the meloidae, known as blister beetles, a widespread family of tenebrionoidea that includes approximately 2500 species, is still scarcely known faunistically in several areas of the world. because of specific biogeographical feature, iran harbors a rich diversity of meloids and due to the lack of basic and integrated studies, particularly in eastern parts of iran, our current knowledge of irani...

background: the north eastern region in india is endemic for canine heartworm disease but in clinics accurate diagnosis is some times difficult. the aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of occult infections for heartworm disease in canine in two geographical regions of north eastern india. methods : a total of 782 numbers of three categories of dogs namely, working dogs of m...

Acta Neurologica Taiwanica Vol 22 No 3 September 2013 From the Division of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine; Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine; Division of Medical Image, Department of Radiology, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Banciao District, New Taipei City, Taiwan. Received February 6, 2013. Revised April 8, 2013. Accepted August 8, 2013. Co...

STEVEN R. LENTZ, ROCHELLE A. ERGER, SANJANA DAYAL, NOBUYO MAEDA, M. RENÉ MALINOW, DONALD D. HEISTAD, AND FRANK M. FARACI Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Iowa City 52246; Departments of Internal Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa 52242; Department of Pathology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599; and Oregon Regional Pr...

We analyzed the geographic distribution of the Ixodes ricinus-like ticks in eastern North America by comparing the mitochondrial 16S rDNA sequences of specimens sampled directly from the field during the 1990s. Two distinct lineages are evident. The southern clade includes ticks from the southeastern and middle-eastern regions of the United States. The range of the northern clade, which appears...

The deviation-angle variance technique (DAV-T), whichwas introduced in theNorthAtlantic basin for tropical cyclone (TC) intensity estimation, is adapted for use in the North Pacific Ocean using the ‘‘best-track center’’ application of the DAV. The adaptations include changes in preprocessing for different data sources [Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-East (GOES-E) in the Atlan...