A new species, Empitrombium makolae sp. nov., is described based on active postlarval forms and larvae obtained from adult females kept in the laboratory. Based on the adult morphology of E. makolae, the adult life stage of Platytrombidium littorale (Michener 1946) is moved back to the genus Empitrombium. A key to species of Empitrombium is provided.

This paper describes the relationship between two different binary choice social interaction models. The Brock and Durlauf (2001) model is essentially a static Nash equilibrium model with random utility preferences. In the Blume (forthcoming) model is a population game model similar to Blume (1993), Kandori, Mailath, and Rob (1993) and Young (1993). We show that the equilibria of the Brock-Durl...

Although diabetes was identified by a Greek physician, Aretaeus of Cappadocia, about 2,000 years ago, this old disease remains incurable. Diabetes is characterized by insulin deficiency, insulin resistance, and aberrant glucose, protein, and lipid metabolism. Genetic and environmental factors are the primary causes of diabetes. It is estimated that about 300 million people globally are afflicte...

We investigated the influence of lake trophic status on accumulation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in littoral and profundal invertebrates from 19 lakes in southern Sweden. The PCB concentration in profundal chironomids (Chironomus sp.) was negatively correlated with lake trophy but the concentration in littoral crayfish (Pacifasticus leniusculus) was unrelated to shifting nutrient regime...

The morphologically variable moss Trichostomum brachydontium is very common in south and west Europe, particularly under Mediterranean Atlantic climates. A morphological study was conducted alongside a molecular phylogenetic based on nr ITS cp-rbcL regions order to assess if T. an exceptionally polymorphic species as evidenced by the number of described infraspecific taxa last century or, alter...

Soil moisture dynamics and runoff generation processes T. Blume et al.