...Luke N. Jessup; Luke A. Kelly; Andrew G. Cresswell; Glen A. Lichtwark Many models have been developed to predict metabolic energy expenditure based on biomechanical proxies of muscle function. However, current models may only perform well for select forms of locomotion, not only because the models...

..., inclined substrate angles were most correlated with strain increases, whereas the forelimbs had a similar pattern but of lesser magnitude. Unlike some other habitat transitions, these results do not support biomechanical release as a mechanism likely to have facilitated limb elongation. Instead, limb bone...

.... Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2023 Summary: Anatomical variations in human feet can affect whole-body energy cost during locomotion, allowing individuals with longer heels to walk faster with less effort. Biomechanics Locomotion Muscle University of Nebraska at Omaha...

... on which parts of the insect (e.g. leg, wing, body) are involved. Obstacles Biomechanics Hymenoptera Wind Maneuverability National Science Foundation http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000001 1711980 University of California, Davis http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100007707...

..., to larger obstacles that animals must move over or navigate around. Historically, the unpredictability and variability of natural environments has limited the ability to collect data on animal walking biomechanics. However, recent technical advances, such as more sensitive and portable cameras, biologgers...

... autonomous palm-sized air vehicle . Bioinspir. Biomim. 16 , 026002 . 10.1088/1748-3190/abbd81 Bachmann , T. ( 2010 ). Anatomical, morphometrical and biomechanical studies of barn owls’ and pigeons’ wings . Baird , E. , Boeddeker , N. , Ibbotson , M. R. and Srinivasan...

...Alejandro Rico-Guevara; Kristiina J. Hurme; Margaret A. Rubega; David Cuban ABSTRACT Hummingbirds are the most speciose group of vertebrate nectarivores and exhibit striking bill variation in association with their floral food sources. To explicitly link comparative feeding biomechanics...

... parts (styles) of Asteraceae flowers serve as ballistic levers to catapult pollen toward insects within a specific range equal to the size of a flowerhead, minimizing wasteful dispersal. Adhesion Biomechanics Ballistic lever Pollination Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst http...

...Anand Krishnan ABSTRACT The field of comparative biomechanics examines how form, mechanical properties and environmental interactions shape the function of biological structures. Biomechanics has advanced by leaps and bounds as rapid technological progress opens up new research horizons...

... stabilization Biomechanics National Science Foundation http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000001 1655756 1661129 Bushnell Graduate Education and Research Fund National Science Foundation http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000001 Muscle contractions are often divided...

... Wattenwyl 1907 ( Fig. 1 C) has smooth AMs ( Fig. 2 ). All individuals used were obtained from the laboratory cultures of the Department of Functional Morphology and Biomechanics (Kiel University, Germany). The insects were fed with blackberry leaves ad libitum and kept on a regular day and night cycle...

...Matthew J. McHenry; Tyson L. Hedrick ABSTRACT Kinematic measurements have been essential to the study of comparative biomechanics and offer insight into relationships between technological development and scientific progress. Here, we review the 100 year history of kinematic measurements in Journal...

... that both ecological and biomechanical constraints strongly influence roost-site selection in T. tricolor . Bats might select narrow leaves with a long apex not only to avoid being detected by diurnal predators while in the roost (which was not directly tested in our study) but also to reduce the potential...

... and controlled aerial maneuvers that may be useful when falling through the tree canopy. Aerial righting Biomechanics Canopy Gliding Parachuting Redwood University of South Florida http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100008900 Fred L. and Helen M. Tharp Scholarship Fern Garden...

... that the basic biomechanical abilities associated with grasping (i.e. controlled manipulation of an object or substrate with the manual or pedal digits) likely originated in basal tetrapods ( Iwaniuk and Whishaw, 2000 ). This notion is reinforced by broad comparative studies of limb musculature across tetrapods...

... drive metabolic energy expenditure, then they should pertain to multiple modes of locomotion and provide a simple framework for relating biomechanics to metabolic energy expenditure in bouncing gaits. Therefore, we evaluated the ability of the ‘cost of generating force’ hypothesis to link biomechanics...

... of a biomechanical model that computes the power output of individuals. The three California sea lions in this study averaged a power output of 112.04 W and a COT of 0.63 J kg −1 m −1 . This footage was compared against video footage previously recorded of three phocid species (harbor seal, gray seal and northern...

... learning software. Biomechanics X-ray videography Rat kinematics XMA Despite its utility for relating mechanism to functional outcome, quantifying the movement of behaving rodents can be labor intensive, costly and time consuming. Owing to extensive soft tissue motion artifacts on rodent...

...Melody W. Young; Samantha K. Lynch; Edwin Dickinson; Allen A. Currier, III; Elizabeth C. Davoli; Christopher S. Hanna; Hannah M. Fischer; Gianluca A. DiUbaldi; Michael C. Granatosky ABSTRACT The biomechanical demands of arboreal locomotion are generally thought to necessitate specialized kinetic...

... Highlighted Article: Trap-jaw ant strikes reveal how tiny elastic systems can rotate precisely at exceedingly high accelerations while retaining slow, multi-degrees of freedom movement. Biomechanics Springs Elastic recoil Fast movement Control Trap-jaw ants Dynamics U.S. Army Research...