THE FIRST LARGE-SCALE ALL TAXA BIODIVERSITY INVENTORY IN EUROPE: DESCRIPTION OF THE MERCANTOUR NATIONAL PARK ATBI DATASETS

The first large-scale All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory in Europe: description of the Mercantour National Park ATBI datasets

An All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory (ATBI) is a comprehensive inventory of all species in a given territory.In 2007, the French Parc national du Mercantour and the Italian Parco Naturale Alpi Marittime started the first and most ambitious ATBI in Europe with more than 350 specialists and dozens of technicians and data managers involved.The ATBI data

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Dispersion of Spilled Heavy Oil by Impinging Waterjet

The purpose of this study is to search for a new method of dispersing spilled frame cover heavy oil, which has a detrimental effect on the natural environment and marine ecosystem.A method ejecting a waterjet vertically downward to heavy oil on the water surface was studied, particularly focusing on the effect of the guide nozzle shape.The waterjet

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Understanding the Influence of Pressure and Radial Loads on Stress and Displacement Response of a Rotating Body: The Automobile Wheel

This paper highlights the use of the finite element technique for analyzing stress and displacement distributions in wheels of automotive vehicles when subject to the conjoint influence of inflation pressure and radial load.The ZINC most commonly used considerations in the design of the rotating body are elucidated.A potentially viable technique fo

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Opposite sex housing enhances reproductive function and induces transcriptional changes in the preoptic area of GnRH-deficient mice

Sexual interactions have previously been shown to improve reproductive health through unknown Dog Tag Necklace Gift Box mechanisms.In this study, we used RNA-Seq to examine sex-induced gene expression changes in the preoptic area (POA), a critical reproductive brain region.Using a mouse model defective in fibroblast growth factor signaling (dnFGFR

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