The rhinoceros borer Oryctes agamemnon Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) is a date palm insect pest that causes damage to trunk and roots of palm trees in several countries, including Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Oman, and Saudi Arabia. The aim of this study was to monitor the seasonal and nocturnal activities of this beetle. Experiments were performed on a date palm of Rjim Maa...

BACKGROUND With the marked increase in the prevalence of diabetes mellitus, it was the purpose of our study to assess a potential association of time-cumulated exposure to systolic (CumSBP) and of diastolic blood pressure (CumDBP) with onset of impaired glucose tolerance and diabetes mellitus. METHODS The prospective investigation included participants of the longitudinal Kailuan Study with t...

Cumulation of Cross-Section Surveys: Evaluation of Alternative Concepts for the Cumulated Continuous Household Budget Surveys (LWR) 1999 until 2003 Compared to the Sample Survey of Income and Expenditures (EVS) 2003 With the development of household budget systems and with regard to the requirements of the European Union with new EU-SILC approaches, the cumulation of cross-section surveys to an...

Doxorubicin (Dox) has been clinically observed to exert marked anticancer activity. However, it is severely restricted by its associated dose‑dependent cardiotoxicity, which may be attenuated by decreasing the cumulative dosage via combining with a non‑toxic 'sensitizer'. We previously reported that ocotillol is capable of enhancing the antitumor activity of Dox; however, the effects of ocotill...

Background The aim of this study was to investigate the therapeutic efficacy of advanced ovarian cancer in mice, using α-radioimmunotherapy with different high specific activities. The study was performed using the monoclonal antibody (mAb) MX35 F(ab')2 labeled with the α-particle emitter 211At. Methods Animals were intraperitoneally inoculated with ≥1 × 107 cells of the ovarian cancer cell l...

Can we detect the merger paradox in the year 1908 in Germany? An event-study method that uses daily returns in contrast to former historical research gives answers. The merger paradox is not confirmed by our data, and the adaptation process of stock prices according to newly available information is finished in a few days around the event. In addition, we use cumulated abnormal returns as depen...

Sulfate-reducing bacteria (e.g. Desulfotomaculum acetoxidans) exist in animal intestine. These bacteria are able to bind heavy metals (e.g. cadmium or lead). Comparative investigations on the composition of cellular walls of Desulfotomaculum acetoxidans--depending on the initial Fe2+ supplement in the medium (7.5, 57.5 and 507.5 M) were performed. Iron(II) was cumulated as FeS or as pyrite (FeS...

The possibility that peripheral hypothermia may impair muscular performance in various sports led us to assess the usefulness of the Wingate anaerobic power test in subjects with normal and cooled leg muscles. Using this test without modification, peak power, average power output, and cumulated work to the point of fatigue were all decreased by cooling, although the fatigue index (the declining...