Triploid oysters can be created through chemical or pressure treatments that induce a diploid embryo to become a triploid by blocking the expulsion of a polar body during development. Triploid oysters are desirable because ...

Recycling over many years has become of great importance to our society, and especially the environment. It has become an important means of reducing the increasing amounts of waste being sent to landfills each year. ...

Port sustainability has become an essential part of many port authorities in recent decades. Many ports have pledged to improve sustainability and have adopted various initiatives to achieve this, but academic studies are ...

Purpose:To determine if agreement exists between two common Timed Up and Go test (TUG) protocols (i.e., TUGP and TUGSC) in assessing community-dwelling seniors referred for home care physiotherapy services with balance and ...

This assessment examines how the AJP has evolved over the past three years and explores future trajectories for its development.

We used a seasonal North Sea data set comprising dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC), partial pressure of CO2 (pCO(2)), and inorganic nutrients to assess the abiotic and biological processes governing the monthly variations ...

Size-fractionated chlorophyll concentration and phytoplankton absorption spectra were compared for a wide variety of natural communities. We found that, in general, when phytoplankton abundance increases, larger size-classes ...

Stormwater runoff generated from urban areas can be a source of contamination and may negatively impact receiving waters. Best management practices, including the use of treatment wetlands, are recommended to minimize ...

Offshore oil and gas drilling operations generate significant amounts of drill mud waste, some of which is transported onshore for subsequent thermal treatment (i.e. via thermal remediation). This treatment process results ...