Speciation rates for some taxa increase from the poles towards the equator, augmenting the number of species in the tropics.The causes of latitudinal variation in speciation rates are presently unknown.Here we present and discuss the Asynchrony of Seasons Hypothesis that invokes latitudinal differences in the spatial asynchrony of climate, and the
Self-testing is a method to certify devices from the result of a Bell test.Although examples of noise tolerant self-testing are known, it is not clear how to deal efficiently with a finite number of experimental trials to certify the average quality of a device without assuming that it behaves identically at each run.As a result, existing self-test
The characteristics of perception of anomie are revealed both in modern societies and in the historical past.Although the psychological phenomenon of anomie is expressed in thinking specific for various historical periods, the study of historical and modern parallels allows us to see some models of the development of psychological scientific though
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia was discovered as a soil bacterium associated with the rhizosphere.Later, S.maltophilia was found to be a multidrug-resistant hospital-associated pathogen.Lytic bacteriophages are prospective antimicrobials; therefore, there is a need for the isolation and characterization of new Stenotrophomonas phages.The phage StenM_
Flow distribution uniformity in manifolds is important in various engineering applications.In this study, the effect of manifold design on flow distribution is examined using both experimental and numerical methods.A comparison was made between a straight manifold and a gradually decreasing cross-sectional design considering two different inlet dia