Little is known about skin microbiota in the context of the disease white-nose syndrome (WNS), caused by the fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd), that has caused enormous declines of hibernating North American bats over the past decade.Interestingly, some hibernating species, such as the big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus), appear resistant to th

This article considers factors that influencing navigation and mineral resources exploration on the Arctic shelf taking into account observed sea ice reduction.An analysis was made of the potential impact of some hydrometeorological factors on changes in the conditions of economic activity in the Arctic.It is shown that under certain synoptic situa

The paper presents the first study of the abrasion resistance and degradation processes of magnetron-sputtered Nb3Sn coatings on electropolished (EP) or chemical polished (CP) copper substrates.The coating-substrate system is of interest for application in radio frequency superconducting cavities as an improvement on bulk niobium cavities.The micro

The dirhodium(II)-catalyzed organic reactions, including asymmetric transformation, are significantly benefitted from the discovery of simple and efficient protocols to introduce various CONDITIONER COOL PEPPERMINT bridging ligands, e.g.carboxylic acids, amide and phosphoric acids.Ligands lying at axial position of dirhodium(II) complexes could str

In this article, a broadband 3-dB directional coupler is proposed using groove gap waveguide (GGW) structures.Gap waveguide technology has been introduced to overcome manufacturing and assembling challenges of different millimeter-wave components Aluminium Crutches and devices.The presented coupler has wideband coupling flatness with low return los