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The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the urgent need for effective surface disinfection solutions, which has led to the use of mobile robots equipped with ultraviolet (UVC) lamps as a promising technology. This study aims to optimize the navigation of differential mobile robots equipped with UVC lamps to ensure maximum efficiency in disinfecting complex environments. Bio-inspired metaheuristic algorithms such as the gazelle optimization algorithm, whale optimization algorithm, bat optimization algorithm, and particle swarm optimization are applied.
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J Environ Manage
December 2024
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Bats provide important ecosystem services, particularly in agriculture, yet integrating bat management into conservation plans remains challenging. Some landscape features considerably influence bat presence, diversity, and ecosystem service provision. Understanding the relationship between landscape structure, composition, pest suppression, and ecosystem services is crucial.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEmergence of the Hippocampus as a Vector for Goal-Directed Spatial Navigation.
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Graduate School of Brain Science, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan.
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- * Recent research using advanced neural monitoring devices has expanded knowledge of spatial navigation across various species, revealing that while many animals have head direction cells, few possess place or grid cells akin to those in rodents.
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Rapid sensorimotor adaptation to auditory midbrain silencing in free-flying bats.
Curr Biol
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Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA; Kavli Neuroscience Discovery Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA; The Solomon Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; Department of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA.
Echolocating bats rely on rapid processing of auditory information to guide moment-to-moment decisions related to echolocation call design and flight path selection. The fidelity of sonar echoes, however, can be disrupted in natural settings due to occlusions, noise, and conspecific jamming signals. Behavioral sensorimotor adaptation to external blocks of relevant cues has been studied extensively, but little is known about adaptations that mitigate internal sensory flow interruption.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFResistance to age-related hearing loss in the echolocating big brown bat ().
Proc Biol Sci
November 2024
The Solomon H. Snyder Dept of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.
Hearing mediates many behaviours critical for survival in echolocating bats, including foraging and navigation. Although most mammals are susceptible to progressive age-related hearing loss, the evolution of biosonar, which requires the ability to hear low-intensity echoes from outgoing sonar signals, may have selected against the development of hearing deficits in bats. Many echolocating bats exhibit exceptional longevity and rely on acoustic behaviours for survival to old age; however, relatively little is known about the ageing bat auditory system.
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