The conversion of grass lawns to xeriscape has become more prevalent in the desert Southwest, including here in the Las Vegas Valley. The purpose of this thesis was to determine whether the conversion of residential landscapes from grass lawn to xeriscape influences the property value of a home. This case study involved the comparison of property values for residential homes that had participat...

Ethyl formate applied as an aerosol killed almost 100% of the mould mites (Tyrophagus putrescentiae) present in tissue culture tubs. Mite mortality showed dose responses to the chemical and mortality increased with duration of exposure. Other aerosol formulations, and vacuum and controlled atmosphere treatments were also tested but were not effective in controlling mites. Onion thrips (Thrips t...

Objective: To assess and compare the pharmacokinetics and bioavailability of methylergometrine (ME) in men and non-pregnant women. Design: A cross-over design was used for an oral dose of 0,125 mg and an intravenous dose of 0.200 mg of ME in 6 men and 6 non-pregnant women (parallel-design in gender). Results: After intravenous administration, the pharmacokinetic profile of ME was described with...

Introduction The number of equine sperm used for artificial insemination (AI) in the mare was largely established by research conducted at Colorado State University in the 1970s [1-3]. The minimum insemination dose of 500 million progressively motile spermatozoa (PMS) established in these studies has been widely used as an industry standard. Clinical observations suggest that this insemination ...

DOSE is unique among structu.re editor generators in its interpretive appro臼h. This approach leads to v町y fast turn-around time for changes and provides multi-language facilities for no additional effort or cost. This article comp缸es the interpretive approach to the comp i1ation approach of other structu.re editor generators. It describes some of the design and implementation decisions made and...

Patients receiving placebo do not merely receive an inert substance but also receive support, concern, and reassurance that assists the therapeutic alliance and encourages the positive attitude that forms the basis of cognitive treatment. Response to non-specific factors is seen in all fields of medicine but is particularly potent in psychiatry. The placebo response is variable across settings ...

Natural radioactivity is responsible for most of the total radiation dose received by human population. Geological materials used in building industry usually become contaminated with naturally occurring radioactive materials. They are used as mixtures in building industry (kaolin, zircon, frit, feldspar) or mechanically processed and used for covering floors and walls of the rooms (granite). I...

The response of bark beetle predators and woodboring beetles to the bark beetle anti-aggregation pheromone, verbenone, was tested in the field with multiple-funnel traps baited with attractant kairomones. Catches of the predators Thanasimus undatulus (Say), Enoclerr~~ sphegeus (F.) , Erwclaus lecontei (Wolcott) (Coleoptera: Cleridae) , and hcono tu .~ complex LeConte (Coleoptera: Colydiidae) de...

The response by five species of bark beetles to a range of verbenone doses were tested in bioassays using Lindgren funnel traps baited with attractant semiochemicals. The objective was to determine how these bark beetles respond to verbenone, a purported anti-aggregation pheromone of several economically significant bark beetle species. Catches of Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins, a species atta...

The naturally occurring primordial radionuclides in coals might exhibit high radioactivity, and can be exported to the surrounding environment during coal combustion. In this study, nine coal samples were collected from eastern Yunnan coal deposits, China, aiming at characterizing the overall radioactivity of some typical nuclides (i.e., 40K, 238U, 232Th, 226Ra) and assessing their ecological i...