The macaroni sign

Energetics of diving in macaroni penguins.

Heart rate (fH), abdominal temperature (T(ab)) and diving depth were measured in thirteen free-ranging breeding female macaroni penguins. Measurement of these variables allowed estimation of the mass-specific rate of oxygen consumption (V(O(2))) while diving and investigation of the physiological adjustments that might facilitate the diving behaviour observed in this species. In common with oth...

“Piment” and “Macaroni”: Nervous System Protein Database

1 Division of Population Genetics, National Institute of Genetics, Research Organization of Information and Sytems, 1111 Yata, Mishima, Shizuoka, 411-8540, Japan 2 Department of Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Graduate University of Advanced Studies, 1111 Yata, Mishima, Shizuoka, 411-8540, Japan 3 Current Address: VALWAY Technology Center, NEC Soft, Ltd.,1-18-6 Shinkiba, Koto-ku, Tokyo, 136-...

Macaroni Synthesis: A Creative Multimedia Collaboration

Introduction The Creativity and Cognition Research Studios (C&CRS) were established for the purposes of developing new art and technology projects and to conduct research into the creative process. In the COSTART Project 1998-2003 an innovative approach to the study of technology-based art founded on practice-led research methods has been developed. The work centers on the practice of art makin...

Corticosterone predicts foraging behavior and parental care in macaroni penguins.

Corticosterone has received considerable attention as the principal hormonal mediator of allostasis or physiological stress in wild animals. More recently, it has also been implicated in the regulation of parental care in breeding birds, particularly with respect to individual variation in foraging behavior and provisioning effort. There is also evidence that prolactin can work either inversely...

Trauma or Tumor? The Nail Splay Sign