Comparing Potting Media Available to Consumers through Garden Centers and National Chain Stores

Highly Available Smart Grid Control Centers through Intrusion Tolerance

Societies’ norms of operation relies on the proper and secure functioning of several critical infrastructures, particularly modern power grid which is also known as smart grid. Smart grid is interwoven with the information and communication technology infrastructure, and thus it is exposed to cyber security threats. Intrusion tolerance proves a promising security approach against malicious atta...

Countervailing Power and Chain Stores

Analysis of bacterial communities associated with potting media

BACKGROUND Potting media are commonly used by growers in different parts of the world for potted plants, raising seedlings and for improving soil characteristics. This study was conducted to characterize bacterial communities occurring in 13 commercial potting media products originating from seven countries. FINDINGS Bacteria were isolated using serial dilution. Identification to the species ...

Efficacy Patterns of Biopesticides Used in Potting Media

Greenhouse nursery production represents a large and growing industry. In recent years there has been a shift both toward the use of soilless media and integrated pest management. Application of entomopathogens such as nematodes, fungi, and bacteria against soil-dwelling insect pests is a sustainable alternative to insecticide centered control programs. Soilless media (peat, coir, or bark-based...

The National Network of Depression Centers: progress through partnership.

John F. Greden, M.D., is the Executive Director of the University of Michigan Comprehensive Depression Center and Founder and Chair of the National Network of Depression Centers (NNDC). His academic activities include 28 years of NIH-funded projects studying major depressions and bipolar disorders, emphasizing biomarker and clinical correlates of depression and bipolar disorders over a patient’...