small cabbage white butterfly, pieris rapae (l.) (l.) (lep.: pieridae) and diamondback moth, plutella xylostella (l.) (lep. plutellidae) are two of the most important insect pests of the family brassicaceae. use of resistant varieties is suitable management strategy for control of these pests. in order to study the population fluctuations of p. rapae and p. xylostella, eight cultivars of caulif...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the influence of psychosocial and organizational factors relating to adherence to standard precautions for preventing exposure to biological material in hospitals. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted among 270 medical and nursing professionals at a university hospital in the municipality of São Paulo, Southeastern Brazil, in 2002. After selection by means of sim...

HINDRIK MULDER,1,2 SAMUEL GEBRE-MEDHIN,3,4 CHRISTER BETSHOLTZ,4 FRANK SUNDLER,2 AND BO AHRÉN5 1Section for Molecular Signaling, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Lund University, SE-221 00 Lund; 2Section for Neuroendocrine Cell Biology, Department of Physiological Sciences, Lund University, SE-221 85 Lund; 3Section for Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Department of Physiological Scien...

Islam and Muslims have been in the headlines recently for one reason or another. But the practice of medicine in an Islamic conservative country such as Saudi Arabia has not been adequately reported. Many questions about cultural differences in the practice of medicine have been directed at me by non-Muslim colleagues. Below, I have tried to answer some of them after practising at a university ...

Introduction Ascites is a common complication of chronic liver diseases and is related to the extent of portal hypertension. This study evaluated whether the serum ascites albumin gradient (SAAG) (the difference between the albumin level of serum and of ascitic fluid) is endowed with clinical implications. Materials and methods This is a prospective study involving 50 patients with cirrhosis ...

This study was carried out to determine the distribution of particles in classrooms in primary schools located in the centre of the city of Sari, Iran and identify the relationship between indoor classroom particle levels and outdoor PM2.5 concentrations. Outdoor PM2.5 and indoor PM1, PM2.5, and PM10 were monitored using a real-time Micro Dust Pro monitor and a GRIMM monitor, respectively. Both...