This paper introduces a novel quadruple-mode excited low-profile metasurface (MTS)-based broadband circularly polarized (CP) patch antenna.For a quadruple-mode excitation, the antenna uses a unique pac-man-shaped patch (PSP) as the primary CP radiator and above it a $4 imes 4$ sized rectangular MTS, which acts as the Tank Cover secondary radiator.C
Potential Ancestral Conoidean Toxins in the Venom Cocktail of the Carnivorous Snail Raphitoma purpurea (Montagu, 1803) (Neogastropoda: Raphitomidae)
Venomous marine gastropods of the superfamily Conoidea possess a rich arsenal of toxins, including neuroactive toxins.Venom adaptations might have played a fundamental role in the radiation of conoideans; nevertheless, there is still no knowledge about the venom of the RCA Cable most diversified family of the group: Raphitomidae Bellardi, 1875.In t