The ability of microorganisms to withstand long periods with extremely low energy input has gained increasing scientific attention in recent years. Starvation experiments in the laboratory have shown that a phylogenetically wide range of microorganisms evolve fitness-enhancing genetic traits within weeks of incubation under low-energy stress. Studies on natural environments that are cut off fro...

Trade-offs between current and future reproduction shape life histories of organisms, e.g. increased mortality selects for earlier reproductive effort, and mate limitation has been shown to shape male life histories. Here, we show that female life histories respond adaptively to mate limitation. Female common gobies (Pomatoschistus microps) respond to a female-biased operational sex ratio by st...

The administration of oxytocic drugs during caesarean section is an important intervention to prevent uterine atony or treat established postpartum haemorrhage. Considerable past and current research has shown that these agents have a narrow therapeutic range. A detailed knowledge by anaesthetists of optimal doses and side effects is therefore required. Oxytocin remains the first line agent. In...

Confidentiality and disclosure limitation are topics that are inherently statistical but, until recently, they have received limited attention from statistical methodologists. That situation has changed considerably in the present decade. In this paper, we provide an introduction and overview of some statistical disclosure limitation issues that are of special relevance to public health studies...

Although liability under general tort and contract law principles is not limited to a certain amount, liability arising under a carriage contract is limited by the majority of international transport conventions and national legislatures. Undoubtedly, limitation of liability is one of the most important elements of shipping law since, today, the carrier’s liability insurance system is based exc...

A novel droop controller that ensures a desired inverter current limitation and guarantees the stable operation of inverter-based microgrids under extreme load conditions, is proposed in this paper. Opposed to existing dq framework-based controllers align output voltage on d axis, here aligned axis order achieve two main goals: i) RMS value each during transients, without need for saturation un...