The return of vegetation to mined lands often requires broadcast seeding diverse native seed mixes. However, seeds are highly adapted germination windows with specific hydrothermal thresholds that maximize the likelihood seedling survival, and post-mining landscapes typically offer markedly different conditions than pre-disturbance ecosystems. According niche theory, generalist species should e...

Organizations live in a volatile environment and to survive they have to be able to adjust and change their organizational processes as needed, easily and fast. Information technology is considered to be the major single driving force and also the facilitator of change. Change is not an easy process and very often there are barriers to overcome. If barriers are not identified and addressed, the...

We propose a training-free texture classification scheme, outperforming methods that use training. This we demonstrate not only for traditional texture benchmarks, but also for the identification of materials and writers of musical scores. State-of-the-art methods operate using local descriptors, their intermediate representation over trained dictionaries, and classifiers. For the first two ste...

Abstract An optimally designed once-weekly basal insulin with reduced day-to-day pharmacokinetic (PK)/pharmacodynamic (PD) fluctuations compared to daily insulins should have a low peak-to-trough ratio at steady state. this flat profile could improve glycemic efficacy while reducing hypoglycemia. Basal Fc (BIF; LY3209590) is an IgG Fc-fusion protein developed for once weekly dosing. The results...

Greenschist facies metabasite (chlorite schist) and metasediments (banded iron formation (BIF)) in the Wutai Complex, North China Craton recorded extensive fluid activities during subduction-related metamorphism. The pervasive dolomitization chlorite schist significant dolomite enrichment at BIF–chlorite interface support existence of highly channelized updip transportation CO2-rich hydrotherma...

Abstract Plague is an epidemic-prone infectious disease that has affected humanity with catastrophic effects throughout almost its entire history. One of the most intriguing questions last years whether plague kills indiscriminately. To address question regarding pre-existent health conditions, this study aims to assess overall frailty victims and compare it a sample non-plague from same period...