In studying the success of foraging animals, studies of interference competition have put emphasis on effects of competitor density, whereas studies of resource defense have focused on the effects of the spatial distribution of food within patches. Very few studies have looked at both factors simultaneously, that is, determined whether the effects of competitor density on foraging success depen...

This study develops a methodology to determine the optimal allocation position deploy bikes in competitive dockless bike sharing market. The community structure approach complex network theory is utilized offer strategies market leader two specific regimes, with potential competitor, and without competitor. Two different heuristics are proposed handle scenarios respectively due design objective...

BACKGROUND Molecular detection methods for HER2/neu gene amplification include fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and competitive PCR. We designed a quantitative PCR system utilizing fluorescent hybridization probes and a competitor that differed from the HER2/neu sequence by a single base change. METHODS Increasing twofold concentrations of competitor were coamplified with DNA from ce...

Detection of RNA viruses by reverse transcription (RT)-PCR has proven to be a useful approach for the diagnosis of infections caused by many viral pathogens. However, adequate controls are required for each step of the RT-PCR protocol to ensure the accuracies of diagnostic test results. Heterologous competitor RNA can be used as a control for a number of different aspects of diagnostic RT-PCR. ...

Two experiments used the head-mounted eye-tracking methodology to examine the time course of lexical activation in the face of a non-phonemic cue, talker variation. We found that lexical competition was attenuated by consistent talker differences between words that would otherwise be lexical competitors. In Experiment 1, some English cohort word-pairs were consistently spoken by a single talker...

Abstract China is a leader in the global transportation industry, with an especially significant position ocean ports. A mapping of every port outside reveals that Chinese firms own or operate terminal assets ninety-six ports fifty-three countries. An original dataset firms' overseas holdings documents geographic distribution, ownership, and operational characteristics these What are internatio...

Predation and competition are critical processes influencing the ecology of organisms, and can play an integral role in shaping coral reef fish communities. This study compared the relative and interacting effects of competition and predation on two competing species of coral reef fish, Pomacentrus amboinensis and P. moluccensis (Pomacentridae), using a multifactorial experiment. Fish were subj...