Life Sciences

The mealybugs were reported to rely on endosymbionts for the essential amino acids which were found to be deficit in the sap of its host plants. Life table describes the mortality and survival patterns of a population is described by life table that provides information on parameters such as the number of survivors, the number of deaths and the life expectancy. The present study analyzes the effect of endosymbiont elimination on the life table parameters of P. marginatus on four different host plants viz.

Acerophagus papayae Noyes and Schauff (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Encyrtidae), an introduced solitary koinobiont endoparasitoid is considered as one of the efficient parasitoids for the suppression of Papaya mealybug (Muniappan et al., 2006). Disruption of microbial symbiosis demanded by insect pest and symbionts-mediated manipulation of insect pest traits are the two emerging trends in insect pest control. The present study was aimed to understand the parasitic potential, emergence rate and development time of parasitoid A. papayae against P.

The article deals with the issues on the history of formation of publishing houses in Karakalpakstan at the first half of the XX century. The first typographic equipment in the region appeared at the end of the 19th century. During the Soviet period publication policy became an important part of the Soviet policy. The government financed this branch totally and provided the edition of book production including the books in the karakalpak language. In the 1930s the system of publishing industry which is completely controlled by the Centre was created in Karakalpakstan.

Meat products are widely consumed and appreciated by general population due to their diversity of flavors, use in food preparations, associated with their low cost. Major problem of these foods is constant use of nitrite and sodium sorbate, which although additives allowed by Brazilian and other countries legislation are associated with toxic effects on body. Aim of this work was to quantify nitrite and sodium sorbate levels in cured meat products.

This study sought to evaluate bootstrapping financing strategies adopted by women entrepreneurs to enhance growth in their entrepreneurial careers. The objectives of this study were to determine the direction of relationship between loans from friends and family, and growth; to establish the strength of relationship between personal savings and growth, and to determine the direction of association between delaying payments to suppliers and growth of female firms.

Physicochemical quality of drinking water in Mubi-North, Girei and Mayo-Belwa local government areas, Adamawa State Northeastern Nigeria was investigated. Water samples were collected using 100ml wide open plastic well sterilized (using distilled water). Sampling was done in the months of August-October for the wet season and January-March for dry season using a portable dissolved oxygen analyzer for DO. Hanna portable pH/EC/TDS/temperature meter for pH, conductivity, total dissolved solids and temperature at sample collection point.

Objective: To describe the complications observed in patients suffering from a limb fracture treated by a traditional method at home before being admitted to hospital. Patients and Method: This was a prospective descriptive study, carried out in the orthopedic-trauma department of the CHU Communautaire of Bangui from January 1 to December 31, 2015. Patients included in the follow-up department had Limb fractures treated by the traditional method and presenting a complication. These patients should indicate their consent and provide information on the traditional treatment received.

Background: The oral- motor dysfunction in cerebral palsy(CP) has a wide base of importance as oropharyngeal dysphagia (OPD) which is a major risk factor for morbidity in this population. It leads to the inability to consume sufficient food and fluids safely and is associated with prolonged mealtimes, poor growth and nutrition and respiratory consequences from oropharyngeal aspiration. Aim: to determine relation between oral motor dysfunction and Gross motor development in children with spastic cerebral palsy.

I began to study the project to overcome the greenhouse effect to combat global climate change since 1996. My research results have been published [1- 4] with the following conclusions:

Plants are frequently exposed to different biotic and a biotic environmental stress factors which exert detrimental effects on plant ecosystems. This study was carried out at the West African Portland Cement Co PLC (Lafarge) in Ogun state and Obajana Cement in Kogi state. A 500 x 500m plot was established in a forest at 50m and 3km distance to the cement factories.