the cotton leaf roller moth, haritalodes derogata (fabricius, 1775) (lepidoptera: crambidae) was collected on two kinds of flowering shrubs, hibiscus syriacus l. and hibiscus mutabilis l., in rasht, guilan province, during august 2013. this species represents a generic new record for the fauna of iran. a brief description of the species is provided to facilitate the identification.

Males of Ruizantheda Moure sensu lato differ from males of other Caenohalictina in having the outer gonostylar plate with a large membranous region that extends to the ventral region, and the ventral gonostylus in the form of a retrorse lobe. These features permit the placement of three new species described here in the genus in this broader sense. However, despite having simple mandibles, they...

Lubna Al-Khalili, Thais de Castro Barbosa, Jörgen Östling, Julie Massart, Pablo Garrido Cuesta, Megan E. Osler, Mutsumi Katayama, Ann-Christin Nyström, Jan Oscarsson, and Juleen R. Zierath Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; AstraZeneca Research and Developmen...

Gametes, zoospores, and zygotes of the multicellular, green alga Ulva mutabilis showed acid phosphatase reaction product in Golgi vesicles and on the membrane lining the vacuole. In addition gametes and zoospores showed enzyme reaction product on the entire surface membrane including the flagellar membrane. The surface membrane enzyme activity disappears from the zygote shortly after copulation...

OBJECTIVES The present study examined the amount and relative contribution of calcium from the habitual diet among rural Thais. MATERIAL AND METHOD Calcium intake was assessed using 3-day food records and interviewer-administered quantitative food-frequency questionnaire, containing 73 food items. RESULTS The authors recruited 436 healthy participants (181 men and 255 women), between 20 and...

Marques Lima, Thais; Rocha Teles, Liana Mara; Souza de Oliveira, Amanda; Câmara Campos, Fernanda; Carvalho Barbosa, Rita de Cássia; Bezerra Pinheiro, Ana Karina; Kelve de Castro Damasceno, Ana Corrimentos vaginais em gestantes: comparação da abordagem sindrômica com exames da prática clínica da enfermagem Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP, vol. 47, núm. 6, diciembre, 2013, pp. 1265-1271 Un...