The hypothetical impact of conventional insecticidal spraying strategies on Tsetse fly is investigated in this work. The investigation is largely one of the effect of temperature on tsetse population dynamics and its reproductive cycle during spraying, given that cooler weather is preferred for the settling of insecticidal droplets. Conventional insecticidal spraying strategies are found to be ...

Genotypic variation in ear morphology is linked to differences in photosynthetic potential to influence grain yield in winter cereals. Awns contribute to photosynthesis, particularly under water-limited conditions when canopy assimilation is restricted. We assessed performance of up to 45 backcross-derived, awned-awnletted NILs representing four diverse genetic backgrounds in 25 irrigated or ra...

An indirect evaporative cooling system combining with thermoelectric technology (i.e., TIEC system) is proposed, in which a counter-flow plate-fin cooler inserted TEC) modules. In hot and humid climate, condensation may occur on the dry channel surface of cooler. For system, aid TEC technology, temperature can be much lower than that traditional cooler, thus, from primary air more likely to tak...

BACKGROUND Season of birth or seasonal changes in putative etiologic factors are thought to influence the development of several psychiatric illnesses. The aim of this investigation was to examine seasonal differences in the frequency of birth in a clinical sample of patients with seasonal affective disorder (SAD). METHOD 553 outpatients suffering from SAD-DSM-IV-defined depressive disorder w...

This study compared the different leucocyte populations in milk from udders infected with different mastitic pathogens and in different stages of infection. Milk samples were collected from quarters free of intramammary infection, acutely infected with Escherichia coli or Staphylococcus aureus and chronically infected with S. aureus, coagulase-negative staphylococci (CNS) or Streptococcus dysga...

This report summarizes results relative to seasonal changes in cholesterol, and provides alternative results to a report based on winter-summer differences in cholesterol (sea01d01.doc). We report descriptive data on the subjects in the seasonal cholesterol study by gender, and within gender, by age (< 50 or 50+). We also include results for variables corresponding to BMI, waist, hip and waist:...

Anemonefishes and their host sea anemones form an iconic symbiotic association in reef environments, and are highly sought after in the marine aquarium trade. This study examines asexual propagation as a method for culturing a geographically widespread and commonly traded species of host sea anemone, Entacmaea quadricolor. Two experiments were done: the first to establish whether size or colour...