The biology and behaviour of the psyllid Diaphorina citri Kuwayama (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Liviidae), the major insect vector of bacteria associated with huanglongbing, have been extensively studied with respect to host preferences, thermal requirements, and responses to visual and chemical volatile stimuli. However, development of the psyllid in relation to the ontogeny of immature citrus ...

Many non-insulin dependent diabetics (NIDDs) on the sulphonylurea chlorpropamide experience intense facial flushing after taking alcohol even in small amounts. This chlorpropamide alcohol flush (CPAF) was first recognized within months of the introduction of the drug in the 1950s [ l ] but, although an alcohol flush occasionally occurs with tolbutamide [ 2 , 31, it has not been reported with ot...

We analyze the modifications of the flow around a NACA 0015 airfoil when the flow is perturbed with an electrohydrodynamic (EHD) actuator. The device used consists of two bare electrodes flush mounted on the surface of the model operated in a discharge regime characterized by the formation of a plasma sheet contouring the body in the interelectrode space. In this study, we analyze the influence...

A deterministic model was developed to predict pollutant mass first flush and to utilize it for better design of best management practices (BMPs) that focus on treating the first flush. The model used the kinematic wave equation to calculate flow and mass transport, and erosion equations to calculate pollutant concentrations, which were assumed to be from a short and a long term source. The mod...

Aspirin has been observed to block or attenuate the flush reaction caused by niacin in 90 percent of a group of schizophrenic and nonschizophrenic outpatients. The patients were not treated with tranquilizers or antiinflammatory agents concurrently. The basis for this phenomenon, the blocking of the niacin flush by aspirin, is probably due to inhibition of prostaglandin synthesis by aspirin. In...

Dynamic soaring extracts energy from naturally occurring wind gradients that can be used to extend aircraft endurance, particularly in small UAVs. Autonomous thermal soaring has already been validated in flight tests with small UAVs, but this level of demonstration has not been performed for dynamic soaring UAVs, partly due to the precise wind measurements required. This paper explores wind vec...

BACKGROUND The aim of the study was to assess total hip arthroplasty procedures using the cementless Avantage cup in women with additional risk factors for postoperative hip instability. MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 280 cementless Avantage and Avantage Reload cups were implanted in 260 women aged between 29 and 79 years (60.9 years on average) in the years 2004-2010. In 217 women, there wa...

In this paper, we propose an approach to estimate the Worst Case Response Time (WCRT) of each task in a preemptive multi-tasking single-processor real-time system utilizing an L1 cache. The approach combines inter-task cache eviction analysis and intra-task cache access analysis to estimate the number of cache lines that can possibly be evicted by the preempting task and also be accessed again ...

Optimal escape theory predicts that animals should balance the costs and benefits of flight. One cost of not fleeing is the ongoing cost of monitoring an approaching predator. We used a phylogenetic meta-analysis to test the general hypothesis that animals should initiate flight soon after they detect a predator-the 'flush early and avoid the rush' hypothesis. We found a large, significant over...