This is a first inventory of Isopoda Anthuroidea from near-shore marine sites in Sulawesi. The material was collected reefs, sea-grass beds and mangroves the Minahasa Peninsula North Specimens were washed out benthos samples shallow water. new species Hyssura reptans sp. nov., Kupellonura indonesica macaroni Pendanthura bangkaensis Expanathura marcoi Colanthura gerungi nov. are described. We di...

Dielectric properties of materials are defined, and the major factors that influence these properties of agricultural and food materials, namely, frequency of the applied radiofrequency or microwave electric fields, and water content, temperature, and density of the materials, are discussed on the basis of fundamental concepts. The dependence of measured dielectric properties on these factors i...

BACKGROUND Determination of seabird diet usually relies on the analysis of stomach-content remains obtained through stomach flushing; this technique is both invasive and logistically difficult. We evaluate the usefulness of DNA-based faecal analysis in a dietary study on chick-rearing macaroni penguins (Eudyptes chrysolophus) at Heard Island. Conventional stomach-content data was also collected...

In the open ocean ecosystem, climate and anthropogenic changes have driven biological change at both ends of the food chain. Understanding how the population dynamics of pelagic predators are simultaneously influenced by nutrient-driven processes acting from the "bottom-up" and predator-driven processes acting from the "top-down" is therefore considered an urgent task. Using a state-space demog...

It is known that two varieties of wheat are grown in Uzbekistan. Common ( Triticum aestivum L.) and durum cultivated the main part fields. Durum included State Register Uzbekistan mainly spring duvarak. Considering this feature high quality grain, purchase price 30-50% more expensive than common wheat, they fully meet needs ever-growing macaroni-confectionery industry. grain raw material used p...

Thirty two multiparous Holstein cows were used in a randomized block design to investigate the effects of feeding diets included two different source of nonfiber carbohydrate during the transition period on dry matter intake (DMI), lactational performance, blood metabolites and parturitional characteristics. Cows received total mixed rations containing either macaroni wastes(MW) or steam-flaked...