The response of different feeding groups of staphylinid beetles to organic management, distance to perennial boundary and landscape context was studied in 42 paired organic and conventional winter wheat fields. Management effects were found to strongly depend on feeding group. While the activity-density of predators was higher in the conventional fields, both activity-density and species richne...

It is widely held that the dinosaurs were driven to near extinction because of the Chicxulub asteroid collision with the Earth about 65 million years ago (MA). Without doubt, dinosaur diversity in the fossil record after the collision was at most a percent of what it was prior to the collision. But whether the collision was the principal cause of the extinction is more difficult to assess. Here...

Stems of 4348 lianas from 12 subsampled 1 ha plots in Yasunı́, Ecuador represented more than 311 species of climbing woody plants. The plots (each 0.2 ha in area), which individually included up to 106 species among 314 stems, were established in the Huaorani Ethnic Reserve and Yasunı́ National Park and represent terra firme and floodplain habitats. Yasunı́ is one of the richest areas sampled for ...

0800 – 0930 OPENING CEREMONIES KEYNOTE SPEAKER Leveraging Generational Diversity in a Healthcare setting For the first time ever, there are five generations working side by side in our workplaces (soon to be six and seven); each with their own perspectives, experiences, and attitudes. Effectively communicating across generations can be frustrating or exhilarating. Learn skills and techniques th...

In this term paper, diversity in management positions and organizational performance is analyzed using gender diversity as a mediating role. The analysis is done based on the review of related literature. An organization’s success and competitiveness depends upon its ability to embrace diversity and realize the benefits. The success and failure of an organization is also linked with its leaders...

We present an interdisciplinary approach that, by incorporating a range of experimental and computational techniques, allows the identification and characterization of functional/immunogenic domains. This approach has been applied to ArtJ, an arginine-binding protein whose orthologs in Chlamydiae trachomatis (CT ArtJ) and pneumoniae (CPn ArtJ) are shown to have different immunogenic properties ...