Free-ranging reindeer on the Seward Peninsula in western Alaska are rounded up from late May to early July and antlers are removed.We used data collected from 1987 to 1997 to determine how velvet antler weights of males and females varied with age, year, reproductive status, Julian date, and body weight.Male antler weights increased with age up to
The widespread development of the trend towards sustainable construction processes is associated with two key determinants: environmental friendliness and resource efficiency.The focus is usually made on resource efficiency of already constructed buildings as the building maintenance life cycle accounts for up to 80 per cent of all costs.The need t
Functional and aesthetic dysgnathia surgery requires accurate pre-surgical planning, including the surgical technique to be used related with the difference of anatomical structures amongst individuals.Programs that simulate the surgery become increasingly important.This can be mediated Sleeping Mask by using a surgical model, conventional x-rays a
Human activity recognition (HAR) has been gaining attention in recent years as a result of its many applications in health, sports, entertainment, and surveillance.Due to the current ubiquity of inertial measurement units Baseball (IMUs) in consumer electronics, including accelerometers and gyroscopes, HAR applications have increasingly used signal
Abstract Insect eggshells must meet Drugs various demands of developing embryos.These demands sometimes conflict with each other; therefore, there are tradeoffs between eggshell properties, such as robustness and permeability.To meet these conflicting demands, particular eggshell structures have evolved in diverse insect species.Here, we report a r