The interphotoreceptor matrix (IPM) occupies the extracellular space between the apical surface of the retinal pigmented epithelium and the external limiting membrane of the neural retina. This space contains two chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans, designated IPM 150 and IPM 200, which are likely to effect retinal adhesion and photoreceptor survival. In an effort to characterize human IPM 150, s...

Integrated pest management (IPM) with an increased used of ecological farming methods and less and safer use of pesticides offers solutions to reduce risks of developing pest resistance, human poisoning, and environmental pollution. Despite being promoted by Food and Agriculture Organization and others, it has not spread readily in low-income countries. This article presents the opinions of Bol...

In order to improve the level of adoption of integrated pest management (IPM), it is important to understand the benefits of integrating IPM practices. Integrated systems are less prone to failure and, when they incorporate natural enemies, they are also more resilient than systems that rely on a single method of pest suppression. The impact of changing IPM practices on the pest population dyna...

In order to elucidate the mode of action of the lipophilic penetration enhancer isopropyl myristate (IPM) on a molecular scale, we investigated oriented quaternary stratum corneum (SC) lipid model membranes based on ceramide AP, cholesterol, palmitic acid and cholesterol sulfate containing 10 wt% IPM by means of neutron diffraction. Our results indicate that IPM affects the lamellar lipid assem...

We provide a critical outlook of the evolution of Industrial Process Monitoring (IPM) since its introduction almost 100 years ago. Several evolution trends that have been structuring IPM developments over this extended period of time are briefly referred, with more focus on data-driven approaches. We also argue that, besides such trends, the research focus has also evolved. The initial period w...

Intranodal palisaded myofibroblastoma (IPM) is a rare benign tumor of the lymph nodes probably arising from smooth muscle-like cells. The tumor is characterized by intranodal proliferation of spindle cells. Neoplastic spindle-cell proliferation is most often of metastatic repetition which is very important in the recognition of IPM, because it may be mistaken for metastasis or other tumors such...

We report herein the characterization of the cDNA for a novel human chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan, designated IPM 200, and the chromosomal location of its gene, designated IMPG2. IPM 200 was isolated from the retinal interphotoreceptor matrix, a unique extracellular matrix that occupies the subretinal space between the apices of the retinal pigment epithelium and the neural retina. The cDNA ...

PURPOSE To evaluate the feasibility and usefulness of imipenem/cilastatin sodium (IPM/CS) as an embolic agent for intestinal bleeding from neoplasms. MATERIALS AND METHODS Seven patients who underwent 11 transarterial embolisations (TAEs) using IPM/CS as an embolic material for duodenal or small/large intestinal tumour bleeding from January 2004 to December 2011 were retrospectively evaluated...

This study assessed the cost and effectiveness of an integrated pest management (IPM) program using hydramethylnon gel baits compared with conventional spraying for controlling the German cockroach, Blattella germanica (L.) (Blattodea: Blattellidae), in two residential buildings in Yasuj, Iran. The IPM approach was based on educational programs using pamphlets, posters and lectures, sanitation ...

The concepts of “integrated control” and “integrated pest management” (IPM) were devised by entomologists, but they proved relevant to the monitoring and control of virtually any agricultural pest (i.e., weeds, fungi, vertebrates). Within IPM, economic threshold characterized pest densities that would have negative impacts and economic injury level characterized amounts of predicted crop injury...