Robotic ocean vehicles for marine science applications: the European ASIMOV project The key objective of the ASIMOV project is the development and integration of advanced technological systems to achieve coordinated operation of an Autonomous Surface Craft (ASC) and an Autonomous
Read MoreLaboratory techniques in zoology This comprehensive manual includes details of techniques (where available) for the culture, maintenance, fixation and staining of members of every phylum in the animal kingdom and useful chapters on aquarium and vivarium management, histology, physiology, embryology,
Read MoreTrace Metal Accumulation in Marine Invertebrates: Marine Biology or Marine Chemistry? Trace metals are accumulated by marine invertebrates to body concentrations higher, in many cases orders of magnitude higher, than the concentrations in an equivalent weight of the surrounding sea-water
Read MoreCryptogamic botany Transpiration rates for whole plants, individual branches or tillers can be determined by techniques which measure the rate at which sap ascends stems. All of these methods use heat as a tracer for sap movement, but they are
Read MoreClinical Biochemistry and Hematology This chapter discusses the clinical biochemistry and hematology of the rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus), guinea pig (Cavia porcellus), hamster (Mesocricetus auratus), and other rodents, including the gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus), chinchilla (Chinchilla laniger), degu (Octodon degus), deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus), dormouse (Gliridae family), kangaroo
Read MoreEach DNA molecule is made up of a base pair of nucleotides: guanine (G) and cytosine (C) or adenine (A) and thymine (T) (T). Long chains of GC and AT base molecules are akin to binary computer coding, in which
Read MorePachycrepoideus vindemmiae (Rondani) (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) is a solitary parasitoid that feeds on Diptera from the families Anthomyiidae, Calliphoridae, Cecidomyiidae, Drosophilidae, Lonchaeidae, Muscidae, Phoridae, Piophilidae Pachycrepoideus vindemmiae is a parasitic Diptera parasitoid that feeds on Calliphora, Lucilia, Hylemya, Drosophila, Rhagoletis, Paratheresia,
Read MoreDiscrete-time dynamical systems or difference equations have been increasingly used to model the biological and ecological systems for which there is time interval between each measurement. This modeling approach is done through using the iterative maps. Iterative maps are an
Read MoreSustainable pest regulation in agricultural landscapes: a review on landscape composition, biodiversity and natural pest control Agricultural intensification has resulted in a very simplification of agricultural landscapes by the enlargement of agricultural land, enlargement of field size and removal of
Read MoreBovine in vitro fertilization with frozen-thawed semen A procedure to get high and repeatable fertilization frequencies for bovine in vitro fertilization (IVF) with frozen-thawed gamete was developed. IVF frequency of in vitro matured oocytes was enhanced by a swimup gamete
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