Black vine weevils, Otiorhynchus sulcatus (F.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), are serious pests of container- and field-grown nursery crops. Management programs usually target the larval stage in container-grown plants and the adults in field-grown plants. We tested several new systemic insecticides for efficacy against black vine weevil in container-grown Sedum spp. and field-grown Taxus spp. In...

The properties of products made from recycled plastics are in part determined by the level and types of impurities found in the primary plastic. The removal of other plastics is essential if the properties are to approach those of virgin resin. Purification of plastic resins is achieved by exploiting differences in material properties of the different plastic types. Differences in density and s...

BACKGROUND For the purposes of our research programme we needed a simple, reliable and validated method for allowing choice of a color in response to a series of questions. On reviewing the literature no such instrument was available and this study aimed to rectify this situation. This was achieved by developing a simple method of presenting a series of colors to people validating it in healthy...

To every generalized urn model there exists a finite (Mealy) automaton with identical propositional calculus. The converse is true as well. Introduction of concepts In what follows we shall explicitly and constructively demonstrate the equivalence of the empirical logics (i.e., the propositional calculi) associated with the generalized urn models (GUM) suggested by Ron Wright [Wright(1978), Wri...

Energy consumption in the buildings sector is considered one of most important sources energy Jordan, as reason for this due to traditional building pattern and buildings’ lack various saving rationalization systems. The development terms capacity save produce reasons that lead at national level Jordan. In study, effect paint colors on roofs was studied by studying three different colors, which...

INTRODUCTION Ecological restoration is a rapidly growing field of biology. Grassroots restoration activities have a long history and have recently increased dramatically. These are now being supplemented by state and federally sponsored restoration projects reaching tens and hundreds of millions of dollars, like those in the Everglades, Lake Tahoe, and the Sacramento River and Delta. Academic p...

The aim of this project is to analyze children color recognition, color preferences and color choices in emotionally characterized drawings from early childhood to primary school. 1307 children (648 boys and 659 girls) from mainstream schools of Kaunas region and 95 children (54 boys and 38 girls) from Kaunas kinder garden participated in color preference, mood rating and drawing sessions. Age ...

The aim of this study was to deepen the assessment of the environmental impacts of a white wine produced in Sardinia (FU 750 ml), performing an attributional LCA. The system boundaries were extended, from 'cradle to gate' (partial LCA) of a previous study, to 'cradle to grave' (total LCA), in order to identify the environmental impacts occurring along the wine life cycle stages (vine planting, ...