We investigated whole-plant leaf area in relation to ontogenetic variation in leaf-size for a forest perennial herb, Cardiocrinum cordatum.The 200-fold ontogenetic variability in C.cordatum leaf area followed a power-law dependence on total leaf number, drive a measure of developmental stage.When we normalized for plant size, the function describin
Background: Perfectionism is a multifaceted concept.It had both advantages and disadvantages.Perfectionistic traits have been associated with leadership and very intellectual people.The present study is an attempt to understand if engineering students possess perfectionistic orientation and whether it influences self-efficacy, social connectedness,
While considerable progress has been made in achieving accurate lip synchronization for 3D speech-driven talking face generation, the task of incorporating expressive facial detail synthesis aligned with the speaker’s speaking status remains challenging.Existing efforts either focus on learning a dynamic talking head pose synchronized with s
This article is the result of PhD research work into traditional and modern law, order, Display Stand and judicial systems among the Lugbara of Uganda.Although a segmentary society, the Lugbara used indigenous wisdom and lived experience to develop traditional law to guide in the management of land, flora, fauna, and water for posterity.Cultural be
Trigonelline is a bioactive pyridine alkaloid that occurs naturally in high concentrations in coffee (up to 7.2 g/kg) and coffee by-products (up to 62.6 g/kg) such as coffee leaves, flowers, cherry husks or pulp, parchment, silver skin, and spent grounds.In the past, coffee by-products were mostly considered waste and discarded.In recent years, how