Seed dispersal is a key process affecting the structure, composition and spatial dynamics of plant populations. Numerous species in tropics rely upon animals to disperse their seeds. Humans have altered mammalian movements, which will likely affect seed distances (SDD). Altered SDD may range consequences for communities including reduced seedling recruitment biomass, trait homogenization, gene ...

Introduction: Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) is one of the conformal radiotherapy methods and Gamma Knife is a non-invasive SRS technique to treat intracranial lesions with 201 Co- 60 sources without need to surgery and bleeding. Beam penumbra phenomenon leads to irradiation outside the field and normal tissues. Therefore, considering it is momentous to attain the acceptable t...

We present a new class of nonsingular tensors (p-norm strictly diagonally dominant tensors), which is a subclass of strongH-tensors. As applications of the results, we give a new eigenvalue inclusion set, which is tighter than those provided by Li et al. (Linear Multilinear Algebra 64:727-736, 2016) in some case. Based on this set, we give a checkable sufficient condition for the positive (semi...

Abstract Aim To review the factors responsible for an unplanned Inpatient Stay (IPS) following a day case Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy (LC). develop strategies preventing unnecessary hospital stays after Day Case LC. Method We retrospectively collected data on all LC performed in Tertiary Centre over 3 months (January – March 2022). Results 162 patients underwent during this period; 135 (83.3%)...

Mục tiêu: Đánh giá đặc điểm tình trạng dinh dưỡng của bệnh nhân phổi tắc nghẽn mạn tính (BPTNMT) trong đợt cấp điều trị tại Bệnh viện Quân y 103. Đối tượng và phương pháp: Nghiên cứu mô tả cắt ngang trên 66 BPTNMT Trung tâm nội hô hấp - 103 từ tháng 09/2020 đến 06/2021. suy (SDD) bằng các chỉ số BMI (Body Mass Index), MNA (Mini-Nutrition Assessment), SGA (Subject Global Assessment). Kết quả: Tỷ...

We propose the Probabilistic Sentential Decision Diagram (PSDD): A complete and canonical representation of probability distributions defined over the models of a given propositional theory. Each parameter of a PSDD can be viewed as the (conditional) probability of making a decision in a corresponding Sentential Decision Diagram (SDD). The SDD itself is a recently proposed complete and canonica...

A common hypothesis for northern ecosystems is that low soil temperatures inhibit plant productivity. To address this hypothesis, we reviewed how separate components of ecosystem carbon (C) cycling varied along a soil temperature gradient for nine welldrained, relatively productive boreal black spruce (Picea marianaMill. [B.S.P.]) forests in Alaska, USA, and Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Canada. A...

A common hypothesis for northern ecosystems is that low soil temperatures inhibit plant productivity. To address this hypothesis, we reviewed how separate components of ecosystem carbon (C) cycling varied along a soil temperature gradient for nine welldrained, relatively productive boreal black spruce (Picea mariana Mill. [B.S.P.]) forests in Alaska, USA, and Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Canada. ...