Dr. M. C. Wei, Dr. J. Deng, K. Feng, Dr. S. Z. Wang, Dr. N. Liu, Prof. Dr. Y. J. Chen Laboratory of Chemical Biology, China Pharmaceutical University, 24 Tongjia Street, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, 210009, People’s Republic of China Tel: 86-25-83271045, Fax: 86-25-83271249 Email: [email protected] Prof. Dr. Y. J. Chen Department of Chemical Biology, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers Unive...

A new monobasic subgenus, Macropsis (Spinoniacropsis) subgen. nov., of the subfamily Macropsinae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae) based on type species Macropsis flavovirens Kuoh, 1992 from Yunnan Province of China is proposed. The new subgenus can be distinguished by the unique character of the male pygofer with two spinelike processes on the caudal margin. Macropsis (S.)flavovirens ...

The use of isotopes is crucial for understanding the origin jade/nephrite. This article first contrasts recent studies on radioisotopes and stable contemporary nephrite deposits in China, Baikal region, South Korean Peninsula. It then reviews isotopic analysis sources artifacts ancient highlighting concentration with distinct fingerprints three significant geographic areas, Northeast Asia, Yell...

Three new species of the distinctive, cyclostome, braconid wasp genus Kerevata (viz. Kerevata jamesmayi sp. nov., K. clarksoni sp. nov. and K. hammondi sp. nov.) from Mt Wilhelm, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea are described and illustrated, and a key provided to enable their identification and separation from the only other species described to date, K. pacifica, from New Britain in the Bism...

A new species, Aporosa tetragona Tagane & V. S. Dang, sp. nov., is described and illustrated from Mt. Hon Ba located in the Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam. This species is characterized by tetragonal pistillate flowers and fruits, which are clearly distinguishable from the other previously known species of the genus. The morphology and phylogeny based on rbcL and matK of this species indicat...

Yaming Liu,* Vikas K. Verma,* Harmeet Malhi, Greg J. Gores, Patrick S. Kamath, Arun Sanyal, Naga Chalasani, Bin Gao, and X Vijay H. Shah Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana; Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virg...

DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT Integrated Services how well do they work in practice? S. Fonn , Women's Health Project, Dept of Community Health, University of Witwatersrand Transformation in health services in Tshepo and Kopano Districts, Free State C. Baez , Initiative for Sub-District Support, Health Systems Trust Research into Action: The experience of district health teams in the Eastern Cape J. Irl...

This study investigated the leadership style(s) and culture(s) that were applied in execution of Fast Track Land Reform Programme (FTLRP) Zimbabwe. The unit analysis for this research was Matebeleland South Province sub-units Gwanda, Matobo Umzingwane Districts being three out seven administrative Province. used both deductive inductive approaches to facilitate data, methodological results tria...

in order to investigate seroprevalence of turkey's chlamydiosis in khuzestan province, 270 turkeys, of different sex and ages from different parts of khuzestan province were bleed and their sera were tested for antibodies to chlamydophila psittaci using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (immunocomb-ils). according to results the seroprevalences of chlamydiosis were 58.9% in tested turke...

Four new species of Astenus (Eurysunius) Dejean (Staphylinidae: Paederinae) are described from Western Anatolia, Turkey, and illustrated: Astenus gusarovi sp. n. (Çökelez Mountain, Denizli province), A. orgeli sp. n. (İmambaba Tepesi, Aydın province and Bozdağlar, İzmir province), A. kumlutasi sp. n. (Akdağlar, Kütahya province and Murat Mountain, Uşak province) and A. honazicus sp. n. (Honaz M...