[The Rock Dove (Columba livia) is a polytypic species originally confined to coastal and inland cliffs of western Palaearctic and northern Ethiopian regions and to those of Indian subcontinent.The present distribution is confused by extensions of range through hybridization with feral stock, which have determined its diffusion in geographical areas

The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident was caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake in March, 2011.Widespread areas in eastern Japan were contaminated by the huge release of radioactive materials.We analyze the Dishwasher Airbreak Hose long-term effects of the accident on land prices by estimating the hedonic equation with regional fix

Cystinuria is a rare genetic disorder inherited by an autosomal recessive pattern which affects the transmembrane transporter for the base amino acid cystine.It has a general prevalence of 1 in 7000 with demographic variations.Patients with cystinuria have excessive urinary excretion of cystine, which can lead to the formation of stones.Up to 70% o

Specific ecological interactions between insects and microbes have potential in the development of targeted pest monitoring or control techniques for the spotted wing drosophilid, Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura), an exotic invasive pest of soft fruit.To evaluate D.suzukii attraction to yeast species from preferred types of fruit, three yeasts were i

While the past two decades have seen rapid advances in research demonstrating links between environmental health and reproductive capacity, African American men have largely been overlooked as study participants.To give voice to the perceptions of urban African American men, the present qualitative study conducted focus groups of men recruited from