À propos de deux cas de brucellose dans le sud de la France aux époques médiévale et moderne (Abbaye Saint-Sauveur, Aniane ; La Closeraie, Aix-en-Provence) by Avril Meffray, Philippe Biagini, Catherine Rigeade, Michel Panuel, Laurent Schneider, Yann Ardagna

“…Our aim is to invite anthropological biologists to consider this diagnostic possibility in their studies of osteoarchaeological series, whether newly discovered or already uncovered in the past.…”
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Analysis of Mathematics and Sustainability in an Impulsive Eutrophication Controlling System by Hengguo Yu, Min Zhao, Qi Wang

“…Eutrophication removal problems have captured the attention of biologists, mathematicians, and environmental scientists. …”
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Expéditions scientifiques dans les déserts iraniens et le mont Elbourz entre 1925 et 1939 by Dominique Lévy-Jahanbakht

“…We will study the travel writings of Austrian and German geographers and biologists who went on scientific expeditions between 1925 and 1939 to define the European scientists’ position regarding Iran. …”
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Age-structured cell population model to study the influence of growth factors on cell cycle dynamics by Frédérique Billy, Jean Clairambault, Franck Delaunay, Céline Feillet, Natalia Robert

“…    This study thus aims at helping biologists to elicit the impact of growth factor concentration on cell cycle regulation, at making more precise the dynamics of key mechanisms controlling the division cycle in proliferating cell populations, and eventually at establishing theoretical bases for optimised combined anticancer treatments.…”
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Epidemic spread of influenza viruses: The impact of transient populations on disease dynamics by Karen R. Ríos-Soto, Baojun Song, Carlos Castillo-Chavez

“…Assessing the role of animal reservoirs, particularly reservoirs involving highly mobile populations (like migratory birds), on disease dispersal and persistence is of interests to a wide range of researchers including public health experts and evolutionary biologists. This paper studies the interactions between transient and resident bird populations and their role on dispersal and persistence. …”
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Visualisation of the numerical solution of partial differential equation systems in three space dimensions and its importance for mathematical models in biology by Heiko Enderling, Alexander R.A. Anderson, Mark A.J. Chaplain, Glenn W.A. Rowe

“…Increasingly we are seeing the development ofpartial differential equation models in more than one space dimension, and itis therefore necessary to generate a clear and effective visualisation platformbetween the mathematicians and biologists to communicate the results. Themathematical extension of models to three spatial dimensions from one or twois often a trivial task, whereas the visualisation of the results is more complicated.The scope of this paper is to apply the established marching cubesvolume rendering technique to the study of solid tumour growth and invasion,and present an adaptation of the algorithm to speed up the surface renderingfrom numerical simulation data. …”
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A Comparative Numerical Study on the Performances and Vortical Patterns of Two Bioinspired Oscillatory Mechanisms: Undulating and Pure Heaving by Mohsen Ebrahimi, Madjid Abbaspour

“…The hydrodynamics and energetics of bioinspired oscillating mechanisms have received significant attentions by engineers and biologists to develop the underwater and air vehicles. …”
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Can Scalable Design of Wings for Flapping Wing Micro Air Vehicle Be Inspired by Natural Flyers? by Yanghai Nan, Bei Peng, Yi Chen, Zhenyu Feng, Don McGlinchey

“…Our results will, therefore, provide a simple but powerful guideline for biologists and engineers who study the morphology of natural flyers and design flapping wing MAVs.…”
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Biological Processes that Prepare Mammalian Spermatozoa to Interact with an Egg and Fertilize It by Daulat R. P. Tulsiani, Aïda Abou-Haila

“…The sperm capacitation and the induction of the acrosomal reaction are Ca2+-dependent signaling events that have been of wide interest to reproductive biologists for over half a century. In this paper, we intend to discuss data from this and other laboratories that highlight the biological processes which prepare spermatozoa to interact with an egg and fertilize it.…”
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Developing glycoproteomics reveals the role of posttranslational glycosylation in the physiological and pathological processes of male reproduction by Qingyuan Cheng, Mengqi Luo, Zihe Xu, Fuping Li, Yong Zhang

“…Our current understanding of glycosylation's role within the male reproductive system alongside recent progress in glycoproteomics may equip biologists with a comprehensive insight. Furthermore, this analysis brought together findings on abnormal glycosylation and its link to male reproductive disorders in the view of glycomics and glycoproteomics. …”
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Determination of Wheat Growth Stages Using Image Sequences and Deep Learning by Chunying Wang, Xubin Song, Weiting Pan, Haixia Yu, Xiang Li, Ping Liu

“…In addition, the accurate determination of the growth stages and further analysis of its relationship with meteorological conditions will help biologists, geneticists, and breeders to breed, screen, and evaluate wheat varieties with ecological adaptability.…”
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Walking along the Fibroblast Growth Factor 10 Route: A Key Pathway to Understand the Control and Regulation of Epithelial and Mesenchymal Cell-Lineage Formation during Lung Develop... by Elie El Agha, Saverio Bellusci

“…Basic research on embryonic lung development offers unique opportunities to make important discoveries that will impact human health. Developmental biologists interested in the molecular control of branching morphogenesis have intensively studied the developing lung, with its complex and seemingly stereotyped ramified structure. …”
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FOX DOMESTICATION: MOLECULAR MECHANISMS INVOLVED IN SELECTION FOR BEHAVIOR by L. N. Trut, Yu. E. Herbeck, A. V. Kharlamova, R. G. Gulevich, A. V. Kukekova

“…Although animal domestication has enjoyed the attention of geneticists and evolutionary biologists since Darwin’s times, the focal question about genetic basis of this process has not been duly considered. …”
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Chronobiology as compensation: can biological rhythms compensate for sexual signals? by Mary L. Westwood, E. Dale Broder, E. Dale Broder, Gabrielle T. Welsh, Robin M. Tinghitella

“…We then consider how biologists might examine the untested role of chronobiology as a compensatory trait and set forth compelling questions for future work.…”
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Phenology analysis for detection of vegetation changes based on Landsat 8 images in Nature Park Kopački rit, Croatia by Radočaj Dorijan, Plaščak Ivan, Jurišić Mladen, Majić Ivana, Ozimec Siniša, Sarajlić Ankica, Rožac Vlatko

“…However, the proposed approach significantly reduces the need for extensive fieldwork, allowing biologists to focus their efforts on areas with detected abnormal vegetation activity.…”
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Founding Editorial – Forensics and TheScientificWorld by Walter Rowe

“…Gross’s manual for examining magistrates suggests ways in which the expertise of chemists, biologists, geologists, and other natural scientists could contribute to investigations. …”
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A response to criticism of the global mental health movement. How polarization can be overcome in theory and in west African social psychiatric practice by Michael Huppertz

“…They also consider psychiatry to be a biologistic discipline, the justification of which they question, in continuation of a long anti-psychiatric tradition. …”
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From the guest editors by Urszula Ledzewicz, Eugene Kashdan, Heinz Schättler, Nir Sochen

“…We managed to attract a good mix of mathematicians workingon biological and medical applications with biologists and medicaldoctors interested to present their challenging problems and to findmathematical tools for their solution. …”
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Multiphasic allometry: the reality and significance of ontogenetic shifts in the body-mass scaling of metabolic rate by Douglas S. Glazier

“…Traditionally, developmental biologists have largely overlooked how ontogenetic transitions are powered by metabolic energy. …”
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Ethnoecology of pollination and pollinators by Marie Roué, Vincent Battesti, Nicolas Césard, Romain Simenel

“…By focusing their analyses instead on an important biological phenomenon threatened by human action (in this case, pollination), they hope that their audience will also include biologists, policy makers and environmental managers. …”
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