Blowflies use discrete, ephemeral substrates for larval development. After exhaustion of the food supply, larvae will disperse in search of sites to burrow and pupate or will seek other sources of food in a process known as post-feeding larval dispersal. In this study, the effect of temperature was investigated as it is one of the most important aspects of the environmental variables in this pr...

BACKGROUND Multiple studies have investigated the relationship between asbestos-related pleural plaques (PPs) and lung function, with disparate and inconsistent results. Most use chest radiographs to identify PPs and simple spirometry to measure lung function. High-resolution CT (HRCT) scanning improves the accuracy of PP identification. Complete pulmonary function tests (PFTs), including spiro...

Objective. Development of compositions vermiculite concrete and fibro with volcanic pumice. Investigation the construction technical properties developed fibrovermiculite pumice under influence elevated temperatures. Method. Methods increasing fire resistance reinforced structures are considered. The research is aimed at development for protection building manufacture heat-resistant products st...

OBJECTIVE Describe respiratory health and quality of life in persons exposed to Libby amphibole asbestos (LAA) contaminated vermiculite. DESIGN Cross-sectional descriptive. SETTING Asbestos-related disease clinic in Libby, Montana USA. PARTICIPANTS 329 individuals exposed to LAA; mostly men, married, between 50 and 69 years; two-thirds lived in the surrounding county; one-third lived else...

Abstract The soilless cultivation of plants is an alternative for the production flowers with high quality. Calla lily normally produced on soil benches, but have shown some limitations as bacterial infections occur. One may be a cultivation. Hence, experiments were conducted objective to evaluate development calla in two types hydroponic systems. semihydroponic system was tested using substrat...

Four gibberellins, GA(53), GA(19), GA(20), and GA(1), were detected by bioassay, chromatography in two HPLC systems, and combined gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy-selected ion monitoring (GC-MS-SIM) in etiolated soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merr.) hypocotyls. GC-MS-SIM employed [(2)H(2)]-labeled standards for each endogenous gibberellin detected, and quantities estimated from bioassays and GC-...

The interaction of aminotriazole (AMT) at pH 4 on Wyoming montmorillonite (mainly with Na ions) and Mg-vermiculite has been studied by X-ray diffraction and infrared spectroscopy. The AMT is adsorbed on montmorillonite in the cationic form by cation exchange. The amount of pesticide adsorbed was 71 mEq/100 g, which comprises *91% of the CEC of this sample (78.2 mEq/100 g). Saturation was reache...