Macquarie Island, a small subantarctic island, is home to rockhopper, royal and king penguins, which are often infested with the globally distributed seabird tick, Ixodes uriae.A flavivirus, an orbivirus, a phlebovirus, and a nairovirus were isolated from these ticks and partial sequences obtained.The flavivirus was nearly identical to Gadgets Gull
Campylobacter Little Kids Shoes is the leading cause of human bacterial gastroenteritis in the European Union.Birds represent the main reservoir of the bacteria, and human campylobacteriosis mainly occurs after consuming and/or handling poultry meat.Reducing avian intestinal Campylobacter loads should impact the incidence of human diseases.At the p
The Devonian stem-actinoterygian Cheirolepis canadensis is potentially important to understand the evolution of the dermal skeleton of osteichthyans, but the last detailed histological study on this taxon was published more than forty years ago.Here, we present new data about the morphology and the histological structure of scales, fulcra, and fin-
Bale Kulkul is a bale edifice to hang up the kulkul (wooden bell) so it can function as communicative facility for Balinese community.Bale kulkul which is grouped into several types, firstly found in temples, palaces and banjar.Later in its development, bale kulkul also functions as security post, generator room, lift shaft, water tower, office for
Using human tools can significantly benefit robots in many application domains.Such ability would allow robots to solve problems that they were unable to without tools.However, robot tool use is a challenging task.Tool use was initially considered to be the ability that distinguishes human beings from other animals.We identify three skills required