The occurrence and patterns of stabilimenta in 1195 webs of the orb weaver Argiope appensa (Walckenaer) from four islands in the Mariana Archipelago were recorded. Webs on the largest and southernmost island, Guam, had significantly fewer stabilimenta (16.4%, n = 359) than webs of conspecifics from the neighboring islands of Rota (56.9%, n = 211), Tinian (41.9%, n = 315), and Saipan (50.3%, n =...

The impact of electromagnetic waves, and consequently of wireless and mobile transmissions, on human health represented an open debate for many years. That is why, for example, demonstrations take place regularly against the installation of new transmission antennas in urban areas. In this paper, we propose a service aiming at limiting the exposure level of individuals to electromagnetic radiat...

The water supply and dust samples from the home environment (bathrooms and kitchens) of 50 wearers of contact lenses (CLs) were cultured for the presence of free-living amoebae. CL cases, solutions, and water taps were cultured for bacteria, which amoebae require for growth. Acanthamoeba spp were isolated from water drawn from six bathroom cold water taps (tank supplied), five in the presence o...

Objectives: To assess the relationship between organisational and structural factors of UK neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) with risk adjusted probable nosocomial bacteraemia. Design of study: A prospective observational study of infants concurrently admitted to 54 randomly selected UK NICUs between March 1998 and April 1999. Results: Of the 13 334 infants admitted, 402 (2.97%) had probabl...

OBJECTIVES To assess the relationship between organisational and structural factors of UK neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) with risk adjusted probable nosocomial bacteraemia. DESIGN OF STUDY A prospective observational study of infants concurrently admitted to 54 randomly selected UK NICUs between March 1998 and April 1999. RESULTS Of the 13 334 infants admitted, 402 (2.97%) had probab...