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Energetics of Ambulation
Operation of a prosthesis, either upper or lower limb, generally costs more energy than operation of the natural limb. This chapter outlines the...
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Lower muscle mitochondrial energetics is associated with greater phenotypic frailty in older women and men: the Study of Muscle, Mobility and Aging
BackgroundPhenotypic frailty syndrome identifies older adults at greater risk for adverse health outcomes. Despite the critical role of mitochondria...
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The Energetics and Biomechanics of Walking and Running
This chapter is on walking and running, the present knowledge of which is due essentially to the School of Milano. After a short historical synopsis,...
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Analyzing energetics and dynamics of hepatitis C virus polymerase interactions with marine bacterial compounds: a computational study
Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) is a significant health concern affecting a large portion of the global population and is a major cause of acute liver...
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Systems Contributing to the Energetics of SRBP
This chapter will focus on the energetics of the reactions that are the hallmark electron donors for SRP. Following a review of yield coefficients to...
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Age and sex-specific foraging movements and energetics in an endangered monomorphic seabird
Senescence is the irreversible decline in physiological functioning and survival with age. While this phenomenon has been studied in a range of...
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Microbial Energetics
A thermodynamic view of microbial processes provides an organizing framework for understanding patterns of metabolism, the architecture of metabolic...
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Energetics and evolution of anaerobic microbial eukaryotes
Mitochondria and aerobic respiration have been suggested to be required for the evolution of eukaryotic cell complexity. Aerobic respiration is...
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The energetics of subunit rotation in the ribosome
Protein synthesis in the cell is controlled by an elaborate sequence of conformational rearrangements in the ribosome. The composition of a ribosome...
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University of Alabama at Birmingham Nathan Shock Center: comparative energetics of aging
The UAB Nathan Shock Center focuses on comparative energetics and aging. Energetics, as defined for this purpose, encompasses the causes, mechanisms,...
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Impacts of larval host plant species on dispersal traits and free-flight energetics of adult butterflies
Animals derive resources from their diet and allocate them to organismal functions such as growth, maintenance, reproduction, and dispersal. How...
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What Owl Monkeys (Aotus spp.) Tell Us About the Dynamics Between Thermo-Energetics and Organismal Biology
Owl monkeys are found in a variety of ecosystems ranging from the highlands of Panama and Colombia, to the Amazon, and to the South American Chaco....
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Energetics of lipid transport by the ABC transporter MsbA is lipid dependent
The ABC multidrug exporter MsbA mediates the translocation of lipopolysaccharides and phospholipids across the plasma membrane in Gram-negative...
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Hydrodynamics and Energetics of Schooling Swimming and Migration of Schooling Fish
AbstractIdeas about the hydrodynamic and energetic benefits of swimming in a school have been considered. The reduction in energy cost for locomotion...
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A Window to the Potassium World. The Evidence of Potassium Energetics in the Mitochondria and Identity of the Mitochondrial ATP-Dependent K+ Channel
AbstractThe conclusions made in the three papers published in Function by Juhaszova et al. [ Function , 3, 2022, zqab065, zqac001, zqac018], can be...
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Reproductive Energetics of Phocids
Phocid seals have a highly derived reproductive strategy characterized by the separation of feeding and reproduction, oftentimes across considerable...
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Thermal energetics of male courtship song in a lek-breeding bat
AbstractThe use of songs for mate-attraction is common. Intensive songs may indicate high energetic investment, reflecting an individual’s...
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Environmental correlates of activity and energetics in a wide-ranging social carnivore
BackgroundEnvironmental conditions can influence animal movements, determining when and how much animals move. Yet few studies have quantified how...
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Stopover territoriality in songbirds crossing the Sahara: aggression and energetics during migration
AbstractStopover territoriality, i.e., the defense and broadcast of an ephemeral home range during avian migration, is rare or perhaps overlooked....
