the subfamily alysiinae (hymenoptera, braconidae) is one of the most peculiar and diverse endoparasitoids of the family braconidae. a sampling survey was done in different parts of iran, mainly in south, central and south eastern provinces. fifteen species are recorded for the first time from iran. they were belonging to tribe alysiini (dinotrema amparoae peris-felipo, 2013; d. borzhomii tobias...

Ethnolinguistic studies are important for understanding an ethnic group's ideas on the world, expressed in its language. Comparing corresponding aspects of such knowledge might help clarify problems of origin for certain concepts and words, e.g. whether they form common heritage, have an independent origin, are borrowings, or calques. The current study was conducted on the material in Slavonic,...

Four new species are described from central and eastern Angola adjacent NW Zambia. All occur in Kalahari sand savannas rich endemic more widely distributed geoxylic suffrutices. Despite being known very few collections, the conservation status of one these is assessed as Least Concern, grasslands nutrient-poor, remote sparsely populated areas, not threatened with conversion to agriculture. The ...

Uranium concentrations in the drinking water samples collected mainly from hand pumps along the Amritsar to Bathinda track are presented. Uranium concentration values in these samples show a wide range of variation depending upon different factors like source, location, depth and local geology etc. The observed uranium content in water samples has been found to be varying from 0.9 ± 0.08 to 63 ...

Podophyllotoxins represent an important and unique position among natural products. They serve as the starting material for the semi-synthetic anticancer drugs etopside and teniposide, so considerable attention has focused on the availability of these aryltetralin lignans. Linum is one of the genera, with some reports on the presence of podophyllotoxin and related compounds, such as L. album, L...