Stripe patterns are commonly seen in nature—for instance, birds and fish move in coordinated flocks and schools, fingerprints ...

Abstract: Platinum (Pt) resistance temperature detectors (RTDs) are extensively employed as thin-film temperature sensors. However, agglomeration of Pt thin films occurs above 800 °C due to grain ...

Abstract: Preprocessor-based software product lines (SPLs) are used to deal with evolution in space, in which features (so-called configuration options)—annotated in source code with #ifdefs—are ...

1 Key Laboratory of Grassland Ecosystem, Ministry of Education, Pratacultural College, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China 2 Sino-U. S. Center for Grazing Land Ecosystem ...

Xhosa patterns have their origins in the traditional clothing and beadwork of the Xhosa people. These designs were originally used as a form of expression and identity. Each pattern would tell a story ...