Prandtl–Tomlinson-Type Models for Coupled Molecular Sliding Friction: Chain-Length Dependence of Friction of Self-assembled Monolayers

Tribology Letters - Most asteroids with a diameter larger than $$\sim 300 \ {\mathrm{m}}$$ are rubble piles, i.e., consisting of more than one solid object. All asteroids are rotating but almost...     

Extremum Strategies of Approach of Controlled Objects in Dynamic Game Problems with Terminal Payoff Function

Cybernetics and Systems Analysis - The authors propose a method for solving the problem of approach of controlled objects in dynamic game problems with a terminal payoff function. The method is...     

Short- and long-term learning of job interview with a serious game in virtual reality: influence of eyestrain,stereoscopy, and apparatus

Virtual Reality - Do apparatuses and eyestrain have effects on learning performances and quality of experience? Materials and Methods: 42 participants played a serious game simulating a job...     

Review on mobility aware MAC protocol using Mobile internet of things

Multimedia Tools and Applications - Modern boom and understanding of our growing needs, applications based on the Mobile Internet of Things (MIoT) are becoming important for future internet...     

Classification of Amniotic Fluid Level Using Bi-LSTM with Homomorphic filter and Contrast Enhancement Techniques

Wireless Personal Communications - Ultrasound scan plays a predominant role in assisting the health care provider for monitoring pregnancy. This methods is employed for providing insights about...     

Substantiating the Diffusion Model of Innovation Implementation and its Application to Vaccine Propagation

Cybernetics and Systems Analysis - The paper examines prerequisites and assumptions of the classical Bass innovation diffusion model with the aim of applying it in modeling of relevant stochastic...     

Herbivorous Caterpillars and the Green Leaf Volatile (GLV) Quandary

Several herbivorous caterpillars contain effectors in their oral secretions that alter the emission of green leaf volatiles (GLVs) produced by the plants upon which the caterpillars are feeding. These effectors include an isomerase, a fatty acid dehydratase (FHD), and a heat-stable hexenal trapping (HALT) molecule. GLVs serve as signaling compounds in plant-insect interactions and inter-and intra-plant communication. However, it is not known whether these GLV-altering effectors are common among herbivorous caterpillars, or the evolutionary context of these effectors in relation to GLV emission by host plants in response to feeding damage. Here, we examined the distribution and activity of the isomerase, FHD, and HALT effectors across 10 species spanning 7 lepidopteran families. Six of the 10 species possessed all three effectors in their oral secretions. Activity from the HALT and FHD effectors was observed in all examined caterpillar species, while activity from the isomerase effector varied in some species and was absent in others. There was no discernable pattern in effector activity based on evolutionary divergence, since individual species within a family did not possess similar mechanisms to alter GLV emission. These data, demonstrating the GLV-altering effectors acting at different steps in the GLV biosynthetic pathway and present in the examined caterpillar species at different combinations with different activities, highlight the importance of these effectors in changing the emission of these compounds during caterpillar herbivory. Understanding the prevalence and roles of GLV-altering effectors and GLV emission itself will open new research areas in the dynamics of plant-insect interactions.

     

Thermohydrodynamic Processes in Spray Drying with Convective–Radiation Energy Supply

Theoretical Foundations of Chemical Engineering - The results of numerical modeling of the heat and mass transfer of drops during drying of a liquid under the conditions of...     

Adsorption of the IFKhAN-92 Inhibitor on Chromium–Nickel Steel from Mineral Acid Solutions

Protection of Metals and Physical Chemistry of Surfaces - Impedance spectroscopy was used to study the adsorption of the IFKhAN-92 inhibitor, a triazole derivative, on cathodically polarized...     

Reversible Control of Gelatin Hydrogel Stiffness by Using DNA Crosslinkers**

Biomaterials with dynamically tunable properties are critical for a range of applications in regenerative medicine and basic biology. In this work, we show the reversible control of gelatin methacrylate (GelMA) hydrogel stiffness through the use of DNA crosslinkers. We replaced some of the inter-GelMA crosslinks with double-stranded DNA, allowing for their removal through toehold-mediated strand displacement. The crosslinks could be restored by adding fresh dsDNA with complementary handles to those on the hydrogel. The elastic modulus (G’) of the hydrogels could be tuned between 500 and 1000 Pa, reversibly, over two cycles without degradation of performance. By functionalizing the gels with a second DNA strand, it was possible to control the crosslink density and a model ligand in an orthogonal fashion with two different displacement strands. Our results demonstrate the potential for DNA to reversibly control both stiffness and ligand presentation in a protein-based hydrogel, and will be useful for teasing apart the spatiotemporal behavior of encapsulated cells.