Potato virus Y (PVY) as one of the serious diseases on tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.), reduces leaf yield and its quality. Use of re-sistant genotypes is being considered as the most effective, economical and a safe way to reduce damages of the virus. In the present study, the response of 90 oriental and semi-oriental tobacco genotypes was evaluated against PVY using randomized complete block d...

The bats of Saudi Arabia consist 30 species and 21 genera within 9 families (Pteropodidae, Rhinopomatidae, Rhinolophidae, Emballonuridae, Nycteridae, Hipposideridae, Miniopteridae, Molossidae, Vespertilionidae). Some have been recorded from only one locality: Epomophorus labiatus, Hipposideros megalotis Asellia patrizii. taxonomy some was updated. Details on the past present distribution were i...

(Revised from a publication by D. van der Reyden, prepared at the Smithsonian Center for Materials Research and Education formerly the Conservation Analytical Laboratory, entitled Technology and treatment of a folding screen: comparison of oriental and western techniques. In: The conservation of Far Eastern art: preprints of the contributions to the IIC Kyoto congress, Kyoto, 19-23 September 19...

We intended to describe a case of chaunocephalosis and morphological characteristics of its causative agent, Chaunocephalus ferox, recovered from an oriental white stork, Ciconia boyciana, in the Republic of Korea. An oriental white stork was referred to the Wildlife Center of Chungbuk in Korea in February 2014 for severe depression with cachexia and it died the next day. At necropsy, the stoma...

OBJECTIVE To determine the interreferral patterns among physicians and complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) providers in an independent practice association integrated medical system. METHOD Data from a 1-year period were collected on referral patterns, diagnosis, number of visits, cost, and qualitative aspects of patient care. The independent practice association provided care for ap...