Movement uses resources that may otherwise be allocated to somatic maintenance or reproduction.How does increased energy expenditure affect resource allocation? Ginkgo Using the butterfly Speyeria mormonia, we tested whether experimentally increased flight affects fecundity, lifespan or flight capacity.We measured body mass (storage), resting metab
In order to study the aerodynamic performance of the quadrotor with different rotor spacings in hover, experiments were performed together with numerical simulations.For experimental study, Airbrush an experimental platform was designed to measure the thrust and power consumption of the quadrotor with different rotor spacings (L/R = 2.2, 2.6, 3.0,
Whisker detection is crucial to adapt to the environment for some animals, but how the nervous system processes Wallet and integrates whisker information is still an open question.It is well-known that two main parallel pathways through Ventral posteromedial thalamic nucleus (VPM) ascend to the barrel cortex, and classical theory suggests that the
Interleukin (IL)-18 has been associated with severity of atherosclerosis and discussed to predict cardiovascular (CV) events.We have previously shown that the IL-18+183 G-allele significantly reduces IL-18 levels.This study was aimed to investigate the prognostic significance of the IL-18+183 A/G polymorphism (rs5744292), single and in coexistence
A torrential precipitation event affected eastern Spain during 21 to 24 October 2000.Total accumulated rainfall higher than 500 mm was registered at some locations, with values up to 300 mm in a 24-h period.The synoptic-scale charts for these days show the presence of a cold cutoff low aloft, south of the Iberian Peninsula, as a part of an W-blocki