subalpine ecosystems are highly fragile as compared to biological andenvironmental factors. landslide is one of the ruinous upshots of this ecosystem. one of theimpressionable areas in the cause of natural factor is masoleh watershed in western alborzmt, (iran). in order to landslide hazard zonation, landslide index and frequency ratio methodbased on twelve causative factors such as slope, slop...

Mangroves are prone to bearing frequently the full brunt of hurricanes and tropical storms. The extent of destruction and early regeneration are widely studied. The purpose of this study was to add a long-term view of mangrove regeneration and assess the potential effects on mangrove horizontal zonation patterns of catastrophic destruction. Hattie, a category five hurricane, hit the Belizean co...

Availability of accurate and objective landslide susceptibility maps depicting zones defined on the basis of probability of occurrence of landslides is one of the critical inputs in assessing risk to property and lives in any mountainous region, particularly in the Himalayas. The aim of this study is to portray the usage of an in-house developed indigenous software, acronymmed as Landslide Susc...

Hepatic glucose metabolism is zonated. Glycolysis is mainly localized in hepatocytes surrounding the hepatic vein (pericentral zone) whereas gluconeogenesis is mainly carried out by hepatocytes surrounding the portal vein (periportal zone). Expression of the gene encoding the gluconeogenic enzyme phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK, PCK1) is reduced upon feeding. PEPCK is considered a peri...

1 We investigated the factors producing zonation patterns of the dominant plants in south-eastern USA salt marshes where Juncus roemerianus dominates the high marsh, and Spartina alterniflora the middle and low marsh. 2 Juncus did not occur naturally in the Spartina zone and performed poorly when transplanted there, irrespective of whether neighbours were present or removed, indicating that its...

This project utilizes microfluidic systems to study how groups of liver cells acquire emergent tissue properties. Hepatocytes (the parenchymal cells of the liver) respond to many cues in their microenvironment: neighboring cells, growth factors, extracellular matrix, dissolved oxygen, and their interactions. One tissue property of interest is the compartmentalization of gene expression in multi...

Abstract: Aim Zooplankton functional groups play an important role in lake functioning and can readily respond to environmental changes may be associated with phytoplankton changes. In warmer regions, zooplankton species have a smaller body size, which decreases their grazing capacity, attenuating top-down control throughout phytoplankton. We evaluated density biomass of relationship algal hori...

Abstract Landslide forensics assessment was conducted in Cimanggung, Sumedang with the aim of identifying causes and processes landslides to guide critical step future disaster prevention. The methodology includes investigations on geology, lithology, hydrology, land cover, land-use changes, rainfall triggering landslide. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles were used investigate detailed spatial geomorpho...

Here, we present a novel method for culturing kidneys in low volumes of medium that offers more organotypic development compared to conventional methods. Organ culture is a powerful technique for studying renal development. It recapitulates many aspects of early development very well, but the established techniques have some disadvantages: in particular, they require relatively large volumes (1...