Abstract Developing an optical geometric lens system in a conventional way involves substantial effort from designers to devise and assess the lens specifications.An expeditious and effortless acquisition of lens parameters satisfying the desired lens performance requirements can ease the workload by avoiding complex lens design process.In this stu
In many studies, adaptive cluster sampling (ACS) proved to be a powerful tool for assessing rare clustered Collections populations that are difficult to estimate by means of conventional sampling methods.During 2002 and 2003, severe drought-caused damage was observed in the park forests of the City of Helsinki, Finland, especially in barren site pi
Plankton comprises a large diversity of organisms, from pico- to macro-sized classes, and spans several trophic levels, whose population dynamics are characterized by a high spatio-temporal variability.Studies integrating multiple plankton groups, in respect to size classes and trophic levels, are still rare, which hampers a more thorough descripti
Genetic analyses of plant symbiotic mutants has led to the identification of key genes involved in Rhizobium-legume communication as well as in development and function of nitrogen fixing root nodules.However, the impact of these genes in coordinating the transcriptional programs of nodule development has only been studied in limited and isolated s