Greater pollination intensity can enhance maternal plant fitness by increasing seed set and seed quality as a result of more intense pollen competition or enhanced genetic sampling. We tested experimentally these effects ...

Although artificial-selection experiments seem well suited to testing our ability to predict evolution, the correspondence between predicted and observed responses is often ambiguous due to the lack of uncertainty estimates. ...

Global warming has become one of the world’s most important challenges over the last decades and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are determined to be a major contributor. Various carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) ...

Background: Integrated clinical whole-body PET/MR systems were introduced in2010. In order to bring this technology into clinical usage, it is of great importance to compare the performance with the well-established PET/CT. ...

In post-combustion CO2 capture (PCCC) with amine-based solvents, determining the amount of amine components present in the liquid phase is essential. The quantification of the solvent should be fast, accurate and simple. ...

Quantitative imaging biomarkers show great potential for use in radiotherapy. Quantitative images based on microscopic tissue properties and tissue function can be used to improve contouring of the radiotherapy targets. ...

Crystallographic twins are critical to the properties of numerous materials from magnesium alloys to piezoelectrics. Since the onset of the twin formation is highly sensitive to the triaxial mechanical boundary conditions, ...

Optimal operation is important to improve productivity to be more competitive, and therefore, increase profitability. Optimal operation can be viewed to constitute the control layer (supervisory layer plus regulatory layer) ...

In ectotherms, adult body size commonly declines with increasing environmental temperature, a pattern known as the temperature-size rule. One influential hypothesis explaining this observation is that the challenge of ...