To better understand the contribution of understory to biodiversity of a forest ecosystem, we examined the understory in stands of: (1) a Phyllostachys edulis (Moso bamboo) plantation, (2) a Cunninghamia lanceolata (Chinese fir) plantation and (3) a natural evergreen and deciduous broad-leaved mixed forest (natural mixed forest) in Mt. Mao’er in southern China, and the distribution and diversit...

business sustainability in all dimensions of economic, governance, social, ethical, and environmental (egsee) performance is gaining acceptance as many global stock exchanges either encourage or require their listed companies to issue sustainability reports and investors worldwide demand sustainability performance information. more than 8, 000 companies worldwide are disclosing various egsee di...

2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) is a by-product o f t he trichlorophenol (herbicide) production and is also produced through a variety of combustion processes. It appears that TCDD is a ubiquitous chemical, particularly in industrialised countries, and the liver is the target organ of its toxicity. The prominent hepatotoxic effect of TCDD is progressive centrilobular necrosis. Th...

let r be a ring and v be a matrix valuation on r. it is shown that, there exists a correspondence between matrix valuations on r and some special subsets ?(mvpr) of the set of all square matrices over r, analogous to the correspondence between invariant valuation rings and abelian valuation functions on a division ring. furthermore, based on malcolmson’s localization, an alternative proof for t...

Jianqiang Hao 1,2,*, Yunzhan Gong 1, Yawen Wang 1, Li Tan 2 and Jianzhi Sun 2 1 State Key Laboratory of Networking and Switching Technology, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, 100876 Beijing, China; [email protected] (Y.G.); [email protected] (Y.W.) 2 School of Computer and Information Engineering, Beijing Technology and Business University, 100048 Beijing, China; tanli_91...

1The Advanced Centre for Biochemical Engineering, University College London, London, UK 2The Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA 3Harvard Business School, Boston, MA, USA 4London Regenerative Medicine Network, London, UK 5Harvard Medical School, Center for Excellence in Vascular Biology, Boston, MA, USA 6Future Medicine Ltd, London, UK 7Lonza Walkersville, Inc., MD, USA *Author for ...