[Parametric imaging in breast diagnostics : Computed tomography].

Background: The complementary breast diagnostics (CMD) include the clinical examination, ultrasound, mammography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the breast and the assessment of conspicuous findings by interventional methods.

Objective: In recent years special breast computed tomography (BCT) systems have been developed and the question arises as to what significance this technology has in comparison to the established MRI procedure.

Material And Methods: Presentation of the two dedicated BCT systems with different concepts, which are currently commercially available.

Modelling pesticide degradation and leaching in conservation agriculture: Effect of no-till and mulching.

No-till and mulching are typical management operations in conservation agriculture (CA). To model pesticide degradation and leaching under a CA scenario, as compared to a conventional-tillage scenario (CT), the mulch module of the agro-hydrological model Daisy was extended. A Daisy soil column was parameterized with measurements of topsoil, mulch, and a realistic subsoil, and tested against published experimental data of pesticide fate in laboratory soil columns covered by mulch.

Checking the pulse: perspectives on grain legume production.

Including more grain legumes in cropping systems is considered a climate-smart solution to increase sustainability, soil fertility, and cropping systems diversification, while reducing nitrogen (N) inputs. However, increasing pulse production in temperate areas for food and feed comes with challenges that should be addressed and require more research for successful implementation.

Two-speed genome evolution drives pathogenicity in fungal pathogens of animals.

The origins and evolution of virulence in amphibian-infecting chytrids () and ( are largely unknown. Here, we use deep nanopore sequencing of and comparative genomics against 21 high-quality genome assemblies that span the fungal Chytridiomycota. We discover that has the most repeat-rich genome of the Chytridiomycota, comprising 40.