This study compared the efficacy of SPLAT-OrB, a new pheromone formulation for oriental beetle mating disruption that can be mechanically applied, with hand-applied plastic dispensers in commercial blueberry fields. Both formulations were tested at 2.5 and 5 g of the major sex pheromone component (Z)-7-tetradecen-2-one per hectare, and evaluated by measuring trap shut-down, mating success of ca...

to assess the genetic diversity for morphological and agronomic traits in iranian oriental tobacco germplasm,100 oriental and semi-oriental tobacco genotypes from the urmieh tobacco research center collection were evaluated in the field using a simple square lattice design with two replications. some agronomic traits were measured on five randomly selected plants in each plot. genotypes were cl...

An oriental medical diagnosis is featured by inferring hidden causal factors of diseases from observed symptoms. This paper introduces a computer aided diagnosis in help of a linear independent factor model that interprets the observed symptoms as generated from hidden independent causes in term of discrete variables. The model is computed by algorithms obtained from the BYY harmony learning. K...

A new, rapid and highly sensitive and rapid method was proposed for the simultaneous determination trace levels of vitamin C and folic acid in the human urine samples. The inûuence affecting factors on the UA-DLLME such as type and volume of the dispersive and extraction solvent, pH, ionic strength and temperature of sample solution, sonication condition investigated and optimized. Under the op...

The use of toxic protein bait sprays to suppress melon fly, Bactrocera cucurbitae (Coquillett) (Diptera: Tephritidae), populations typically involves application to vegetation bordering agricultural host areas where the adults seek shelter ("roost"). Although bait spray applications for suppression of oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel), populations have traditionally been applied ...

BACKGROUND Oriental medicines have been associated with severe psychiatric, neurological, and other adverse medical events. These medicines occasionally cause a typical reversible toxic encephalopathy, but most such cases are not recognized because these adverse events are complex and are associated with other systemic signs and symptoms. CASE REPORT We describe a married couple with rapid pr...

Nam Deuk Kim*, Eun Ok Im, Yung Hyun Choi and Young Hyun Yoo Department of Pharmacy, Pusan National University, Pusan Cancer Research Center, Pusan 609-735 Department of Biochemistry, College of Oriental Medicine, Dong-Eui University, and Research Center for Oriental Medicine, Pusan 614-052, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Dong-A University College of Medicine and Institute of Medical Sc...

Department of Oriental Pharmaceutical Development, Nambu University, Gwangju, 62271, Korea, 1Department of General Surgery, YanBian University Hospital, JiLin, 133-000, China, 2Department of Cosmetology Science, 3Department of Food and Life Sciences, Nambu University, Gwangju, 62271, 4Hanbang Body-Fluid Research Center and College of Oriental Medicine, Wonkwang University, 460, Iksan Dae-ro, Ik...

Nanoparticles and nanotechnology have been applied in agriculture, including for plant nutrition improvement, and pest control. Little research has been conducted on nano-calcium carbonate in plant protection and nutrition. In this study, we compared the effects of nano-calcium carbonate and colloidal calcium carbonate and found that nano-calcium carbonate treatments were better at increasing c...

A new name for the Oriental genus Nyssomyia Hull, 1962 (Diptera: Asilidae) is proposed. Homonymy exists between this Oriental robber fly genus and the more senior Neotropical phlebotomine sand fly genus Nyssomyia Barretto, 1962 (sensu Galati 2003) (Diptera: Psychodidae), and the following replacement name is proposed: Ekkentronomyia nom. nov. for Nyssomyia Hull (nec Barretto 1962). Accordingly,...