hippodamia variegata (goeze) (coleoptera: coccinellidae) is one of the most prominent coccinellid predator of common pistachio psylla, in pistachio orchards. the experiment was performed under laboratory conditions i.e. 27±1oc 55±5 rh and 16:8 l: d. a cohort with about one hundred eggs- less than 24h old- was chosen and put in petri dishes. ladybeetle larvae were daily fed with pistachio psylla...

Current Opinion in Neurology 2008, 21:117–122 Purpose of review The review addresses the recent discovery of large-scale copy number variations in the human genome and advances in microarray technology which together have changed the clinical genetic diagnostic approach for children with global developmental delay Recent findings Several publications in the last three years evaluate the diagnos...

objectives: there are various developmental screening tools that are different in terms of psychometric characteristics and choosing the best one is challenging for the pediatrician. this research was designed to identify the validity and reliability of parents evaluation of developmental status, a developmental screening questionnaire, in 4-60 months-old children in the city of tehran. methods...

PURPOSE Accurate description of an individual's communication status is critical in both research and practice. Describing the communication status of individuals with severe intellectual and developmental disabilities is difficult because these individuals often communicate with presymbolic means that may not be readily recognized. Our goal was to design a communication scale and summary score...