Female diurnal velvet-ants are among the insects most strongly protected against predation. These protections include an exceedingly hard and tightly fitting integument, powerful legs rapid running ability, aposematic color, warning stridulation, odor, and, famously, legendarily stings. Small to medium-sized were rarely injured or killed in tests potential predators. Velvet-ant stings painful, ...

The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that adults who stutter will exhibit significant improvements after attending a residential, 3-week intensive program that focuses on avoidance reduction and stuttering modification therapy. Preliminary analyses focused on four measures: (a) SSI-3, (b) speech rate, (c) S-24 Scale, and (d) OASES. Results indicated significant improvements on a...

Enhanced nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) in turfgrass systems comprises several factors, including more efficient uptake and assimilation of applied (N), as well reduced N losses to the environment. The objectives current research were evaluate inter- intraspecific variation parameters two Agrostis species, creeping bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifera L.) velvet canina L.), under field controlled env...

Modelling land degradation vulnerability (LDV) in the newly-reclaimed desert oases is a key factor for sustainable agricultural production. In present work, trial using remote sensing data, GIS tools, and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) was conducted modeling evaluating LDV. The model then applied within 144,566 ha Farafra, an inland hyper-arid Western Desert Oases Egypt. Data collected from c...

BACKGROUND The quantity of transcriptome data is rapidly increasing for non-model organisms. As sequencing technology advances, focus shifts towards solving bioinformatic challenges, of which sequence read assembly is the first task. Recent studies have compared the performance of different software to establish a best practice for transcriptome assembly. Here, we adapted a simulation approach ...