We present JHKS near-infrared CCD photometric study for the Galactic open clusters NGC 1641 and NGC 2394. These clusters have never been studied before, and we provide, for the first time, the cluster parameters; reddening, distance, metallicity and age. NGC 1641 is an old open cluster with age 1.6 ± 0.2 Gyr, metallicity [Fe/H]= 0.0 ± 0.2 dex, distance modulus (m−M) 0 = 10.4 ± 0.3 mag (d= 1.2± ...

Tetrastichus planipennisi (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) is a gregarious larval endoparasitoid from China that is being released in the United States as a biocontrol agent of the emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire), an exotic beetle responsible for widespread ash mortality. The developmental time of immature stages, adult longevity, reproductive age, oviposition rate, and realized fecu...

1Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Composition and Optical Radiation, Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China 2University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China 3School of Environment and Energy Engineering, Anhui Jianzhu University, Hefei 230601, China AEmail: [email protected];*Corresponding author: [email protected] A novel...

Information is currently the most important asset of modern companies. Its security is therefore very important and becomes the top priority of each company. Unfortunately, there is no simple recipe providing 100 % security of information. A company must apply the best security procedures with the aim to achieve an appropriate level of its information security. This paper presents and compares ...

Liriomyza trifolii (Burgess), the American serpentine leafminer fly, is a well-known serious pest in the world. This insect species attacks plants of more than 21 families including Solanaceae plants. A sweet pepper, Capsicum annuum (Solanaceae), on mature stage, however, shows resistance to this leafminer fly. This resistance is based on the ovipositional deterrent in the sweet pepper leaf aga...

This article presents some problems of knowledge management in management information security organizations and suggests ontologies as part of solving these problems. The article describes the construction of a specific ontology for information security using the methodology NeOn and discusses the use of this ontology in the management information security environment. Resumo. Este artigo apre...