The Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences launched its airborne sniffer program in 2015 whereby a custom-built sniffer sensor was installed onboard the Belgian coastguard aircraft enabling the measurement of SO2 and NOx emitted by ocean-going vessels (OGVs).The data gathered on non-compliant OGVs were subsequently sent to port inspection auth
This study examines the prevalence of big bath accounting in an emerging market context, focusing on newly appointed CEOs of Brazilian firms.We find evidence of big bath accounting in Brazil and extends the big bath and CEO turnover literature by documenting a limit to downward earnings manipulation and by using Brazil as sequal eclipse 5 battery a
Abstract Background Viruses undergo extensive evolutionary selection for efficient replication which effects, among others, their codon distribution.In the current study, we aimed at understanding the way evolution shapes the codon distribution in early vs.late viral genes in terms of their expression during different stages in the viral replicatio
The fish assemblage and diversity in relation to water quality of three coastal rivers Sita, Swarna here and Varahi of Udupi district, Karnataka, India was studied.71 species representing 7 orders, 20 families and 41 genera were recorded from 21 sites along the three rivers.Species composition varied longitudinally in relation to the environmental