in the spring and summer of 2012, a survey was conducted to study the biological control agents of field bindweed (convolvolus arvensis l.) in the city of mashhad and its suburban areas. lepidopteran larvae were observed feeding on the leaves of field bindweed. the larvae were collected and reared in an insectarium and later sent to dr h. alipanah (iranian research institute of plant protection...

II. MEASUREMENT SYSTEM SETUP AND CAMPAIGNS Abstract—The power delay profiles (PDPs), tap Ricean factors, and tap Doppler spectra due to channel small scale effects are derived and studied in this paper based on the wideband measurements performed in rural and suburban with 100 MHz bandwidth at 5.25 GHz and 2.45 GHz for beyond 3G (B3G) link and system level simulations. The measurements analyzed...

The spatial deconcentration of population during the 20th century and the resulting expansion of human settlements has been a significant cause of anthropogenic landscape change in the United States and many other countries. In the seven-state North Central Region, as in other regions of the US, changing human settlement patterns are most prominent at the outlying fringe of metropolitan areas a...

Urbanisation currently threatens over one-third of the world’s known amphibian species. The main threats of urbanisation to amphibian populations are habitat loss, habitat fragmentation and isolation, and degradation of habitat quality. A complex array of interacting biotic and abiotic factors impact amphibians in urban and urbanising landscapes. These can lead to a decrease in species richness...

BACKGROUND AND AIM Commuting by bicycle could contribute to public health, and route environments may influence this behaviour. Therefore, the aim of this study is to assess the potential associations between appraisals of the overall route environment as hindering or stimulating for bicycle commuting, with both perceptions of commuting route environmental factors in a suburban area and backgro...

Current situation in urban areas could be described by the cycle of urban decline. The choice of travelling by car produces more traffic jams, thus reducing the efficiency of public transport and the quality of live in urban districts by increasing pollution and accidents levels. Firms decide to move out to suburban areas where the provision of public transport is very low, and again people dec...

A total of 26 554 Egyptians was ascertained to study the incidence of consanguineous marriages. They were of different ages, different socioeconomic standards, and from different areas. There were 7646 from urban areas, 11 280 from suburban areas, and 7628 from rural areas. The incidence of consanguineous matings in the general population was found to be 28.96% with an average inbreeding coeffi...