99 wileyonlinelibrary.com C O M M U N IC A IO N geometries. Using the naturally occurring photonic gyroid found in the wing scales of Parides sesostris butterfl ies [ 28 ] as an experimental model system ( Figure 1 ), we employed high-resolution additive manufacturing to replicate its 3D architectural details in a reversibly deformable macro-scale analogue. We specifi cally used a fi lling frac...

Coxsackie A-21 or Coe virus produces characteristic cytopathic effects in several human and animal cell lines. In most cells, the effect is insufficient for a plaque assay. Underwood (Am. J. Hyg. 76:124, 1962) showed that, in HeLa cells, the virus grew rapidly and produced high titers. He developed a plaque assay using a monolayer of HeLa cells grown in small bottles and overlaid with a gel of ...

Pineapple, Ananas comosus (L.) Merr., is a perennial, xerophytic monocot in the Bromeliaceae family (13). Planting materials used for commercial production are typically the crown from the top of the fruits (19). The planted crowns, referred to as the plant crop, will each produce a single pineapple fruit 18 to 20 months after planting (19). Following plant crop harvest, a ratoon crop develops ...

Host nutritional variables were evaluated for their effects on the severity of crown and root rot of tomato caused by Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. radicis-lycopersici. Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) seedlings (cv. Bonnie Best) were grown in a pathogeninfested, soilless rockwool system in the greenhouse and were fertilized with a nutrient solution that was amended with macroand microelements...

Traditionally, signal processing is considered simply lowlevel processing. In the past decade, however, signal processing has grown to become the area where a variety of tools are created to solve high-level problems that conventionally would be studied by computer vision or machine learning researchers exclusively. For example, multiresolution analysis created popular image features like SIFT ...

Introduction Bacterial wilts caused by Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith 1986) Yabuuchi et al. 1996 (formerly called Pseudomonas solanacearum) have long been a scourge of tropical agriculture because the pathogen is very widely distributed and has an unusually broad host range (7,13). Moreover, because R. solanacearum is a soilborne pathogen and host resistance is limited, bacterial wilt is very di...

1 The paper deals with the analysis of urban values and their spatial distribution in urban areas. We propose the use of GIS and spatial analytical techniques to model real estate prices and values in an urban area, producing different shapes and interpretations of an urban area. A test is done using real estate values available at unit postcode level for the City of Swindon (UK). INTRODUCTION ...

Background—Corneal infections due to contact lens contamination are risks associated with contact lens wear. Care systems which reduce these risks are desirable. Methods—This study evaluated a contact lens cleaning device using normal saline initially and then four contact lens solutions. Results—Using saline, six out of 10 tests resulted in complete removal of challenge organisms or showed red...