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Record W1995262017 · doi:10.2495/dn060041

The optimized shape of a leaf petiole

2006· article· en· W1995262017 on OpenAlexafffund
Damiano Pasini, Vahid Mirjalili

Bibliographic record

VenueWIT transactions on ecology and the environment · 2006
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldEngineering
TopicTree Root and Stability Studies
Canadian institutionsMcGill University
FundersMcGill University
KeywordsPetiole (insect anatomy)Materials scienceTorsion (gastropod)StiffnessDimensionless quantityLeaf bladeComposite materialBotanyBiologyPhysicsMechanicsAnatomy

Abstract

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A plant leaf is generally composed of a petiole and a leaf blade. The petiole connects the leaf blade to the plant stem and, from a structural viewpoint, it resembles a cantilever beam. Petiole design is driven by the minimum use of material to withstand a combined torsion and bending load. The cross-section has a transverse size decreasing lengthwise and has a grooved shape. This paper examines the structural efficiency of the petiole shape. Ten petiole specimens of dicotyledonous plants have been investigated. Continuum mechanics and dimensionless factors are used to model the stiffness properties of the petioles. The results of the characterization are visualized on maps that contrast petiole efficiency to that of reference cross-sections. Nature shapes the petiole material to secure the best trade off between torsional compliance and flexural stiffness.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Observational · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.001
Threshold uncertainty score0.004

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.000
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0010.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.004
GPT teacher head0.155
Teacher spread0.152 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designObservational
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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Citations16
Published2006
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