Rice field ecosystem is an artificial that used in agriculture. fields Seketi Village have vegetation types of corn, sugar cane, and rice, so it will affect grasshopper diversity each vegetation. The purpose this study was to determine the grasshoppers (Caelifera) effect on rice Village. method purposive sampling direct capture, namely research by making 5 plots measuring 5m x with different pl...

In Australia, large native predators are fatally poisoned when they ingest invasive cane toads (Rhinella marina). As a result, the spread of cane toads has caused catastrophic population declines in these predators. Immediately prior to the arrival of toads at a floodplain in the Kimberley region, we induced conditioned taste aversion in free-ranging varanid lizards (Varanus panoptes), by offer...

Sugar cane spirits are some of the most popular alcoholic beverages consumed in Cape Verde. The sugar cane spirit industry in Cape Verde is based mainly on archaic practices that operate without supervision and without efficient control of the production process. The objective of this work was to evaluate samples of industrial and alembic sugar cane spirits from Cape Verde and Ceará, Brazil usi...

In this paper, we present the design and analysis of a portable position and orientation (pose) estimation aid for the visually impaired. Our prototype navigation aid consists of a foot-mounted pedometer and a white cane-mounted sensing package, which is comprised of a 3-axis gyroscope and a 2D laser scanner. We introduce a two-layered estimator that tracks the 3D orientation of the white cane ...

The Gold-Headed Cane, by WILLIAM MACMICHAEL, facsimile of 1827 ed., with introduction by Thomas Hunt, London, Royal College of Physicians, 1968, pp. 26 + 179, illus., £4. William Macmichael (1783-1839), M.D. Oxon., F.R.C.P., F.R.S., was educated at Bridgnorth Grammar School and Christ Church, Oxford. After graduating in Arts he studied medicine at Edinburgh and St. Bartholomew's Hospital, Londo...

During the past 30 years, at least 30 attempts have been made to build a useful mobility aid for the blind cane traveler (1,2) . All these efforts have resulted in only three aids showing sufficient promise to warrant serious evaluation : the Kay Binaural Sensory Aid (3,4), the Lindsay Russell' Pathsounder (5), and the Bionic Laser Cane . Why has the Laser Cane project been relatively more succ...

The results of two field trials to determine the effect of ratoon stunting disease on the growth and yield of some widely grown and newly released sugarcane varieties are described. In the plant crop of a trial grown under full irrigation, the greatest reductions in yields of cane and sugar among six varieties, approximately 15%, occurred in N 14 and NC0376. In the first ratoon, the greatest re...

At present one in five men and one in three women who reach the age of 65 in the UK today can expect to require 24-hour residential care. They are assessed according to needs as to the type of placement that is required. Little is known about the changing needs and symptoms of residential clients over 65 with mental health problems. The needs and neuropsychiatric symptoms of older people living...

The structure of dextrans elaborated by various bacteria have been the subject of detailed research in the last 25 years. Jeanes et a1 (1954) described the application of sodium metaperiodate oxidation procedures in determining the structure of dextrans elaborated by 96 strains of bacteria. They concluded that the structures varied from essentially linear polymers with glucose units joined thro...

BACKGROUND Canes are usually prescribed for individuals with stroke with the purpose of improving walking and increasing safety. However, there is no consensus regarding the clinical effects of these aids on walking and participation. OBJECTIVE This study will examine the efficacy of the provision of a cane to improve walking and increase participation after stroke. METHODS This is a two-ar...