Sentences with phrase «swimming behaviors of»

«Underwater robots influence complex swimming behaviors of schooling fish.»

Recent studies from two research teams at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU - Poly) demonstrate how underwater robots can be used to understand and influence the complex swimming behaviors of schooling fish.

The resulting videos contained over 4 terabytes of data, which Sheng and his colleagues crunched to compare the swimming behaviors of predator and prey species in the presence of different toxin levels.

As he demonstrates the swimming behavior of robots, made from Tupperware and simple circuits, in the large pool in his laboratory at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, he almost seems to float a few inches off the floor.

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Here's a very partial list: tech icons (founders of Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Craigslist, Pinterest, Spotify, Salesforce, Dropbox, and more), Jimmy Fallon, Arianna Huffington, Brandon Stanton (Humans of New York), Lord Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Ben Stiller, Maurice Ashley (first African - American Grandmaster of chess), Brené Brown (researcher and bestselling author), Rick Rubin (legendary music producer), Temple Grandin (animal behavior expert and autism activist), Franklin Leonard (The Black List), Dara Torres (12 - time Olympic medalist in swimming), David Lynch (director), Kelly Slater (surfing legend), Bozoma Saint John (Beats / Apple / Uber), Lewis Cantley (famed cancer researcher), Maria Sharapova, Chris Anderson (curator of TED), Terry Crews, Greg Norman (golf icon), Vitalik Buterin (creator of Ethereum), and nearly 100 more.

One explanation for the patternless swimming behavior became apparent as I waded farther away from the shore, for here in the deeper water was the realm of the cannibals.

The swimming bio-bot project is part of a larger National Science Foundation - supported Science and Technology Center on Emergent Behaviors in Integrated Cellular Systems, which also produced the walking bio-bots developed at Illinois in 2012.

«Complex behaviors, like the behaviors we call «personality» or «temperament,» can be associated — genetically correlated — with other traits that one might think are independent of such behaviors, like body shape and swimming abilities,» he said.

Researchers are using underwater microphones to interpret and characterize the calls of blue whales swimming through Southern California's oceans, revealing new insights into the behavior of these endangered marine mammals, according to new research being presented at the Ocean Sciences Meeting here on Tuesday.

«As fins evolve to help fish swim, so does the nervous system: Study shows that shape and mechanics of fish fins evolve in parallel with the sensory system, tuned to swimming behavior.»

Aside from the fact that Tony exhibited several behaviors that are decidedly nonpsychopathic (such as his loyalty to his family and emotional attachment to a group of ducks that had made his swimming pool their home), Dr. Melfi's pessimism may have been unwarranted.

After witnessing this behavior, the female fish indicated their awakened interest by spending more time swimming near the images of the formerly unimpressive males, the researchers report online today in Biology Letters.

There are so many different migration distances that the fish have split into 100 distinct populations — one of which is the Chilko — with different swimming behaviors and body types.

Sometimes they find ways around it or away from it: plenty of animals and fish have exhibited avoidance behaviors, fleeing the sound by swimming or diving.

They showed that endocrine disruptors — applied at concentrations measured in body fluids — directly open CatSper and, thereby, increase calcium levels in sperm, change their swimming behavior, and trigger the release of digestive enzymes that help sperm to break through the egg coat.

Some of our most complex behavior, such as speaking, swimming or playing the piano, can be understood by breaking the behavior down into a sequential succession of learning steps.

We expect the following predictions to be met: (i) a free - swimming robot whose design and movement are inspired by a zebrafish will not elicit fear response in zebrafish; (ii) the subjects will change their social interaction in the presence of the robotic fish; and (iii) the speed of the robotic fish will differentially modulate fish collective behavior.

With the first spontaneous movements taking place as early as 17 hours post-fertilization and swimming behavior occuring after 27 hours, zebrafish embryos prove to be a good model for the study of development of locomotor activity.

Visual signaling from biologically - inspired robots has been used to investigate the behavior of birds [27]--[31], dogs [32], lizards [33], fish [22], [34]--[42], and rats [43]; salient chemical cues have been implemented on a miniature mobile robot to investigate social behavior of cockroaches [44]; audio feedback has been integrated in a model of a robotic squirrel to influence squirrels» behavior [45]; pulsing air currents created by robotic honeybees have been used to investigate honeybees» dance [46]; and hydrodynamic cues from a swimming robotic fish have been considered in [20] to modulate fish behavior in a water tunnel.

The objective of this study is to identify the determinants of attraction that regulate the collective behavior in social fish species when swimming together in a water tunnel.

Exercise at the cost of great physical stress may backfire; what many think of as behaviors that keep us healthy and increase longevity — running or biking great distances, large doses of «hill repeats» or intervals in the swimming pool — can actually result in the opposite.

Director Carolina Jabor's Liquid Truth (also known as Aos Teus Olhos) featured at the 53rd Annual Chicago International Film Festival, tells the story of a swim instructor who is accused of inappropriate behavior with a student.

While it's true that sometimes swimming against the current is the only way to get where you're headed, three new books show women making history in a variety of ways, from globetrotting, to taking on mysterious jobs, to smashing through political barriers — even if their behavior was sometimes less...

Also, all of this unsupervised time and free reign can lead to undesirable behavior such as digging, tearing up landscaping, eating yard furniture / cushions, getting into garage stuff (chemicals), swimming in the pool, eating cable / wiring, tearing up landscape lighting or sprinkler systems, visiting the neighbor, damaging screens... you get the picture.

During a warm water swim session TTouch ™ can be used as a way of offering the dog help in cases of excessive barking, aggressive behavior, extreme fear and shyness, excitability and nervousness, problems with aging, surgery recovery, as well as a multitude of physical and emotional issues.

Whether spending time in the indoor dog swimming pool, in the lounge, or on a hike, visiting BCRC will ensure your dog gets the right amount of activity necessary to encourage desirable behavior at home.

Knowing you dog's heritage may help explain the behavior traits he exhibits, like the excellent swimming skills of a Labrador retriever or herding behaviors typical in Border collies.

They will also swim away from players whenever they get close, the complete opposite of the Deep Cheep's behavior.

Yang splices together footage of performers carrying out mundane, jovial behavior in the gardens, such as young men chasing peacocks and couples canoodling, with more questionable acts that include older men in makeshift bathing suits mimicking the motions of swimming while laying on woven mats.

So far we've seen clips of the bears resting, swimming, exhibiting breeding behavior (wrestling), playing and eating a seal.

«We did not have the GPS technology on collars to document this type of swimming behavior in polar bears in prior decades,» explains Karen Oakley, of the USGS Alaska Science Center.

Helplessness - like escape deficits of NIH - HS rats predict passive behavior in the forced swimming test: Relevance for the concurrent validity of rat models of depression

And also to use all sorts of rewards for potty training and other behavior issues, along with incessant praises (good girl / good boy for being able to blow bubbles in swimming lesson.