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BioMed Central A female great tits' (Parus major) appearance is shown to signal healthy attributes in offspring in a paper in BioMed Central's open access journal Frontiers in Zoology. The black stripe across her breast and white patches on her cheeks correlate to a chick's weight at two weeks and immune strength respectively – though the former seems to signal a genetic benefit and the latter can affect an 'adopted' chick's health, suggesting nurture is involved. Taking two mothers...
FARMINGTON, Conn., March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- A fast growing economy combined with the objective of becoming a superpower nation, fuelled China's defense expenditure during the review period through 2013. Border and territory disputes, as well as military modernization are expected to drive the country's future military spending, which is anticipated to grow at a CAGR of 11.89% over the forecast period. China's philosophy, "Prosperous nation, strong military", drives its...
ASTANA, Kazakhstan, March 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Press conference was scheduled in London on March 6 about the program of the Sixth Astana Economic Forum, which a dozen Nobel Prize winners have committed to attend, and the World Anti-Crisis Conference in Astana. Both the Astana Economic Forum and the World Anti-Crisis Conference will be May 22 to 24 in Kazakhstan's capital of Astana. The press conference in London about the two events was held at 10 a.m. at the...
IIC-China will unveil the latest in smartphone, tablet, power, connectivity, surveillance, test, EDA and other design technologies that are critical to electronics innovation SHENZHEN, China, Feb. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Sources (NASDAQ: GSOL) announced that the 18th International IC-China Conference & Exhibition (IIC-China) opens today at the Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Center in Shenzhen, China's major electronics design and manufacturing hub, and runs...
HONG KONG, Feb. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite growing concern with quality of life issues such as pollution, almost one-half of surveyed executives in the world's second-largest economy judge themselves capable of balancing work and play, and all things considered, are fairly content with their lives. One in five is now "bourgeois" enough to call upon the services of a consultant or personal trainer. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20030303/LNM011LOGO-b ) These findings...
PARIS, February 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Artprice's strategic alliance with Artron represents an unprecedented move with an immediate impact on today's bipolar map of the global Art Market. Among the many synergies expected from this partnership, Artprice's exclusive access to previously unavailable key data concerning the Chinese art market will allow an even truer vision of the global market and will give the two global art-information majors full control over market data...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Across 35 emerging market countries, there are more than 400 vendors vying for the more than $66 billion smart grid market opportunity by 2023. Among these 400 vendors, the number of local-based vendors active in smart grid projects currently exceeds the number of large international vendors, signaling an opening up of the smart grid vendor landscape. A new study from Northeast Group - Emerging Markets Smart Grid: Vendor Analysis - highlights...
Antler Farms, producer of world's best deer velvet antler, clears the air on deer velvet antler products after the February 4, 2013 Sports Illustrated article creates misinformation on today's most controversial supplement. Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) February 06, 2013 Deer velvet antler is a hot topic these days. Interest in the supplement has been sky high ever since Sports Illustrated reported of Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis’ alleged usage of deer velvet antler pills and...
SINGAPORE, Jan. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Wealth-X, the ultra high net worth (UHNW) business development solution for Global Private Banks, Luxury Brands, Educational Institutions and Non-Profits, has released eight predictions for China's ultra high net worth individuals (UHNWIs) for the Year of the Snake. 2013 Predictions for China's UHNWIs: 1. Luxury spend will increase to US$7 billion, or US$570,000 per UHNWI, compared to luxury spend of US$1,350,000 per UHNWI in...
BEIJING, Jan. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- After the 18(th) CPC National Congress convened, the media attached great importance to new urban construction, an issue that concerned the public after it was listed in the national strategic plan. Due to such policy, China's real estate industry will step back from its "Golden Times" after years of fast development and several rounds of strict government controls, which will bring brand-new opportunities for development. It is widely...
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The Chukar Partridge or Chukar (Alectoris chukar) is a Eurasian upland game bird in the pheasant family called Phasianidae. It’s been considered to form a super species complex along with the Rock Partridge, Philby’s Partridge and Przevalski’s Partridge and treated in the past as conspecific especially with the first. This partridge has well marked white and black bars on the flanks and a black band running from the forehead across the eye and running down the head to create a necklace...
Asia is the world’s largest and most populous continent. It is located mainly in the eastern and northern hemispheres covering 8.7 percent of the Earth’s whole surface area and making up 30 percent of its land area. With about 4.3 billion people, it hosts 60 percent of the world’s current human population. This continent has a high growth rate in the modern era. For example, during the 20th century, Asia’s population almost quadrupled. This continent is defined as making up the...
The Persian leopard (Panthera pardus ciscaucasica), also known as the Caucasian leopard, is a subspecies of the leopard that can be found in the Caucasus mountains, eastern Turkey southern Turkmenistan, northern Iran, and some western areas of Afghanistan. Its range in the Caucuses is now fragmented, but once encompassed all areas except those within steppe habitats. It prefers to live in many habitats, but in the Greater Caucuses, it prefers subalpine meadows, rocky ravines, and broadleaved...
The Siberian roe deer (Capreolus pygargus), also known as the eastern roe deer, can be found in northeastern areas of Asia. Its range includes Mongolia, Siberia, the Korean peninsula, eastern Tibet, northeastern China, and the Tian Shan Mountains. It is thought that this species lived in England for a short period, but it no longer exists there. The roe deer species is split into two areas, in Siberia and in Ural. It prefers to live in grasslands or steppe lands, and have adapted to live in...
The Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca) is a medium-sized species of diving duck found in Eurasia. Its breeding habitat is marshland and lakes with water depth of at least 3-4 feet. It breeds in southern and eastern Europe and southern and western Asia. It is somewhat migratory, and winters farther south into north Africa. It is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies. The adult male Ferruginous Duck is rich...
