Polytene chromosomes of chironomid larvae (Diptera: Chironomidae), collected on the Wrangel Island are described. Larvae have 2n=8: AB, CD, EF, G (Ch. thummi Keyl, 1962 complex). By karyotype larvae are identical to Chironomus sp. Le1, described from the Sagystyr Island of the Ust-Lena Reserve (Yakutia) (Kiknadze et al., 1996). The insignificant differences include the number of nucleoli and pu...

A recurrent problem in the study of Egyptian ceramics is the distinction between the everyday types of vessels used by the living and the pots chosen as grave goods. Since most of our standard typologies are composed of examples from tomb groups, utilitarian wares are often not represented (Bourriau 1986/87). This distinction is even greater for the cultures of Nubia where we have far fewer cor...

to the Surgeon-General an annual report, prepared according to a well-considered plan, in which the medical statistics of the year are carefully set forth, and the sanitary influences which affect soldiers, collectively or severally,? locality, movements, climate, habitation, drainage, conservancy, water-supply, duty, amusement, service, &c., &c.,?are carefully described and discussed in relati...

The public health and economic significance of malaria is enormous, and its control remains a great challenge. Many established malaria control methods are hampered by drug resistance and insecticide-resistant vectors. Malaria control measures built around environmental management are non-toxic, cost-effective, and sustainable. However, there has been no comprehensive review of the literature o...

Currently, the development of mobile pastoralism in Mongolia is known almost exclusively from burial and ritual contexts. Here we present results archaeological excavations geoarchaeological work carried out at a deeply stratified multiperiod habitation site northwestern Mongolia. Data include an unprecedented number well-preserved artifacts, faunal botanical remains, sedimentary information, c...