The nematode, Mehdinema alii, occurs in the alimentary canal of the decorated cricket Gryllodes sigillatus. Adult nematodes occur primarily in the hindgut of mature male crickets, whereas juvenile nematodes are found in the genital chambers of mature male and female crickets. Here, we present experimental evidence for the venereal transmission of M. alii in G. sigillatus. Infectivity experiment...

purpose the aim of this study was to determine the effect of ramadan fasting on body composition, calorie intake and physical performance in young female athletes undertaking training sessions during ramadan. methods twelve voluntary female athletes (15-27 years old) were assigned to the research. a prospective study was conducted to investigate the athletes on four different occasions: one wee...

conclusions the results suggested that severely thin girl runners has steadily increased. surveys on the health consequences of extreme thinness are necessary for the female adolescent runners. methods body mass index (bmi) were analysed in 9,881 female and 12,786 male runners participating in the annual national road relay races between 1989 and 2014 using the directory of a track and field ma...

background & aim: primary dysmenorrhea is a common problem among women, resulting in a decline in their performance level and quality of life. previous studies have not indicated a definite relationship between body mass index (bmi) and dysmenorrhea. therefore, this study aimed to determine the severity of dysmenorrhea and investigate its relationship with bmi among female adolescents in hamada...

A new steinernematid nematode, herein described as Steinernema poinari sp. n., was recovered by baiting soil samples with the last instar wax moth larvae Galleria mellonella in three localities of southwest Bohemia, Czech Republic. Morphological and molecular data confirmed this nematode as a new species which belongs to the affine/intermedium group. S. poinari sp. n. was characterized by male,...

A root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne floridensis n. sp., is described and illustrated from peach originally collected from Gainesville, Florida. This new species resembles M. incognita, M. christiei, M. graminicola, and M. hispanica, but with LM and SEM observations it differs from these species either by the body length, shape of head, tail and tail terminus of second-stage juveniles, body length...

During a survey for entomopathogenic nematodes in the Western Cape Province of South Africa, a new species in the genus Heterorhabditis was collected from a peach orchard. The nematode was trapped by the insect-baiting technique using last instar larvae of Galleria mellonella. The infective juvenile of the new species differs from the morphologically closest species, H. marelatus, in shorter bo...