In the present work we have evaluated the acute toxicity of two anionic surfactants, alkyl benzene sulphonate (ABS) and sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) to eggs of gilthead Sparus aurata. At each surfactant concentration, we determined the exposure time required for 50% mortality of the eggs (LT50), surface tension and volume of oil globule in gilthead eggs. Clear dose-response relationships for m...

HYPOTHESIS Efficacious and cost-effective treatment of pediatric empyema can be accomplished following a protocol based on its radiographic appearance. Therapeutic modalities include thoracostomy tube drainage (TTD) with or without fibrinolytic therapy (FT) and video-assisted thoracoscopic debridement (VATD). DESIGN Retrospective case series. SETTING Tertiary referral center. RESULTS From...

With Internet host counts doubling every five to seven months, there is a pressing need for high-speed interconnect circuits in routers, switches, and computer systems [1]. These transmitter (TX) and receiver (RX) chips for 10Gb/s serial data transmission provide clock generation, 16:1 multiplexing, clock recovery, 1:16 demultiplexing and loss of signal (LOS) detection. No errors are seen in a ...

It is now well established that X-ray emission is a common feature of kiloparsecscale radio jets (see Harris & Krawczynski 2006, for a recent review and the associated website, http://hea-www.harvard.edu/XJET/). The spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of the powerful quasar jets are predominantly characterized as “optically faint”, with the spectra rising between the optical and X-ray bands. C...

the thermal degradation of polyethylene (pe) was carried out in the absence and presence ofcatalystes x-zeolite and silica-alumina at different temperatures. the optimum pe/catalysisratio was 0.25:0.05 g/g, which produced highest degradation value. pe and pe/catalysis werecharacterized by thermogravimetric analysis. the thermal degradation properties of polymerhave been studied by infrared spec...

PURPOSE We tested the hypothesis that the macular ganglion cell layer (GCL) thickness demonstrates a stronger structure-function (SF) relationship and extends the useful range of macular measurements compared with combined macular inner layer or full thickness. METHODS Ninety-eight glaucomatous eyes and eight normal eyes with macular spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) volum...

As part of our continuing research on isoquinoline acaricidal drugs, this paper reports the preparation of a series of the 2-aryl-1-cyano-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolines with various substituents on the N-phenyl ring, their in vitro acaricidal activities against Psoroptes cuniculi, a mange mite, and discusses their SAR as well. The structures of all compounds, including 12 new ones, were elucid...

Seventeen isolates ofMetarhizium anisopliae (Metschnikoff) Sorokin and three isolates of Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) Vuillemin (Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae) were evaluated for their pathogenicity to the adult pea leafminer, Liriomyza huidobrensis (Blanchard) (Diptera: Agromyzidae), in the laboratory. Flies were contaminated with dry conidia through a velvet material wrapped around the inner s...

A study was undertaken to establish the susceptibility of two recently colonized sand fly species, Phlebotomus perniciosus and P. papatasi to some insecticides. A laboratory colony of P. papatasi, unexposed to insecticides for a period of ten years, was used as reference strain. Bioassay tests were carried out according to the WHO standard protocols based on the mortality rates recorded at diff...