The life history and feeding habits of Lasioseius scapulatus, an ascid predator and potential biocontrol agent of nematodes, was examined. Reproduction was asexual, and the life cycle was 8-10 days at room temperature. Life history consisted of the egg, protonymph, deutonymph, and adult. Both nymphal stages and the adult captured and consumed nematodes. Two fungal genera and eight genera of nem...

patients and methods in this retrospective, cross-sectional study, the medical records of all deceased neonates hospitalized in fatemieh hospital of hamadan, during a 5-year period (2006 – 2011) were extracted. a questionnaire including sex, weight, gestational age, time of birth, delivery mode, maternal disease, and leading cause of death was filled out. the information was then analyzed using...

introduction: the harmful plant mites not only feed on crops, but also have irreversible damage to humans. the synthetic pesticides can be replaced with natural products for pest control. the agricultural products, health and hygienic of humans can be treated with harmful caused by the mites (wooley, 1988). the citrus red mite (crm) panonychus citri (mcgregor) (acarina: tetranychidae) is one of...

schizophrenia is one of the most severe psychiatric disorders and 25% of the patients need long term hospitalization. they have somatic illness that may be ignored and lead to death. considering the lack of information regarding the causes of death in schizophrenic patients, the aim of this study was to determine the main causes of death in the long term hospitalized schizophrenic patients in s...

impact of sex pheromones, stirrup-m as additive for acaricides effects were evaluated on panonycjllls lllmi in 1995-1997. peroral (azocyclotin), amitraz (mitac), omite (propargite), neoron (bromopropylate) and citrazon (benzoximate) were tested with and without pheromones and compared with untreated plots with four replications through randomized complete block design. mortality percentage of e...

the purpose of this study was to evaluate the early and late outcome after total correction of tetralogy of fallot (tof) in 101 consecutive patients with a mean age of 8.23 ± 4.90 years underwent repair of surgery at one institution between 1995 and 2006. forty two patients had initial palliative operations. a transannular patch was inserted in 60 (58.5%) patients. risk factors for operative mo...