Land degradation is a global environmental issue, given the various negative impact on socio-economic and ecological implications.It leads to reduced production capacity in addition to soil erosion, physical /chemical /biological /economic land deterioration, and long-term loss (or degradation) of vegetation.When a severe deterioration in drought a
Background: Bone tissue is a non-classical endocrine organ, which produces at least two hormones: fibroblast growth Color Swatch factor 23 (FGF-23) and decarboxylated osteocalcin (OC).In addition to this, recent studies demonstrate that specific proteins involved in the paracrine regulation of bone remodelling can be measured in peripheral serum sa
Flood risk is a complex and transboundary issue that is expected to escalate with climate change and requires to be governed by collaborative networks of actors.Municipal administrations have been suggested to have a particularly important and challenging role in such governance.Although collaborative governance has attracted intense scientific att
A method for adjusting the working distance and spot size of a fiber probe while suppressing or enhancing the back-coupling to the lead-in fiber is presented.As the optical fiber probe, a lensed optical fiber (LOF) was made by splicing a short piece of coreless silica fiber (CSF) on a single-mode fiber and forming a lens at the end of the CSF.By co