The reproductive performance of the parasitoid Habrobracon hebetor (Say) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) against the moths Anagasta kuehniella Zeller and Plodia interpunctella (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) was studied in the laboratory. The analysis was based on the comparison of parasitoid's life table parameters related to those of its hosts at various conditions of host density (daily supply o...

The first study was a retrospective analysis of 5,833 AIDS cases (based on the pre-1987 CDC clinical case definition) reported to the city of New York prior to December 31, 1985. The analysis of survival was done by a cross-linkage of death records. The authors acknowledge that this method "may have resulted in some underascertainment of deaths due to outmigration." If a subject moved his or he...

سن گلخوار یونجه، Lygus rugulipennis Poppius (Hemiptera: Miridae)، یکی از آفات مهم یونجه در بسیاری نقاط جهان می‌باشد. زیست‌شناسی آزمایشگاهی و پراسنجه‌های جدول زندگی این آفت پنج دمای 25، 5/27، 30، 5/32 35 درجه سلسیوس، رطوبت نسبی 5 ±60 درصد دوره نوری 16 ساعت روشنایی 8 تاریکی مورد بررسی قرار گرفت. قادر به نشوونما سلسیوس نبود. طولانی‌ترین کوتاه‌ترین طول پورگی به‌ترتیب 5/27 (81/13 روز) (08/8 به‌دست آ...

"Life" is a particular state of matter, and matter is composed of various molecules. The state corresponding to "life" is ultimately determined by the genome sequence, and this sequence determines the conditions necessary for survival of the organism. In order to elucidate one parameter characterizing the state of "life", we analyzed the amino acid sequences encoded in the total genomes of 557 ...