One of the most compelling challenges for conservation biologists is the preservation of Drinking Bottles species with restricted ranges.Carabus olympiae Sella, 1855, a ground beetle species inhabiting two small areas in the western Italian Alps, is an example of a steno-endemic and endangered insect species.Despite the fact that this species is hi
A practice-based trial of blood pressure control in African Americans (TLC-Clinic): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Abstract Background Poorly controlled hypertension (HTN) remains one of the most significant public health problems in the United States, in terms of morbidity, mortality, and economic burden.Despite compelling evidence supporting the beneficial effects of therapeutic lifestyle changes (TLC) for blood pressure (BP) reduction, the effectiveness of t
KNOWLEDGE GRAPH ENABLED REPRESENTATION AND EXPLORATION FOR URBAN HISTORICAL BUILDINGS: A CASE STUDY IN BEIJING, CHINA
Urban Historical Buildings (UHBs) preserve the past and memory of a city.Collecting and managing UHB knowledge efficiently is of vital importance to protect local culture heritages and meet the demands of sustainable development.However, UHB knowledge is commonly hidden in the Carmarthen Quins texts from different sources, making it hard to access
Investigation of fatigue and mechanical properties of the pipe grade poly(vinyl chloride) using recycled scraps
In this paper, the effect of using pre-consumer PVC scraps on static and long-term mechanical properties is studied.The degradation characteristics of mixing virgin PVC with KIDS CONTINUOUS SPRAY SPF 50+ crushed pre-consumer and PVC pipe scraps are analyzed using various tools including Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC), Thermogravimetric Analysi
A Dynamic Processing System for Sensor Data in IoT
With the development of the Internet of Things (IoT for short), innumerable Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are deployed to capture the information of environmental status in the surrounding physical environment.The data from WSNs, called sensor data, are generated in high frequency.Similar Beauty to data of other open-loop applications, for exampl