A robust hydrophobic Y2O3 coating at high temperatures is important for industrial applications. In this study, thin films on Si substrates were prepared by reactive direct current magnetron sputtering. By changing the deposition power, with different microstructures obtained in poison mode and metallic mode, respectively. order to understand effect of heat treatment microstructure hydrophobici...

BACKGROUND In this paper the structure of poisonings is described, based on the material collected from tele-toxicology consults by the Pomeranian Center of Toxicology in Gdańsk and harvested from its Electronic Poison Information Management System. In addition, we analyzed conclusions drawn from a 27-month operation of the system. MATERIAL AND METHODS Data were harvested from the Electronic ...

The people of Sunkesula village are not happy. 500 families in the tiny village in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh gave up 860 acres of their land to the Forest Department for the expansion of the Great Indian Bustard Wildlife Sanctuary (famous for the endangered blackbuck). The reservoir that was their source of stored-water now lies within the sanctuary. Access to it is denied. No...

We investigate simple mechanisms for social learning in an evolutionary simulation of food-preference copying in Norway rats. These animals learn preferences by interacting with conspeciics, but, unexpectedly , they fail to learn aversions after interacting with a poisoned demonstrator. They also follow each other to food sites. Simulation results show that failure to discriminate between sick ...