INDIVIDUAL TREE PARAMETERS ESTIMATION FOR CHINESE FIR (CUNNINGHAMIA LANCEOLATE (LAMB.) HOOK) PLANTATIONS OF SOUTH CHINA USING UAV OBLIQUE PHOTOGRAPHY: POSSIBILITIES AND CHALLENGES

Chinese fir (Cunninghamia lanceolate (Lamb.) Hook) individual tree parameters extraction is important for scientific forest management.However, high-precision parameters extraction by field investigation or spaceborne optical remote sensing is difficult when the forest is dense and the terrain is complex.This article proposes a framework for extrac

The ability to produce load-bearing masonry units adopting ACI 211.1 mix design using (1:3.2:2.5) as (cement: fine aggregate: coarse aggregate) with slump range (25-50mm) which can conform (dimension, absorption, and compressive strength) within IQS 1077/1987 requirements type A was our main goal of the study.The ability to use low cement content (

Abstract Background Increasing number of service users diagnosed with schizophrenia and psychosis are being discharged from specialist secondary care services to primary care, many of whom are prescribed long-term antipsychotics.It is unclear if General Practitioners (GPs) have the confidence and experience to appropriately review and adjust doses

Abstract Background Lung dysfunction commonly occurs after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB).Randomized evidence suggests that the presence of expiratory flow limitation (EFL) in major abdominal surgery is associated with postoperative pulmonary complications.Appropriate lung recruitment and a correctly set positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) level

Regulatory T (Treg) cells play a key role in maintaining immune tolerance and tissue homeostasis.However, in some disease microenvironments, Treg cells exhibit fragility, which manifests as preserved FoxP3 expression accompanied by inflammation and loss of immunosuppression.Fragile Treg cells are formatively, phenotypically and functionally diverse