scholarly journals The Effects of Vegetation Type on Oedaleus decorus asiaticus (Orthoptera: Acrididae) Oviposition and Hatching Success

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongmei Li ◽  
Yan Zhang ◽  
Guangjun Wang ◽  
Alyssa Lowry ◽  
Wenjiang Huang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Success Rate ◽  
Hatching Success ◽  
Vegetation Type ◽  
Oviposition Behavior ◽  
Population Monitoring ◽  
The Other ◽  
Leymus Chinensis ◽  
Adjacent Area ◽  
Artemisia Frigida ◽  
Stipa Krylovii

Abstract Oedaleus decorus asiaticus (Bei-Bienko, 1941) has been regarded as one of the most dominant locusts in the northern grassland, the adjacent area of agriculture and animal farmland, in China. The aims of this study were to investigate the effects of vegetation type on the oviposition behavior of this pest in an open field and the hatching success of the offspring in the following year. The results showed that vegetation type did have a significant effect on whether any egg pods were laid by O. d. asiaticus. Once the females laid eggs, vegetation type and cage number had a significant effect on the number of egg pods laid. The highest number of egg pods was found in the Cleistogenes squarrosa treatment, followed by Stipa krylovii and then Leymus chinensis, while the Artemisia frigida treatment contained the lowest number of egg pods. The O. d. asiaticus eggs laid in S. krylovii and C. squarrosa treatments had a significantly higher hatching success rate (over 53%) than the other two grasses (below 40%). In short, habitats with C. squarrosa and S. krylovii grasses are likely to be preferred by ovipositing females, thus population monitoring efforts of O. d. asiaticus should focus on these habitats.

scholarly journals Distribution of insect galls in xeric and mesic habitats of Floresta Nacional de Silvânia, Brazil

2017 ◽  
Vol 107 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bárbara Araújo Ribeiro Bergamini ◽  
Leonardo Lima Bergamini ◽  
Benedito Baptista dos Santos ◽  
Walter Santos de Araújo
Keyword(s):  
Plant Architecture ◽  
Vegetation Type ◽  
The Other ◽  
Higher Plant ◽  
Insect Galls ◽  
Plant Family ◽  
Savanna Vegetation ◽  
Insect Gall ◽  
Hygrothermal Stress ◽  
Forest Habitats

ABSTRACT We investigated the insect gall distribution along savanna (xeric) and forest (mesic) vegetation in the Floresta Nacional de Silvânia, Goiás, Brazil. We tested if the insect gall diversity is higher in the xeric vegetation than in the mesic vegetation, as predicted by the hygrothermal stress hypothesis. The insect gall fauna was surveyed between December 2009 and June 2010 in two transects established each vegetation type. In total we found 186 insect gall morphotypes, distributed on 35 botanical families and 61 plant species. Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) induced the most insect galls (34.1%), and the plant family Fabaceae had the greatest richness of insect gall morphotypes (18). We recorded 99 insect gall morphotypes in the forest and 87 morphotypes in the savanna vegetation, being that none insect gall morphotype occurred in both habitats. We found that the insect gall richness and abundance did not differ between forest and savanna transects. On the other hand, the estimated insect gall richness was higher in the forest than in the savanna. Our findings contrary the hygrothermal stress hypothesis possibly because forest habitats have higher plant architecture complexity and occurrence of super-host taxa than the savanna habitats.

scholarly journals SOSIALISASI TEMPE SEBAGAI MAKANAN ORGANIK DAN SEHAT KEPADA IBU RUMAH TANGGA DI KOTA TANGERANG SELATAN

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 92-103
Author(s):  
Anastasi Tatik Hartanti ◽  
Yasinta Ratna Esti Wulandari ◽  
Rory Anthony Hutagalung ◽  
Tati Barus
Keyword(s):  
Success Rate ◽  
Community Service ◽  
Food Processing ◽  
Healthy Food ◽  
The Other ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Community Knowledge ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Strongly Agree

Tempeh is a traditional Indonesian food that has many advantages as food and the process of making it is quite simple. However, the community knowledge about tempeh and the skills to produce healthy tempeh are still low. This community service aimed to increase the knowledge about tempeh and to improve the skills of its manufacturers in making healthy and good quality tempeh. The activities were carried out for mothers living in Villa Dago Tol complex, Ciputat, South Tangerang 15414, by using the methods of counseling, demonstration, and mentoring. Monitoring was conducted to measure the success rate of participants in producing healthy tempeh. The level of community knowledge about tempeh was evaluated through survey method. The results of counseling, demonstration, and mentoring succeeded in improving the participant skills as seen from the participants' success in following the healthy tempeh-making procedure. The results were also reinforced by the results of monitoring where all participants managed to create healthy tempeh. Survey results showed participants’ increasing knowledge of healthy tempeh and motivation in producing healthy tempeh. Assessment of participants showed good results, especially in improving knowledge (73% stated strongly agree and the rest agree). The ability of the facilitators in delivering the material was also considered good by the participants (92% stated strongly agree and the rest agree). As a follow-up, the participants suggested that the training be extended to the other communities and the training also include a variety of topics such as the manufacturing of tofu, healthy food processing, sewing, and many others.

Impact of Social Media Readiness on Social Media Usage and Competitive Advantage

2019 ◽  
pp. 246-267
Author(s):  
Apoorv Durga ◽  
M. L. Singla
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Success Rate ◽  
Failure Rate ◽  
Media Use ◽  
The Other ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
Effective Implementation ◽  
Use Of Social Media

Usage of social media within organizations' value chains has been increasing rapidly. There are several benefits and savings projected due to usage of social media. As a result, there is also a lot of hype that is typical of any new web phenomenon. On the other hand, saner voices are cautioning against excessive hype and point to high failure rate of social media initiatives. Lack of best practices or frameworks and incomplete understanding of how to make best use of social media are some of the reasons cited for this high failure of social media initiatives. In addition, there are several other aspects related to governance, people, and processes that need to be addressed to improve success rate of these initiatives. Therefore, effective implementation of a social media initiative includes addressing all those aspects that relate to governance, people, and processes. The authors use a construct, “Social Media Readiness,” that encapsulates these aspects. This chapter summarizes research that shows how readiness can impact social media use.

RECENT CHANGES TO AUSTRALIA'S OFFSHORE PETROLEUM REGIME

1986 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 102
Author(s):  
P.C. Reid
Keyword(s):  
Current Level ◽  
The Other ◽  
Adjacent Area ◽  
State Legislation ◽  
Labor Party ◽  
Practical Consequence ◽  
New Form ◽  
Offshore Petroleum

Australia's offshore petroleum legislation is the product of a constitutional compromise enshrined in the Offshore Constitutional Settlement of 1979 between the Commonwealth and the States. Whilst it is current Federal Australian Labor Party policy to dismantle the Offshore Constitutional Settlement and re-assert exclusive Commonwealth jurisdiction from the low-water mark seawards, the Hawke Labor Government has been reluctant to implement this particular policy.A practical consequence of the Offshore Constitutional Settlement for the industry is that many offshore titles are now being split into two separate titles — one under State legislation within the three-mile territorial sea and the other under Commonwealth legislation for the Adjacent Area beyond the territorial sea. The Commonwealth proposal to introduce cash bonus bidding for highly prospective offshore exploration permits after being defeated in the Senate in the first half of 1985 was subsequently passed in November 1985.An APEA proposal for the introduction of a new form of title under the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act (PSLA) to protect currently non-commercial reserves has been adopted by legislation.Following the cash bidding debate the Commonwealth Minister has proposed a new set of guidelines for the award of offshore permits which will contain both a fixed dry-hole commitment plus a discretionary program in the event of technical encouragement.The paper concludes with some recommendations for establishing a more secure and certain system of title under the PSLA and to minimize the current administrative delays being experienced by industry. Finally it urges that the current level of consultation between Government and industry on matters of interest arising under the PSLA should be allowed to continue.

Invited Comment

1989 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 97-99
Author(s):  
Duncan Stuart
Keyword(s):  
Medical Records ◽  
The Other ◽  
Adjacent Area ◽  
Peer Review System ◽  
Review System ◽  
General Hospitals ◽  
Royal North Shore Hospital ◽  
North Shore ◽  
Area Health Service ◽  
Area Health

The Medical Management Analysis (MMA) system of quality assurance by screening medical records for “occurrences” was trialled at the Royal North Shore Hospital, a major 780 bed teaching hospital in Sydney, in 1988. This Californian approach has now evolved into a more focused hospital-based peer review system (called QARNS) which is operating effectively and efficiently at the hospital. Whilst still based on the 23 MMA criteria, QARNS has achieved greater acceptance and action from the clinical staff. Implementation of QARNS at the other four acute general hospitals within the adjacent Area Health Service is now under active consideration.

ROW-TYPE OVIPOSITION IN NEODIPRION SAWFLIES AS EXEMPLIFIED BY THE EUROPEAN PINE SAWFLY, N. SERTIFER (GEOFF.)

1959 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 267-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. W. Ghent
Keyword(s):  
Oviposition Behavior ◽  
The Other ◽  
Leg Length ◽  
Forward Movement ◽  
Pine Sawfly ◽  
Leg Movement ◽  
European Pine Sawfly ◽  
Antennal Movement ◽  
Leg Movements

Many Neodiprion sawflies lay their eggs in a row in small pockets cut into the edges of the mature needles of various pines. These rows of eggs are remarkable for the regularity of the spacing between successive egg pockets. The regularity of egg spacing by N. sertifer is shown to arise from a stereotyped pattern of leg movements during the shift between the sites of successive egg pockets. Spacing is effected by two sets of leg movements, in each of which the three pairs of legs move forward in order from back to front. While the effective forward movement of all legs is the same, the total forward movement of the metathoracic legs is greater than that of the other legs by an amount equal to the length of an egg pocket. The metathoracic legs retrace their steps by this length as the initial incision for each new egg pocket is cut, evidently providing the force by which this incision is made. The grip-points of the legs are on the needle edge opposite to that receiving eggs, so that the wider the needle, the greater the proportion of leg length required to reach across it, and the smaller the proportion of leg movement reflected in the spacing between eggs. In this way egg spacing varies inversely with needle width. Observations on copulation, antennal movement, and related oviposition behavior are included.

The effects of grazing intensity on herbage consumption and animal production: IV. An evaluation of two methods for avoiding the rejection of fouled herbage by dairy cows

1972 ◽  
Vol 78 (3) ◽  
pp. 491-496 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. W. Reid ◽  
J. F. D. Greenhalgh ◽  
J. N. Aitken
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Phase I ◽  
Dairy Cows ◽  
Phase Ii ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Grazing Intensity ◽  
The Other ◽  
Adjacent Area ◽  
Pasture Area

SUMMARYFor phase I of a rotational grazing experiment (three grazing cycles; May–July) a group of nine cows (group S) were ‘conditioned’ to eat fouled herbage by being allowed to graze only on slurry-treated pasture (area 1), and two further groups of nine (groups H and C) grazed on an adjacent area (2) of untreated pasture. One-third of area 2 was harrowed after each grazing. During phase II (the fourth grazing cycle; August) group H grazed on the harrowed part and groups S and C grazed on the remainder of area 2. The herbage allowance was 15 kg dry matter per cow per day in phase I and 12 kg in phase II.In phase I, group S cows ate significantly less than groups C and H combined (9·2 v. 10·5 kg organic matter per day), and lost weight (– 0·37 v. + 0–03 kg/day), but their milk yields were not significantly lower (16·1 v.16–6 kg/day). In phase II neither intake nor milk yield differed significantly between the three groups, but group S cows gained weight while the other two groups lost weight.It was concluded that neither conditioning the cows nor harrowing the pasture was an effective means of avoiding rejection of fouled pasture.

scholarly journals Pharmacological Relaxation of the Ureter When Using Ureteral Access Sheaths during Ureterorenoscopy: A Randomized Feasibility Study in a Porcine Model

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Søren Kissow Lildal ◽  
Kim Hovgaard Andreassen ◽  
Frederikke Eichner Christiansen ◽  
Helene Jung ◽  
Malene Roland Pedersen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Success Rate ◽  
Feasibility Study ◽  
Classification System ◽  
Porcine Model ◽  
Muscle Tone ◽  
Saline Group ◽  
The Other ◽  
Intraluminal Pressure ◽  
Irrigation Fluid ◽  
Intrarenal Pressure

Objective. High intraluminal pressure during ureterorenoscopy (URS) increases risk of infectious and haemorrhagic complications. Intrarenal pressure may be reduced by the use of ureteral access sheaths (UASs), which on the other hand may cause ureteral damage. We have previously shown that the β-agonist isoproterenol (ISO), when administered topically in the irrigation fluid, is able to inhibit ureteral muscle tone and lower intrarenal pressure during URS. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of ISO on the success rate of UAS insertion in a porcine model. Materials and Methods. 22 pigs in which a UAS could not initially be placed were randomized to endoluminal irrigation with either ISO (0.1 μg/mL) or saline before a new insertion trial. Subsequently, it was registered whether the UAS could be passed without resistance. During extraction of the sheath, any ureteral lesions were characterized ureteroscopically using the PULS classification system. Surgeons were blinded to randomization. Results. In the ISO group, the observed effect of irrigation was 63% successful UAS insertions, compared to 27% in the saline group. No serious lesions (<PULS grade 2) were observed in the ISO group. Conclusions. Endoluminal irrigation with ISO may facilitate UAS insertion and potentially decrease UAS related ureteral lesions.

Repair of Nasal Septal Perforation

1997 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Yousef-Mian
Keyword(s):  
Success Rate ◽  
Double Layer ◽  
The Other ◽  
Septal Perforation ◽  
Current Analysis ◽  
Operative Techniques ◽  
Nasal Septal Perforation ◽  
Novel Method ◽  
Incomplete Closure ◽  
Septal Perforations

The management of nasal septal perforation remains unsatisfactory. Various operative techniques have been described, with modest success. A novel method for repair of septal perforations up to 2.6 cm in diameter was investigated. A double layer closure of nasal septal perforation was designed, one with the cartilage and the other by a flap based on the anterior septal branches of the sphenopalatine artery. Fourteen patients have been operated upon. The current analysis reveals a success rate of 13 patients (93%) who had complete closure and one patient (7%) with incomplete closure. The operative techniques and results are reported here.

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