pauesia antennata mukerji (hymenoptera, braconidae) as the unique parasitoid of the giant brown peach aphid, pterochloroides persiace cholodkovsky (hemiptera, aphididae) is considered to be the most effective biological control agent of this pest. in this study, the assessment of selected biological parameters of p. antennata demonstrated that the longevity of mature parasitoid was 3.90 ± 0.22,...

background: health-care-associated infections are a major threat to the safety of patient care. control of such problem is a major criterion for hospital accreditation. this study was aimed to determine the developing use of chemical (class 6 products) and biological indicators in tabriz district hospitals since 1997 to 2011. methods: we conducted this time-trend interventional study with all o...

Background The Coordination of biological rhythms with medical treatment is termed Chronotherapy. This therapy utilizes the use of circadian or other rhythmic cycles of the human body in the optimization of treatment. This study examines blood pressure control and serum biochemistry level in early vs. late hemodialysis patients; attempting to identify a significant chronological variance. The p...

Industrial Control Systems (ICS) which control our critical infrastructures, including capabilities like bulk power generation, are unusually vulnerable to cyber attacks. The National Research Council (NRC) has reported that such an attack on the bulk power system “could deny large regions of the country access to bulk system power for weeks or even months. An event of this magnitude and durati...

Information privacy is usually concerned with the confidentiality of personal identifiable information (PII) and protected health information (PHI) such as electronic medical records. Thus, the information access control mechanism for e-Healthcare services must be embedded with privacy-enhancing technologies. Role-based Access Control (RBAC) model has been widely investigating and applying into...