Dog-strangling vine (Vincetoxicum rossicum) is an exotic plant originating from Central and Eastern Europe that is becoming increasingly invasive in southern Ontario, Canada.Once established, it successfully displaces local native plant species but mechanisms behind this plant’s high competitive ability are not fully understood.It is unknown
Intraspecific nest parasitism is a phenomenon that attracts the attention of biologists since it helps in saving the endangered species such as Slender Billed Gull.The problem comes from the fact that a parasite female lays its eggs in the nest of another female (host) of the same species which causes the abandon of the nest by the host.This behavi
Abstract Background Lower-than-expected incidence of HIV undermines sample size calculations and compromises the power of a HIV prevention trial.We evaluated the effectiveness of interim monitoring of HIV infection rates and on-going modification of recruitment Sleepover Set strategies to enroll women at higher risk of HIV in the Cellulose Sulfate
In this paper, we consider an integrated production and outbound distribution scheduling problem with a single production site, and its extension to multiple plants.A set of orders must be satisfied such that the required pieces from a single product must be first processed on a single machine in a plant, then must be delivered to the customers bef