Seed production and seed survival are critical elements in the life cycle of a plant, giving rise to next generation mediating population- community-level dynamics (Clark et al., 2007; Green 2014; Maron & Crone, 2006; Turnbull 2000). Mortality events that happen early can be bottleneck for recruitment individuals population, with sometimes disproportionate effects on community composition (Fenn...

Little evidence exists demonstrating that global climate change leads to systematic changes in the structure of ecological communities. For avian communities, one would expect warmer winters to lead to declines in numbers of long-distance migrants if resident birds benefit from warmer winters and impose increasing competitive pressure on migrants. To study the potential influence of global clim...

The Covid-19 pandemic had a dangerous impact on early-childhood education, lost learning in almost all aspects of child development. house-to-house learning, with the name Moving Home Learning Program (MHLP), is an attractive offer as emergency remote teaching solution. This study aims to describe application MHLP designed by education institutions during process at home. used qualitative appro...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, universities worldwide are going into ‘emergency mode’—radically transforming education by switching to online and e-learning education. In face of these emergent changes, many academic teachers who unwilling use or lack appropriate competences suddenly being forced teach via electronic devices Internet. But how will this influence teachers' motivation performance?...

IntroductionThe incidence of total shoulder arthroplasty (TSA) in increasing. Evidence primary hip and knee suggest that preoperative opioid use is a risk factor for postoperative complication. This relationship TSA unknown. The purpose this study was to investigate relationship.MethodsThe Truven Marketscan claims database used identify patients who underwent primary, unilateral TSA. Preoperati...

Himalaya and the Tibetan Plateau, known as ‘land of snow’ ‘roof world’, is home to tens millions indigenous people who live with a staggering amount biological diversity. In past decade scientists have applied genomic tools methods substantially advance understanding phylogeography genetic mechanisms behind high-elevation adaptation local biota. However, contributions from researchers native in...

Finance theory can be used to form informative prior beliefs in financial decision making. This paper approaches portfolio selection in a Bayesian framework that incorporates a prior degree of belief in an asset pricing model. Sample evidence on home bias and value and size effects is evaluated from an asset-allocation perspective. U.S. investors' belief in the domestic CAPM must be very strong...

Consumption of Cycas micronesica seed tissue has been associated with the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis–parkinsonism dementia complex (ALS–PDC) of the Western Pacifi c. However, failures to document vital plant and neighborhood descriptors and pronounced variability in toxin concentrations noted within and among studies obfuscate decades of research on this subject. We discuss the theoretical a...