Ripening and senescence are the ultimate phases in the developmental events of fruits that result in the expression of the quality characteristics inherent to the fruit. Although it is difficult to demarcate a dividing point between ripening and senescence, the former can be designated as the quality-developing phase, whereas the latter predominantly involves the loss of quality. Degradation of...

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COVID-19 has caused massive disruption at different levels. Scholars around the world have produced a significant number of studies to understand, reduce and predict effects this pandemic. Prediction models are crucial time uncertainty, labor indicators key macroeconomic variables plan recovery COVID-19. This study aims model trend Ecuadorian system. The statistical analysis applied for was X-1...

Poor frost resistance of concrete will accelerate the deterioration structure and shorten service life concrete. This paper predicts selects initial index factors that affect The random forest algorithm is introduced to remove unimportant indicators in indicator system mix ratio determine optimal combination. relative dynamic elastic modulus used as output predict proposed model provides a reas...

respectively), it has not been subjected to the Agency's required peer and policy review and therefore does not necessarily reflect the views of the Agency and no official endorsement should be inferred. Executive Summary The Estuarine and Great Lakes (EaGLe) program was established to develop a suite of new, integrative indicators of ecological condition for the coastal zones of the contiguous...

The relations between language and thought in the normal person, and the connexion between the forms of their disturbance in the dysphasic, are questions which have aroused much discussion and little conclusion. But at least it would seem clear that the nearer an individual's daily occupation approaches to the purely intellectual, the more it is likely to be impeded by even a mild degree of dys...

The province of Quebec, historically known for its unusually high reproductive levels, has in the past few decades experienced a spectacular fertility decline. This more or less abrupt decline in fertility has corresponded with the socioeconomic transformation of this French-speaking province into a modern society. This paper presents a path analysis of period structural factors on fertility ch...

Reaction to medical, social, and genetic implications of Huntington's disease was evaluated by means of a questionnaire mailed to members of a lay organization concerned with this disease in the United States. One thousand and sixty-five of the approximately 2600 members chose to respond. Patients and those at high risk found physical disabilities most disturbing while mental deterioration and ...

Classic theories of ageing consider extrinsic mortality (EM) a major factor in shaping longevity and ageing, yet most studies of functional ageing focus on species with low EM. This bias may cause overestimation of the influence of senescent declines in performance over condition-dependent mortality on demographic processes across taxa. To simultaneously investigate the roles of functional sene...