Many insect-pollinated plants use floral scent signals to attract and guide the effective pollinators, and temporal patterns of their floral scent emission may be tuned to respond to the pollinator's activity and pollination status. In the intimate nursery pollination mutualism between monoecious Glochidion trees (Phyllanthaceae) and Epicephala moths (Gracillariidae), floral scent signals mediate

Cloud computing has emerged as a key technology in the latest decade and continues to be applied to manage the computing needs of new domains. As a result, the requirements on predictable behavior in the cloud increase, thus the hosted applications need to be recognized as both fault-tolerant and responsive even under difficult conditions.In this thesis, new modeling methods and decision-making st

BackgroundLiver metastases are a common consequence of colorectal cancer. When feasible, surgical resection is first-line treatment. Synchronous disease can be treated with different strategies. Traditionally, the primary tumour is resected first followed by resection of the liver metastases (bowel-first). The other option, which is increasing, is the liver-first strategy, where resection of the l

Contributing to research on civil society elites in the EU context, this articlefocuses on the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC). It exploreswho the main actors are, what roles they play, and what resources they use,value, and compete for in this arena. The theoretical starting points aregrounded in Bourdieu’s notions of field and capital and a Goffmanesqueapproach to drama. Based on s

We demonstrate how to compute radome reference cases for benchmarkingradome codes. Radomes are electrically large structures, and to facilitate thecomputations a rotationally symmetric structure is assumed. We show howto implement this in the commercial software Comsol Multiphysics, and howto extract the relevant data for comparison. Two example geometries areanalyzed: a spherical shell radome, an

A frequency domain, weighted least squares, sensitivity function shaping procedure is presented. Pole placement is used as the basic servo design procedure. Controller overparametrization gives the degree of freedom for shaping the sensitivity function. A benchmark design example shows the capabilities of the method. The computation is simple making the design suitable for adaptive control.

Estimating the spatial extent of the impacts of renewable energy infrastructure on tourism is crucial for the identification of potential locations of resource use conflict. Such a task, however, is complicated and requires inclusion of social perceptions on the spatial extent of the impacts. This study investigates perceptions of the tourism industry in Iceland regarding the impact area of existi

Background: Lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd) and mercury (Hg) are all nephrotoxic metals, and a large part of the body burden of Cd and Hg is found in the kidneys. There are, however, few studies on associations between exposure to these toxic metals and renal biopsy findings, and none at low-level exposure. Aim: To examine the hypothesis that low-level concentration of Pb, Cd or Hg in the kidneys is assoc

The urban form and extreme microclimate events can have an important impact on the energy performance of buildings, urban comfort and human health. State-of-the-art building energy simulations require information on the urban microclimate, but typically rely on ad-hoc numerical simulations, expensive in-situ measurements, or data from nearby weather stations. As such, they do not account for the f

Pulsed electric field (PEF) was applied to basil leaves prior air drying at 40 °C. The parameters of the electric treatment were designed in such a way that (i) electroporated the tissue reversibly, provoking a permanent opening of the stomatal guard cells and (ii) electroporated the tissue irreversibly, damaging the cells. Treated leaves lost some volatile compounds due to both PEF treatments, pr

A novel preconditioned lattice Boltzmann method (PLBM) is applied to investigate the thermo-hydrodynamic characteristics of Al2O3-water nanofluid with various temperature-dependent thermophysical properties and slip boundary conditions in a microchannel. Also, the effects of a magnetic field force, buoyancy force, and volume fraction of nanoparticles are analyzed, respectively. The theoretical lev

The best exposures of mafic cumulate (gabbros and gabbronorites) rocks of Naga Ophiolite Complex (NOC) occur north-east of Moki village, east of Wazeho in the Indian State of Nagaland. Gabbro comprises predominantly of clinopyroxene (40–50 vol%) and plagioclase (40–50 vol%), while gabbronorite mainly consist of plagioclase (40–50 vol%), clinopyroxene (30–40 vol%) and orthopyroxene (~ 10 vol%) with

Convenience food products tend to alter their quality and texture while stored. Texture-giving food components are often starch-rich ingredients, such as pasta or rice. Starch transforms depending on time, temperature and water content, which alters the properties of products. Monitoring these transformations, which are associated with a change in mobility of the starch chain segments, could optim