Tupiocoris cucurbitaceus (Spinola) (Hemiptera: Miridae) is a predator of whiteflies Aleyrodidae) present in several American countries. Rearing this bug requires the use plants as ovipositional substrate and prey to feed on complete its development. Artemia sp. (Branchiopoda, Artemiidae) cyst, crustacean tested for laboratory rearing other hemipteran species, could be used food, being less expe...

the relationship between female oviposition preference and offspring performance is a key area of study on the evolution of host specificity. this study investigates host prefer-ence of the polyphagous hover fly syrphus ribesii (diptera: syrphidae) and compares it with some components of its offspring`s performance. females and offspring were tested on six naturally used aphid hosts (blackberry...

this study compared the use of interpersonal and mass media channels of communication among rural farmers in kogi state, nigeria. the specific objectives were to describe the socio economic characteristics of the farmers, determine the influence of socioeconomic characteristics on the usage of interpersonal and media channels, ascertain farmers’ level of awareness of interpersonal and media cha...

background diabetes is a common problem with severe complications. the control of diabetes needs a close and honest relationship between patients and health professionals. the views of these two groups might influence the professional relationship. objectives the purpose of this study was to identify the views of diabetic patients versus the views of diabetic care professionals on the content o...

In this work, we give an overview of our participation in the TREC 2014 Contextual Suggestion Track. To address the retrieval of attraction places, we propose a fuzzy-based document combination approach for preference learning and context processing. We use the open web in our submission and make use of both criteria users preferences and geographical location criteria.

Analysis of 〈X,R〉 models is considered as part of a general approach to solving optimization problems with fuzzy coefficients. This approach involves a modification of traditional optimization methods and is associated with formulating and solving one and the same problem within the framework of mutually interrelated models by constructing equivalent analogs with fuzzy coefficients in objective...

Several important problems in ecology, evolution and conservation biology are affected by habitat selection in dispersing animals. Experience in the natal habitat has long been considered a potential source of variation in the habitat preferences displayed when dispersers select a post-dispersal habitat. However, the taxonomic breadth of this phenomenon is underappreciated, in part because part...

Preference elicitation is concerned with inferring a latent utility function from user feedback. Typical elicitation approaches iteratively query the user about (supposedly informative) pairs of candidate configurations; the collected pairwise preference constraints are used to improve the utility estimate. The ongoing transition from flat to structured configuration spaces is opening promising...