• This hypothesis predicts that the cranium of A. sediba is structurally strong in response to feeding loads, and that it is able to efficiently generate high bite forces on its molars and premolars. (nature.com)
  • Dietary segregation was effected by the ability of the animal to generate a sufficient bite force to procure and masticate bamboo food parts that differed in mechanical properties. (vetmeduni.ac.at)
  • We found that though the middle-sized lemur, Hapalemur aureus , was rarely seen to feed on giant bamboo culm, the toughest food in the bamboo lemur diet, they could generate the bite force required to penetrate and strip the culm. (vetmeduni.ac.at)
  • Prolemur simus , with its more robust jaw and greater size, could easily generate the bite force to feed on giant bamboo culm, which was its primary food. (vetmeduni.ac.at)
  • Total malaria cases have decreased since 2016, likely due to the reduction in forces deployed to Afghanistan, a known malaria risk area. (health.mil)
  • The main goal of this study is to test and explore the possible correlation between bite force and brain volume in canids. (researchgate.net)
  • For that, we calculated the bite force based on the beam theory, and the brain volume based on three cranial measurements. (researchgate.net)
  • Bite force and brain volume estimates are much higher in the group hunting hypercarnivores (Lycaon, Cuon and Speothos) and only these showed correlation between BFQ and BVQ. (researchgate.net)
  • 1-3 This year's update employs methods similar to previous analyses describing the epidemiologic patterns of malaria incidence among service members in the active and reserve components of the U.S. Armed Forces. (health.mil)
  • Here we show that MH1, the type specimen of A. sediba , was not optimized to produce high molar bite force and appears to have been limited in its ability to consume foods that were mechanically challenging to eat. (nature.com)
  • Such foods presumably would be fractured on the molars and premolars using high bite forces (if they were instead fractured using stone tools, then microwear would not detect evidence of hard-object feeding). (nature.com)
  • Unprotected forces can experience extraordinarily high attack rates in highly endemic areas, potentially causing mission failure. (health.mil)
  • Among 126 animal bites and exposures, 10 were monkey bites. (cdc.gov)
  • This tragedy highlights the threat that animal bites pose to deployed military members. (cdc.gov)
  • During 2001-2010, a total of 643 animal bites among deployed US military members were reported ( 1 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Information about all reported animal bites and exposures affecting US military and coalition personnel is collected by preventive medicine officers assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-1 in eastern Afghanistan. (cdc.gov)
  • During the study period, we identified 126 cases of animal bites or serious exposures (involving animal neural tissue or saliva affecting the mucosal surfaces or open wounds of the patient). (cdc.gov)
  • Animal bites account for approximately one percent of all emergency visits in the U.S. yearly and can range from superficial injuries to disfiguring and even fatal wounds. (nih.gov)
  • Dog and cat bites are the most prevalent animal bites in the United States and account for over 95 percent of all bite wounds seen in the emergency department. (nih.gov)
  • Describe the pathophysiology of animal bites. (nih.gov)
  • Summarize interprofessional team strategies for improving care coordination and communication to advance the treatment of animal bites and improve outcomes. (nih.gov)
  • Bites from Macaca mulatta monkeys, native to Afghanistan, can cause serious infections. (cdc.gov)
  • among these are bites from Macaca mulatta monkeys and possible subsequent infections. (cdc.gov)
  • In cat bites and scratches, Bartonella infections are an additional concern. (nih.gov)
  • Compare that to the bite force of an adult T. rex - about 35,000 newtons - or to the puny biting power of humans: 300 newtons. (scienceblog.com)
  • Previous bite force estimates for juvenile T. rexes - based on reconstruction of the jaw muscles or from mathematically scaling down the bite force of adult T. rexes - were considerably less, about 4,000 newtons. (scienceblog.com)
  • By really refining our estimates of juvenile bite force, we can more succinctly place them in a part of the food web and think about how they may have played the role of a different kind of predator from their larger, adult parents. (scienceblog.com)
  • The study reveals that juvenile T. rexes , while not yet able to crush bones like their 30- or 40-year-old parents, were developing their biting techniques and strengthening their jaw muscles to be able do so once their adult teeth came in. (scienceblog.com)
  • Children are more commonly bitten on the head, face, and neck due to their proportionately larger heads and shorter stature, while adult bites are more common on the hands and arms. (nih.gov)
  • We evaluated these records to identify and describe monkey bites and high-risk exposures among US military members serving in eastern Afghanistan during September-December 2011. (cdc.gov)
  • Jack Tseng loves bone-crunching animals - hyenas are his favorite - so when paleontologist Joseph Peterson discovered fossilized dinosaur bones that had teeth marks from a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex , Tseng decided to try to replicate the bite marks and measure how hard those kids could actually chomp down. (scienceblog.com)
  • Experiments using metal casts of dinosaur teeth to match observed bite marks are rare, not because bite marks on dinosaur fossils are rare, but because the identity of the biter is seldom clear. (scienceblog.com)
  • The teeth punctures left in the bone, which the youngster probably scavenged, allowed scientists to estimate the bite force that juvenile tyrannosaurs could exert. (scienceblog.com)
  • In less traumatic bites, especially cat bites due to the puncturing nature of cat teeth, the patient will commonly only present after the infection has become apparent, and management has become more complicated. (nih.gov)
  • The initial injury is the result of the physical trauma of teeth puncturing and/or tearing soft tissue, and in the case of some dog bites, blunt force breaking bones. (nih.gov)
  • Most importantly, it might force Vladimir Putin to reset his objectives for Ukraine. (abc.net.au)
  • Putin may soon be forced to reset his objectives for the invasion of Ukraine. (abc.net.au)
  • Dogs were implicated in 50% of these bites, but several other animals pose risk as well. (cdc.gov)
  • Domesticated cats and dogs inflict practically all of the bites encountered in the ED in the United States. (nih.gov)
  • The patient usually knows the dogs, and the bites are less commonly provoked. (nih.gov)
  • provider training and bite reporting promote postexposure treatment. (cdc.gov)
  • There is a growing consensus from both official sources and other experts that Russian forces have, or are on the cusp of, culminating in Ukraine. (abc.net.au)