Background: Influenza and pneumococcal pneumonia are serious health problems among
elderly people and a major cause of death in long-term care facilities. We describe the results …

We examined agonistic behaviour in seven species of hatchling and juvenile crocodilians
held in small groups (N = 4) under similar laboratory conditions. Agonistic interactions …

The Gharial appears to be primarily a fish-eating species, but very large individuals are
reported to eat other prey. Females reach sexual maturity at around 3 m total length. Nesting …

We report our experimental investigation on the effect of gaps between baffle outer diameter
and inner tube diameter on the mixing characteristics, in terms of mixing time and axial …

The species is generally regarded as harmless to humans, although one case of predation
on humans has been confirmed and others have been reported (Rachmawan and Brend …

Everyday some new environmental abuse is reported. Stories of insidious seepage of
industrial waste, I the continuing deluge of acid rain2 and the seemingly ceaseless spraying …

Behavioral predispositions are innate tendencies of animals to behave in a given way
without the input of learning. They increase survival chances and, due to environmental and …

We show how state-of-the-art wax deposition modelling can provide an accurate estimate of
the location, shape and volume of wax deposits which is key information for the …

One of the key challenges in developing high-performance electrochemical energy devices
is the slow kinetics of the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Implementing epitaxial strain …

This paper questions why there are relatively low numbers of women in the shipping industry,
at a time when there is still a critical shortage of seafarers in general. This should provide …