Abstract Background The evergreen broadleaved forest (EBLF) is an iconic vegetation type of East Asia, and it contributes fundamentally to biodiversity-based ecosystem functioning and services.However, the native habitat of EBLFs keeps on decreasing due to anthropogenic activities.Ormosia henryi is a valuable rare woody species in EBLFs that is par

On the 18th April of 2012 Pivovarov Victor Fedorovich - Director of the All-Russian Research Institute of Vegetable Breeding and Seed Production, Academician of Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Honored Scientist of Russian Federation, State Laureate of Science and Technology, Doctor of Agricultural Science, Professor, is celebrating his 70

The detection of oil spills in water is a frequently researched area, but most of the research has been based on very large patches of crude oil on offshore areas.We present a novel framework for detecting oil spills inside a port environment, while using unmanned areal Conga vehicles (UAV) and a thermal infrared (IR) camera.This framework is split

Employing the Pick Up Rollers methodology of Editorial Criticism, this article seeks to demonstrate that Book II of the Psalter (i.e., Psalms 42-72) consists of three parallel, compositional arcs that take the form of a journey.Based on key-word links, as well as clear organizational clues found in the superscriptions, the psalms of Book II are del

Land-use change has a significant impact on the structure and function of ecosystems and is an important reason for the imbalance between the supply and demand of ecosystem services.Pollination services are indispensable functions of ecosystems.In recent years, land-use change has caused a decline in the abundance of pollinators, thereby affecting