1. Reductive groups over local fields 1 1.1. Reductive groups over a field 1 1.2. The apartment of a reductive group over a local field 4 1.3. The existence of valuations of a root datum 12 1.4. The Bruhat-Tits group schemes 17 2. Loop groups 24 2.1. Definition of loop groups 24 2.2. The loop group of Ga and Gm 27 2.3. The loop groups of tori 30 2.4. Subgroups of LG 33 2.5. Integral models of L...

Cosmology: Science between Facts and Faith Laszlo A. Marosi 67061 Ludwigshafen am Rhein E-Mail: [email protected] Abstract The standard cosmological model rests on a never-ending array of hypotheses and assumptions (dark matter, dark energy and others) which either cannot be proved or, although theoretically possible, cannot yet be proved experimentally. This lack of secure knowledge raises ...

Danh-Tai Hoang,1, 2 Juyong Song,3, 4 Vipul Periwal,1, ∗ and Junghyo Jo3, 4, † Laboratory of Biological Modeling, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA Department of Natural Sciences, Quang Binh University, Dong Hoi, Quang Binh 510000, Vietnam Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics, Pohang, Gyeongbuk 37...

The oriental aphid Schizaphis piricola (Matsumura) is recorded for the first time in Europe, on the ornamental pear tree Pyrus calleryana in landscaped areas in Madrid (Spain). Data on the morphology of the forms on primary host (apterous and alate fundatrigeniae and fundatrices), and their biology and distribution are given. The keys for identifying species of Schizaphis (Schizaphis) in the Ib...

The predator and parasitoid fauna associated with cereal aphids is described, emphasizing the fauna associated with classical biological control efforts against the greenbug and Russian wheat aphid. We focus on literature from North America and include work from Europe and elsewhere when it is desirable to draw contrasts between approaches that affect cereal aphid biological control. Effects on...

To determine the number and distribution of exposures among workers exposed to silica dust in Vietnam, a cross-sectional study was conducted of the provincial Preventive Medicine Centers (PMCs) of 61 provinces, and data were collected from medical centers (MCs) of the Ministries of Construction, Industry, and Transportation. The PMC survey identified 112,956 exposed workers in 31 provinces. Min...

1. Propagule pressure, i.e. the number of individuals introduced, is thought to be a major predictor of the establishment success of introduced populations in the field. Its influence in laboratory experimental systems has however been questioned. In fact, other factors involved in long-term population persistence, like habitat size, were usually found to explain most of the dynamics of experim...

Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics, Pohang, Gyeongbuk 37673, Korea Laboratory of Biological Modeling, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States of America Department of Natural Sciences, Quang Binh University, Dong Hoi, Quang Binh 510000, Vietnam Department of Physics, Pohang University of Sc...

The mass rearing of parasitoids represents a fundamental stage for programmes of biological control. The progeny of the parasitoid Palmistichus elaeisis Delvare and LaSalle (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) were evaluated on previously refrigerated pupae of Bombyx mori L. (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae). Forty-eight to 72 hours-old pupae of B. mori were stored at 10 °C for five, 10, 15 or 20 days and then ex...

This talk addressed the following questions in the public debate at HoTPI: (i) energy dissipation limits of switches, memories and control; (ii) whether reversible computers are possible, or does their concept violate thermodynamics; (iii) Szilard’s engine, Maxwell’s demon and Landauer’s principle: corrections to their exposition in the literature; (iv) whether Landauer’s erasure– dissipation p...