Farming systems for pest control, based on the stimulo-deterrent diversionary strategy or push-pull system, have become an important target for sustainable intensification of food production. A prominent example is push-pull developed in sub-Saharan Africa using a combination of companion plants delivering semiochemicals, as plant secondary metabolites, for smallholder farming cereal production...

The purpose of this study was to analyze upper extremity and core muscle activation when performing push-ups with different suspension devices. Young fit male university students (n = 29) performed 3 push-ups each with 4 different suspension systems. Push-up speed was controlled using a metronome and testing order was randomized. Average amplitude of the electromyographic root mean square of Tr...

[1] A sensitivity analysis reveals that large uncertainty exists in estimates of solute retardation factor R made from sorption push-pull tests. A simplified push-pull data interpretation method for estimating instantaneous linear sorption in confined aquifers is developed. The new method is less restrictive in its application than the conventional method that uses an approximate analytical sol...