bruchidius fulvus allard is a biological control agent of camelthorn weed (alhagi camelorum fisch.) in birjand region. efficiency of b. fulvus for biological control of camelthorn weed was studied by separate experiments in laboratory and natural conditions based on crd in 2009. so in average, 35±1.15 and 48±1.04% of the seeds in the legumes destroyed in the spring sampling (early of may) and i...

New records for nematode species recovered from elasmobranch fishes in Brazil are established and new systematical arrangements proposed. Parascarophis sphyrnae Campana-Rouget, 1955 from the spiral valve of Sphyrna zygaena is referred for the first time in South America as a new host record. Procamallanus (S.) pereirai Annereaux, 1946, from the spiral valve of Raja castelnaui is reported parasi...

Progress in bioprinting, combining 3D printing technology and the science to grow human tissue in the laboratory, elicits legal analysis as to if and how the law protects a patient’s life, health and confidentiality. We argue that the Federal Data Protection Act and the Medicinal Products Act provide ample protection to the recipient of printed tissue and organs. This paper focuses on the legal...

The harpacticoid copepod Nitocra spinipes has become a popular model species for toxicity testing over the past few decades. However, the combined influence of temperature and food shortage, two climate change-related stressors, has never been assessed in this species. Consequently, effects of three temperatures (15, 20 and 25°C) and six food regimes (between 0 and 5 × 105 algal cells/mL) on th...

Hornsby Hospital, Sydney, NSW. Simon M Willcock, MB BS(Hons), FRACGP, Director, Academic General Practice Unit; Michele G Daly, BSc(Hons), MSc, Senior Research Officer. Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW. Christopher C Tennant, MD, MPH, FRANZCP, Head of Department of Psychological Medicine. Wollongong Hospital, Wollongong, NSW. Benjamin J Allard, BA, MB BS, Junior Medical Officer. Reprints...