days, during artificial incubation of noble crayfish eggs led to higher survival rates and wet weight, resulting in better performance in subsequent rearing experiments. This suggests that dormancy of the eggs represents a true diapause regulated solely by temperature.
INVERTEBRATE REPRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Hector M. Manrique, Antonio Marin, Paula Andrea Nieto-Aleman, Dwight W. Read, Janeth Hernandez-Jaramillo, Azucena Garcia-Palacios, Henriette Zeidler
Summary: Previous research has shown that behavioral mimicry fosters affiliation, and can be used to infer whether people belong to the same social unit. The present study aimed to disentangle the importance of behavior matching in time versus form for affiliation. The findings suggest that matching in form of movements appears to invoke closeness between individuals, while moving in different ways at the same time seems to increase the perceived distance. We also found that these results hold true in both large- and small-scale societies, as demonstrated by testing participants from a traditional small-scale society in Kenya.
Article
Mechanics
Ashraf M. Zenkour, Hela D. El-Shahrany
Summary: In this study, the vibration of a simply supported rectangular composite laminated plate with four actuating magnetostrictive layers was analyzed. The effects of temperature and moisture concentrations on the vibration behavior were investigated, indicating that increasing intelligent actuating layers improves the vibration damping process, but their position also plays a crucial role. Additionally, hygrothermal conditions reduce the ability of smart components to suppress structure vibration.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MECHANICS A-SOLIDS
(2021)
Article
Computer Science, Software Engineering
Greg Philbrick, Craig S. Kaplan
Summary: This article introduces a new artistic primitive called the hatching shape, which facilitates the creation of hatching marks for artists drawing from imagination. It explains the concept of a hatching shape and its components, as well as various operations and modifications to produce hatching marks.
ACM TRANSACTIONS ON GRAPHICS
(2022)
Article
Entomology
Ryohei Sugahara, Masaomi Minaba, Akiya Jouraku, Toyomi Kotaki, Takenori Yamamoto, Yasuo Shinohara, Hideto Miyoshi, Takahiro Shiotsuki
JOURNAL OF PESTICIDE SCIENCE
(2016)
Article
Entomology
Toyomi Kotaki, Kanako Kaihara, Yumi Ando, Kumi Misaki, Tetsuro Shinada
PHYSIOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY
(2016)
Article
Entomology
Keiji Matsumoto, Yoshitaka Suetsugu, Yoshiaki Tanaka, Toyomi Kotaki, Shin G. Goto, Tetsuro Shinoda, Sakiko Shiga
JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY
(2017)
Article
Entomology
Ken-ichi Harano, Makoto Tokuda, Toyomi Kotaki, Fumiko Yukuhiro, Seiji Tanaka, Nao Fujiwara-Tsujii, Hiroe Yasui, Sadao Wakamura, Atsushi Nagayama, Yasuhiro Hokama, Norio Arakaki
APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY AND ZOOLOGY
(2012)
Article
Entomology
Takuya Uehara, Terumi Yamaguchi, Toyomi Kotaki, Masami Shimoda
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY AND ZOOLOGY
(2014)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Masato Oda, Yupa Hanboonsong, Tasanee Jamjanya, Kasem Srichompoo, Toyomi Kotaki
JARQ-JAPAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH QUARTERLY
(2012)
Article
Entomology
Toyomi Kotaki, Tetsuro Shinada, Kanako Kaihara, Yasufumi Ohfune, Hideharu Numata
JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY
(2011)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Toyomi Kotaki, Tetsuro Shinada, Kanako Kaihara, Yasufumi Ohfune, Hideharu Numata
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Kanako Kaihara, Toyomi Kotaki, Hideharu Numata, Yasufumi Ohfune, Tetsuro Shinada
Article
Fisheries
Junbeom Lee, Chan-Hee Kim, Ho Am Jang, Jiyeun Kate Kim, Toyomi Kotaki, Tetsuro Shinoda, Tetsuro Shinada, Jin-Wook Yoo, Bok Luel Lee
DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY
(2019)
Article
Entomology
Toyomi Kotaki, Keiji Matsumoto, Kanako Kaihara, Yumi Ando, Kumi Misaki, Tetsuro Shinada
APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY AND ZOOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Yumi Ando, Keiji Matsumoto, Kumi Misaki, Genyu Mano, Sakiko Shiga, Hideharu Numata, Toyomi Kotaki, Tetsuro Shinada, Shin G. Goto
GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Keiji Matsumoto, Toyomi Kotaki, Hideharu Numata, Tetsuro Shinada, Shin G. Goto
Summary: The study reveals that JHSB(3) is widespread in heteropteran bugs, and its evolutionary occurrence can be traced back to the common ancestor of Heteroptera.
ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Entomology
Kiyoko Taniai, Toyomi Kotaki, Taro Maeda
Summary: A study found that a 30-day rearing period at 18 degrees Celsius is sufficient to terminate diapause in Orius sauteri females without reducing their fecundity.
ENTOMOLOGIA EXPERIMENTALIS ET APPLICATA
(2021)