A significant part of observations at the Russian 6 m telescope is carried out using the SCORPIO multi-mode focal reducer. During the past ten years, a lot of scientific data have been collected using observations in the direct imaging, slit spectroscopy and Fabry-Pérot interferometry modes. Some results of these observations are considered in this review. We also present a short description of...

Terrain perception greatly enhances the performance of robots, providing them with essential information on the nature of terrain being traversed. Several living beings in nature offer interesting inspirations which adopt different gait patterns according to nature of terrain. In this paper, we present a novel terrain perception system for our bioinspired robot, Scorpio, to classify the terrain...

background: scorpions’ stings and their own mortalities place them among the most important health and medical problems. the dreadful features and especially their poisonous stings are considered a major cause of human stress and abhorrence/phobia. the current study aimed to study the scorpion fauna of ilam province, south western iran in order to manage scorpionism related problems. methods: i...

The growth parameters of Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus and maurus were estimated in Buyo Lake. study covered 1070 individuals collected monthly between August 2019 July 2020, including 630 with sizes 4 cm Ls 55 440 12 59 Ls. values L∞, K Φ' are 69.35 cm; 0.78 yr-1 3.57 yr for respectively. longevity is 3.84 years a To equal to -0.16 while maurus, the 4.68 -0.21. this species 61.42 0.68 3.38 yr, B...

"Pro captu lectoris habent sua fata libelli" (" According to the capabilities of the reader, books have their destiny ") Terentianus Maurus, 2 nd century roman grammarian

Until recently, the genus Epicrates (Boidae) presented only one continental species, Epicrates cenchria, distributed in Central and South America, but after a taxonomic revision using morphologic characters five species were recognized: E. cenchria, E. crassus, E. maurus, E. assisi, and E. alvarezi. We analyzed two independent data sets, environmental niche models and phylogeny based on molecul...

We report the case of a polyethylene tibial post fracture in a 72-year-old woman 14 months after a Scorpio posterior-stabilized (PS) total knee arthroplasty. The polyethylene wear was found around the fracture site of the post, especially over the anterior aspect of the post base. The failure mechanism of the post fracture in the present case was anterior impingement with excessive wear over th...