nowadays herbicide reduction and different approaches leading to this goal like split application have been brought to attention. two green house experiments were carried out to investigate the efficiency of single and split application of mesosulfuron-methy+iodosulfuron methyl to control wild oat (avena ludoviciana). the influence of applications intervals and the ratios of the two application...

The exploring of biostimulant sources is important for sustainable agriculture. Although all parts the moringa plant (Moringa oleifera Lam.) are rich in phytohormones and phytochemicals which may be utilised as a potential growth enhancer, most attention has been placed on its leaves possible enhancing productivity plants. Little reported seed extract (MSE) enhancer medicinal Thus, this study i...

L-menthol stimulates cutaneous thermoreceptors and induces cool sensations improving thermal comfort, but has been linked to heat storage responses; this could increase risk of heat illness during self-paced exercise in the heat. Therefore, L-menthol application could lead to a discrepancy between behavioral and autonomic thermoregulatory drivers. Eight male participants volunteered. They were ...

Two summer outbreaks of humidifier fever (HF) are described in a microprocessor factory (factory A) and a printing factory (factory B). The air in each factory was humidified intermittently and controlled by present humidistats operating to maintain a relative humidity of 45% by an air handler incorporating a spray humidifier in factory A and two ceiling mounted spray humidifiers in factory B. ...

An efficient and stable skeletonization consisting of a Voronoi skeletonization following by a two step pruning is presented. The first pruning step removes Voronoi edges crossing the shape boundary. The second follows a Discrete Curve Evolution approach. Both pruning steps can be done very efficiently because entire Voronoi segments are pruned based on tests on points. The algorithm works in r...

Piroxicam, an anti-inflammatory drug, exhibits poor water solubility and flow properties, poor dissolution and poor wetting. Consequently, the aim of this study was to improve the dissolution of piroxicam. Microparticles containing piroxicam were produced by spray drying, using isopropyl alcohol and water in the ratio of 40:60 v/v as solvent system, and spray chilling technology by melting the ...

Our knowledge about the effectiveness of constructed wetlands in retaining agricultural nonpoint-source pesticide pollution is limited. A 0.44-ha vegetated wetland built along a tributary of the Lourens River, Western Cape, South Africa, was studied to ascertain the retention, fate, and effects of spray drift-borne azinphos-methyl (AZP). Composite water samples taken at the inlet and outlet dur...