ASSESSMENT OF PLANT BIODIVERSITY IN TROPICAL DRY FORESTS OF SIALKOT, PAKISTAN; INSIGHT INTO ENVIRONMENTAL, ANTHROPOGENIC INFLUENCE AND CONSERVATION STRATEGIES

Assessment of plant biodiversity in tropical dry forests of Sialkot, Pakistan; insight into environmental, anthropogenic influence and conservation strategies

The tropical dry forests (TDF) have an enormously rich flora and fauna that offer various ecological services to the surrounding human societies.Biodiversity assessment is mandatory for implementing any sustainable forest management policy, which is why it is one of the important criteria and indicators currently used.Threats to TDF biodiversity ar

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Analysis of the PM2.5–O3 Pollution Characteristics and Its Potential Sources in Major Cities in the Central Plains Urban Agglomeration from 2014 to 2020

To highlight the characteristics of PM2.5–O3 pollution in the Central Plains Urban Agglomeration, spatial and temporal characteristics, key meteorological factors, and source pollution data for the area were analyzed.These data from the period 2014–2020 were obtained from state-controlled environmental monitoring stations in seven major cities

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Integrated Scheduling of Tasks and Preventive Maintenance Periods in a Parallel Machine Environment With Single Robot Server

In this study, the objective of minimizing makespan has been considered for a scheduling problem of identical parallel machines with a single server and unavailability constraints.Enrichment of ruminant meats with health enhancing fatty acids and antioxidants: feed-based effects on nutritional value and human health aspects – invited review.The u

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Linkage disequilibrium in wild mice.

Crosses between laboratory strains of mice provide a powerful way of detecting quantitative trait loci for complex traits related to human disease.Hundreds of these loci have been detected, but only a small number of the underlying causative genes have been identified.The main difficulty is the extensive linkage disequilibrium (LD) in intercross pr

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