Temporal resolution of birth rate analysis in zooplankton and its implications for identifying strong interactions in ecology.

Expanding on Haeckel's classical definition, ecology can be defined as the study of strong and weak interactions between the organism and the environment, hence the need for identifying strong interactions as major drivers of population and community dynamics. The solution to this problem is facilitated by the fact that the frequency distribution of interaction strengths is highly skewed, resulting in few or, according to Liebig's law of the minimum, just one strong interaction. However, a single strong interaction often remains elusive.

In Situ Ring-Opening Polymerization of -lactide on the Surface of Pristine and Aminated Silica: Synthesis and Metal Ions Extraction.

The development of functional materials from food waste sources and minerals is currently of high importance. In the present work, polylactic acid (PLA)/silica composites were prepared by ring-opening polymerizations of -lactide onto the surface of pristine (Silochrom) and amine-functionalized (Silochrom-NH) silica. The characteristics of the ring-opening polymerization onto the surface of modified and unmodified silica were identified and discussed.

Method for Determining Treated Metal Surface Quality Using Computer Vision Technology.

Computer vision and image processing techniques have been extensively used in various fields and a wide range of applications, as well as recently in surface treatment to determine the quality of metal processing. Accordingly, digital image evaluation and processing are carried out to perform image segmentation, identification, and classification to ensure the quality of metal surfaces. In this work, a novel method is developed to effectively determine the quality of metal surface processing using computer vision techniques in real time, according to the average size of irregularities and caverns of captured metal surface images.

Uniting Discoveries of Abundance-Size Distributions from Soils and Seas.

Science is a search for patterns but there are few cross-habitat patterns in ecology. We propose key questions following the findings of consistent scaling of abundance versus body mass from bacteria to earthworms and whales, based on an almost forgotten study of soils and a well-known one from the open ocean.

Analysis of the survival of patients with breast cancer depending on age, molecular subtype of tumor and metabolic syndrome.

Aim: To analyze the survival of patients with breast cancer (BC) depending on age, molecular subtype of the tumor and the presence of metabolic syndrome.

Patients And Methods: We have analyzed the results of examination and treatment of 202 patients with BC of stages I-III. The patients were distributed by age into 2 groups.