Ana Carolina Bernardes Terzian, Roberta Vieira de Moraes Bronzoni, Betânia Paiva Drumond, Mônica Da Silva-Nunes, Natal Santos da Silva, Marcelo Urbano Ferreira, Márcia Aparecida Sperança, and Maurício Lacerda Nogueira Author affi liations: Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil (A.C. Bernardes Terzian, R.V. de Moraes Bronzoni, M.L. Nogueira); IBILCE, São José do Rio P...

Natural indicators of the electrical polarity of a direct current (DC) source is limited to semiconductor based diodes and transistors. Recently a novel bio-natural indicator of the polarity of a DC source have been reported. Mimosa Pudica or sensitive plant is found to be a natural detector of a DC source polarity, however the mechanism underlying this phenomenon is not known. This paper aims ...

Mimosa pudica is the most abundant and problematic invasive species in tropical pastures. This study investigates the effects of two cattle grazing systems, long-term moderate grazing (LTG, 2.7 animal unit/ha/yr for 33 years) and short-term heavy grazing (STG, 5 animal unit/ha/yr for 2 years) compared with ungrazed exclosure pasture on the invasion of M. pudica and its relationship with herbage...

The liver is one of the major and largest organ of the body. It plays an important role in metabolizing carbohydrates, proteins, lipids and it also stores vitamins. 1 It is involved in almost all the biochemical pathways of growth, defense against disease, nutrient supply, energy provision and reproduction. 2 The liver is at a high risk of getting diseased by various foreign compounds because a...

The classical approach to model collective biological cell movement is through coupled nonlinear reaction-diffusion equations for biological cells and diffusive chemicals that interact with the biological cells. This approach takes into account the diffusion of cells, proliferation, death of cells, and chemotaxis. Whereas the classical approach has many advantages, it fails to consider many fac...

HIGHLIGHTS The movement of Mimosa pudica L. has potential for the use in formulation actuators. developed actuator to be used automation area. Using simple materials is an interesting proposal explored bioinspired

Chromium (III) sulfate is a popular tanning agent for producing leather. However, chrome wastewater one of the problems in leather industry. To prevent this, using vegetable materials can be used process. One natural ingredients that mimosa. mimosa relatively expensive, so substitute/combination needed to make costs cheaper. This research aims determine effect combination and silicic acid from ...