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The Station Community Mental Health Centre Inc: nurturing and empowering.

INTRODUCTION Consumer-driven community mental health services play an important role in rehabilitation, recovery, and advocacy in rural and remote Australia. The origins of services often lie in the need to provide options for people with mental illness and their carers when there is a lack of on-the-ground support. This article adds to the information about the strengths and limitations of con...

Biological Treatment of Wood Preserving Site Groundwater by BioTrol, Inc.

This document is an evaluation of the BioTrol, Inc., Aqueous Treatment System (BATS), a fixed-film, aerobic biological treatment process for contaminated groundwaters and other wastewaters. This report summarizes and analyzes the results of the Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation (SITE) Program’s six week demonstration at the MacGillis and Gibbs Company wood preserving site in New Bright...

Evaluation of three Parasites in the Biological Control of Diamondback Moth in the Cameron Highlands,

The evaluation of Apanteles plutellae Kurdj and two introduced parasites, Diadegma eucerophaga Grav and Thyraeella collaris Horstn of Plutella xylostella was carried out by first measuring the searching efficiency (in terms of area of discovery (a), the killing power (K), and other biological attributes in the laboratory, and then in the field. The laboratory results indicated that D. euceropha...

Hispines (Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae) of La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica

Survey work from 1992-2001 identified 139 species of hispines at the lowland part of La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica. The tribe Cephaloleiini was the most speciose with 58 species (41.7%) followed by the Chalepini with 55 (39.5%). The fauna is most closely related to that in South America but with some genera which are more speciose in the Nearctic Region. Plant associations are known f...

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