supported by grants of the Fundação de AmparoàPesquisa do Estado de São Paulo(2015/10448-4 to GM,2017/05283-1 to SGH);Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico(306550/2014-8 to GM).
In many taxa,individuals voluntarily detach a body part as a form to increase their chances of escaping predation.This defense mechanism,known as autotomy,has several consequences,such as changes in locomotor performa...
Supported by the Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine:the Verification of Efficacy and Safety for Chung-bu Medicinal Materials Described in the Dong Ui Bo Gam (K18411);Applicational Development of Standardized Herbal Resources (KSN1911420)。
OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether scorpion extract elicits a neuroprotective effect in 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine(MPTP)-treated mice models, and the genes associated with the therapeutic effects usin...
financially supported by the Deputy of research,Tehran University of Medical sciences(No.33493)
Objective:To establish a spatial geo-database for scorpions in Iran,and to identify the suitable ecological niches for the most dangerous scorpion species under different climate change scenarios.Methods:The spatial d...
This work is financially supported by Research Funds for High-level Scientific and Technological Innovation Teams of Jilin University(No.2017TD-04);the Major Program of the National Natural Science Foundation(NNSF)of China(No.51835006).
The challenges we are faced with in localizing objects are the complex environments,such as tunnels,high-rise areas and underground parking lots.This paper develops a bionic vibration source localization device to est...
Supported by the Laboratory of Ecology and Environment(L2E),URAC32-CNRST and ERACNERS06-CNERS.
Objective:To determine epidemiological features of scorpion stings in the oases of Southern Morocco:Zagora Province.Methods:A three-year prospective descriptive survey was performed to obtain epidemiological data on s...
AS ANYONE WHO HAS LIVED IN CHINA WILL TELL YOU,ONE OF THE BEST THINGS ABOUT LIVING IN THIS VAST COUNTRY IS THE FOOD-THE GLORIOUS,DELICIOUS,FULL-FLAVOURED FOOD.BUT WHICH FOOD YOU ASK?WHY ALL OF THE FOOD DUMMY;STREET FO...
supported by grants from the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China(31071942);the Basic Project of Ministry of Science and Technology of China(2007FY210800);the 973 program(2010CB529800)
This review describes the history of taxonomic research on scorpions and provides an updated checklist and key of the scorpions currently known in China. This checklist is based on a thorough review of the extant lite...
The Tityus serrulatus scorpion is considered the most dangerous scorpion in Brazil and is responsible for several cases of human envenomation annually. In this study, we performed transcriptome profiling of the T. ser...
Erosion exists diffusely in machinery,metallurgy,energy,building materials,aviation,spaceflight, and many other industrial fields.It has become one of the important reasons of material damage and equipment failure.A s...