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Investigating invasive species’ morphoanatomical characteristics, such as leaf area and thickness of vascular tissues and storage cells, can reveal information about their adaptive ability and competitive advantage. Thus, we analyzed the variation in leaf, stem, and root morphoanatomical structure and stomatal conductance between shaded and sun-exposed seedlings of Broussonetia papyrifera to provide insights into management strategies to control its invasive ability. The variations in leaf area (LA), Leaf Mass per Area (LMA), stomatal density, thickness of palisade and spongy mesophyll tissues, thickness of xylem parenchyma cells, diameter of all xylem vessels in stem and roots and stomatal conductance were analyzed between shaded and sun-exposed seedlings. Results revealed that the LA and LMA of B. papyrifera were significantly larger in the sun-exposed than in the shaded condition. Seedlings exposed to sunlight also had thicker palisade mesophyll and xylem parenchyma cells. The diameter of xylem vessels in roots was also significantly higher in sun-exposed seedlings. Contrarily, a reverse pattern was observed in the diameter of stem xylem vessels (i.e., shaded > sun-exposed seedlings). Physiologically, a higher stomatal conductance was also observed in sun-exposed seedlings. In conclusion, we found significant variations in leaf, stem, and root morphoanatomy and stomatal conductance between shaded and sun-exposed seedlings of B. papyrifera. The findings of the present study may provide valuable implications for managing or controlling its invasibility in the introduced range. Keywords: freehand technique, invasive species, Moraceae, paper mulberry, stomatal conductance

Glasses with the formulation 15TiO2 -70P2O5 –(15−x) Li2O- x BaO x = (0 ≤ x ≤ 10 mol. %) are fabricate by the melt quenching procedure. As BaO concentration increased, the observed density increased and the predicted molar volume decreases. To assess the elastic properties of glasses, ultrasonic velocities were measured. Ultrasonic velocities (VL&VT) increases as the amount of BaO content increases. The higher connection strength of BaO proportional to Li2O as well as an increment in coordination number results in an increment in elastic moduli. The Phy-X/PSD program was also used to describe the samples' gamma-ray shielding parameters, like the mass attenuation coefficient (MAC) (cm2/g). According to studies on radiation shielding in glasses, the BaO content is the only factor affecting the radiation shielding phenomenon. All the samples have (MAC) values of 7.868, 9.177, 10.432, 12.794, 13.907, and 0.021, 0.022, 0.022, 0.023, and 0.024 at lower and higher energies. One can deduce that BaO reinforcement has multiple functions, including increasing the density of comparable glass compositions and thus their mechanical and gamma-ray shielding properties. This study suggests, there is a strong correlation between the mechanical and radiation properties of the glasses.

Bilateral asymmetry is presumed to reveal the developmental variability of the fish in polluted aquatic environments. In these habitats, high-level asymmetry develops, and these fish expend more energy to balance their growth than fish that are not under an impact. A total of 121 specimens of Pampus argenteus were collected from Khor Abdulla located in the northwest part of the Arabian Gulf. The asymmetry of two otolith parameters of the marine fish species Pampus argenteus, length and width, was calculated. The results demonstrated that the level of asymmetry was highest for otolith width. The level of asymmetry in both otolith parameters was lowest in fish length ranging between 70-100 mm and the highest in fish ranging between 281-310 mm.

Background: Cardiovascular disease burden is decreasing, but these reductions have not been distributed equally amongst socioeconomic groups. Objectives: The aim of this study was to define the relationships between different domains of socioeconomic health, traditional cardiovascular risk factors and cardiovascular events. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of local government areas (LGAs) in Victoria, Australia. We used data from a population health survey combined with cardiovascular event data derived from hospital and government data. Four socioeconomic domains: educational attainment, financial wellbeing, remoteness, and psychosocial health, were generated from 22 variables. The primary outcome was a composite of non-STEMI, STEMI, heart failure and cardiovascular deaths per 10,000 persons. Linear regression and cluster analysis were used to assess the relationships between risk factors and events. Results: Across 79 LGAs there were 33,654 interviews conducted. All socioeconomic domains were associated with burden of traditional risk factors, including hypertension, smoking, poor diet, diabetes, and obesity. Financial wellbeing, educational attainment and remoteness were all correlated with cardiovascular events on univariate analysis. After multivariate adjustment for age and sex, financial wellbeing, psychosocial wellbeing, and remoteness were associated with cardiovascular events, while educational attainment was not. After including traditional risk factors only financial wellbeing and remoteness remained correlated with cardiovascular events. Conclusions: Financial wellbeing and remoteness independently be associated with cardiovascular events, while educational attainment and psychosocial wellbeing are attenuated by traditional cardiovascular risk factors. Poor socioeconomic health is clustered in certain areas, which have high cardiovascular event rates.

The thermal, optical, and gamma/neutron radiation of PbO - P2O5 –SiO2 - Na2O- F2O3 glasses are all evaluated in this article. The glass system have an amorphous status was established by XRD. When Fe2O3 content is increased from 0 to 2 mol%, Tg rises from 455 to 471 °C, Tc increment from 555 to 579 °C, and Tp increment 580–601 °C. This observation because the single bond enthalpy of Fe-O (343.3 kJ mol−1) is higher than that of Na-O (37 kJ mol−1), this increase occurs. Optical bandgap Eopt.dir, and Eopt.indir increases, while (Eu) reduces. The glass composition G 5 was observed to be higher than other glass samples in terms of gamma and neutron radiation protection.

Melt-quenching was used to create high density glasses with a chemical composition of (15-x) Na2O–45B2O3–20Bi2O3–20SiO2–xLa2O3, where, x = (0 ≤ x ≥ 15) mol%. Through the use of (XRD) analysis, the amorphous status of these glasses was ascertained. We examined on the synthetic glasses physical attributes as well as their ability to shield against gamma radiation. The density increased from 4.913 g/cm3 for BBSNLa0 glass to 6.497 g/cm3 for BBSNLa15 glass. The study employed the Phy-X/PSD code to explore the radiation shielding properties of these glasses. As the mol% of La2O3 increases, the MFP decreases. This indicates that glass samples with a higher concentration of La2O3 have a greater ability to attenuate or absorb photons, resulting in a shorter average distance traveled before interaction. The BBSNLa-15 glass sample is the best choice for applications in radiation protection. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Ionizing radiation/charged particles shielding capacity of high density bismuth tellurite based glasses: (100-x)TeO2+xBi2O3 with x = 5(TB5), 8(TB8), 10(TB10), 12(TB12), and 15 (TB15) mol% have been examined. New Phy-X/PSD software has been applied to achieve this aim. The gamma radiation shielding parameters such as mass/linear attenuation coefficients (MAC/LAC), half value thickness (HVT), effective atomic number/electron density (Zeff/Neff) and mean free path (MFP) were estimated for thirteen (13) energies in the range of 0.2835–2.506 MeV associated with 60Co, 137Cs, 131I, and 22Na sources. Comparatively, the obtained values revealed that (MAC/LAC)TB5