Optimization of Shearer Drum Based on Multi-Objective Bat Algorithm with Grid (MOBA/G) by Mingyu Duan, Qibai Huang, Ren Xu, Chenlin Wang, Jing Xu

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The energetic cost of mounting an immune response for Pallas’s long-tongued bat (Glossophaga soricina) by Lucia V. Cabrera-Martínez, L. Gerardo Herrera M., Ariovaldo P. Cruz-Neto

“…However, the particularly large increase in metabolic rate after APR activation for a piscivorous bat (Myotis vivesi) suggests that immune response might be unusually costly for bats. …”
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Synchronous shedding of multiple bat paramyxoviruses coincides with peak periods of Hendra virus spillover by Alison J. Peel, Konstans Wells, John Giles, Victoria Boyd, Amy Burroughs, Daniel Edson, Gary Crameri, Michelle L. Baker, Hume Field, Lin-Fa Wang, Hamish McCallum, Raina K. Plowright, Nicholas Clark

“…We detected up to nine bat paramyxoviruses shed synchronously. Multi-viral shedding infrequently coalesced into an extreme, brief and spatially restricted shedding pulse, coinciding with peak spillover of Hendra virus, an emerging fatal zoonotic pathogen of high interest. …”
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A key to the Microfilariae of the Genus Litomosoides (Phylum Nematoda), endoparasites from Colombia bats by Marinkelle Cornelis J., García Castañeda Martha Rocío

“…A key is provided for the identification of eight species of microfilariae of Litomosoides (Filarioidea: Onchocercidae) found in the blood of 85 Colombian bats. Eleven new host records for Colombia are reported for L. brasiliensis, L. caliensis, L. colombiensis, L. guiterasi and L. molossi.…”
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Utilizing the VirIdAl Pipeline to Search for Viruses in the Metagenomic Data of Bat Samples by Anna Y. Budkina, Elena V. Korneenko, Ivan A. Kotov, Daniil A. Kiselev, Ilya V. Artyushin, Anna S. Speranskaya, Kamil Khafizov, Vasily G. Akimkin

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Tequila, bats, and agave farmers: towards an understanding of the right incentives to protect genetic diversity by Irene Zapata-Morán, Alejandro López-Feldman, Hernán Bejarano

“…This has not only been detrimental for the agave’s genetic diversity, but it has also harmed bat populations. The low levels of diversity have increased the agave’s exposure to pests and diseases and have limited the possibilities for artificial selection of beneficial characteristics that can improve production. …”
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Vomeronasal and Olfactory Structures in Bats Revealed by DiceCT Clarify Genetic Evidence of Function by Laurel R. Yohe, Simone Hoffmann, Abigail Curtis

“…Caribbean nectar-feeders also exhibit derived olfactory turbinal morphology and a large olfactory recess that differs from closely related bats that have an intact vomeronasal organ, which may hint that the main olfactory system may compensate for loss. …”
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Bats expand their vocal range by recruiting different laryngeal structures for echolocation and social communication. by Jonas Håkansson, Cathrine Mikkelsen, Lasse Jakobsen, Coen P H Elemans

“…Echolocating bats produce very diverse vocal signals for echolocation and social communication that span an impressive frequency range of 1 to 120 kHz or 7 octaves. …”
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IMBA: IoT-Mist Bat-Inspired Algorithm for Optimising Resource Allocation in IoT Networks by Ziyad Almudayni, Ben Soh, Alice Li

“…To that end, this paper presents the IoT-mist bat-inspired algorithm (IMBA), designed specifically to optimise resource allocation in IoT environments. …”
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Wind Power Grid Connected Capacity Prediction Using LSSVM Optimized by the Bat Algorithm by Qunli Wu, Chenyang Peng

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Cultivable Gut Microbiota in Synanthropic Bats: Shifts of Its Composition and Diversity Associated with Hibernation by Igor V. Popov, Iraida S. Berezinskaia, Ilia V. Popov, Irina B. Martiusheva, Elizaveta V. Tkacheva, Vladislav E. Gorobets, Iuliia A. Tikhmeneva, Anna V. Aleshukina, Tatiana I. Tverdokhlebova, Michael L. Chikindas, Koen Venema, Alexey M. Ermakov

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Characterization of Maple and Ash Material Properties for the Finite Element Modeling of Wood Baseball Bats by Joshua Fortin-Smith, James Sherwood, Patrick Drane, David Kretschmann

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Susceptibility of targets to the vampire bat Desmodus rotundus are proportional to their abundance in Atlantic Forest fragments? by Marlon Zortéa, Diego A. Silva, Analice M. Calaça

“…There was a correlation between abundance of potential preys and the choice of the target by D. rotundus. Most of the bat-prey interaction occurred on the edge of fragments. …”
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Admittance to Wildlife Rehabilitation Centres Points to Adverse Effects of Climate Change on Insectivorous Bats by Valeria B. Salinas-Ramos, Alessandra Tomassini, Fabiana Ferrari, Rita Boga, Danilo Russo

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Siberian weasel Mustela sibirica Pallas, 1773 predatism on bats during winter period by Alexander Zhigalin

“…The amount of excrement indicates the regular predatism on bats and, therefore, the presence of specific behavioural adaptation in Mustela sibirica.…”
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A new method employing species‐specific thresholding identifies acoustically overlapping bats by Amanda Lo Cascio, Sabine Kasel, Greg Ford

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Biology of the bat hawk moth Hyles vespertilio (Esper, 1780) in the Caucasus (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) by A.A. Zagorinsky, O.G. Gorbunov, A.V. Sidorov

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Not Batting an Eye: Figurative Meanings of L2 Idioms Do Not Interfere with Literal Uses by Marianna Kyriacou, Franziska Köder

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Forest bat activity declines with increasing wind speed in proximity of operating wind turbines by Julia S. Ellerbrok, Nina Farwig, Franziska Peter, Christian C. Voigt

“…Due to the legal protection of bats in Europe, it is imperative to restrict the operation of wind turbines to periods of low bat activity to avoid collisions. …”
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Mitochondrial DNA identified bat species in northeast India: electrocution mortality and biodiversity loss by Shantanu Kundu, Vikas Kumar, Kaomud Tyagi, Shibananda Rath, Avas Pakrashi, Phakir Chandra Saren, Kosygin Laishram, Kailash Chandra

“…This study examines the efficacy of mitochondrial Cytochrome b (mtCytb) sequences for species-level identification of five electrocuted bat specimens from Manipur state. The similarity search results in the global database, Kimura 2 parameter (K2P) genetic distances, and neighbor-joining (NJ) tree identified all bat specimens into two species, Cynopterus sphinx and Megaerops niphanae. …”
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