Predicting construction costs often involves disadvantages, such as low prediction accuracy, poor promotion value and unfavorable efficiency, owing to the complex composition of construction projects, a large number of personnel, long working periods and high levels of uncertainty.To address these concerns, a prediction index system and a predictio
Operation of municipal management facilities is inseparable from the problem of malodorous compounds emissions to the atmospheric air.In that case odor nuisance is related to the chemical composition of waste, sewage and sludge as well as to the activity of microorganisms whose products of life processes can be those odorous compounds.Significant r
Background: The incidence of atrial fibrillation/atrial flutter (AF/AFL) in general population is lower in Asia compared to Western countries.It is unclear whether a similar trend exists among adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD).We determine the profile, risk factors, and impact of AF/AFL in an Asian ACHD cohort.Methods: We included all ACH
ABSTRACT: There are evidences of intestinal flora hbl5266ca influence on the airway immune response.However, this information is scarce with regard to horses.The present preliminary study aimed to investigate the effects of a commercial mineral supplement containing probiotics and prebiotics on the respiratory immune response of horses supplemented
Two new oversize troglobitic species of diplurans campodeids, Pacificampa daidarabotchi Sendra, sp.n.and Pacificampa nipponica Sendra, sp.n., found in three caves in two southern Japanese islands are described.It is the first record of cave-dwelling Diplurans from Japan and more specifically these are two Campodeinae of Pacificampa Chevrizov, 1978