STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSES OF MULTIPLE TISSUES OF GREAT SHEARWATERS (ARDENNA GRAVIS) REVEALS LONG-TERM DIETARY STABILITY, SHORT-TERM CHANGES IN DIET, AND CAN BE USED AS A TOOL TO MONITOR FOOD WEBS

The great shearwater (Ardenna gravis) is a common pelagic bird with a distribution that spans almost the entire Atlantic basin, which in conjunction with its relatively high abundance, makes great shearwaters an effective bio indicator.We compared δ13C and δ15N values from the feathers, red blood cells (RBCs), and plasma of great shearwat

The invertebrate model Galleria mellonella is a widely used factitious host to study the microbial pathogenesis in vivo.However, a specific procedure for the recovery and the processing of the infected tissues, important for a better understanding of the host-pathogen interactions, has not been reported to our knowledge.In the present study we desc

Sour rot (SR) is a disease complex that affects grape berries during ripening and can cause severe yield losses and deterioration of wine quality.The etiology and epidemiology of the disease remain uncertain, which has DVD severely limited the development of specific, targeted management strategies.In this study, a network meta-analysis was applied

We firstly executed bench tests of a bogie having the wheelset with a wheel flat installed on the roller rig.A wheel flat of 75 mm was prepared on the wheel tread and the front edge of the wheel flat was rounded by the grinding work.By making the radius of the front edge large, the maximum vertical acceleration of an axlebox decreased in the speed

This review focuses on diverse biomass-based inhibitors employed to hinder corrosion in different aggressive environments, along with several methods of the biomass extraction.The prevalent corrosion inhibitors used in industries are toxic can inflict harm on the ecosystem and escalate health risks in living organisms.This paper summarizes the meth