Many daily activities rely on the ability to produce meaningful sequences of movements. Motor sequences can be learned in an effector-specific fashion (such that benefits of training are restricted to the trained hand) or an effector-independent manner (meaning that learning also facilitates performance with the untrained hand). Effector-independent knowledge can be represented in extrinsic/wor...

The diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae), highly prefers to oviposit on yellow rocket, Barbarea vulgaris (R. Br.) (Cruciferae) var. arcuata , despite larvae not being able to survive on it, suggesting it may have potential as a trap crop. In a no-choice greenhouse experiment, P. xylostella laid 28% more eggs on B. vulgaris than on cabbage. Within the B. vulgaris...

An experiment was conducted to determine the effect of time of oviposition, generally representing different positions in the normal egg laying sequence, on egg weight loss during storage and incubation, and on fertility and fertile hatchability of eggs from mid-lay (42 wk) and old (67 wk) broiler breeders. A total of 1,800 eggs (900 eggs per flock age) were collected during 10 consecutive days...

Meniscal tissue’s ability to heal has been shown to be limited. Until recently, orthopedic surgeons treating patients who had undergone a meniscectomy had few options available to treat the persistent pain sometimes associated with it and the subsequent early joint degeneration. This was true except in cases of limb malalignment. Meniscal allograft transplantation was introduced in the eighties...

During the breeding season extending from spring to summer, the ovaries of the fish, Oryzias latipes, contain hundreds of follicles, each with an egg at various stages of maturation. Usually, five to fifty eggs are laid by a single female almost every morning(Egami, 1954c). On the other hand, ovaries are small and inactive in winter months. The present author has already reported that small win...

Ewing's sarcoma (ES) is a highly malignant neoplasm of childhood and adolescence seen commonly in both axial and appendicular skeleton but uncommonly in acral region. Ewing’s tumor in the hand is extraordinarily rare. Radiological features are variable and can mimic other common lesions. We present a case of 13 year old female, with complaints of pain and swelling in right hand, which on X-ray ...

Field trials were conducted during the 2019-2020 cropping season to assess efficacy of S-metolachlor and flumetsulam (triazolopyrimidine sulfonanilide)+S-metolachlor (chloro-acetanilide) pre-emergence herbicides in controlling weeds maize at Chisumbanje estate. The experiment was laid out as a randomised complete block design (RCBD) with three treatments replicated thrice. Treatments used inclu...

Landscape is the visible cognition of human environment, including natural objects such as mountains, rivers, the sea, forests and artificial objects such as buildings, bridges, and other structures. Landscape can be recognized and evaluated differently, depending on the viewer. However, people who share the same or similar local culture or aesthetics have the common recognition and evaluation ...

In large-scale proteomics studies there is a temptation, after months of experimental work, to plug resulting data into a convenient-if poorly implemented-set of tools, which may neither do the data justice nor help answer the scientific question. In this paper we have captured key concerns, including arguments for community-wide open source software development and "big data" compatible soluti...

The organ or tissue, e.g., extrinsic eye muscle (Fig. 1), a vermiform appendix (Fig. 2), or a length of blood vessel, is fixed in formalin and impregnated with paraffin wax in the ordinary way. It is removed from the molten wax, laid on a smooth surface, straightened by hand, and allowed to cool. As soon as the wax has become firm a series of transverse cuts are made with a very sharp knife so ...