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Stemflows and Preferential Flows: A Historical Review and Challenges for the Future
Possible implementation of stemflow in the MIPS model where all water in the system is represented as particles in pathways of specified velocity. Stemflow (green particles) can be treated as a localised input with probabilities of entering higher velocity pathways than throughfall, depending on the input rates.
Keith Beven, John T. Van Stan
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Collecting uncollectables: Joachim Du Bellay
Lists of wonders have circulated for millennia. Over and over, such inventories of spectacular man made constructions have been rewritten, re-edited and reimagi-ned.
Gro Bjørnerud Mo
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We review the distribution and diversity of Colletotrichum species, recent advances in the biology, epidemiology and host–pathogen interactions, emerging management strategies including early molecular detection and the development of resistant cultivars, and innovative approaches in chemical and biological control aimed at improving the sustainability
Federico Brugneti +4 more
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Pliny and the Eruption of Vesuvius
A forensic examination of two of the most famous letters from the ancient Mediterranean world: Pliny the Younger’s Epistulae 6.16 and 6.20, which offer a contemporary account of the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79 that destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum ...
Foss, Pedar William
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A new phylogeny and phylogenetic classification for Solanaceae
Abstract Solanaceae are a globally distributed family of considerable economic importance. Recent phylogenetic work on various clades in the family has resulted in a plethora of names at various taxonomic levels. This results in a confusing set of names applied to clades at different ranks, and to the use of informal names that are often not accepted ...
Rocío Deanna +11 more
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Pliny, the Elder’s studies on birds
Uma das poucas obras preservadas de Gaius Plinius Secundus (23/24 A.D.-79 A.D.), mais conhecido como Plinio, o Velho, é Naturalis Historiae (“História Natural”), composta por trinta e sete livros que tratam de diversos assuntos, incluindo os animais.
Martins, Lilian Al-Chueyr Pereira +1 more
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Why Can\u27t I Get Pliny the Elder? Beer Distribution Law in Michigan
If you are a craft beer drinker, you have noticed that there are many beers brewed in the United States that you cannot buy in Michigan, like California-based Pliny the Elder.
Brown, Kincaid C
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More on the Labyrinth on the Coins of Knossos
In his ‘Natural History’ (36.84-93), Pliny the Elder lists four buildings termed ‘labyrinths’. His second labyrinth, which came directly after the Egyptian one, was built by Daedalus in Crete, not far from Knossos, and appears on Knossian coins as the ...
Mariusz Mielczarek
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Abstract The ‘widow’ is a gendered, socially contingent category. Women who experienced spousal bereavement in the early middle ages faced various socio‐economic and legal ramifications; the ‘widow’ was further a rhetorical figure with a defined emotional register. The widower is, by contrast, an anachronistic category.
Ingrid Rembold
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Advancements Application of Natural Goat Hair Fiber as a Renewable Energy Source: A Review
Goat hair, a significant yet underutilized byproduct of global goat production, holds immense potential for diverse industrial applications, especially in regions where goat farming supports rural economies under harsh and marginal agricultural conditions.
Faisal Aboelkasim Allafi +3 more
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