Field trials on the initial and long-term efficacy of a new formulation of temephos granules (1% on zeolite) applied at 1 ppm active ingredient (AI) were conducted in water-storage containers against Aedes aegypti in 3 villages in the Kanchanaburi Province in Thailand. A total of 316 water-storage containers of various types and sizes were included in the study. In the initial survey, we found ...

ARTH 431/631-010 SEM: ARTS & ARCHITECTURE OF PENNSYLVANIA GERMANS The distinctive regional culture of the Pennsylvania-Germans in the 18th and 19th centuries examined through the study of their cultural landscapes, houses and other buildings, decorative arts, gravestones, and manuscript traditions. Explores themes of ethnic aesthetic expression, sectarian culture, community identity, and the fu...

Several plants are used for their decorative effect during winter holidays. This review explores the toxic reputation and proposed management for exposures to several of those, namely poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima), English holly (Ilex aquifolium), American holly (Ilex opaca), bittersweet (Solanum dulcamara), Jerusalem cherry (Solanum pseudocapsicum), American mistletoe (Phoradendron seroti...

Studies of ancient Egyptian religion have examined texts for evidence of cattle worship, but the picture given by the texts is incomplete. Mortuary patterns, ceremonial buildings, grave goods, ceramics and other remains also contain evidence of cattle worship and underline its importance to early Egypt. The recently discovered cattle tumuli at Nabta Playa in the Western Desert are identified he...

In this work, we consider the problem of optimizing the retrieval of containers from a bay in a fixed sequence. When there are other containers on top of the container to be retrieved, there may be alternative locations for those containers to be relocated. So it is essential to develop algorithms that find “good” locations in order to minimize the total time of the retrieval. In the literature...