THE RISK OF BIOLOGICAL INVASION BY RED-EARED SLIDER TURTLES (TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA ELEGANS) IN CHINA INFERRED FROM NICHE SHIFTING

The risk of biological invasion by red-eared slider turtles (Trachemys scripta elegans) in China inferred from niche shifting

Invasive alien species can cause significant economic and social-environmental damage after their invasive success.The red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) is among the first and worst invasive alien species introduced to China and has been recorded in numerous regions worldwide, not limited to China.In this study, we used species distribut

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Risk Assessment of Trigonelline in Coffee and Coffee By-Products

Trigonelline is a bioactive pyridine alkaloid that occurs naturally in high concentrations in coffee (up to 7.2 g/kg) and coffee by-products (up to 62.6 g/kg) such as coffee leaves, flowers, cherry husks or pulp, parchment, silver skin, and spent grounds.In the past, coffee by-products were mostly considered waste and discarded.In recent years, cli

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Evaluation of Selected Resource Allocation and Scheduling Methods in Heterogeneous Many-Core Processors and Graphics Processing Units

Heterogeneous many-core computing resources are increasingly popular among users due to their improved performance over homogeneous systems.Many developers have realized that heterogeneous systems, e.g.a combination of a shared memory multi-core CPU machine with massively parallel Graphics Processing Units (GPUs), can provide significant performanc

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