Multi-substrate induced respiration (functional capacity) in agriculturally degraded and intact restiad bogs: implications for carbon and nitrogen cycling

Natural peatlands provide ecosystem services such as carbon storage and habitat, which can be negatively affected (degraded) by the proximity of agricultural land due to lowered water table and increased nutrient deposition.We assessed peat biochemistry and microbial function in the dry, fluctuating and saturated zones of the peat deposits at Moana

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On the submerging of a spherical intruder into granular beds

Granular materials are complex systems and their mechanical behaviours are determined by the material properties of individual particles, the interaction between particles and the surrounding media, which are still incompletely understood.Using an advanced discrete element method (DEM), we simulate the submerging process of a spherical projectile (

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Antenatal diagnosis of myometrial invasion in anterior placenta previa by transabdominal color Doppler ultra sound

Background: The incidence of maternal mortality in placenta previa accrete is 7%,and its preoperative diagnosis is of a great value.Objective: to evaluate the efficacy of transabdominal color Doppler ultrasound in diagnosing placenta previa accreta and inccreta.Color Doppler imaging criteria used in: includes diffuse parenchymal placental lacunar f

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