Toxicity of aluminium to black pepper (piper nigrum L.) in Sarawak by De Waard, P.W.F., Sutton, C.D.

“…Different stages of the leaf symptoms are shown in Fig. 1.…”

Learning from nature : experimental observation of mimosa pudica by Zhang, Yi

“…Mimosa pudica is famous for its fast leaf-closing movement to defend against predators. …”
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Investigation of low coherence interferometry techniques for biomedical applications by Chow, Tzu Hao

“…Besides revealing the cross-sectional structure of orchid leaves, a highly scattering upper leaf epidermides were detected with OCT for virus-infected plants. …”
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Design and experimental investigation of a variable stiffness device by Nor Muhammad Mohammad S Man.

“…There are many types of springs such as the leaf springs, compression springs, torsion springs etc. …”
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Mechanically stimulated motion and fatigue response of Mimosa pudica by Ong, Samuel Yong Zheng

“…However, it was observed that there was a slight relation between the response time of the leaf (pinnule) closing and the size of the plant. …”
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Hyperspectral camera for plant analysis: agri-photovoltaic and agricultural machine vision AI by Ong, Richard Zhao Ting

“…The resulting system is a solution to early detection of pest/disease pressure, growth rate, leaf area, etc. Therefore, corrective action can be taken early, allowing yields to recover from initial underperformance.…”
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Friendship and publishing in Geoffrey Brito’s Sol meldunensis: a collaborative gift book from Cirencester Abbey for Geoffrey, abbot of Malmesbury, 1246–60 by Dunning, ANJ

“…The volume is a multilevel composition, extended with a leaf of tinted drawings of St Francis and St Dominic, Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Prophetia Merlini, and Geoffrey Brito’s verse anthology Felix ille. …”

Underestimating global land greening: future vegetation changes and their impacts on terrestrial water loss by Chai, Y, Miao, C, Slater, L, Ciais, P, Berghuijs, WR, Chen, T, Huntingford, C

“…Here, we apply an emergent constraint method to reduce uncertainty in global vegetation projections for the period 2015–2100 from a climate model ensemble (Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 [CMIP6]), focusing on the leaf area index (LAI). Our approach reduces uncertainty in global LAI projections by 37.7%–53.1%. …”

Effect of restricted watering and its combination with root pruning on root growth capacity, water status and food reserves of Pinus caribaea var. hondurensis seedlings by Abod, Sheikh Ali, Sandi, Simon

“…From the range of treatments tested, plants subjected to watering once every 9 days (D9) were found to be the 'hardest' in terms of highest root growth capacity, leaf water content, root starch content and in having a moderately low transpiration rate. …”
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Development of single seedling nursery tray for the System of Rice Intensification by Zubairu, Usman Bashar

“…The measured parameters were seedling height (SH), leaf length (LL), leaf number (LN), root length (RL) and loosening index (LI) from the SRI tray and compared with seedlings from the conventional tray. …”
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Designing a mechanism to cleave silicon wafers by Figueroa, Victor, 1982-

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Online tree reconstruction and forest inventory on a mobile robotic system by Freißmuth, L, Mattamala Aravena, M, Chebrolu, N, Schaefer, S, Leutenegger, S, Fallon, M

“…We demonstrate competitive accuracy to TLS or manual measurements using laser scanners that we mounted on backpacks or mobile robots operating in conifer, broad-leaf and mixed forests. Our results achieve RMSE of 1.93 cm, a bias of 0.65 cm and a standard deviation of 1.81 cm (averaged across these sequences)—with no post-processing required after the mission is complete.…”

Winner–loser plant trait replacements in human-modified tropical forests by Pinho, BX, Melo, FPL, ter Braak, CJF, Bauman, D, Maréchaux, I, Tabarelli, M, Benchimol, M, Arroyo-Rodriguez, V, Santos, BA, Hawes, JE, Berenguer, E, Ferreira, J, Silveira, JM, Peres, CA, Rocha‐Santos, L, Souza, FC, Gonçalves-Souza, T, Mariano-Neto, E, Faria, D, Barlow, J

“…Combining floristic and functional trait data for 1,207 tree species across 271 forest plots, we find that forest loss consistently caused an increased dominance of low-density woods and small seeds dispersed by endozoochory (winner traits) and the loss of distinctive traits, such as extremely dense woods and large seeds dispersed by synzoochory (loser traits). Effects on leaf traits and maximum tree height were rare or inconsistent. …”

CRISPR-Cas9-mediated gene editing of MYB28 genes impair glucoraphanin accumulation of Brassica oleracea in the field by Neequaye, M, Stavnstrup, S, Harwood, W, Lawrenson, T, Hundleby, P, Irwin, J, Troncoso-Rey, P, Saha, S, Traka, MH, Mithen, R, Ostergaard, L

“…We report that knocking out myb28 results in downregulation of A-GSL biosynthesis genes and reduction in accumulation of the methionine-derived glucosinolate, glucoraphanin, in leaves and florets of field-grown myb28 mutant broccoli plants, whereas accumulation of sulfate, S-methyl cysteine sulfoxide, and indole glucosinolate in leaf and floret tissues remained unchanged. These results demonstrate the potential of gene-editing approaches to translate discoveries in fundamental biological processes for improved crop performance.…”

“雍正西服伏虎图” 与 “雍正伴身西服图” 研究 = A study of Emperor’s Yongzheng western costume portraits by 曾琬瑜 Ching, Elis Wan Yee

“…An album of fourteen leaves portrays of Emperor Yongzheng in various disguises like a Daoist magician summoning a fierce dragon, a fisherman daydreaming by a lake shore, a Persian warrior holding his bow and arrow, a Turkish prince receiving a peach from a black monkey, a Tibetan monk meditating in a snow-bound mountain cave, most frequently he assumes the identity of a Chinese scholar watching a waterfall, inscribing a poem on a cliff and etc. In one album leaf, Yongzheng is portrayed as a European gentleman, wearing a tall wig and holding a spear in the attempt to kill a tiger; another dignified portrait of the emperor employs the same Western guise. …”
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Social wasps desert the colony and aggregate outside if parasitized: parasite manipulation? by Hughes, DP, Kathirithamby, J, Turillazzi, S, Beani, L

“…Aggregations were present for days at the same sites (in one case a leaf was occupied for 36 consecutive days) and were characterized by extreme inactivity. …”

Phytochemical and pharmacological activities of Commiphora gileadensis: A review by Mokaizh, A. A., Nour, Abdurahman Hamid, Rosli, Mohd Yunus, Siti Qurratu' Aini, Mahat, Elnour, Ahmed A. M., Modather, Rayan H.

“…The review suggests that more attention be paid to the stem, bark, and leaf of C. gileadensis because extending research materials could lead to the discovery of novel bioactive components.…”
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Implementing pull production within an aerospace assembly operation by Lennox, Kevin Michael

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Plant-soil and biotic interactions in tropical forests by Collins, Colton Lawrence Edward Iolani

“…Key findings include waterlogged conditions affecting soil nutrient availability without slowing leaf litter decomposition in peat forests, and plants showing species-specific responses to soil nutrient and water variations. …”
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Fabrication of hydrophobic surfaces using micro-electro discharge machining by Ching, Zai Ting

“…The hydrophobic surface of the lotus leaf has many desirable properties. A hydrophobic surface prevents the build-up of foreign or water molecules on the surface and exhibit self-cleaning properties. …”
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