Electromechanical wave imaging (EWI) is a novel ultrasound-based imaging modality for mapping of the electromechanical wave (EW), i.e. the transient deformations occurring in immediate response to the electrical activation. The correlation between the EW and the electrical activation has been established in prior studies. However, the methods used previously to map the EW required the reconstru...

The present study was conducted to determine the external and internal egg quality of Isa Brown (Gallus gallus domesticus) chicken and Japanese quails (Coturnix coturnix japonica) as affected by storage time under room temperature in the hot weather conditions of Nigeria. Parameters evaluated included egg weight, albumen and yolk indices. For each species, a total number of twenty freshly laid ...

A (3 x 3) factorial arrangement was used in a completely randomized design to study the effect of early nutrition of pullet on subsequent egg production and quality. Three levels of protein and three levels of energy during stages of pullet growth (starter 0-6 wk, grower 7-12 wk and developer 13-18 wk of age) and their effect on laying performance (22-36 wk of age) were evaluated. In all phases...

Blood-feeding and autogenous sub-colonies were selected from a laboratory, stock colony of Aedes togoi, which was originally collected from Koh Nom Sao, Chanthaburi province, Southeast Thailand. Comparative biology and filarial susceptibility between the two sub-colonies (blood-feeding: F11, F13; autogeny: F38, F40) were investigated to evaluate their viability and vectorial capacity. The resul...

Ovarian follicle development, which accompanies morphogenesis of the silkworm egg has three distinct phases: spheric, ellipsoidal and flattened-ellipsoid. Transitions between phases are rapid and form-stability (characterized by length/width ratio) is preserved from the beginning of the ellipsoidal phase. The geometric stability of the follicle-oocyte-ovariole system, the polarity of the egg an...

The egg and five nymphal stages, of the Neotropical species Martarega lofoides are described and illustrated for the first time. The immature stages are very similar, differing mainly in the body length, width of the body, head and pronotum, degree of wing pads development, synthlipsis width, and pattern of setae on the ventral abdomen. Adults and nymphs used in this study were collected from t...

Ultrastructural descriptions are given of the eggs of Aedes (Aedimorphus) durbanensis (Theobald), Aedes (Stegomyia) woodi Edwards, and Eretmapodites quinquevittutus Theobald). In Ae. durbanensis the egg is broadly cigar-shaped and all surfaces are uniform in structure. Chorionic cells are considerably longer (in the egg’ s longitudinal axis) than wide; each contains several relatively large, ce...

Statistics-based outlier detection for wireless sensor networks Y. Zhang a , N.A.S. Hamm b , N. Meratnia a , A. Stein b , M. van de Voort a & P.J.M. Havinga a a Pervasive System Group, Department of Computer Science (EWI), University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands b Department of Earth Observation Science, Faculty of GeoInformation Science and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente...

Discriminant analysis was used to identify eggs of Capillaria spp. at specific level found in organic remains from an archaeological site in Patagonia, Argentina, dated of 6,540 +/- 110 years before present. In order to distinguish eggshell morphology 149 eggs were measured and grouped into four arbitrary subsets. The analysis used on egg width and length discriminated them into different morph...