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A Novel Behavioral Assay to Investigate Gustatory Responses of Individual, Freely-moving Bumble Bees (Bombus terrestris)
Carolyn Ma, Sébastien Kessler, Alexander Simpson, Geraldine A. Wright
Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University
A novel behavioral assay is described for investigating the short term gustatory responses of the mouthparts of freely-moving bumble bees (Bombus terrestris) toward nutrients and toxins in solution.
Clean Sampling and Analysis of River and Estuarine Waters for Trace Metal Studies
Kuo-Tung Jiann*1, Liang-Saw Wen*2,3, Peter H. Santschi4
1Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, 2Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, 3Taiwan Ocean Research Institute, National Research Laboratories, 4Department of Oceanography and Marine Sciences, Texas A&M University at Galveston
Special care using "clean techniques" is required to properly collect and process water samples for trace metal studies in aquatic environments. A protocol for sampling, processing, and analytical procedures with the aim of obtaining reliable environmental monitoring data and results with high sensitivity for detailed trace metal studies is presented.
Preparation and 3D Tracking of Catalytic Swimming Devices
Andrew Campbell, Richard Archer, Stephen Ebbens
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Sheffield
A method to prepare catalytically active Janus colloids that can "swim" in fluids and determine their 3D trajectories is presented.
A Method to Quantify Visual Information Processing in Children Using Eye Tracking
Marlou J.G. Kooiker1, Johan J.M. Pel1, Sanny P. van der Steen-Kant2, Johannes van der Steen1,2
1Department of Neuroscience, Erasmus MC, 2KEI, Royal Dutch Visio
A method is described to quantify the quality of visual information processing based on reflexive eye movements in response to specific visual modalities. Reaction times and fixation output parameters are used to characterize visual performance in children with and without visual impairments from 6 months of age.
Disclosures
No conflicts of interest declared.
