The present rapidly growing number of onshore wind turbines is causing a significant increment in acoustic pollution. Engineering methods, such as the Harmonoise model, provide fast analytical predictions of outdoor noise propagation. This methodology is especially applicable to complex sound scenes that can potentially include multiple wind turbin...
Published in JBMR Plus
Distal forearm strength index (mean value of right and left forearm) was measured by single‐photon absorptiometry in two normative cohorts of boys and girls aged 7–15 in the periods 1979–1981 and 2017–2018. The strength index, which takes into account both the tissue mineral content and the structural appearance, was calculated as the product of th...
Published in JBMR Plus
Strength and the associated bone density distribution images vary widely for any given BMD value.
Self-healing concrete is an innovative and promising technology to increase the durability and service life of the structure by limiting the influence of aggressive attacks. However, knowledge on the performance in realistic conditions is limited. This paper presents the benefits of introducing a bacteria-based healing agent in concrete to enable s...
Habitat destruction and fragmentation are among the major current threats to global biodiversity. Fragmentation may also affect species with good dispersal abilities. We study the heath bushcricket Gampsocleis glabra, a specialist of steppe-like habitats across Europe that are highly fragmented, investigating if these isolated populations can be di...
Narcissus tazetta var. chinensis (N. taz. var. chi.) accessions collected from the coastal areas of China, Korea, and Japan were compared with accessions of lower ranks of Narcissus tazetta (N. taz.) from Italy to study the genetic variations and with several morphologically similar cultivars available in the trade. Sequences of the internal transc...
Resumen En los últimos años se han realizado diversos trabajos para seleccionar genotipos sobresalientes de pastos para restauración de pastizales. Estos trabajos se han enfocado principalmente en características agronómicas y poca importancia se ha dado a la estructura genética y adaptación ambiental de los genotipos. El objetivo fue evaluar la es...
Strawberry plants and fruits are vulnerable to infections by a broad range of pathogens and pests. However, knowledge about the epidemiology of pathogens causing strawberry diseases is limited. In this study, we analyzed Fusarium commune, a major fungal pathogen causing strawberry root rot, from diseased strawberry root tissues in southcentral Chin...
Published in Molecular ecology resources
The software program STRUCTURE is one of the most cited tools for determining population structure. To infer the optimal number of clusters from STRUCTURE output, the ΔK method is often applied. However, a recent study relying on simulated microsatellite data suggested that this method has a downward bias in its estimation of K and is sensitive to ...
Published in Biotechnology Reports
Due to its value and economic importance, the genome of Lonicera caerulea L. has been widely studied in various fields of science. In this study the genetic structure and relationships between 24 accessions of L. caerulea of different origins were assessed. A total of 692, 814, and 258 loci were amplified using 43 RAPD (random amplified polymorphic...
