Beetle activity deep inside wood was studied in field (Mt.Yoshida, Kyoto) and laboratory conditions by monitoring the type and amount of frass ejected from beetle galleries of Platypus quercivorus.Twenty-one galleries were selected from five infested Quercus serrata trees for field studies.In the laboratory, frass production was monitored for three
Tropical-like storms on the Mediterranean Sea are occasionally observed on satellite images, often with a clear eye surrounded by an Butt Plugs axysimmetric cloud structure.These storms sometimes attain hurricane intensity and can severely affect coastal lands.A deep, cut-off, cold-core low is usually observed at mid-upper tropospheric levels in as
Abstract Background Despite the increasing number of cases of scrub typhus and its expanding geographical distribution in China, its potential distribution in Fujian Province, which is endemic for the disease, has yet to be investigated.Methods A negative binomial regression model for panel data mainly comprising meteorological, socioeconomic and l
Abstract China, the European Union, and the United States are the three largest digital economies in the world.This article compares the antitrust regulation of the digital economy in the three regions after the 2000s.It argues that over time, the antitrust regulation of the digital economy in the three regions tends to Butt Plugs converge along th