insect natural enemies selected for such specific traits as faster developmental times, longer survivor, increased fecundity, and larger body size might be considered during production of biological control agents in certain situations. for instance, traits related to developmental rates may be selected for, if genetically based variation exists within temperature-dependent responses. hippodami...

The paper gives an overview of a number of aspects of the meta information discussion for Environmental Information Systems (EIS) over the past 7 years. While meta information has mostly been mentioned in the context of Environmental Data Catalogues (EDCs) and/or Catalogues of Environmental Data Sources (CDSs), our group uses meta information for the integration of environmental data into envir...

Occurrence of the αS1-casein D allele (formerly "welsh" variant) in sheep breeds Tsigai, Improved Valachian and Slovak Merino was investigated by means of isoelectric focusing in ultra thin polyacrylamide gel. This variant in herds of the above mentioned breeds was observed as follows: Improved Valachian 3.64%; Tsigai 5.57%; Slovak Merino 12.45%. In the last mentioned breed in a single animal α...

BACKGROUND This paper reports the results of investigations carried out from 1977 to today in some areas of Italy (Latium, Marche, Abruzzo and to a limited extent in Sardinia) concerning traditional uses of dyeing plants in the household. RESULTS Twenty-nine plants are described, distributed in 23 families, and for each species the vernacular name, the way it is used and the locations of trad...

About one tenth of the world’s population cannot read and write sufficiently. Cognitive abilities, such as selective attention and crystallized as well as fluid intelligence, have been defined as crucial factors for the acquisition of written language skills. However, it is unclear whether these abilities are necessary also for the alphabetization of adults. Before and after a one-year alphabet...

This report covers work of the Optics Division at Lincoln Laboratory for the period 1 January through 30 June 1974. The topics covered are laser technology and propagation and optical measuremerts and inst r urn ent ati on. Additional information on the optics program may be found in the semiannual technical summary reports to the Advanced Research Projects Agency.

Few IS studies have examined the phenomenon of cyberloafing, i.e., nonwork-related Internet use by employees during work time. This in-progress research proposes to take an individual trait approach and investigates the impact of general traits, like the “Big Five,” as well as domain-specific ones, such as computer playfulness. It is hypothesized that while the Big Five will be significant pred...