Validating reduced models for detachment onset and reattachment times on MAST-U [PDF]
Nuclear Materials and EnergyTwo reduced models for predicting detachment onset and divertor reattachment times are validated on MAST Upgrade (MAST-U). These models are essential for future tokamak reactor design, providing rapid calculations based primarily on engineering ...
S.S. Henderson +18 more
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Geography of masting creates greater synchrony in seed scarcity than in seed abundance [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesInterannually highly variable and synchronized production of large seed crops by perennial plants, called masting, drives resource pulses and famines with cascading effects on food webs. While the spatial scale of masting synchrony is well documented, it remains unclear how synchrony differs between years of seed abundance and failure, and how such ...
Jakub Szymkowiak +6 more
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Growth Process and Mortality of Sasa borealis Seedlings over Six Years Following Mass Flowering and Factors Influencing Them [PDF]
BiologyThe sexual reproduction of Sasa borealis, a species of dwarf bamboo, occurred in central Japan from 2016 to 2017. S. borealis grows on the forest floor and serves as an important source of habitat and food for various animals.
Hanami Suzuki, Hisashi Kajimura
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Functional MRGPRX2 expression on peripheral blood-derived human mast cells increases at low seeding density and is suppressed by interleukin-9 and fetal bovine serum [PDF]
Frontiers in ImmunologyPrimary human mast cells (MC) obtained through culturing of blood-derived MC progenitors are the preferred model for the ex vivo study of MRGPRX2- vs. IgE-mediated MC activation.
Toon Ieven +18 more
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Masting Breakdown in European Beech Reduces Fitness Benefits of Masting, Partly Explained by Climate Change [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionMasting, highly synchronised but temporally variable seed production, is initiated by weather cues and is thus highly sensitive to climate change. Changes in these cues can lead to a masting breakdown, reducing the fitness benefits of masting through ...
Cherine C. Jantzen +4 more
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Weather drivers of reproductive variability in perennial plants and their implications for climate change risks [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsSeed production in perennial plants often shows strong year-to-year variation, a phenomenon known as masting. Masting is typically adaptive and driven by weather cues that synchronize reproduction by promoting or suppressing flowering and seed set. These
Valentin Journé +10 more
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Solstice, selection, and synchrony of seed masting [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesBogdziewicz, Michał +5 more
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An Agronomic Approach to Pine Nut Production by Grafting Stone Pine on Two Rootstocks
Agriculture, 2021 Stone pine (Pinus pinea) grows in natural stands within the Mediterranean basin and its nut is highly appreciated for its nutritional profile. Nevertheless, a decline in this species due to biotic and abiotic damages is currently being clearly observed ...
Mercè Guàrdia +3 more
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New Phytologist, 2023 SummaryThe periodic production of large seed crops, or masting, is a widespread phenomenon in perennial plants. This behavior can enhance the reproductive efficiency of plants, leading to increased fitness, and produce ripple effects on food webs. While variability from year to year is a defining characteristic of masting, the methods used to quantify ...
Bogdziewicz, Michał +10 more
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Mast cell subsets and their functional modulation by the Acanthocheilonema viteae product ES-62 [PDF]
, 2013 ES-62, an immunomodulator secreted by filarial nematodes, exhibits therapeutic potential in mouse models of allergic inflammation, at least in part by inducing the desensitisation of Fc휀RI-mediated mast cell responses.
Al-Riyami, Lamyaa +7 more
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