COLLECTION METHODS OF WILD BARN OWL PELLETS AT LOW ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND PROPOSALS OF MICROBIOLOGICAL AND ECOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS

Collection methods of wild barn owl pellets at low environmental contamination and proposals of microbiological and ecological investigations

Abstract Background The barn owl Tyto alba is a medium-sized nocturnal raptor, predator of small mammals, birds, reptiles, and insects, distributed all over the world.Environmentally uncontaminated wild barn owl pellets are hard and rare to find and provide a natural matrix for biological investigations.Results Different solutions for collecting wi

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Constraining electroweakinos in the minimal Dirac gaugino model

Supersymmetric models with Dirac instead of Majorana gaugino masses have distinct phenomenological consequences.In this paper, we investigate the electroweakino sector of HAND CREAM the Minimal Dirac Gaugino Supersymmetric Standard Model (MDGSSM) with regards to dark matter (DM) and collider constraints.We delineate the parameter space where the li

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Numerical Simulation of a Slipper Model with Multi-Lands and Grooves for Hydraulic Piston Pumps and Motors in Mixed Lubrication

A theoretical model of a slipper with multi-lands and multi-grooves for swashplate type axial piston pumps and motors was established, including surface interactions.Further, a numerical simulation was conducted under an unsteady state and mixed lubrication conditions.Four model configurations were considered: A slipper with a single main land; a s

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