Liquid cell transmission electron microscopy and its applications.

abstract：:Aiming at the problem of the fatigue life prediction of rubber under the influence of temperature, the effects of thermal ageing and fatigue damage on the fatigue life of rubber under the influence of temperature are analysed and a fatigue life prediction model is established by selecting strain energy as a fatigue da...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Zhang J,Xue F,Wang Y,Zhang X,Han S

更新日期：2018-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:High levels of genetic variation are often observed in natural populations, suggesting the action of processes such as frequency-dependent selection, heterozygote advantage and variable selection. However, the maintenance of genetic variation in fitness-related traits remains incompletely explained. The extent of gene...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Côté K,Simons AM

更新日期：2020-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Aquaculture is the fastest growing food sector and feeds over 3 billion people. Bivalve shellfish aquaculture makes up 25% of global aquaculture production and is worth annually US$19 billion, but continued growth is currently limited by suboptimal diets and limited tools for disease control. New advances in microenca...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Willer D,Aldridge DC

更新日期：2017-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantifying regulatory gene effects on dental morphology and function has implications for the underlying mechanisms that generated dental diversity in mammals. We tested the hypothesis that regulatory gene expression changes lead to differences in molars using a neural crest knockout of bone morphogenetic protein 7 (...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Zurowski C,Jamniczky H,Graf D,Theodor J

更新日期：2018-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:A multi-functional chemosensor 1 as silver and sulfide detector was synthesized by the combination of octopamine and 4-dimethylaminocinnamaldehyde. Sensor 1 exhibited a ratiometric fluorescence emission for Ag+ from blue to sky. The binding mode of 1 and Ag+ turned out to be a 1 : 1 ratio as determined using Job plot ...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Kang JH,Chae JB,Kim C

更新日期：2018-06-13 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：:Much of the immense present day biological diversity of Neotropical rainforests originated from the Miocene onwards, a period of geological and ecological upheaval in South America. We assess the impact of the Andean orogeny, drainage of Lake Pebas and closure of the Panama isthmus on two clades of tropical trees (Cre...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Pirie MD,Maas PJM,Wilschut RA,Melchers-Sharrott H,Chatrou LW

更新日期：2018-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Wetlands provide important ecosystem services to rural communities. However, wetlands are often on communal land, so they may become degraded when individual users act to maximize their personal benefit from ecosystem services without bearing the full environmental costs of their actions. Although it is possible to ma...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Owethu Pantshwa A,Buschke FT

更新日期：2019-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Objects that are briefly flashed around the time of saccades are mislocalized. Previously, robust interactions between saccadic perceptual distortions and stimulus contrast have been reported. It is also known that crowding depends on the contrast of the target and flankers. Here, we investigated how stimulus contrast...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Agaoglu MN,Chung ST

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a long-standing interest in behavioural ecology, exploring the causes and correlates of consistent individual differences in mean behavioural traits ('personality') and the response to the environment ('plasticity'). Recently, it has been observed that individuals also consistently differ in their residual in...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Mitchell DJ,Fanson BG,Beckmann C,Biro PA

更新日期：2016-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The adaptive significance of zebra stripes has thus far eluded understanding. Many explanations have been suggested, including social cohesion, thermoregulation, predation evasion and avoidance of biting flies. Identifying the associations between phenotypic and environmental factors is essential for testing these hyp...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Larison B,Harrigan RJ,Thomassen HA,Rubenstein DI,Chan-Golston AM,Li E,Smith TB

更新日期：2015-01-14 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：:A global response function (GRF) of an elastic network is introduced as a generalization of the response function (RF) of a rigid network, relating the average flow along the network with the pressure difference at its extremes. The GRF can be used to explore the frequency behaviour of a fluid confined in a tree-like ...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Yáñez D,Travasso RDM,Corvera Poiré E

更新日期：2019-09-25 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：:Estimating effects of nitrogen (N) deposition is essential for understanding human impacts on biodiversity. However, studies relating atmospheric N deposition to plant diversity are usually restricted to small plots of high conservation value. Here, we used data on 381 randomly selected 1 km(2) plots covering most hab...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Roth T,Kohli L,Rihm B,Amrhein V,Achermann B

更新日期：2015-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Butterfly eyespots are known to function in predator deflection and predator intimidation, but it is still unclear what factors cause eyespots to serve one function over the other. Both functions have been demonstrated in different species that varied in eyespot size, eyespot number and wing size, leaving the contribu...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Ho S,Schachat SR,Piel WH,Monteiro A

更新日期：2016-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have reported multiple cases of molecular adaptation in cetaceans related to their aquatic abilities. However, none of these has included the hippopotamus, precluding an understanding of whether molecular adaptations in cetaceans occurred before or after they split from their semi-aquatic sister taxa. H...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Tsagkogeorga G,McGowen MR,Davies KT,Jarman S,Polanowski A,Bertelsen MF,Rossiter SJ

更新日期：2015-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:We model radicalization in a society consisting of two competing religious, ethnic or political groups. Each of the 'sects' is divided into moderate and radical factions, with intra-group transitions occurring either spontaneously or through indoctrination. We also include the possibility of one group violently attack...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Short MB,McCalla SG,D'Orsogna MR

更新日期：2017-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Ants build complex nest structures by reacting to simple, local stimuli. While underground nests result from the space generated by digging, some leaf- and grass-cutting ants also construct conspicuous aboveground turrets around nest openings. We investigated whether the selection of specific building materials occurs...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Römer D,Cosarinsky MI,Roces F

更新日期：2020-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:By the slight adjustment of oxides constituting thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) substrate glass, including equal mole fraction substitution of Al2O3, GeO2, B2O3, P2O5 and ZrO2 for SiO2, as well as the substitution of CaO for SrO with the total contents unchanged, the structural and physico-chemic...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Cui J,Cao X,Shi L,Zhong Z,Wang P,Ma L

更新日期：2020-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a stochastic model, we investigate the probability of fixation, and the average time taken to achieve fixation, of a mutant in a population of wild-types. We do this in a context where the environment in which the competition takes place is subject to stochastic change. Our model takes into account interactions ...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Baron JW,Galla T

更新日期：2018-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Humans regularly cooperate with non-kin, which has been theorized to require reciprocity between repeatedly interacting and trusting individuals. However, the role of repeated interactions has not previously been demonstrated in explaining real-world patterns of hunter-gatherer cooperation. Here we explore cooperation...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Smith D,Dyble M,Thompson J,Major K,Page AE,Chaudhary N,Salali GD,Vinicius L,Migliano AB,Mace R

更新日期：2016-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Conservation management agencies are faced with acute trade-offs when dealing with disturbance from human activities. We show how agencies can respond to permanent ecosystem disruption by managing for Pimm resilience within a conservation budget using a model calibrated to a metapopulation of a coral reef fish species...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Little LR,Grafton RQ

更新日期：2015-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, recent progress in graphic statics is combined with Williot displacement diagrams to create a graphical description of both statics and kinematics for two- and three-dimensional pin-jointed trusses. We begin with reciprocal form and force diagrams. The force diagram is dissected into its component cells...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： McRobie A,Konstantatou M,Athanasopoulos G,Hannigan L

更新日期：2017-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1098/rsos.160759.]. ...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： McRobie A

更新日期：2017-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:A pleiotropic gene governs multiple traits, which might constrain the evolution of complexity due to conflicting selection on these traits. However, if the pleiotropic effect is modular, then this can facilitate synergistic responses to selection on functionally related traits, thereby leveraging the evolution of comp...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Wang S,Sokolowski MB

更新日期：2017-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The applications of magnesium (Mg) alloys as biodegradable orthopedic implants are mainly restricted due to their rapid degradation rate in the physiological environment. In this study, Si-CaP micro-arc oxidation (MAO) coatings were prepared on a Mg-Zn-Ca alloy by a second-step MAO process at different voltages in ord...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Dou J,Zhao Y,Lu L,Gu G,Yu H,Chen C

更新日期：2018-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Pleurodires or side-necked turtles are today restricted to freshwater environments of South America, Africa-Madagascar and Australia, but in the past they were distributed much more broadly, being found also on Eurasia, India and North America, and marine environments. Two hypotheses were proposed to explain this dist...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Ferreira GS,Bronzati M,Langer MC,Sterli J

更新日期：2018-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Batch experiments were conducted to test the effects of various solution properties, such as pH, temperature, initial concentration and anoxic and aerobic atmosphere, on Cd removal by nanoscale zerovalent iron (nZVI) supported on industrial coal fly ash. Cd (II) could be removed by adsorption on fly ash-nZVI in a very...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Ma L,Wei Q,Chen Y,Song Q,Sun C,Wang Z,Wu G

更新日期：2018-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Migration is essential for maintaining genetic diversity among populations, and pumas (Puma concolor) provide an excellent model for studying the genetic impacts of migrants on populations isolated by increasing human development. In densely populated southern California, USA, puma populations on the east and west sid...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Gustafson KD,Vickers TW,Boyce WM,Ernest HB

更新日期：2017-05-24 00:00:00