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View article: Linking anatomical diversity with functional life strategies in a liana community of central Africa
Linking anatomical diversity with functional life strategies in a liana community of central Africa Open
Summary Studying lianas involves unique challenges due to their high functional diversity. Despite their prominence in tropical forests, gaps in the understanding of anatomical organisation affect interpretations of their co‐existing funct…
View article: Survival Is Skin Deep: Toughness of the Outer Cactus Stem with Insights for Technical Envelopes
Survival Is Skin Deep: Toughness of the Outer Cactus Stem with Insights for Technical Envelopes Open
Cacti are of interest for new bio-inspired technologies because of their remarkable adaptations to extreme environments. Recently, they have inspired functional designs from nano fibres to optimised buildings and architectures. We investig…
View article: Morphoanatomical aspects of stem cuttings of Selenicereus setaceus (Salm-Dyck) A. Berger ex Werderm. (Cactaceae)
Morphoanatomical aspects of stem cuttings of Selenicereus setaceus (Salm-Dyck) A. Berger ex Werderm. (Cactaceae) Open
The cerrado pitaya (Selenicereus setaceus) is a Cactaceae with strong potential in the fruit market. For that reason, propagation cutting is an interesting alternative for fixing desirable characteristics for the species. Therefore, this w…
View article: A Reinforcement Learning approach to study climbing plant behaviour
A Reinforcement Learning approach to study climbing plant behaviour Open
A plant’s structure is the result of constant adaptation and evolution to the surrounding environment. From this perspective, our goal is to investigate the mass and radius distribution of a particular plant organ, namely the searcher shoo…
View article: Searcher-Shoot: a Reinforcement Learning approach to understand climbing plant behaviour
Searcher-Shoot: a Reinforcement Learning approach to understand climbing plant behaviour Open
Plants’ structure is the result of constant evolution towards the adaptation to the surrounding environment. From this perspective, our goal is to investigate the mass and radius distribution of a peculiar plant organ, namely the searcher …
View article: Failure without tears: Two-step attachment in a climbing cactus
Failure without tears: Two-step attachment in a climbing cactus Open
Climbing plants can be extremely adaptable to diverse habitats and capable of colonizing perturbed, unstructured and even moving environments. The timing of the attachment process, whether instantaneous (e.g., a pre-formed hook) or slow (g…
View article: Failure without tears: Two-step attachment in a climbing cactus
Failure without tears: Two-step attachment in a climbing cactus Open
Climbing plants can be extremely adaptable to diverse habitats and capable of colonizing perturbed, unstructured and even moving environments. The timing of the attachment process, whether instantaneous (e.g., a pre-formed hook) or slow (g…
View article: A 2D Model to describe the mechano-sensory behaviour of self-supporting shoots of climbing plants against gravity
A 2D Model to describe the mechano-sensory behaviour of self-supporting shoots of climbing plants against gravity Open
Climbing plants exhibit specialized shoots, called "searchers", to cross spaces and alternate between spatially discontinuous supports in their natural habitats. To achieve this task, searcher shoots combine both primary and secondary grow…
View article: Trellis-forming stems of a tropical liana Condylocarpon guianense (Apocynaceae): a plant-made safety net constructed by simple "start-stop" development
Trellis-forming stems of a tropical liana Condylocarpon guianense (Apocynaceae): a plant-made safety net constructed by simple "start-stop" development Open
Data supporting article describing mechanical and structural organisation of a climin g plant trellis system sin the tropical rainforest of French Guiana Tropical vines and lianas have evolved mechanisms to avoid mechanical damage during t…
View article: Trellis-forming stems of a tropical liana Condylocarpon guianense (Apocynaceae): a plant-made safety net constructed by simple "start-stop" development
Trellis-forming stems of a tropical liana Condylocarpon guianense (Apocynaceae): a plant-made safety net constructed by simple "start-stop" development Open
Data supporting article describing mechanical and structural organisation of a climin g plant trellis system sin the tropical rainforest of French Guiana Tropical vines and lianas have evolved mechanisms to avoid mechanical damage during t…
View article: Identifying Policy-makers' Objectives: An Application to the Bank of Canada
Identifying Policy-makers' Objectives: An Application to the Bank of Canada Open
In this paper, we develop a new way to test hypotheses about policy-makers' targets, and we implement that test for Canadian monetary policy. If, for example, the Bank of Canada is using interest rates to target an inflation rate of 2 per …
View article: How to Improve Inflation Targeting at the Bank of Canada
How to Improve Inflation Targeting at the Bank of Canada Open
This paper shows that if the Bank of Canada is optimally adjusting its monetary policy instrument in response to inflation indicators to target 2 per cent inflation at a two-year horizon, then deviations of inflation from 2 per cent repres…
View article: A Simple Test of Simple Rules: Can They Improve How Monetary Policy is Implemented with Inflation Targets?
A Simple Test of Simple Rules: Can They Improve How Monetary Policy is Implemented with Inflation Targets? Open
The authors evaluate whether an assortment of simple rules could improve how the Bank of Canada implements its inflation-targeting monetary policy. They focus on measuring the correlation between the deviations of inflation from the target…
View article: ‘When You Get What You Want, But Not What You Need’: The Motivations, Affordances and Shortcomings of Attending Academic/Scientific Conferences
‘When You Get What You Want, But Not What You Need’: The Motivations, Affordances and Shortcomings of Attending Academic/Scientific Conferences Open
Conferences are generally felt to facilitate knowledge exchange andinteractions between delegates, and to support formative higher education andcontinued professional education. However, the motivations and needs ofconference delegates are…