Two of a Feather: A Comparison of the Preserved Integument in the Juvenile Theropod Dinosaurs Sciurumimus and Juravenator from the Kimmeridgian Torleite Formation of Southern Germany

2020 ◽  
pp. 79-101
Author(s):  
Christian Foth ◽  
Carolin Haug ◽  
Joachim T. Haug ◽  
Helmut Tischlinger ◽  
Oliver W. M. Rauhut
Keyword(s):  
Southern Germany ◽  
Theropod Dinosaurs

Epidemiology and survival of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma in Southern Germany

2010 ◽  
Vol 48 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
G Kirovski ◽  
G Kirchner ◽  
HJ Schlitt ◽  
J Schoelmerich ◽  
O Stoeltzing ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hepatocellular Carcinoma ◽  
Southern Germany

Calm amidst the Storm

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom Scott
Keyword(s):  
Black Forest ◽  
Southern Germany ◽  
Balthasar Hubmaier

The convulsions which seized southern Germany and Switzerland between 1520 and 1540 included the expulsion of Duke Ulrich of Württemberg (an ally of the Swiss) from his duchy of Württemberg; his intrigues to recapture his duchy by raising peasants in the Black Forest already in the throes of popular rebellion; and the beginnings of Reformed Protestant preaching by Huldrych Zwingli in Zürich. Any of these circumstances could easily have led to outright war on both banks of the Rhine. The Swiss were reluctant to give any support to Duke Ulrich, or to the peasants, though Zürich came to the aid of the Forest Town of Waldshut where Balthasar Hubmaier preached the new doctrines (and later Anabaptism). Konstanz, too, embraced Protestantism, to the chagrin of the Catholic Inner cantons. That effectively put an end to the city’s hopes of joining the Confederation.

scholarly journals Pesticide residues in daily bee pollen samples (April–July) from an intensive agricultural region in Southern Germany

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolin Friedle ◽  
Klaus Wallner ◽  
Peter Rosenkranz ◽  
Dieter Martens ◽  
Walter Vetter
Keyword(s):  
Honey Bees ◽  
Pesticide Residues ◽  
Hazard Quotient ◽  
Agricultural Landscapes ◽  
Pesticide Analysis ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Southern Germany ◽  
Serial Data ◽  
Fruit Growing ◽  
Insight Into

AbstractInsect-pollinated plants are essential for honey bees to feed their brood. In agricultural landscapes, honey bees and other pollinators are often exposed to pesticides used for cultivation. In order to gain more insight into the fluctuation of pesticide loads, 102 daily pollen samples were collected between April and July 2018 in a fruit-growing area in Southern Germany. Samples were analyzed with respect to more than 260 pesticides using a multi-residue pesticide analysis method. Almost 90% of the analyzed pollen samples featured between one and thirteen different pesticides. In total, 29 pesticides were detected at maximum concentrations of up to 4500 ng/g pollen. Maximum residual concentrations of most pesticides were observed during April and the first half of May, as well as during the second half of June. In most cases, serial data of pesticide residuals were detected for approximately 10 subsequent days with two or three maximum values, which were several folds higher than concentrations on the days before and thereafter. The pollen hazard quotient (PHQ) was calculated to estimate the risk of the detected pesticides to honey bees and wild pollinators.

scholarly journals Jaw biomechanics and the evolution of biting performance in theropod dinosaurs

2010 ◽  
Vol 277 (1698) ◽  
pp. 3327-3333 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manabu Sakamoto
Keyword(s):  
Function Space ◽  
Phylogenetic Signal ◽  
Space Distribution ◽  
Phylogenetic Structure ◽  
Unique Region ◽  
Theropod Dinosaurs ◽  
Polynomial Coefficients ◽  
Evolutionary Changes ◽  
Ancestral Function ◽  
Space Occupation

Despite the great diversity in theropod craniomandibular morphology, the presence and distribution of biting function types across Theropoda has rarely been assessed. A novel method of biomechanical profiling using mechanical advantage computed for each biting position along the entirety of the tooth row was applied to 41 extinct theropod taxa. Multivariate ordination on the polynomial coefficients of the profiles reveals the distribution of theropod biting performance in function space. In particular, coelophysoids are found to occupy a unique region of function space, while tetanurans have a wide but continuous function space distribution. Further, the underlying phylogenetic structure and evolution of biting performance were investigated using phylogenetic comparative methods. There is a strong phylogenetic signal in theropod biomechanical profiles, indicating that evolution of biting performance does not depart from Brownian motion evolution. Reconstructions of ancestral function space occupation conform to this pattern, but phylogenetically unexpected major shifts in function space occupation can be observed at the origins of some clades. However, uncertainties surround ancestor estimates in some of these internal nodes, so inferences on the nature of these evolutionary changes must be viewed with caution.

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