Deadwood provides a variety of habitats for saproxylic beetles. Whereas the understanding of the drivers promoting saproxylic beetle diversity has improved, the process of deadwood colonisation and beetle's potential to ...

Overactive bladder syndrome (OAB) is a prevalent medical problem with a significant impact on the quality of life of the affected individuals. Pharmacotherapy is considered the main treatment method, although it is ...

We study Lorentzian manifolds (M, g) of dimension n >= 4, equipped with a maximally twisting shearfree null vector field p, for which the leaf space S=M/{exptp} is a smooth manifold. If n = 2k, the quotient S = M/{exptp} ...

The paper is devoted to the generalization of the Vinberg theory of homogeneous convex cones. Such a cone is described as the set of "positive definite matrices" in the Vinberg commutative algebra H-n, of Hermitian T-matrices. ...

Given a Riemannian space N of dimension n and a field D of symmetric endomorphisms on N, we define the extension M of N by D to be the Riemannian manifold of dimension n + 1 obtained from N by a construction similar to ...

Recent data indicate that modifications to carotenoid biosynthesis pathway in plants alter the expression of genes affecting chemical composition of the cell wall. Phytoene synthase (PSY) is a rate limiting factor of ...

Epeolus is one of the more species-rich genera of cuckoo bees globally. Seventeen species are known from Europe, and 23 species have been recorded from various countries in the Middle East and North Africa. Epeolus iranicus ...

The impact of polymer-based slow-release urea formulations on soil microbial N dynamics in potatoes has been sparingly deciphered. The present study investigated the effect of a biodegradable nano-polymer urea formulation ...

Let (F-n)(n >= 0) be the Fibonacci sequence. The order of appearance function (in the Fibonacci sequence) z : Z(>= 1)-> Z(>= 1) is defined as z(n) := min{k >= 1 : F-k equivalent to 0 (mod n)}. In this paper, among other ...

Deoxynivalenol (DON), also known as vomitoxin, is a mycotoxin that can cause antifeeding and vomiting in animals. However, the mechanism of DON inducing anorexia is complicated. Studies have shown that intestinal hormones ...