Soybean aphid, Aphis glycines Matsumura (Homoptera: Aphididae), is a severe pest of soybeans in North America. Soybean aphid populations cycle between a secondary summer host, where populations reproduce parthenogenetically and a primary host, where populations overwinter as eggs. In North America, the secondary host is soybean, and the primary hosts are Rhamnus cathartica L. (Rhamnaceae) and R...

A. [3pts] For transparent bridges complying with the IEEE 802.1D standard, it is proposed that the “age field” parameter be kept internal to the bridge instead of transmitting it in the BPDU. That is, the bridges will time out on a configuration message by keeping an “internal” timer for the age field. This will result in a reduction in BPDU size which will, in turn, save the bandwidth. Do you ...

The coreoid fauna from Neotropics is poorly known, especially in terms of community studies. Aiming at contributing to this knowledge, a two-year study was carried out at Parque Estadual do Turvo, Municipality of Derrubadas, state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, to evaluate the composition, abundance and species richness of Coreoidea. Samplings were conducted in the springs of 2003 and 2004 (Octo...

Case study Female teacher, born 1963. First episode of multiple sclerosis (MS) in autumn 2003, medical diagnosis in spring 2004, Prednisone treatment, 7 week course. Since then Rebif® 44 injected 3 times per week, numerous side effects. Consequently considered possibilities of naturopathic treatment, initially magnetic field therapy, symptoms began to improve. After switching to energised inhal...

We are happy to announce two PhD Scholarships in the project “Security in Embedded Systems” funded by the Danish research councils. Both scholarships are to be carried out at Informatics and Mathematical Modelling at The Technical University of Denmark. One is expected to commence in the Spring/Summer 2004 and the other in the Autumn/Winter 2004. Applicants are invited to apply for either one a...

Age of Computers (AoC) is a web based multi-player game for teaching computer fundamentals at university level. It is a replacement for traditional paper exercises, and supplements auditorium lectures. The main motivation behind AoC is to try using computer game features to motivate students to learn computer fundamentals. The first version of AoC was thoroughly tested on students autumn 2003. ...

This study aimed to determine the clinical profiles and prevalence trends during 1994 to 2014 among patients with allergic asthma (AA), which is a clinical phenotype of asthma.We retrospectively analyzed the characteristics of 319 patients who were diagnosed with AA between March 1, 1994 and February 28, 2014 at 3 Beijing centers.The patients included 155 males and 164 females, and the mean age...

An elevated concentration of water soluble carbohydrate (WSC) in grasses may increase the availability of readily degradable energy, increase milk production and improve the efficiency of nitrogen utilisation. Two ryegrasses with elevated WSC, a tetraploid Italian (IRG) and a diploid perennial selected for higher WSC (HSG), were compared against a standard diploid perennial (STG) during spring ...