AT-SEA OBSERVATIONS OF THE SPRING MIGRATION AND PAIR BONDING OF IVORY GULLS (PAGOPHILA EBURNEA) AROUND SVALBARD AND EAST GREENLAND

At-sea observations of the spring migration and pair bonding of ivory gulls (Pagophila eburnea) around Svalbard and East Greenland

Because of logistical constraints little previous information exists on ivory gulls (Pagophila eburnea) in the waters around Svalbard and the east coast of Greenland in late winter/early spring.The Swedish Arctic Ocean 2002 expedition investigated these areas at that time of year and in this paper I report on the observations of ivory gulls made du

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Optimal Allocation and Size of Renewable Energy Sources as Distributed Generations Using Shark Optimization Algorithm in Radial Distribution Systems

The need for energy has significantly increased in the world in recent years.Various research works were presented to develop Renewable Energy Sources (RESs) as green energy Distributed Generations (DGs) to satisfy this demand.In addition, alleviating environmental problems caused by utilizing conventional power plants is diminished by these renewa

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On the Use and Abuse of Literature for Life

The essay aims to develop an argument about plots of love and bullfrog plush desire in bourgeois modernity.taking the cue from two sample novels: Sentimental education by Flaubert and Lolita by Nabokov.The theoretical framework regards the relationship between literature and experience, between perception and its bible flask written expression, spe

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Confirmed value of shear wave elastography for ultrasound characterization of breast masses using a conservative approach in Chinese women: a large-size prospective multicenter trial

Xi Lin,1 Cai Chang,2,3 Changjun Wu,4 Qin Chen,5 Yulan Peng,6 Baoming Luo,7 Lina Tang,8 Jing Li,9 Jihui Zheng,10 Ruhai Zhou,11 Guanghe Cui,12 Ao Li,13 Xuemei Wang,14 Linxue Qian,15 Jianxing Zhang,16 Chaoyang Wen,17 Joel Gay,18 Huili Zhang,18 Anhua Li,1 Yaling Chen2,3 1State Key Laboratory of Oncology in Southern China, Department of Ultrasound, Sun

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Recent Advancements in Reconfigurable mmWave Devices Based on Phase-Change and Metal Insulator Transition Materials

Chalcogenide Phase Change Materials (PCM) and metal insulator transition (MIT) materials are a group of materials that are capable of switching between low resistance and high resistance states.These emerging materials have been widely used in optical storage media and memory devices.Over the past recent years, there have been interests in exploiti

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