Desiccation cracks form on the surface of foundation soils due to matric suction and surface shrinkage with water loss.This paper investigates the effect of tea waste on the change of water content and cracking characteristics of foundation soil during drying.Digital image processing was carried out based on laboratory experiments.The characteristi

[Objectives] Flow around hydrofoils under high Reynolds number is always a hot topic in hydrodynamic field due to its complicated principle and difficult calculation.The Discrete Vortex Model (DVM) based on vorticity and stream function formulation is a meshless method,which effectively overcomes the numerical viscous problem.Vortex movement in the

Abstract The Western honey bee (Apis mellifera) subspecies exhibit local adaptive traits that evolved in response to the different environments that characterize their native distribution ranges.An important trait is the cuticular hydrocarbon (CHC) profile, which helps to prevent desiccation and mediate communication.We compared the CHC profiles of

BackgroundClimate change potentially has important effects on distribution, abundance, transmission and virulence of parasites in wild populations of animals.Methodology/principal findingHere we analyzed paired information on CONDITIONER COOL PEPPERMINT 89 parasite populations for 24 species of bird hosts some years ago and again in 2010 with an av

Kids Sunscreen Disease resistance gene (R gene)-encoded nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat proteins (NLRs) are critical players in plant host defence mechanisms because of their role as receptors that recognise pathogen effectors and trigger plant effector-triggered immunity (ETI).This study aimed to determine the putative role of a cassava coi