WASP SIZE AND PREY LOAD IN CERCERIS FUMIPENNIS (HYMENOPTERA, CRABRONIDAE): IMPLICATIONS FOR BIOSURVEILLANCE OF PEST BUPRESTIDAE

Wasp Size and Prey Load in Cerceris fumipennis (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae): Implications for Biosurveillance of Pest Buprestidae

The relationship between predator and prey size was studied in the buprestid hunting wasp Cerceris fumipennis Say in eight widely distributed nesting aggregations in North Carolina, USA.Initial work indicated a significant linear relationship between wasp head width and wasp wet weight; thus, head width was used to estimate wasp body mass in subseq

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Complimentary imaging technologies in blunt ocular trauma

We describe complimentary imaging technologies in traumatic chorioretinal injury.Color and fundus autofluorescence (FAF) images were obtained with a non-mydriatic retinal camera.Optical coherence tomography (OCT) helped obtain detailed images of retinal structure.Microperimetry was used to evaluate the visual function.A 40-year-old man sustained bl

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What could the Railway teach us about Progress?

Propelled by steel, charcoal and steam the railway once carried the story of progress and the rise of PVC Heater Element the developed modern society.While the orient express nurtured a vivid, mythical aura during more than a hundred years, it seems like future stories about the railway mainly gravitate around hyperloops and increased speed.How com

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Case report: Hepatocellular carcinoma in a patient with Pyridoxamine 5-phosphate oxidase (PNPO) deficiency undergoing pyridoxal 5-phosphate (PLP) treatment

Pyridoxamine 5-phosphate oxidase (PNPO) deficiency is an autosomal recessive inborn error of metabolism that typically manifests as seizures resistant to conventional anticonvulsants, often presenting in the neonatal period to early infancy.One of the main treatments, pyridoxal 5-phosphate (PLP), carry a risk of liver toxicity.Concerns about liver

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