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Chapter
Singularity Control for Simple Manipulators Using “Path Energy”
A new method is presented for controlling the trajectories of straight-line Cartesian paths near the kinematic singularities of simple manipulators. Conventional approachs to this problem, which typically empl...
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Article
Lampyridae (Coleoptera): A plethora of mollicute associations
Beetles (Coleoptera) harbor many species ofAcholeplasma andSpiroplasma (division Tenericutes, class Mollicutes). Mollicutes were isolated from guts and/or hemocoels of firefly beetles (Lampyridae) from the United...
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Article
Nachweis von Reflex-Bluten bei Lampyriden (Coleoptera) mit Hilfe der „Tracer”-Methode
The very short time (5–9 min) between injection of radiophosphorous into the hemolymph of adult fireflies (Lampyridae) and outflow of radioactive droplets after irritation demonstrates with certainty that refl...
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Article
Model for the Mating Protocol of Synchronously Flashing Fireflies
THE synchronous flashing behaviour of Asian fireflies has drawn the attention of Western naturalists for more than 100 yr, and was reported even earlier1. Recent research and interest have been devoted to the phy...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Reactions Between Nitriles and Some Organic Compounds of Boron and Aluminium
Diborane is known to react reversibly with nitriles to form adducts RCN. BH3 {1}, which may also rearrange irreversibly by a two-stage hydrogen transfer process (1): ...