BACKGROUND Within the last few decades Culicoides spp. (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) emerged Europe-wide as a major vector for epizootic viral diseases e.g. caused by Bluetongue (BT) or Schmallenberg virus. In accordance with the EU regulation 1266/2007, veterinary authorities are requested to determine vector-free periods for loosing trade and movement restrictions of susceptible livestock. Addit...

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OBJECTIVE To update the estimate of mean salt intake for the Australian population made by the Australian Health Survey (AHS). DESIGN A secondary analysis of the data collected in a cross-sectional survey was conducted. Estimates of salt intake were made in Lithgow using the 24 h diet recall methodology employed by the AHS as well as using 24 h urine collections. The data from the Lithgow sam...

Modeling and Simulation of the Automated Highway System by Farokh Hassanzadeh Eskafi Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences University of California at Berkeley Professor Pravin Varaiya, Chair We present the hierarchical structure for the control design of the Automated Highway System (AHS). This control hierarchy has four layers: network, link, coordin...

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