THE OFFICIAL PRESENTATION TO SCIENCE OF A NEW SPECIES OF HECHTIA (BROMELIACEAE: HECHTIOIDEAE) FROM THE PACIFIC LOWLANDS IN MEXICO

The official presentation to science of a new species of Hechtia (Bromeliaceae: Hechtioideae) from the Pacific Lowlands in Mexico

Background: Hechtia is characterized by its terrestrial, succulent rosettes, dioecy, and unisexual, dimorphic flowers, mainly fragrant.The paucity and fragmentary herbarium material limit the species recognition but living material reveals diagnostic characters to delimitate them.Hypothesis: Hechtia species are circumscribed by a combination of veg

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Automated segmentation of brain metastases in T1-weighted contrast-enhanced MR images pre and post stereotactic radiosurgery

Abstract Background and purpose Accurate segmentation of brain metastases on Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is tedious and time-consuming for radiologists that could be optimized with deep learning (DL).Previous studies assessed several DL algorithms focusing only on training and testing the models on the planning MRI only.The purpose of this stu

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Analysis of microclimate temperature and relative humidity distribution of local poultry house in a subtropical area of Nigeria

The design of the ventilation system to ensure microclimate condition are optimum in poultry houses in the Nigerian context requires knowledge of the microclimate parameter distribution, which is lacking in the literature.This study investigated the patterns of temperature and RH distributions in a typical local poultry house.The specific objective

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