Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have shown their superiority in military and civilian missions. In the face of complex tasks, many UAVs are usually needed to cooperate with each other. Therefore, multi-UAV cooperative target search has attracted more scholars’ attention. At present, there bionic algorithms for solving problem multi-UAVs, including particle swarm optimization algorithm (PSO) dif...

Cryptococcus neoformans is an encapsulated yeast, etiological agent of cryptococcosis. The species is commonly associated with pigeon droppings and plant materials. The aim of the present work was to verify the presence of the yeast in pigeon droppings, and to identify the isolates obtained in serotypes and mating types (MAT). Ten samples of pigeon droppings were collected in the rural area of ...

Domestic pigeons are spectacularly diverse and exhibit variation in more traits than any other bird species [1]. In The Origin of Species, Charles Darwin repeatedly calls attention to the striking variation among domestic pigeon breeds-generated by thousands of years of artificial selection on a single species by human breeders-as a model for the process of natural divergence among wild populat...

The ryanodine receptor (RYR)/Ca2+ release channel of avian cardiac muscle was localized by immunocytochemical techniques and biochemically characterized using isolated membrane and receptor protein fractions. Monoclonal antibody C3-33 raised against the canine cardiac RYR bound to the junctional sarcoplasmic reticulum of pigeon and finch hearts, both at peripheral couplings and at extended junc...

Purkinje cells in the cerebellum express the antigen zebrin II (aldolase C) in many vertebrates. In mammals, zebrin is expressed in a parasagittal fashion, with alternating immunopositive and immunonegative stripes. Whether a similar pattern is expressed in birds is unknown. Here we present the first investigation into zebrin II expression in a bird: the adult pigeon (Columba livia). Western bl...

Five fungal endophytes (K4, K5, K6, K9, K14) producing Cajaninstilbene acid (CSA, 3-hydroxy-4-prenyl-5-methoxystilbene-2-carboxylic acid) were isolated from the roots of pigeon pea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.]. CSA is responsible for the prominent pharmacological activities in pigeon pea. The amount of CSA in culture solution varied among the five fungal endophytes. K4 produced the highest leve...

This scetch is dedicated to the reconstruction of a linguistic picture pigeon in Polish. The research mate-rial consists lexicographic definitions, idioms, proverbs, derivative words and semantic neologisms, while latest language data, represented by texts Internet comments, allow reconstruct most current components this bird. analysis shows that positive as faith-ful, gentle bird symbol love p...

White Carneau (WC) pigeons are susceptible to the development of aortic atherosclerosis, whereas Show Racer (SR) pigeons are resistant, even though there are no differences in the known risk factors, including plasma cholesterol levels, lipoproteins, blood pressure, etc. Although this suggests that the difference in atherosclerosis susceptibility between WC and SR pigeons may be mediated at the...

OSAIC or chimeric effects not of artificial origin may conveniently M be divided into two classes, those which are frequent, and customarily associated with special genotypes, and those which are rare and unpredictable. Variegation and eversporting are examples of the former class. In the pigeon a condition known as “flecking” is of this sort. The other class includes gynandromorphs and chimera...

A study was conducted to determine pigeons from the urban to performed by atomic absorption spectrophotometry with air acetylene (G.B.C. Advanta) Lead concentration was significantly higher in urban sites compared to rural site. Primary feather of pigeon and tail feather of urban sites had significantly higher lead concentration than their rural counterpart. The result of the present study show...