This paper reviews the current and potential methods to control the harlequin ladybird, Harmonia axyridis (Pallas) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), an Asian predatory beetle invasive in Europe and the Americas where it has become a human nuisance, a grape and wine pest and a threat to native biodiversity. Current methods to manage this invasive species include: techniques to mechanically prevent ad...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the quality of the veterinary literature investigating IV fluid therapy in dogs, cats, horses, and cattle. DESIGN Systematic review. PROCEDURES The preferred reporting of items for systematic review and meta-analysis protocols (PRISMA-P) was employed for systematic review of all relevant IV fluid therapy manuscripts published from January 1969 through December 2016 in ...

Introduced Phragmites australis is rapidly spreading in North America, threatening wetland plant communities and endemic native genotypes (Phragmites australis americanus). Lack of successful long-term control resulted in initiation of biological control research. In the past, the program targeting introduced Phragmites has focused on several promising potential biological control agents with l...

A key global 21st century challenge is to maximize agricultural production while minimizing use of resources such as land, water, and energy to meet rising demand for produce. To meet this challenge, while also adapting to climate change, agriculture will have to become more knowledge intensive and deploy smarter farming techniques. The intention of this study was to: (1) Highlight the opportun...

This paper examines the similarities between the concepts of ‘community of practice’(Wenger 1997) and ‘networking for learning’ (Engel and Salomon 1997, and others). Theseconcepts come from divergent traditions: the former has its roots in knowledge managementand the latter comes from agricultural knowledge systems and soft-systems analysis.Although stemming from different s...

BACKGROUND Death under care is a major challenge for tuberculosis (TB) treatment programs. We derived and validated a simple score to predict mortality during tuberculosis treatment in high endemicity areas. METHODS We used data for patients aged ≥15 years, diagnosed and treated for tuberculosis at the Yaounde Jamot Hospital between January 2012 and December 2013. Baseline characteristics ass...

Exploration of new superconductors still relies on the experience and intuition experts, is largely a process experimental trial error. In one study, only 3% candidate materials showed superconductivity [Hosono et al., Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. 16, (2015)]. Here, we report deep learning model for finding superconductors. We introduced method named ``reading periodic table'' that represented tab...