Horticultural trade is recognized as an important vector in promoting the introduction and dispersal of harmful non-native plant species. Understanding horticulturists' perceptions of biotic invasions is therefore important for effective species risk management. We conducted a large-scale survey among horticulturists in Switzerland (N = 625) to reveal horticulturists' risk and benefit perceptio...

This paper presented the design for innovative sprinklers mountainous area. Horticulturalists often faced difficulties in maintaining land landscape and chance of gaining more sustainable crops receded significantly. The study used an ethnographic approach to gained information from horticulturalists. From needs analysis, area was created. included automated system operated using mobile applica...

Erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP) is an autosomal inherited disease of heme biosynthesis caused by a partial deficiency of the enzyme ferrochelatase. Patients with EPP show only 20–30% normal activity because of mutations in one of the alleles of the ferrochelatase gene. To clarify the molecular mechanisms of this low level of activity, we co-expressed human ferrochelatase carrying Hisand HA-...

An on-line solid-phase extraction method linked to inductively coupled mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) has been developed for the determination of low levels of uranium and thorium in environmental samples. The hyphenation of lab-on-valve (LOV) and multisyringe flow injection analysis (MSFIA), coupled to an ICP-MS, allows the simultaneous determination of thorium and uranium in different types of en...

A survey for Wuchereria bancrofti microfilaraemia using membrane filtration was carried out among the Hagahai, a recently contacted Papua New Guinea group of hunter-gatherer shifting horticulturists. Adult men had a significantly higher microfilaraemia rate than women. Children aged > 15 years had significantly fewer infections than adults and the microfilaraemia densities were considerably low...