Field studies were conducted in the Upper Rhine Valley to determine the responses of mosquitoes to CDC traps baited with either CO2, octenol, light or paired combinations of these. Among eight mosquito species caught, the attractant effect on trap catches was studied in the four most abundant: Aedes vexans, Ae. rossicus, Ae. cinereus and Culex pipiens. Traps baited only with light or octenol ca...

The models of endofullerenes C 60 and C 82 with silver atom or diatomic silver are calculated with ab initio SCF Hartree-Fock methods including the full geometry optimization. Ag@C 60 is a bound system with positive binding energy while Ag 2 @C 60 is not because strong geometrical strain. Silver atom is located at some distance from the cage center in the lower-energy model, and the structure r...

The selectivity of two types commercial fishing gear (crab hoop/traditional and rigid rectangular cage traps) targeting blue crabs (Callinectes arcuatus) in Cuyutlan Lagoon, Mexico, was assessed. effect soak time on crab catches versus the retention escape rate organisms also evaluated. Results suggested that traps captured larger individuals than hoops. carapace width significantly different b...

We show that the precise orientation of a C(60) molecule which terminates the tip of a scanning probe microscope can be determined with atomic precision from submolecular contrast images of the fullerene cage. A comparison of experimental scanning tunneling microscopy data with images simulated using computationally inexpensive Hückel theory provides a robust method of identifying molecular rot...

INTRODUCTION Expiratory rib cage compression is a chest physiotherapy technique known as "squeezing" technique in Japan. It has been claimed that rib cage compression effectively treats and/or prevents lung collapse, but no studies have been reported on rib cage compression focused on improving ventilation and/or oxygenation in subjects with collapsed lung. Therefore, we studied whether rib cag...

Many alcoholics deny abuse. To screen greater samples for alcohol dependence, short questionnaires, e.g. the CAGE or MAST are often applied. Frequently laboratory parameters [i.e. 'alcohol markers', such as carbohydrate-deficient transfernn (CDT), y-glutamyl transferase or mean corpuscular volume of erythrocytes] are used to support the diagnosis of long-standing heavy alcohol consumption. In t...

Recent large-cage studies with codling moth Cydia pomonella (L.) reveal that the removal of moths from an apple orchard using pheromone-releasing traps is more effective at reducing capture in a central monitoring trap than is a mating disruption protocol without kill/capture. The present study uses open orchard 0.2-ha plots comparing a high-density trapping scenario with mating disruption to c...