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Extreme impact and cavitation forces of a biological hammer: strike forces of the peacock mantis shrimp Odontodactylus scyllarus by Patek, S N, Caldwell, R L

“…Mantis shrimp are renowned for their unusual method of breaking shells with brief, powerful strikes of their raptorial appendages. Due to the extreme speeds of…”
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Linkage mechanics and power amplification of the mantis shrimp's strike by Patek, S N, Nowroozi, B N, Baio, J E, Caldwell, R L, Summers, A P

“…Mantis shrimp (Stomatopoda) generate extremely rapid and forceful predatory strikes through a suite of structural modifications of their raptorial appendages…”
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Fluorescent Enhancement of Signaling in a Mantis Shrimp by Mazel, C. H., Cronin, T. W., Caldwell, R. L., Marshall, N. J.

“…Mazel et al show that fluorescent coloration used in postural signaling by the mantis shrimp Lysiosquillina glabriuscula contributes to signal brightness and…”
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Should status II patients be removed from the pediatric heart transplant waiting list? A multi-institutional study by Kirklin, J K, Naftel, D C, Caldwell, R L, Pearce, F B, Bartlett, H, Rusconi, P, White-Williams, C, Robinson, B V

“…The survival benefit of cardiac transplantation (CTx) among Status 2 (stable outpatient) adult recipients has been questioned, but few studies have addressed…”
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Indonesian 'king of the sea' discovered by Erdmann, Mark V, Caldwell, Roy L, Moosa, M. Kasim

“…On 30 July 1998, an Indonesian population of coelacanth was discovered. It is apparently the same species as the well-known coelacanth from the Comoran…”
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HIV-1 Tat Represses Transcription from the Mannose Receptor Promoter by Caldwell, Robert L, Egan, Brian S, Shepherd, Virginia L

“…The mannose receptor is expressed on mature macrophages and immature dendritic cells, and functions to mediate phagocytosis of pathogens and capture of Ags for…”
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Spectral tuning and the visual ecology of mantis shrimps by Cronin, Thomas W., Marshall, N. Justin, Caldwell, Roy L.

“…–values near 500 nm, independent of depth. Finally, the spectral receptors of midband rows 1 to 4 are tuned for maximum coverage of the spectrum of irradiance…”
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How new technology put a coelacanth among the heirs of Piltdown Man by Caldwell, R. L, Erdmann, M. V

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Right ventricular systolic function in adolescents and young adults after mustard operation for transposition of the great arteries by Hurwitz, Roger A., Caldwell, Randall L., Girod, Donald A., Brown, John

“…This study evaluates long-term (>10 years since surgery) right ventricular (RV) systolic function in patients who had previously undergone intraatrial baffle…”
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Sex identification and mating in the blue-ringed octopus, Hapalochlaena lunulata by Cheng, Mary W., Caldwell, Roy L.

“…We studied the reproductive behaviour of the blue-ringed octopus, Hapalochlaena lunulata, in the laboratory by examining 15 male–male and nine male–female…”
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Ecological Effects of a Major Oil Spill on Panamanian Coastal Marine Communities by Jackson, J. B. C., Cubit, J. D., Keller, B. D., Batista, V., Burns, K., Caffey, H. M., Caldwell, R. L., Garrity, S. D., Getter, C. D., Gonzalez, C., Guzman, H. M., Kaufmann, K. W., Knap, A. H., Levings, S. C., Marshall, M. J., Steger, R., Thompson, R. C., Weil, E.

“…In 1986 more than 8 million liters of crude oil spilled into a complex region of mangroves, seagrasses, and coral reefs just east of the Caribbean entrance to…”
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Recovery in rubble fields: long-term impacts of blast fishing by Fox, Helen E, Pet, Jos S, Dahuri, Rokhmin, Caldwell, Roy L

“…This paper presents initial results from a study of factors that inhibit or enhance hard coral recovery in rubble fields created by blast fishing in Komodo…”
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The stomatopod rumble: Low frequency sound production in Hemisquilla californiensis by Patek, S. N., Caldwell, R. L.

“…Stomatopods (mantis shrimp), numbering over 450 species, are renowned for their exceptional visual and chemosensory abilities and yet virtually nothing is…”
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Should Pediatric Echocardiography Be Performed in Adult Laboratories? by Hurwitz, Roger A, Caldwell, Randall L

“…Current health care management has resulted in a change in referral patterns. The present study was undertaken to define the efficacy and value of pediatric…”
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Specialization of retinal function in the compound eyes of mantis shrimps by Cronin, T W, Marshall, N J, Caldwell, R L, Shashar, N

“…Visual function and its specialization at the level of the retina were studied in 13 species of stomatopod crustaceans, representing three superfamilies:…”
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HIV-1 TAT represses transcription of the bone morphogenic protein receptor-2 in U937 monocytic cells by Caldwell, Robert L., Gadipatti, Radhika, Lane, Kirk B., Shepherd, Virginia L.

“…The bone morphogenetic protein receptor‐2 (BMPR2) is a member of the transforming growth factor‐β receptor family and is expressed on the surface of several…”
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The retinas of mantis shrimps from low-light environments (Crustacea: Stomatopoda: gonodactylidae) by CRONIN, T. W, MARSHALL, N. J, CALDWELL, R. L

“…We examined microspectrophotometrically the retinas of 3 species of stomatopods in the superfamily Gonodactyloidea, all of which live in environments that are…”
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Short-term survivors of pediatric heart transplantation: an autopsy study of their pulmonary vascular disease by Collins, M H, Darragh, R K, Caldwell, R L, Turrentine, M W, Brown, J W

“…The most common indications for heart transplantation in children are congenital heart disease and cardiomyopathy. Intracardiac lesions that vary widely in…”
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Sensory adaptation Tunable colour vision in a mantis shrimp by Cronin, Thomas W, Caldwell, Roy L, Marshall, Justin

“…Systems of colour vision are normally identical in all members of a species, but a single design may not be adequate for species living in a diverse range of…”
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The second recorded living coelacanth from north Sulawesi by ERDMANN, M. V, CALDWELL, R. L, JEWETT, S. L, TJAKRAWIDJAJA, A

“…A detailed account of the second coelacanth specimen known to have been captured in Indonesian waters is provided. The account is written in the official…”
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