1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910466908603321

Autore

Torday John S.

Titolo

Evidence-based evolutionary medicine / / John S. Torday, Neil Blackstone, Virender Rehan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, NJ : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2019

ISBN

1-118-83831-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (641 pages)

Disciplina

576.8/4

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

A brief history of evolutionary thinking -- Outlining the major transitions in the history of life -- One central mystery : why did eukaryotes only evlove once? -- A levels-of-selection view of evolutionary physiology -- The cell as the smallest functional unit of biology/physiology -- Development of tissues and organs -- When homeostasis fails -- Wnt signaling during development -- Integrated regulation of homeostasis : vascular, nervous, endocrine, neuroendocrine, autonomic -- Endogenous and exogenous mechanisms for healing -- Systems biology as recapitulation of ontogeny and phylogeny -- Terminal addition as physiologic homeostasis and regeneration, or evolutionary medicine -- Phanton limbs, imagination and epigenetics -- Man's place in the universe -- Evolution, deception, and public health.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910736024303321

Titolo

Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems : 12th International Conference, Living Machines 2023, Genoa, Italy, July 10–13, 2023, Proceedings, Part I / / edited by Fabian Meder, Alexander Hunt, Laura Margheri, Anna Mura, Barbara Mazzolai

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023

ISBN

3-031-38857-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2023.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxi, 461 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, , 2945-9141 ; ; 14157

Disciplina

170

Soggetti

Artificial intelligence

Artificial Intelligence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Simple Synthetic Memories of Robotic Touch -- Distributed adaptive control for virtual cyborgs: A case study for personalized rehabilitation -- Robotic active tactile sensing inspired by serotonergic modulation using active inference -- Detecting Human Distraction from Gaze: An Augmented Reality Approach in the Robotic Environment -- Learning Time and Recognition Rate Improvement of CNNs Through Transfer Learning for BMI Systems -- Optimization of EMG-derived features for upper limb prosthetic control A 3D-printed thermoresponsive artificial Venus flytrap lobe based on a multilayer of shape memory polymers -- Charge-dependent flexural rigidity of a conductive polymer laminate for bioinspired non-thermal compliance modulation -- A 3D-printed biomimetic porous cellulose-based artificial seed with photonic cellulose nanocrystals for colorimetric humidity sensing -- FRESH-printing of a Multi-actuator Biodegradable Robot Arm for Articulation and Grasping -- Wrinkle-free Sewing with Robotics: theFuture of Soft Material Manufacturing -- Bioinspired soft actuator based on photothermal expansion of biodegradable polymers -- Anisotropic Actuation in Salty Agarose Gel Actuators -- Soft Electroactive Suction Cup with Dielectric Elastomer Actuators for Soft Robotics -- Miniature soil moisture sensors for a root-inspired burrowing growing robot -- Soft Tubular Strain Sensors for Contact Detection -- Bioderived



Hygromorphic Twisted Actuator for Untethered Sustainable Systems -- Underactuated Robotic Fish Control: Maneuverability and Adaptability through Proprioceptive Feedback -- Design and Performance of a Cownose Ray-Inspired Robot for Underwater Exploration -- Sucker attachment and detachment patterns in Octopus vulgaris -- Understanding preload force for grasping objects with different stiffness using sensorized suction cups -- Development, Modeling, and Testing of a Passive Compliant Bistable Undulatory Robot -- Synthetic Nervous System Control of a Bioinspired Soft Grasper for Pick-and-PlaceManipulation -- Fly H1-cell distance estimation in a monocular virtual reality environment -- A Dynamic Simulation of a Compliant Worm Robot Amenable to Neural Control -- Inchworm locomotive soft robots actuated by a single pneumatic line -- A Synthetic Nervous System for On and Off Motion Detection Inspired by the Drosophila melanogaster Optic Lobe -- Driving hexapods through insect brain -- Weighting elementary movement detectors tuned to different temporal frequencies to estimate image velocity -- Comparison of Trochanteral Strain in Locomotor Model Organisms using Robotic Legs -- An insect-inspired soft robot controlled by soft valves -- Effects of tarsal morphology on load feedback during stepping of a robotic stick insect (Carausius morosus) limb. .

Sommario/riassunto

Chapters 3, 9, 11, 12, and 15 are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.