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Release of multicomponent pheromones from porous fibres

The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.
Abstract Surface engineering empowers a polymer exclusion net to serve dual functions: physical exclusion and pheromonal release, allowing for pest control in agricultural crops. In previous work, a net woven from porous fibres releasing simple, single‐component alarm pheromones showed promising results in field tests.
Darius Klassen, William Simon, Olivier Ngoy, Mikaël Larose, Catherine Pouchet, Gérald Chouinard, Marie‐Josée Dumont, Jason R. Tavares   +7 more
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Uniaxial compressive strength prediction and ratio parameter optimization of titanium tailings composite backfill materials using intelligent hybrid models

Deep Underground Science and Engineering, EarlyView.
Based on the 90 datasets, ERT and four optimization algorithms were used to build four hybrid models to predict the UCS of the backfill body. The SMA‐ERT model was the most effective model, and it can reliably guide the design of the backfill ratio parameters. Abstract This study analyzed the feasibility of using titanium (Ti) tailings as a backfilling
Weijun Liu, Zida Liu, Zhixiang Liu
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Eloria subapicalis (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Lymantriinae): rare and specialist species on Erythroxylum (Erythroxylaceae) in the cerrado

Zoologia (Curitiba), 2011
Eloria subapicalis (Walker, 1855) is a rare species (61 individuals in four years of samplings) of Noctuidae (Lymantriinae) with a specific diet consisting of leaves of Erythroxylum P. Browne (Erytroxylaceae) species in Brasilia's cerrado. Generally, the
Ivone R Diniz, Cintia Lepesqueur, Michelle S Milhomen, Fabiana C. S Bandeira, Helena C Morais   +4 more
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A practical guide to species trend detection with unstructured data using local frequency scaling (Frescalo)

Ecography, EarlyView.
Accurately measuring biodiversity change remains a central challenge in ecology. Beyond the general idea of quantifying temporal species frequency changes, several sampling‐related biases in data collection remain key methodological challenges to consider. Long‐term standardized ecological data are rare, and most available datasets exhibit considerable
Romain Goury, Diana E. Bowler, Colin Harrower, Tamara Münkemüller, Jeanne Vallet, Jon M. Yearsley, Wilfried Thuiller, Oliver L. Pescott   +7 more
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Resumed forest grazing restored a population of Euphydryas aurinia (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in SE Finland

European Journal of Entomology, 2005
In 1996, an old forest pasture grazed from the 1960s to 1988 was restored by coppicing, fencing and grazing by cattle to protect a local population of the endangered butterfly Euphydryas aurinia. An adjoining ungrazed meadow provided a control.
Kimmo SAARINEN, Juha JANTUNEN, Anu VALTONEN   +2 more
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Moth [PDF]

eTropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics, 2020
An Aboriginal woman was walking in a city street. It is suburban Melbourne. She has bought a small axe from the hardware store. To her this axe is a traditional woman’s tool. She paid for the axe. She has not done anything wrong. She has broken no laws. She is no threat to herself or to any other person. An armed policeman challenges her.
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Closing the Loop in Agrivoltaics: A Radiative Cooling Coating for Synergistic Self‐Cleaning and Water Harvesting

ENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.
A nanostructured photonic‐thermal coating enables radiative‐cooling‐induced condensation and water harvesting, establishing a self‐sustaining agrivoltaics microclimate loop that transforms PV panels into active climate regulators. The integration of photovoltaic (PV) panels into agricultural landscapes (i.e., agrivoltaics) offers a promising path for ...
Saichao Dang, Abdul Rahim Siddiqui, Murali Gedda, Yuxuan Huang, Shakeel Ahmad, Jehad K. El‐Demellawi, Dan Daniel, Osman M. Bakr, Stefaan De Wolf, Hussam Qasem, Husam N. Alshareef, Qiaoqiang Gan   +11 more
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Seasonal flight activity and the length of the generation period of selected Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) –extent and causes of variation

Folia Oecologica
The variability in the timing of spells of flight activity was monitored in 25 monovoltine and 10 bivoltine species of Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) by evaluating their catches in a light trap operated nightly from April to November 1967–1995.
Honěk Alois, Martinková Zdenka, Novák Ivo, Jauschová Terézia, Sarvašová Lenka, Saniga Miroslav, Holecová Milada, Kulfan Ján, Zach Peter   +8 more
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Lethal effect of sulfuryl fluoride on eggs of different age of the Indian meal moth Plodia interpunctella (Hübner) – demonstration of the no constancy of the ct product for control

Journal für Kulturpflanzen, 2011
One to four day old eggs of the Indian meal moth Plodia interpunctella served for an investigation of their tolerance towards sulfuryl fluoride (SF) fumigation at 27°C and 65% relative humidity and of the question of constancy of the lethal dosage of SF –
Dalia A. Barakat, Gabriele Flingelli, Christoph Reichmuth   +2 more
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Comparative Assessment and Benchmarking of Metaheuristic Algorithms for Dynamic Photovoltaic Array Reconfiguration Under Diverse Shading Environments

Energy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The solar photovoltaic (PV) installations, which are essential for renewable energy systems, are vulnerable to partial shading, resulting in considerable power losses and operational inefficiencies. The dynamic reconfiguration of PV arrays has become an effective strategy to mitigate these effects by adaptively modifying the array topology to ...
Manoharan Premkumar, Ravichandran Sowmya, Jagarapu S. V. Siva Kumar, Mustafa Abdullah   +3 more
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