Urban expansion increases fragmentation of the landscape.In effect, fragmentation decreases connectivity, causes green space loss and impacts upon the ecology and function of green space.Restoration of the functionality of green space often requires restoring the ecological connectivity of this green space within the city matrix.However, identifyin
This article aims to qualify the skeptical view of many leading methodologists on multi-value Qualitative Comparative Analysis (mvQCA).More specifically, it draws attention to a distinctive strength of this QCA-variant.In contrast to the other QCA-variants, mvQCA is capable of straightforwardly capturing the specific causal role of every category o
A multi-strategy ensemble social group optimization algorithm (ME-SGO) to improve the exploration for complex and composite landscapes through distance-based strategy adaption and success-based parameter adaption while incorporating linear population reduction is proposed.The proposed method is designed to achieve a better balance between explorati
Mutations that give rise to premature termination codons are a common cause of inherited Crinkle Toys genetic diseases.When transcripts containing these changes are generated, they are usually rapidly removed by the cell through the process of nonsense-mediated decay.Here we discuss observed changes in transcripts of the centrosomal protein CEP290
Sugarcane bagasse is an abundant and renewable agricultural waste material generated by the sugar industry worldwide.The use of sugarcane bagasse as a bio-coagulant precursor in water treatment is an eco-friendly and cost-effective approach that has shown great potential.This article reviewed the prospects and challenges of utilizing sugarcane baga