Abstract Here, the planar superstrate is used to tailor the conical beam.In the applications of conical beam antenna, making a good balance between the wider coverage and the higher gain is always a challenge, while the planar superstrate provides the freedom of design.Through adjusting the parameters Slot Car of the planar superstrate, it is possi
Abstract Purpose We investigated the effects of a surgical mask and an N95 mask on speech intelligibility using explicit and ambiguous sentences in Japanese.In addition, the effects of background noise specific to an operating room environment on the speech intelligibility of these sentences were also investigated.Methods We created 20 sets of five
The notion that mitochondria cannot be lost was shattered with the report of an oxymonad Monocercomonoides exilis, the first eukaryote arguably without any mitochondrion.Yet, questions remain about whether this extends beyond the single species and how this transition took place.The Oxymonadida is a group of gut endobionts taxonomically housed in t
Canine parvovirus (CPV-2) is the causative agent of haemorrhagic gastroenteritis in canids.Three antigenic variants—CPV-2a, CPV-2b and CPV-2c—have been described, which are determined by variations at residue 426 of the VP2 capsid protein.In Colombia, the CPV-2a and CPV-2b antigenic variants have previously been reported through partial VP2 seq