We revise the four species of Kaszabister Mazur, 1972, one of which, Kaszabister barrigaisp. n., is described as new. The other species in the genus are Kaszabister rubellus (Erichson, 1834), Kaszabister ferrugineus (Kirsch, 1873) and Kaszabister carinatus (Lewis, 1888). The species are principally known from the subtropics of South America, with one in Central America. Lectotypes are designate...

Infestation with Ascaris lumbricoides (roundworm) is very common in the tropics and subtropics. Patients with ascariasis can be asymptomatic or may present with different clinical features in the form of simple nausea, decreased appetite, abdominal pain or more severe bowel obstruction, perforation, intussusception, biliary colic etc. Ultrasonography (USG) can be quick, safe, noninvasive and re...

The increasing need for food production in subtropical regions likely translates to a need for additional plant nutrients. As a consequence, knowledge of world fertilizer nutrient reserves is of particular relevance to sustainable agriculture in the subtropics. The stewardship responsibilities of agriculture include the wise use of the raw materials from which commercial fertilizers are produce...

1University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA; 2Department of Microbiology and Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, and 3Transdisciplinary Research Organization for Subtropics and Island Studies, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan; 4The Lautenberg Center for General and Tumor Immunology, In...

The fungus Glomerella cingulata damages a wide range of crops in the tropics and subtropics. This fungus produces an extracellular enzyme, cutinase, which has been implicated in the plant disease process. A cutin monomer, 16hydroxyhexadecanoic acid was used to induce cutinolytic esterase activity during saprophytic growth of G. cingulata. Cutinolytic esterase was induced in cultures grown in cu...

Schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease that ranks second only to malaria in terms of human suffering in the tropics and subtropics. Five species are known to infect man and there are currently over 240 million people infected worldwide. The cornerstone of control to date has been mass drug administration with 40 mg/kg of praziquantel but there are problems with this approach. Human and...

Abstract. The mid-Pliocene (∼3 Ma) is one of the most recent warm periods with high CO2 concentrations in atmosphere and resulting temperatures, it often cited as an analog for near-term future climate change. Here, we apply a moisture budget analysis to investigate response large-scale hydrological cycle at low latitudes within 13-model ensemble from Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project Phas...

Tilapia is the name of a group cichlid fish living in Africa that last half century, aquaculture tropics and subtropics have begun to breed. Cultivated species tilapia can usually be distinguished from each other by different patterns strips on tail fin. Nile brightly colored stripes their fins adult male gray or pink pigments throat. These Species are more resistant hypoxia, high salinity, tem...

Abstract. Chlorophyll a (Chl a) often exhibits maximum concentration in the subsurface layer rather that at surface. The depth of Chl primarily depends on balance between light penetration from surface and nutrient supply deep ocean. However, global map concentrations based observations has not been presented yet. In this study, we integrate data recent biogeochemical floats historical ship-bas...