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Loss of susceptibility as a novel breeding strategy for durable and broad-spectrum resistance
Full text linkRecent studies on plant immunity have suggested that a pathogen should suppress induced plant defense in order to infect a plant species, which otherwise would have been a nonhost to the pathogen. For this purpose, pathogens exploit effector molecules to interfere with different layers of plant defense responses. In this review, we summarize the latest findings on plant factors that are activated by pathogen effectors to suppress plant immunity. By looking from a different point of view into host and nonhost resistance, we propose a novel breeding strategy: disabling plant disease susceptibility genes (S-genes) to achieve durable and broad-spectrum resistanc
Monitoring Of Temperature-Induced Deformations in High Mountain Huts
No full textGlobal warming is affecting a lot ofhuman activities and has a relevant environmental impact. This is particularly evidentin the Alps, where the recorded temperature increases are larger than average. This trend has direct consequences onthe stability of high mountain slopes, as it provokes the upward receding of permafrost and triggers a series of rockfall events. Although it is difficult to pinpoint the direct cause-effectrelationship for any recorded event, two general facts emerge: failures are becoming more and more frequent, especially during particularly hot summer seasons; failures tend to concentrate within the altitude range affected by permafrost receding.In this paper,we discuss the structuralmonitoring at Capanna Margherita hut (Punta Gnifetti 4554m a.s.l., Monte Rosa massif), which is the highest mountain hut in the Alps and Europe in general. Geomechanicalmonitoring was activated there in 2023 and it is now complemented by the installation of sensors onthe hut structurein 2024. Afull set of data is continuously being recorded, including inclinometric, thermometric and accelerometric data.The paperanalysisis based on the data recorded by thesensors and the air temperature at Capanna Margherita hut, includingthe relationship between the temperatures and displacements, and the dynamic characteristics of structural vibrations
Thermal and Non-thermal Effects of Microwave on Metal and Metal Oxide - A Critical Review
Full text linkMicrowave-based Preconditioning Technique for Accelerated Carbonation Curing of Cementitious Materials
Full text linkCharacterisation of Magnetite Formed during the Corrosion Process by Raman Spectroscopy - a review
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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Evaluation of the Bending Properties of Cement-Asphalt Mortars by a New 4PB Test Method
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