Ziphiidae (beaked whales) are a successful family of medium- to large-sized toothed whales.Their extant members perform regular deep dives beyond the photic zone to forage for cephalopods and fish.Conversely, extinct long-snouted stem ziphiids are interpreted as epipelagic predators.However, some aspects of this hypothesis remain unclear due to the
Flower-rich field margins provide habitats and food resources for natural enemies of pests (NEs), but their potential, particularly in the tropics and on smallholder farms, is poorly understood.We surveyed field margins for plant-NE interactions in bean fields.NEs most often interacted with Bidens Creams pilosa (15.4% of all interactions) and Eupho
Vascular complications from orthopaedic surgery can be devastating.Arteriovenous fistula (AVF) and pseudoaneurysm formation are possible from orthopaedic injuries as well as orthopaedic surgery.Limbthreatening complications of vascular malformation include ischaemia, ulceration, haemorrhage, and gangrene potentially requiring amputation.Although ra
The mass sensing superiority of a micro-/nano-mechanical resonator sensor over conventional mass spectrometry has been, or at least is being firmly established.Because the sensing mechanism of a mechanical resonator sensor is the shifts of resonant Scalp frequencies, how to link the shifts of resonant frequencies with the material properties of an
Assuming weakly guiding approximation, we examine orbital angular momentum (OAM) mode mixing on account of ellipticity in a fiber and derive a complete set of analytic expressions for Graters spatial crosstalk, using scalar perturbation theory that incorporates fully the existing degeneracy between a spatial OAM mode and its degenerate partner char