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Ecologically Appropriate Xenobiotics Induce Cytochrome P450s in Apis mellifera

BACKGROUND Honey bees are exposed to phytochemicals through the nectar, pollen and propolis consumed to sustain the colony. They may also encounter mycotoxins produced by Aspergillus fungi infesting pollen in beebread. Moreover, bees are exposed to agricultural pesticides, particularly in-hive acaricides used against the parasite Varroa destructor. They cope with these and other xenobiotics pri...

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Ecologically-based Granular Synthesis

We present a granular synthesis (GS) technique that produces environmental-like sounds using sampled sound grains and meso-time control functions. This approach is related to physical modeling (PM) (Smith, 1992; VŠlimŠki & Takala, 1996) and traditional granular synthesis (GS) (Roads, 1996, 299; Truax, 1988) but we have worked on two issues that have been previously neglected in these techniques...

Deterministic processes vary during community assembly for ecologically dissimilar taxa

The continuum hypothesis states that both deterministic and stochastic processes contribute to the assembly of ecological communities. However, the contextual dependency of these processes remains an open question that imposes strong limitations on predictions of community responses to environmental change. Here we measure community and habitat turnover across multiple vertical soil horizons at...

A Community Assessment Model Appropriate for the Iranian Community

BACKGROUND Community assessment is one of the core competencies for public health professionals; mainly because it gives them a better understanding of the strengths and drawbacks of their jurisdictions. We planned to recognize an appropriate model that provides a conceptual framework for the Iranian community. METHODS This study was conducted in Tehran, during 2009-2010 and consisted of two ...