Based on the Quick Access Recorder (QAR) data covering over 9000 routes in China, the monthly and intra-day distribution characteristics of aircraft bumpiness at different levels were analyzed, and the relationships between the eddy dissipation rate (EDR) and other aircraft flight status elements during bumpiness occurrence were also analyzed.After
Abstract Background Vanda Mimi Palmer (VMP) is commercially valuable for its strong fragrance but little is known regarding the fragrance production and emission sites on the flowers.Results Olfactory perception detected fragrance only from the petals and sepals.Light and Environmental Scanning Electron microscopy analyses on fresh tissues showed d
The aim of the study was to analyze environmental impact of cow milk production in an alpine area through a cradle-to-farm-gate Life Cycle Assessment and to identify farming strategies that can improve environmental sustainability without negatively affecting profitability.Data were collected from farmers in 28 dairy farms in an Italian alpine vall
Newly discovered fossil bugs (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) from the Eocene of Messel (Germany) and Green River (North America) exhibit an exaggerated morphology Spreads including prominent spiny humeral and anterolateral angles of the pronotum and a spiny lateral abdominal margin.Especially the humeral angles are unique; they cons