Conservation - Science topic

El uso público en espacios naturales se está convirtiendo en un área de gestión progresivamente necesitada de herramientas aplicadas a la ordenación y planificación. Los espacios naturales, declarados o no como lugares protegidos por ley, atraen cada vez más a numerosos visitantes que buscan en ellos esparcimiento, recreo, disfrute, aprendizaje o c...

LAST CALL FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION 6 APRIL 2025 The European Meeting on Ancient Ceramics (EMAC) is a biennial conference that gathers scholars and researchers with diverse backgrounds in archaeometric studies of ancient ceramics. EMAC 2025, held in Bilbao, will showcase cutting-edge methodologies, advanced laboratory techniques, and case studies on...

BACKGROUND Pubic ramus fractures are generally considered fragility fractures in the elderly population, commonly deriving from a low-impact fall. Treatment is ordinarily conservative and hemodynamic complications are exceedingly infrequent. Notwithstanding, patients with copious comorbidities should be carefully monitored for potential vascular in...

The first comprehensive reference book ever published on systematic, ecology, conservation status and management of all 53 deer species of the world. Covering all deer species worldwide, this volume brings together the contributions of 160 international deer experts providing: 1) a comprehensive review of current knowledge on evolution, phylogeny a...

In this paper, we develop an efficient energy conserving semi-Lagrangian (ECSL) kinetic scheme for the Vlasov-Maxwell (VM) system. The proposed ECSL scheme is the first semi-Lagrangian VM solver to achieve unconditional stability with respect to the plasma period while conserving total energy, without requiring nonlinear iterations. The new method...

This article presents a novel approach to enhance the accuracy of classical quadrature rules by incorporating correction terms. The proposed method is particularly effective when the position of an isolated discontinuity in the function and the jump in the function and its derivatives at that position are known. Traditional numerical integration ru...

Community-based Payments for Ecosystem Services (CB-PES) has received continued attention because of its ability to help Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) improve local outcomes and sustain community support. This study scrutinizes the role of community-based incentive coordination in PES using the case of China's Wolong Nature Reserve (WNR). C...

One of the greatest challenges that gay men face is that of body image since the “obsession” of achieving the “perfect” body creates considerable stress. This provocative and controversial autobiographical study delves into the experience of being perceived as ugly within the Maltese gay community and seeks to understand the reasons behind such an...

To diagnose stratospheric transport, the mean age of air, the transit time of an air parcel from the troposphere to the stratosphere, has been estimated from measurements of trace gases, typically CO2 and SF6. Here we present a new set of halocarbon measurements on air samples collected at 15-35 km above Japan in 2020 using a balloon-borne cryogeni...

The European dark bee is well adapted to cold winters and short summers. However, threats from habitat loss, pests, and hybridization with southern bees pose significant challenges to its populations. The Perm region (Middle Ural, Russia) hosts a distinct population of Apis mellifera mellifera, known as Prikamskaya. Despite extensive local research...

Renouer avec le vivant et réapprendre à vivre en harmonie avec la nature sont des impératifs pour notre survie et pour l'avenir de la planète. C’est pourquoi l’inspiration que nous offrent les connaissances et les pratiques que les sociétés traditionnelles sont parvenues à conserver constitue un précieux héritage qui, dès à présent, marque une prem...

This study seeks to expand our understanding of the differences between the challenges faced by pastors of smaller churches and the challenges faced by pastors of larger churches. Pastors of North American churches (N = 347), generally with a theologically conservative orientation, responded to an online survey indicating how difficult they perceiv...

Vultures conservation

The Evolutionary Compass Model is a theory built to explain how mutations may follow specific, stress-driven pathways rather than occurring by chance. It connects conserved ribosomal binding across species, antibiotic resistance, and biochemical stress into one unified model. This isn’t just about understanding evolution — it’s about forecasting i...

El cambio de cobertura del suelo (LC) son factor clave de las transformaciones ambientales globales que afectan la estructura y funciones de los ecosistemas. Estos cambios no solo dependen de factores biofísicos, sino también de la manera como se construyen la realidad. Inspirados en los marcos conceptuales Eigenperception (Miranda y Abades), Inter...

Global patterns of intraspecific genetic diversity are key to understanding evolutionary and ecological processes. However, insights into the distribution and drivers of genetic diversity remain limited, particularly for marine species. Here, we explain and predict the genetic diversity of cold and temperate brown macroalgae using genetic data from...

Avascular necrosis (AVN), also known as osteonecrosis, aseptic necrosis, or ischemic bone necrosis, describes a pathological condition characterized by bone tissue death due to disrupted blood supply, leading to bone death and potential joint collapse. This review aims to provide an overview of the current treatment strategies for AVN, encompassing...

Estimar si el valor económico del patrimonio natural Vinicunca es lo suficientemente alto como para justificar la decisión de conservarla. Se utilizó el método de enfoque cuantitativo de alcance explicativo, el diseño fue no experimental y corte transversal. La información fue recabada por el procedimiento de la encuesta y el cuestionario como inst...

L'Université Jean Lorougnon Guédé (UJLoG) dispose en son sein, un espace de 60 hectares réservé à la mise en place de son arboretum. Cet espace permettra de préserver et restaurer la végétation originelle du site. Certaines parcelles seront dédiées à la conservation d'espèces locales, exotiques, endémiques à la région et menacées d'extinction. Les...

Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) relies on case knowledge and existing theories to select conditions and calibrate sets. However, as the number of cases grows, researchers’ case knowledge tends to decrease, posing significant challenges to large-N QCA practitioners. In response, this article proposes machine-learning enhanced QCA (mlQCA) for...

Various numerical techniques have been developed to address multiple problems in computational fluid dynamics (CFD). The finite volume method (FVM) is a numerical technique used for solving partial differential equations that represent conservation laws by dividing the domain into control volumes and ensuring flux balance at their boundaries. Its c...

We studied the coexistence dynamics of three sympatric phasianid species—the Grey Peacock-pheasant *Polyplectron bicalcaratum*, Kalij Pheasant *Lophura leucomelanos* and Red Junglefowl *Gallus gallus* —in Htamanthi Wildlife Sanctuary, northern Myanmar, using a camera-trap survey conducted during the 2018–2019 dry season. Habitat covariates such as...

Wildlife Service on 573 shipments of at least 2704 hornbills from 1999 to 2024. African species accounted for 94.5 % of traded hornbills. Trade in African hornbills has increased significantly over time, unlike the trade volume of Asian hornbills, which has remained constant under CITES management. Larger forest hornbill skulls are often sold onlin...

Fossil-Lagerstätten, or Lagerstätten, have played a critical role in our understanding of the diversity, abundance, evolution, and systematics of marine arthropods. The tendency toward preservation of Phanerozoic marine arthropods as fossils generally increases as a factor of biomineralization. Concentration deposits (Konzentrat-Lagerstätten) tend...

Este estudio analizó los datos de las Unidades de Manejo para la Conservación de la Vida Silvestre (UMA) del estado de Coahuila, obtenidos de la Secretaría de Medio Ambiente en 2024. A través de herramientas de software R y ArcGIS®, se procesaron los registros históricos, las ubicaciones geográficas y la información sobre aprovechamiento de especie...

The Jews, who were actively attempting to restore Jewish life in Palestine, recognized in 1917 that a defeat of the Turks might lead the British to sponsor a Jewish commonwealth in Palestine. This possibility emboldened them to advance the Zionist cause, asserts historian Martin Gilbert. At the beginning of 1917, Sir Mark Sykes, a Conservative memb...

The restoration of the Pirelli Skyscraper—necessitated after a notorious plane crash in 2002—became a key example of architectural intervention in modern architecture with heritage status. Even two decades after its completion, the process stands out for extraordinary research and analysis efforts—involving studying existing documentation, observin...

Monotropa uniflora, commonly known as ghost pipe or Indian pipe, is a unique non-photosynthetic plant with a long history of medicinal use among Indigenous peoples and herbalists. This paper explores its traditional applications, phytochemical properties, and contemporary relevance, while also addressing conservation concerns.

For axisymmetric flows without swirl and compactly supported initial vorticity, we prove the upper bound of \documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \begin{document}$$t^{4/3}$$\en...

We present a systematic derivation of three mathematical models of increasing complexity for optical design, based on Hamilton’s characteristic functions and conservation of luminous flux, and briefly explain the connection with the mathematical theory of optimal transport. We outline several iterative least-squares solvers for our models and demon...

Objective Vertebral osteomyelitis (VO) is a severe clinical entity associated with high mortality rates, especially within the first year after diagnosis. The aim of this single-center prospective cohort study was to identify and compare predictive factors influencing early and late mortality in patients with conservatively and surgically treated V...

In June 2024, we organised an online conference to draw international attention to the lesser-known swallowtail butterflies in the monotypic subfamily Baroniinae (Baronia of Mexico) and the eight genera belonging to the subfamily Parnassiinae (apollos and their allies) (SBBT, 2024). This was a challenging topic to choose, with researchers and conse...

The Atlantic Forest is recognized as a biodiversity hotspot due to its high species diversity and significant levels of threat across its varied ecosystems. Although it once covered 1.3 million square kilometers, only about 12% of the original forest remains today. The primary objective of this study is to assess the spatial distribution of seconda...

Azolla was collected and sequenced across California as a part of the California Conservation Genomics Project. We identify three major populations of Azolla in the state. Out of these groups, we are able to confidently identify one as Azolla filiculoides . The other two taxa are seemingly newly reported to California and are not the same as the ta...

"Beyond Borders: The Legacy of Indian Miniature Paintings in the British Museum" explores the journey of Indian miniature paintings from their origins in the courts of Indian rulers to their placement in one of the world's foremost museums. This paper examines the cultural, historical, and artistic value of these paintings, shedding light on their...

Ce cours propose une introduction approfondie aux concepts et aux techniques fondamentales de la biologie moléculaire, avec un accent particulier sur leurs applications dans le domaine forestier. Les étudiants exploreront les mécanismes de l’expression génique, la structure et la fonction des acides nucléiques, ainsi que les méthodes d’analyse molé...

The next generation of neutrinoless double−β decay (0νββ) experiments are expected to probe the inverted mass hierarchy (IH) region in the near future, as well as enter into the normal hierarchy (NH) region. It is possible to expect such long-awaited result if the theoretical uncertainties of the axial-vector coupling constant, phase space factor,...

The rediscovery of Pseudomyrmecion ramalium Bedel, 1885, a rare and endemic saproxylic longhorn beetle, in the Djebel Edough forest in Algeria is reported. Hind wings are for the first time showed and described, evidencing the brachyptery of this species. Erroneous nomenclatorial, biological and chorological data referred by previous authors are di...

This study focuses on two key dimensions—employees’ psychological cognition and behavioral motivation—to examine the dual effects of ethical leadership on employees’ promotive voice behavior. A questionnaire survey was conducted among workers from various industries in China, and data from 396 valid responses were analyzed. The findings supported o...

En este artículo, describo la naturaleza y atributos de los sonidos para comprender conceptos fundamentales sobre la dinámica de los paisajes sonoros, así como la re- levancia de la investigación sobre los procesos acústicos para entender y mantener la calidad y funcionamiento de los paisajes que habitamos. Analizo estudios de caso específicos para...

Most work on source‐sink dynamics in metacommunities assumes that species have minimal or no niche overlap and thus different sources and sinks. We explore the alternative possibility: competing species have an overlapping set of sources and sinks. Using both implicit‐space two‐patch (ordinary differential equations) and explicit‐space reaction–dif...

Examina la presencia de los valores de conservacion, autodeterminación, de enaltecimiento del yo de autotrascendencia, medidos con la escala PVQ 21 de Schwartz, en una muestra de cadetes militares argentinos. Se discute la relación entre valores y cultura profesional

Mangrove ecosystems are highly vulnerable to damage, making their conservation crucial. The development of mangrove ecotourism serves as an approach to utilizing ecosystem services sustainably without causing harm. Ecotourism in mangrove ecosystems is beneficial as it synergizes with conservation efforts to protect the ecosystems. This study aims t...

This paper describes the monitoring of the current population status of Zegris fausti Christoph, 1877 in Tajikistan. Ther results show that this species has a fragmented distribution and its populations occupy only small areas. The number of adults within each population varies, but is generally not low. The densest populations are found within t...

Phenology, the study of seasonal biological events driven by climate variation, has historically provided crucial insights into climate-ecosystem interactions. Traditional phenological research has primarily focused on discrete, visually observable events such as bud break, leaf emergence, flowering, and migratory shifts. Ecosystems exhibit non-equ...

This study aims to analyze the performance of stocks using the Single Index Model approach by paying attention to the expected returns, risks (standard deviation), beta, and alpha of the ten stocks that are sampled with a period of 12 months in 2024. The results show that ADRO shares provide the highest expected returns but are accompanied by a ver...

A bstract We explore, for the first time, neutral-current events at long-baseline experiments to constrain vector and axial-vector neutrino non-standard interactions (NSI) with quarks. We leverage the flavor dependence of NSIs to perform an oscillation analysis in the neutral- current channel. We first introduce a framework to parametrize the effec...

The looming shutdown of every single one of Japan's nuclear plants——previously the providers of nearly one-third of the nation's electricity——has accelerated the country's initiatives on conservation, renewable energy sources, and decentralization of electricity supply. It has also injected considerable momentum into Japan's “green cities” initiati...

Is a new safety ordinance designed to save shoppers from transvestites, flashers and mass killers, or an Orwellian attempt to crush public protests? Last month a group of activists called Dystopia Tokyo called a protest against what they described as a “draconian” new city ordinance by conservative governor Ishihara Shintaro.

Turner's Ghost Shrimp (Lepidophthalmus turneranus) represents a significant yet understudied crustacean species in West African coastal ecosystems. This comprehensive review synthesizes current knowledge on its ecology, economic importance, conservation status, and environmental impacts across mangrove ecosystems of Africa, with particular emphasis...

Spatial three-dimensional structure of low-salinity water on the Baiu and Kuroshio fronts is shown using intensive observation results by three ships in the East China Sea. The surface low-salinity pool along the Kuroshio front was formed by rainfall of the Baiu front during the observations. The horizontal distribution of the low-salinity pool wit...

This review covers the available literature on Turner's Ghost Shrimp in Cameroon, examining its ecological significance, economic importance, population dynamics, and conservation status. This study systematically provides a thorough understanding of this underrepresented but important species. It provides a comprehensive overview of Turner's Ghost...

[Debate continues in Japan on how to address what is widely felt to be a long-continuing economic, political, and social malaise. One set of prescriptions would be to return to the values of the prewar era, in particular those of the Meiji Constitution and Rescript on Education (1889 and 1890), believed by some conservatives to be “more” Japanese t...

We present the first photographic record of a mainland clouded leopard Neofelis nebulosa predating on a Bengal slow loris Nycticebus bengalensis in Dehing Patkai National Park, Assam, India. This finding, made through camera trapping, contributes to our understanding of predatory behavior and diet, highlighting the significance of conservation effo...

The purge of Hatoyama Ichirō and the elevation of Yoshida Shigeru as a substitute prime minister in May 1946 deeply impacted their respective political careers. More important, these actions taken by the Allied occupation authority set the course for postwar Japan's conservative parties. This article examines the thinking of GHQ leaders that led to...

Cellulose‐derived materials, like paper and cellulose acetate, are known to be vulnerable to degradation within museum collections. Studies have been conducted and degradation markers have been identified on these materials. However, the degradation of man‐made cellulose‐derived fibers in collections is not well understood. This study aims to provi...

The spectacular advancement in the peace process during 2007 (the six-party talks and the U.S.-DPRK talks as well as increasing North-South cooperation), progress in solving the nuclear issue (at least partly) and in normalization of the DPRK's relations with the West bring to the fore the question of the DPRK's future course. Provided hostility di...

Despite the description of the March 11, 2011 disaster as “outside safety expectations”, there were multiple warnings from Japanese scientists, writers, activists, and international bodies that a large earthquake and tsunami could cripple Japan's nuclear plants. This article examines how assumptions of nuclear safety remained strong in Japan from t...

Minobe Tatsukichi (1873-1948), professor of constitutional law on the Tōdai Faculty of Law, was one of prewar Japan's foremost legal scholars. The emperor-organ theory is the doctrine with which his name is associated; it held that the emperor was an organ of the state; the repository of sovereignty, he was still a constituent part of the larger en...

Grassroots conservative groups led by Gambare Nippon began marching in the streets of Japanese cities beginning in 2010, but this year rightwing activism has notably intensified, coinciding with the establishment of the second Abe administration. Gaining the most notoriety is a group called the Zaitokukai or “The Citizen's Association That Will Not...

Information mentioned in the poster presentation is linked to a conference paper. Links: http://dx.doi.org/10.7220/2538-9122.2025 or https://www.researchgate.net/publication/391525968_Crop_Wild_Relatives_and_Wild_Harvested_Plants_in_Lithuania_New_Insights_into_their_Diversity_and_Conservation

A June 2 article in Bloomberg by the deservedly respected University of California at San Diego Professor of Japanese Business, Ulrike Schaede, makes the argument that Abenomics requires nuclear restarts in order to work. Professor Schaede presents an overview of Japan's present circumstances on energy, and concludes that “Japan has only one viable...

A nonautonomous periodic chemostat model with delays modelling n species in competition is considered. Sufficient conditions on the coefficients and consumption functions for the species are given, for both the extinction of the species and for the existence of n nontrivial and nonnegative periodic solutions. Further criteria guarantee that the sys...

Worried for years about a water shortage, the vast Tokyo metropolitan area is now overflowing in the stuff. Water-saving appliances, bottled drinking water and good old-fashioned conservation have helped the average Tokyo household in fiscal 2004 use 6 percent less tap water than six years earlier.

As some members of the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan know only too well, Japan can be a very uncomfortable place when the right starts sharpening its rhetorical spears. The Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA) discovered this to its cost last year when it wandered into the debate over prime ministerial visits to Yasukuni Shrine: a...

“Collect: Técnicas de colectar hongos” ofrece un protocolo integrado para la recolección, descripción, preservación y manejo de macrohongos con fines científicos y de conservación. Partiendo de la necesidad de ampliar el conocimiento de la micoflora dominicana y fortalecer los inventarios nacionales, el texto aborda la biología y ecología fúngica,...

The proper mathematical proof of Riemann’s hypothesis (RH) in Hilbert mathematics is suggested. It follows the methodological and philosophical considerations in Part I of the paper. Riemann’s zeta function is continued “physically” at its single and simple pole conventionally to be square integrable there (though not being analytical only there) a...

[Beginning on April 18, 2005, The Yomiuri Shimbun ran a 21-part series on “Planning National Strategies - Resources and Energy,” highlighting Japan's resource anxieties in the context of rising China-Japan tensions over issues that include the struggle for scarce oil and other natural resource and the voracious quest for energy by Japan's rapidly g...

The wide diversity of organisms in which introns stimulate gene expression suggests that this is an ancient phenomenon. However, the mechanisms through which introns boost expression remain poorly understood, and the degree the which the action of introns is evolutionarily conserved is unknown. Here we compared the effect on expression of introns a...

statement We redefine plant rewilding as a biodiversity‐focused restoration approach, outlining its conceptual framework, conservation potential, and implementation pathways. This work advances ecological theory while providing practical guidelines for global biodiversity recovery.

We generalize the analysis of the asymptotic higher spin symmetries developed in the first three parts of this series by considering the minimal coupling of Einstein Gravity and Yang-Mills theory. We show that there exist symmetry parameters that satisfy a collection of dual equations of motion, which allow the construction of an infinite collectio...

The article considers three mathematical models of fluid motion using two methods of description: the equation of motion based on the law of conservation of momentum and the equation of motion based on the rules of geometry. These methods are used in elasticity theory to describe the motion of a solid body and are also based on the Navier equation...

In this article, we analyse the time-fractional 2+1−D Black–Scholes model for European call options by employing Lie symmetry analysis. We derive the infinitesimal transformations and classify the optimal systems. Furthermore, under the geometric Brownian motion, we reduced the given model to ordinary differential equation (ODE) with integer order....

Distributionally Robust Optimisation (DRO) protects risk-averse decision-makers by considering the worst-case risk within an ambiguity set of distributions based on the empirical distribution or a model. To further guard against finite, noisy data, model-based approaches admit Bayesian formulations that propagate uncertainty from the posterior to t...

El objetivo de la investigación fue analizar la inf luencia de las variables bióticas y abióticas en los gradientes ambientales sobre la abundancia de 3 especies de renacuajos asociados a charcas permanentes y temporales en un arroyo tropical del sureste de México. La búsqueda de los individuos y el registro de variables ambientales se realizaron d...

Para la conservación de los materiales paleontológicos es imprescindible disponer de forma ordenada toda la información que afecta a cada ejemplar y basándonos en la experiencia adquirida en la conservación de la colección de vertebrados del yacimiento del Cretácico Superior de Lo Hueco (Fuentes, Cuenca) se ha diseñado una base de datos orientada a...

This study presents an optimized DNA extraction technique specifically tailored for Helichrysum species, which are known for their high content of secondary metabolites that often hinder DNA purity and yield. The method has been evaluated for its efficiency, cost effectiveness, and applicability across different Helichrysum taxa. Results demonstra...

We analyze mean-field equations obtained for models motivated by a large station-based car-sharing system in France called Autolib'. The main focus is on a version where users reserve a parking space when they take a car. In a first model, the reservation of parking spaces is effective for all users (see [4]) and capacity constraints are ignored. T...

Here are a few thoughts on "Is gravity evidence of a computational universe?" The article [1], plus this comment on it, could be seen as exemplifying nonlinear time. This is because an article is usually written first, then followed in linear time by comments. In this case, the article was published on April 25 2025 but the comment - which proposes...

Aim Halting widespread biodiversity loss will require detailed information on species' trends and the habitat conditions correlated with population declines. However, constraints on conventional monitoring programs and commonplace approaches for trend estimation can make it difficult to obtain such information across species' ranges. Here, we demon...

We study subsystem entropies in 2d CFTs for subsystems constituting a finite fraction of the full system. We focus on the extensive contribution, which scales linearly with the subsystem size in the thermodynamic limit. We employ the so-called diagonal approximation to evaluate subsystem entropy for chaotic CFTs in the thermal state (canonical ense...

The steady decline of terrestrial ecological systems prompted by a variety of anthropogenic activities brings an imminent threat to biodiversity globally. Customs and taboos encourage local communities to constantly safeguard the sacred groves of religious, cultural, or mystical interest. The importance of sacred groves is being acknowledged, and c...

This research aimed to study how a continuing education course primarily designed for teachers can provide theoretical foundations for the practice of Environmental Education (EE) within the school context of educators working in the municipal network of Matinhos - PR. The research approach was mixed-methods, and data collection was conducted throu...

The weakly compressible methods to simulate incompressible flows are in a state of rapid development, owing to the envisaged efficiency they offer for parallel computing. The pressure waves in such methods travel at finite speeds, and hence they yield non-solenoidal velocity fields. This inherent inability to satisfy mass conservation corresponding...

The Ostrovsky equation models long, weakly nonlinear waves, explaining the propagation of surface and internal waves in a rotating fluid. The study focuses on the generalized Ostrovsky equation. Introduced by Levandosky and Liu, this equation demonstrates the existence of solitary waves through variational methods. This paper investigates the gener...

The Itremo Massif Protected Area was established and is managed by Kew Madagascar. Here, we publish a plant species checklist of the Itremo Massif Protected Area. It is one of the first expert-verified plant species checklists to be generated for a protected area in Madagascar and includes 749 plant species, 353 genera and 103 families. For each sp...

Esthetic rehabilitation utilizes advanced materials and technology to address the needs of patients with significant esthetic concerns, adhering to a conservative approach through the application of direct composites. This methodology is designed to ensure minimal discomfort and maximum safety during treatment. Direct composite veneers represent a...

A new species, Ormosia neillii (Fabaceae), is described and illustrated from the tepui-like formations of the Cordillera del Cóndor Region in south-eastern Ecuador. Morphological similarities with other species of Ormosia are examined and discussed. Based on IUCN guidelines, a preliminary conservation status of Endangered (EN) is recommended.

The Nearby is not a descriptive term about existing units, such as a community, a neighbourhood or an online group. It is a strategy that people engage with their immediate surrounding as the interface between the individual and the world, and therefore organize their attention and energy that give a shape to the world in a way that they can act on...

Fritillaria avzemiae Sonay, Balos, M. Keskin & Tekşen, sp. nov. (Liliaceae) is described as a new species from Elazığ and Diyarbakır Province, eastern Turkey. Fritillaria avzemiae is close to F. pinardii, and F. avromanica. But differs from them by several morphological characters, such as stem, leaves, perigone, outer and inner tepal, style and ov...

The main obstacle in the quest for non-uniform cellular automata that meet the often desired property of number conservation is the vast size of the search space, going far beyond the capabilities of today’s computers. In this paper, we expound the construction of a directed graph \documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasys...

Preface of the book ECOLOGY OF TROPICAL CITIES, Volume I