Spirorbinae, a ubiquitous group of marine calcareous tubeworms with a small body size as adults, have a fascinating diversity of brooding modes that form the basis for their taxonomic division into six tribes (traditionally subfamilies): in-tube incubation, with varying degrees of attachment to adult structures (four tribes), and external incubatio
Introduction: Cracks are a key feature that determines the structural integrity of rocks, and their angular distribution can be used to determine the local or regional stress patterns.The temporal growth of cracks can be monitored in order to predict impending failures of materials or structures such as a weakened dam.Thus, cracks and their spatial
Dishes Uncertainty is the unavoidable part of the life.In almost all circumstances, we regularly find ourselves in a state of uncertainty.Several reasons can lead to uncertainty, such as randomness, vagueness and rough knowledge.Fuzzy set (FS) theory deals with these kinds of information.Many generalizations had been made in the theory of FSs, such
Abstract Background Visceral adiposity indicators and the product of triglyceride and fasting plasma glucose (TyG) index-related parameters are effective surrogate markers for insulin resistance (IR) and are predictors of metabolic syndrome and diabetes mellitus.However, their genetic determinants have not been previously reported.Pleiotropic assoc
To perform a systematic review of the effect of blood glucose levels on 2-Deoxy-2-[18F]fluoro-D-glucose (18F-FDG) uptake in normal organs.We searched the MEDLINE, EMBASE and Cochrane databases through 22 April 2017 to identify all relevant studies using the keywords "PET/CT" (positron emission tomography/computed tomography), "standardized uptake v