Scalable Spider-Silk-Like Supertough Fibers using a Pseudoprotein Polymer.
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DOI: 10.1002/adma.201904311
Abstract: Spider silks are tougher than almost all other materials in the world and thus are considered ideal materials by scientists and the industry. Although there have been tremendous attempts to prepare fibers from genetically engineered… read more here.
Keywords: spider; pseudoprotein polymer; fibers using; silk ... See more keywords
"Self-Matched" Tribo/Piezoelectric Nanogenerators Using Vapor-Induced Phase-Separated Poly(vinylidene fluoride) and Recombinant Spider Silk.
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DOI: 10.1002/adma.201907336
Abstract: Flexible biocompatible mechanical energy harvesters are drawing increasing interest because of their high energy-harvesting efficiency for powering wearable/implantable devices. Here, a type of "self-matched" tribo-piezoelectric nanogenerators composed of genetically engineered recombinant spider silk protein and… read more here.
Keywords: spider; matched tribo; spider silk; self matched ... See more keywords
A Protein‐Like Nanogel for Spinning Hierarchically Structured Artificial Spider Silk
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DOI: 10.1002/adma.202201843
Abstract: Spider dragline silk is draw‐spun from soluble, β‐sheet‐crosslinked spidroin in aqueous solution. This spider silk has an excellent combination of strength and toughness, which originates from the hierarchical structure containing β‐sheet crosslinking points, spiral nanoassemblies,… read more here.
Keywords: nanogel spinning; silk; protein like; like nanogel ... See more keywords
“Reverse Spider View” for left stem coronary artery angiographic evaluation
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DOI: 10.1002/ccd.30523
Abstract: Among the angiographic views used to evaluate left coronary system, the so‐called “spider view” represents one of the most iconic, in particular for its ability to evaluate the Left Main stem (LM) and/or to guide… read more here.
Keywords: view; spider view; reverse spider; spider ... See more keywords
Simplifying understory complexity in oil palm plantations is associated with a reduction in the density of a cleptoparasitic spider, Argyrodes miniaceus (Araneae: Theridiidae), in host (Araneae: Nephilinae) webs
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.3772
Abstract: Abstract Expansion of oil palm agriculture is currently one of the main drivers of habitat modification in Southeast Asia. Habitat modification can have significant effects on biodiversity, ecosystem function, and interactions between species by altering… read more here.
Keywords: oil palm; spider; palm plantations; complexity ... See more keywords
Species composition of shoreline wolf spider communities vary with salinity, but their diets vary with wrack inflow
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9701
Abstract: Abstract Wolf spiders are typically the most common group of arthropod predators on both lake and marine shorelines because of the high prey availability in these habitats. However, shores are also harsh environments due to… read more here.
Keywords: composition shoreline; spider communities; species composition; wolf ... See more keywords
Discordant response of spider communities to forests disturbed by deer herbivory and changes in prey availability
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DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.1703
Abstract: Despite the breadth of research on impacts of dense ungulate populations and invasive plants on native vegetation, work involving indirect effects on spider communities is explicitly lacking. Forest spiders depend on palatable insect prey and… read more here.
Keywords: deer; prey availability; spider; spider communities ... See more keywords
Can praying mantises escape from spider webs?
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DOI: 10.1002/ecy.2799
Abstract: Orb-weaving spiders may encounter predacious insects in their own webs, leading to the question of how they may prey on them. To address this question, the French entomologist Jean-Henri Fabre (1905) observed how the orb-weaving… read more here.
Keywords: spider; mantis; praying mantises; spider webs ... See more keywords
Quantitative representations of an exaggerated anxiety response in the brain of female spider phobics—a parametric fMRI study
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DOI: 10.1002/hbm.23571
Abstract: We employed a novel parametric spider picture set in the context of a parametric fMRI anxiety provocation study, designed to tease apart brain regions involved in threat monitoring from regions representing an exaggerated anxiety response… read more here.
Keywords: spider; fmri; anxiety; study ... See more keywords
The Vitruvian spider: Segmenting and integrating over different body parts to describe ecophenotypic variation
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DOI: 10.1002/jmor.21516
Abstract: Understanding what drives the existing phenotypic variability has been a major topic of interest for biologists for generations. However, the study of the phenotype may not be straightforward. Indeed, organisms may be interpreted as composite… read more here.
Keywords: body parts; variation; different body; spider ... See more keywords
Wolbachia manipulates reproduction of spider mites by influencing herbivore salivary proteins.
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DOI: 10.1002/ps.7201
Abstract: BACKGROUND The endosymbiont Wolbachia is known for manipulating host reproduction. Wolbachia can also affect host fitness by mediating interactions between plant and herbivores. However, it remains unclear whether saliva proteins are involved in this process.… read more here.
Keywords: salivary proteins; wolbachia manipulates; spider; manipulates reproduction ... See more keywords