Portulaca oleracea L.is one of the most widely distributed plant species, invading a host of worldwide regions.Rivers and canals, as corridors connecting neighboring habitats, are known to exhibit high invasion levels.Consequently, the aim of this paper was to show which catchment areas, environmental factors and habitat types can be seen as predic

Drug-eluting balloons (DEBs) have been mostly exploited as an interventional remedy for treating atherosclerosis instead of cardiovascular stents.However, the therapeutic efficacy of DEB is limited due to their low drug delivery capability to the disease site.The aim of our study was to load drugs onto a balloon catheter with preventing drug loss d

In our previous research, the fitness cost of resistance of the diamondback moth (DBM), Plutella xylostella found in insecticide-resistant DBM (Rc-DBM) under heat stress was based on heavier damage to wing veins when compared to insecticide-susceptible DBM (Sm-DBM).To investigate the molecular mechanism of the damage to the veins between Rc- and Sm

While all lower limb prosthesis walkers have a high risk of tripping and/or falling, above PROTECTING CREAM knee prosthesis users are reported to fall more frequently.Recognising this, engineers designed microprocessor knees (MPK) to help mitigate these risks, but to what extent these devices reduce this disparity between above and below knee users

A new X-band retrodirective antenna based on superheterodyne mixer and phase conjugating technology is proposed for inter-satellite data transmission in this paper.The novel phase conjugating circuit, utilizing the reciprocity of the passive mixers, achieves high RF-IF and LO-IF isolations, high communication link gain, and a very compact low profi