Supervised learning from human performance at the computationally hard problem of optimal traffic signal control on a network of junctions.

abstract：:Prior experience influences visual perception. For example, extended viewing of a moving stimulus results in the misperception of a subsequent stimulus's motion direction-the direction after-effect (DAE). There has been an ongoing debate regarding the locus of the neural mechanisms underlying the DAE. We know the mech...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Curran W,Beattie L,Bilello D,Coulter LA,Currie JA,Pimentel Leon JM

更新日期：2019-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We present experimental data on the nematic alignment of Escherichia coli bacteria confined in a slit, with an emphasis on the effect of growth rate and corresponding changes in cell aspect ratio. Global alignment with the channel walls arises from the combination of local nematic ordering of nearby cells, induced by ...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Sheats J,Sclavi B,Cosentino Lagomarsino M,Cicuta P,Dorfman KD

更新日期：2017-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Insect wing veins are biological composites of chitin and protein arranged in a complex lamellar configuration. Although these hierarchical structures are found in many 'venous wings' of insects, very little is known about their physical and mechanical characteristics. For the first time, we carried out a systematic c...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Rajabi H,Shafiei A,Darvizeh A,Dirks JH,Appel E,Gorb SN

更新日期：2016-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:As top predators, crocodilians have an acute sense of hearing that is useful for their social life and for probing their environment in hunting situations. Although previous studies suggest that crocodilians are able to localize the position of a sound source, how they do this remains largely unknown. In this study, w...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Papet L,Grimault N,Boyer N,Mathevon N

更新日期：2019-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Detailed examinations of both the movement and muscle activation patterns used by animals and humans to complete complex tasks are difficult to obtain in many environments. Therefore, the ability to infer movement and muscle activation patterns after capture of a single set of easily obtained data is highly sought aft...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Sahrom SB,Wilkie JC,Nosaka K,Blazevich AJ

更新日期：2020-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The evolution of spoken languages has been studied since the mid-nineteenth century using traditional historical comparative methods and, more recently, computational phylogenetic methods. By contrast, evolutionary processes resulting in the diversity of contemporary sign languages (SLs) have received much less attent...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Power JM,Grimm GW,List JM

更新日期：2020-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:We report all-atom molecular dynamics simulations of asymmetric bilayers containing phosphoinositides in the presence of monovalent and divalent cations. We have characterized the molecular mechanism by which these divalent cations interact with phosphoinositides. Ca2+ desolvates more readily, consistent with single-m...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Bradley RP,Slochower DR,Janmey PA,Radhakrishnan R

更新日期：2020-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The black marlin (Istiompax indica) is a highly migratory billfish that occupies waters throughout the tropical and subtropical Indo-Pacific. To characterize the vertical habitat use of I. indica, we examined the temperature-depth profiles collected using 102 pop-up satellite archival tags deployed off the east coast ...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Williams SM,Holmes BJ,Tracey SR,Pepperell JG,Domeier ML,Bennett MB

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current communication signifies the effect of oxygen vacancies (OVs) both qualitatively and quantitatively in multiferroic BiFe0.83Ni0.17O3 by an in-depth atomic-level investigation of its electronic structure and magnetization properties, and these materials have a variety of applications in spintronics, optoelec...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Rajan PI,Mahalakshmi S,Chandra S

更新日期：2017-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The evolution of multicellularity was a major transition in evolution and set the stage for unprecedented increases in complexity, especially in land plants and animals. Here, we explore the genetics underlying a de novo origin of multicellularity in a microbial evolution experiment carried out on the green alga Chlam...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Herron MD,Ratcliff WC,Boswell J,Rosenzweig F

更新日期：2018-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The Sirius Passet Lagerstätte of North Greenland contains the first exceptionally preserved mat-ground community of the Cambrian, dominated, in terms of abundance, by trilobites but particularly characterized by iconic arthropods and lobopods, some also occurring in the Burgess shale. High-resolution photography, scan...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Strang KM,Armstrong HA,Harper DA

更新日期：2016-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The utility of characterizing the effects of strain variation and individual/subgroup susceptibility on dose-response outcomes has motivated the search for new approaches beyond the popular use of the exponential dose-response model for listeriosis. While descriptive models can account for such variation, they have li...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Rahman A,Munther D,Fazil A,Smith B,Wu J

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patient-specific modelling of haemodynamics in arterial networks has so far relied on parameter estimation for inexpensive or small-scale models. We describe here a Bayesian uncertainty quantification framework which makes two major advances: an efficient parallel implementation, allowing parameter estimation for more...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Larson K,Bowman C,Papadimitriou C,Koumoutsakos P,Matzavinos A

更新日期：2019-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The appearance and shape of sesamoid bones within a tendon or ligament wrapping around a joint are understood to be influenced by both genetic and epigenetic factors. Ostriches (Struthio camelus) possess two sesamoid patellae (kneecaps), one of which (the distal patella) is unique to their lineage, making them a good ...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Chadwick KP,Shefelbine SJ,Pitsillides AA,Hutchinson JR

更新日期：2017-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:When all the individuals in a social group can be easily identified, one of the simplest measures of social interaction that can be recorded is nearest-neighbour identity. Many field studies use sequential scan samples of groups to build up association metrics using these nearest-neighbour identities. Here, I describe...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Rands SA

更新日期：2015-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Todiramphus chloris is the most widely distributed of the Pacific's 'great speciators'. Its 50 subspecies constitute a species complex that is distributed over 16 000 km from the Red Sea to Polynesia. We present, to our knowledge, the first comprehensive molecular phylogeny of this enigmatic radiation of kingfishers. ...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Andersen MJ,Shult HT,Cibois A,Thibault JC,Filardi CE,Moyle RG

更新日期：2015-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent research has provided evidence that mood can spread over social networks via social contagion, but that, in seeming contradiction to this, depression does not. Here, we investigate whether there is evidence for the individual components of mood (such as appetite, tiredness and sleep) spreading through US adoles...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Eyre RW,House T,Hill EM,Griffiths FE

更新日期：2017-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The vast majority of species within the lanternshark genus Etmopterus harbour complex luminescent markings on their flanks, whose functional significance has long remained obscure. Recent studies, however, suggest these enigmatic photophore aggregations to play a role in intraspecific communication. Using visual model...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Claes JM,Nilsson DE,Mallefet J,Straube N

更新日期：2015-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Individual animals can often move more safely or more efficiently as members of a group. This can be as simple as safety in numbers or as sophisticated as aerodynamic or hydrodynamic cooperation. Here, we show that individual plant-animal worms (Symsagittifera roscoffensis) can move to safety more quickly through floc...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Worley A,Sendova-Franks AB,Franks NR

更新日期：2019-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Pre-pubertal boys and girls speak with acoustically different voices despite the absence of a clear anatomical dimorphism in the vocal apparatus, suggesting that a strong component of the expression of gender through the voice is behavioural. Initial evidence for this hypothesis was found in a previous study showing t...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Cartei V,Garnham A,Oakhill J,Banerjee R,Roberts L,Reby D

更新日期：2019-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Many scientists communicate with the public about risks associated with scientific issues, but such communication may have unintended consequences for how the public views the political orientations and the credibility of the communicating scientist. We explore this possibility using an experiment with a nationally re...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Vraga E,Myers T,Kotcher J,Beall L,Maibach E

更新日期：2018-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Strategic microhabitat selection allows animals in seasonally cold environments to reduce homeostatic energy costs, particularly overnight when thermoregulatory demands are greatest. Suitable sleeping areas may therefore represent important resources for winter survival. Knowledge of microhabitat use and potential imp...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Campbell LAD,Tkaczynski PJ,Mouna M,Derrou A,Oukannou L,Majolo B,van Lavieren E

更新日期：2018-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel polyamine-type starch/glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) copolymer with a high capacity for the adsorption of heavy metal ions was prepared via graft copolymerization of GMA and corn starch and a subsequent amination reaction between amino group of diethylenetriamine and epoxy group in GMA. The copolymers were charac...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Chen Y,Zhao W,Wang H,Meng X,Zhang L

更新日期：2018-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Comprehensive diagnosis of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin and dibenzofuran (PCDD/F) emissions was systematically conducted on three hazardous waste incinerators (HWIs). Results indicated that PCDD/F mainly existed in the solid phase before the bag filter. This was especially true for higher chlorinated dioxin and fu...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Cao X,Ji L,Lin X,Stevens WR,Tang M,Shang F,Tang S,Lu S

更新日期：2018-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditional ecological knowledge (TEK), an important component of the modern conservation toolkit, is being eroded in indigenous communities around the world. However, the dynamics of TEK loss in response to ecosystem change and disruption to social-ecological systems, and patterns of variation in vulnerability and re...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Turvey ST,Bryant JV,McClune KA

更新日期：2018-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolism is the only biological system that can be fully modelled at genome scale. As a result, metabolic models have been increasingly used to study the molecular mechanisms of various diseases. Hypoxia, a low-oxygen tension, is a well-known characteristic of many cancer cells. Pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) controls...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Eyassu F,Angione C

更新日期：2017-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Aerial habitats present a challenge to find food across a large potential search volume, particularly for insectivorous bats that rely on echolocation calls with limited detection range and may forage at heights over 1000 m. To understand how bats use vertical space, we tracked one to five foraging flights of eight co...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： O'Mara MT,Wikelski M,Kranstauber B,Dechmann DKN

更新日期：2019-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The study of the evolution of abiotic niches can be informative regarding the speciation drivers in a given group. Yet, two factors that could potentially affect niche evolution have seldom been addressed concomitantly, which are biotic interactions and geographical isolation. In this study, we used as a model group t...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Alexandre H,Faure J,Ginzbarg S,Clark J,Joly S

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ligninolytic enzymes, including laccase (Lac), manganese peroxidase (MnP) and lignin peroxidase (LiP), have attracted much attention in the degradation of contaminants. Genes of Lac (1827 bp), MnP (1134 bp) and LiP (1119 bp) were cloned from Aspergillus sp. TS-A, and the recombinant Lac (69 kDa), MnP (45 kDa) and LiP ...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Liu S,Xu X,Kang Y,Xiao Y,Liu H

更新日期：2020-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The persistence of homological features in simplicial complex representations of big datasets in R n resulting from Vietoris-Rips or Čech filtrations is commonly used to probe the topological structure of such datasets. In this paper, the notion of homological pers...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Parks AD,Marchette DJ

更新日期：2016-10-26 00:00:00