RISK ASSESSMENT OF THE LABORATORY HOST RANGE AND A MOLECULAR CHARACTERISATION DETERMINING THE FIELD HOST RANGE OF LIXUS AEMULUS, FOR THE BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF CHROMOLAENA ODORATA IN SOUTH AFRICA

Chromolaena odorata (Asteraceae: Eupatorieae) is a sprawling shrub native to the Americas, and a destructive invader of much of the humid tropics and subtropics of the Old World.Opportunistic native-range exploration in 1995 identified a stem-boring weevil, Lixus aemulus, as a promising biological control candidate agent.Host-specificity testing wa

Semantic checking of railway infrastructure information support data is one of the ways to improve the consistency of information GLUCOSMART system data and, as a result, increase the safety of train traffic.Existing ontological developments have demonstrated the applicability of description logic for modelling railway transport, but have not paid

ObjectiveThe survival value of systematic lymphadenectomy for endometrial cancer is ambiguous and controversial.The current study aimed to evaluate the long-term survival role of combined pelvic and para-aortic lymphadenectomy in patients with presumed early-stage clear cell carcinoma of the endometrium.MethodsPatients in three Chinese teaching hos

Abstract Background The nasal cavity of all vertebrates houses multiple chemosensors, either innervated by the Ist (olfactory) or the Vth (trigeminal) cranial nerve.Various types of receptor cells are present, either segregated lip shimmer in different compartments (e.g.in rodents) or mingled in one epithelium (e.g.fish).In addition, solitary chemo

In railways, on-track running tests are implemented to assess running safety against flange climb derailment.Results of tests depend on the frequency component of measured data.In this paper, the relationship between the measured data of the derailment quotient, which is the assessment quantity of derailment, and wheel rise are investigated.The dat