Policy measures and management decisions aimed at enhancing the role of forests in mitigating climate change require reliable estimates carbon (C)-stock dynamics greenhouse gas inventories (GHGIs). The aim this study was to assemble design-based estimators provide relevant for GHGIs using National Forest Inventory (NFI) data. We improve basic expansion (BE) living-biomass C-stock loss only fiel...

We investigate the concept of norm compliance in business process modeling. In particular we propose an extension of Formal Contract Logic (FCL), a combination of defeasible logic and a logic of violation, with a richer deontic language capable of capture many different facets of normative requirements. The resulting logic, called Process Compliance Logic (PCL), is able to capture both semantic...

Abstract Owl cafes, where customers view and interact with owls, have become popular in Japan. There are multiple aspects of the environment which may be stressful to nocturnal including lighting, tethering frequent interactions humans but, date, welfare has not been investigated. This preliminary study examines effects owl cafes on physiological stress (faecal corticosterone levels [FCL]) beha...

Increasing the short circuit current due to the penetration of distributed generations (DGs) in various voltage levels and meshed topology is a basic problem in power systems. Using fault current limiter (FCL) is an efficient approach to mitigate the exceeded short circuit levels. In this paper, a new approach is presented for multiple FCLs locating to decrease short circuit levels in meshed ne...

The primary purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that an in vivo model of posterolateral knee instability could be created in the rabbit and to develop a natural history model in animals. The biomechanical and gross features of the rabbit knee 12 weeks after rupture of the fibular collateral ligament (FCL) and popliteus tendon were investigated in 14 skeletally mature New Zealand wh...

In times of globalised food and feed trade, powerful integrative software tools are essential to solve foodborne crises quickly reliably. The FoodChain-Lab web application (FCL Web; https://fcl-portal.bfr.berlin/) is such a tool. FCL Web free open-source which helps trace back forward along complex global supply chains during disease outbreaks or other food-related events. the framework One Hea...

OBJECTIVES This study was designed to elucidate the location and mechanism of typical atrial flutter in the transplanted heart. BACKGROUND Although the F wave morphology in atrial flutter is similar in nontransplanted and transplanted hearts, the surgical incision needed for the atrial anastomosis may create a distinct electrophysiologic substrate of atrial flutter. METHODS Entrainment from...

Today, advances in cross-sectional imaging have led to the detection and early recognition of incidental/focal liver lesions (FCL). In approximately 17,000 cases chest CT, incidental were found 6% [1]. general, FCL consists hepatocytes, biliary epithelium, mesenchymal tissue, connective or metastasized cells from distant sites. Most are benign, some may require careful management treatment. eva...