The mangrove forest ecosystem is known to possess a variety of ecosystem services, including high rates of carbon sequestration, storage and mitigating climate change through reduced deforestation. This study was carried out in the mangrove forests of Gowatr Bay, Gulf of Oman during 2017-18 to quantify biomass and carbon stocks of all components of this forest, including live and dead trees, so...

conclusions in conclusion, mma official and simulated matches induce similar high intensity glycolytic demands and minimal changes to biochemical markers of muscle damage immediately following the fights. glycolytic availability prior to the fights was raised exclusively in response to official matches. objectives the main objective of this study was to compare biochemical responses to sparring...

The effect of digitalis in 21 patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome was anlayzed with respect to the ventricular response during atrial fibrillation and antegrade and retrograde refractory periods of accessory pathways. Digitalis shortened the cycle length of the most rapid ventricular response (shortest R-R) (i.e., increased the ventricle response) in 6/21 patients, increased the cycle ...

[1] Airborne Doppler radar observations from the recent Tropical Cyclone Structure 2008 field campaign in the western North Pacific reveal the presence of deep, buoyant and vortical convective features within a vertically‐sheared, westward‐moving pre‐depression disturbance that later developed into Typhoon Hagupit. On two consecutive days, the observations document tilted, vertically coherent p...

We re-examine the role of collisions in decoupling the H I 21-cm spin temperature from the cosmic microwave background (CMB). The cross section for de-exciting the 21-cm trasition in collisions with free electrons is more than 10 times larger than it is in collisions with other atoms. If the fraction of free electrons in the diffuse cosmic gas is between 10 and 30 per cent then collisions alone...

Pedestrian protection systems, both active and passive systems, are being introduced in the EU and Japan to comply with regulatory requirements. Their designs are specific and, in general, reflect an accident scenario of the pedestrian being struck on the side by a vehicle traveling at a maximum travel speed of 40 kph. The present study is an effort to quantify the effects of pedestrian reactio...

Initiation of DNA replication involves the ordered assembly of the multi-protein pre-replicative complex (pre-RC) during G(1) phase. Previously, DNA topoisomerase II (topo II) was shown to associate with the DNA replication origin located in the lamin B2 gene locus in a cell-cycle-modulated manner. Here we report that activation of both the early-firing lamin B2 and the late-firing hOrs8 human ...

As if reprising the index case of Pheidippides in 490 BC, the sudden cardiac death of a 32-year-old modern-day warrior at mile 20 in the 2016 London marathon mandates an expedited search to prevent such tragic events based on novel insights into the underlying cause (figure 1). 2 Although the cardiac findings in this case have not been released, an acute coronary event is most likely as the mos...

Rotavirus, the most common cause of severe gastroenteritis in early childhood, is now a vaccine preventable disease with immunisation added to the Australian publicly funded schedule in July 2007. To better understand rotavirus epidemiology in Queensland prior to vaccine introduction, we used 3 routinely-collected data sources. We analysed hospital records of all children less than 5 years of a...