this paper reviews the research on taxonomy of the trombidioidea in iran, with an updated checklist of 32 species (+5 undetermined species) belonging to five families and 22 genera. among them, 27 species (+1 undetermined species) are reported based on larvae only, three undetermined species based on adults only, and six species based on both larval and post-larval stages. also, 14 species (+3 ...

Giant velvet mites, the largest living are a familiar sight when they present above ground, usually after first summer rains, in warm arid areas. Despite their often-conspicuous presence enormous numbers, little is known about basic biology, life history strategies, or predators. The emergence of Dinothrombium magnificum (LeConte, 1852) southern Arizona, USA occurs rain that exceeds 1 cm. Of 17...

This study is part of the Swedish Taxonomy Initiative (STI) one of the most ambitious all taxa biodiversity inventories in the world. One of the pillars in STI is to support taxonomic research on the most neglected taxonomic groups with the aim to lift the level of knowledge of biodiversity in the country. There is still a lot to be discovered, especially in the microscopic world, and this incl...

The research was focused on quantitative analysis of L-Dopa content in extracts of various products from velvet bean tempe processing. The procedures of velvet bean tempe processing were dehulling, soaking, steaming, inoculating with Raprima tempe inoculum that contain Rhizopus oligosporus NRRL 2771, packaging and fermenting at room temperature for 24, 48, 72 and 96 h, respectively. The product...

The effect of feeding velvet bean (Mucuna pruriens L.) meal on the performance and lipid profile in broilers was investigated. Fourteen days old 200 broiler chicks were randomly allocated to five dietary treatments in a completely randomized design and feeding was continued for four weeks. Maize and soybean meal based control feed, and four test diets produced from the control feed by incorpora...

A very large-scale logic simulation engine "VELVET" has been developed VELVET is a vectorized event-driven simulator which can handle simultaneously both gate-level logic and Register-Transfer Level structure. VELVET can process simulation jobs two orders of magnitude faster than a conventional gate-level simulator. This paper describes how to realize such high performance, an algoritha for vec...

Among other cues, the visual system uses shading to infer the 3D shape of objects. The shading pattern depends on the illumination and reflectance properties (BRDF). In this study, we compared 3D shape perception between identical shapes with different BRDFs. The stimuli were photographed 3D printed random smooth shapes that were either painted matte gray or had a gray velvet layer. We used the...

Velvet antler is one of the most important animal medicines, and has been used with a variety of functions, such as anti-fatigue, tissue repair and health promotion. In the past few years, the investigation on chemical compositions, bioactive components, and pharmacological effects has been performed, which demonstrates that velvet antlers could be used as an important health-promoting tonic wi...

Morphological development of fungi and their combined production of secondary metabolites are both acting in defence and protection. These processes are mainly coordinated by velvet regulators, which contain a yet functionally and structurally uncharacterized velvet domain. Here we demonstrate that the velvet domain of VosA is a novel DNA-binding motif that specifically recognizes an 11-nucleot...