We investigated the importance of experience for oviposition behaviour in two pyralid moths, the almond moth, Ephestia cautella, and the Indian meal moth, Plodia interpunctella. We used two diets one based on wheat and the other consisting of nut-containing chocolate. Larvae were reared in one of the two diets (larval feeding) and then adults were exposed to the two diets during and after eclosion

A first measurement is reported of the longitudinal proton structure function FL(X, Q(2)) at the ep collider HERA. It is based on inclusive deep inelastic e(+)p scattering cross section measurements with a positron beam energy of 27.5 GeV and proton beam energies of 920, 575 and 460 GeV. Employing the energy dependence of the cross section, FL is measured in a range of squared four-momentum transf

High-spin states in Tl-198 were studied using the Au-197(alpha, 3n) reaction. The level scheme was considerably extended including two new bands and several non-yrast levels. One of the new bands is possibly a chiral partner to the yrast pi h(9/2) circle times vi(13/2)(-1) band. Two-quasiparticle-plus-triaxial-rotor model calculations suggest an aplanar orientation of the total angular momenta for

A critical survey of scholarly work on Swedish Literature published in 2013.

A way to use adiabatic radiofrequency pulses and modulated magnetic-field gradient pulses, together constituting a "shim pulse," for NMR spectroscopy and imaging is demonstrated. These pulses capitalize on phase shifts derived from probe gradient coils to compensate for nonlinear intrinsic main magnetic field homogeneity for spectroscopy, as well as for deviations from linear gradients for imaging

We report on the fabrication and characterization of microdisk lasers emitting at around 650 nm. The structures were grown by metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy and processed using electron beam lithography and wet etching. Time-resolved photoluminescence measurements done at low temperature show a lasing threshold of 60 muW average power. A redshift in the whispering modes energy is observed. (C) 2

Beta-blockers (bisoprolol, metoprolol succinate, carvedilol, and to some extent nebivolol), given on top of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, improve survival and reduce morbidity in symptomatic stable chronic heart failure (CHF). Early beta-blockade may help to improve survival and especially prevent sudden death, but the usual practice of starting the ACE inhibitor first may lead t

Two exposures in Jylland, Denmark, encompassing beds of latest Oligocene to earliest Miocene age (latest Chattian-early Aquitanian) yielded well-preserved palynofloras. The assemblages indicate that Jylland was covered by extensive Taxodiaceae swamp forests in the mid-Cenozoic. Besides a Taxodiaceae-Cupressaceae association, which was overwhelmingly dominant, other common plants in this habitat we

A decade has passed since the first human embryonic stem cell (hESC) line was established, providing immense hope in curing diseases by cell replacement therapy. For instance, in the pancreas, the insulin-producing β-cells are damaged in diabetes patients, and a successful replacement of those cells could provide a cure. These cells can be replaced by organ donation, but owing to a profound scarci

Background: Family size and birth order are known to influence the risk of some cancers. However, it is still unknown whether these effects change from early to later adulthood. We used the data of the Swedish Family Cancer Database to further analyze these effects. Methods: We selected over 5.7 million offspring with identified parents but no parental cancer. We estimated the effect of birth orde

We present a polynomial time dynamic programming algorithm for optimal partitions in the shortest path metric induced by a tree. This resolves, among other things, the exact complexity status of the optimal partition problems in one-dimensional geometric metric settings. Our method of solution could be also of independent interest in other applications. We discuss also an extension of our method t

We demonstrate the extent to which modern detector technology, coupled with a high flux constant wavelength neutron source, can be used to obtain high quality diffraction data from short data collections, allowing the refinement of the full structures (including hydrogen positions) of hydrous compounds from in situ neutron powder diffraction measurements. The in situ thermodiffractometry and contr

Prostate-specific antigen (PSA or kallikrein-related peptidase-3, KLK3) exerts chymotrypsin-like proteolytic activity. The main biological function of PSA is the liquefaction of the clot formed after ejaculation by cleavage of semenogelins I and II in seminal fluid. PSA also cleaves several other substrates, which may explain its putative functions in prostate cancer and its antiangiogenic activit

The present work is based on the Kantian (AaO)-axiom and conceptualised as textbook. As scientific method in the true sense of the notion science, the Vertex version of Perspective Text Analysis represents a completely new approach to text-based studies. The core of Vertex is introduced by means of instructions to a stepwise procedure. The steps are richly illustrated. The inter-lingual character

Abstract in UndeterminedOn millennial or even centennial time scales, the activity of rapid flowing ice can affect climate variability and global sea level through release of meltwater into the ocean and positive feedback loops to the climate system. At the surge-type glacier Bruarjokull, an outlet of the Vatnajokull ice cap, eastern Iceland, extremely rapid ice flow was sustained by overpressuriz

In this review holographic interferometry and electron speckle pattern interferometry are discussed as efficient techniques for diffusion measurements in biochemical and pharmaceutical applications. Transport phenomena can be studied, quantitatively and qualitatively, in gels, liquids and membranes. Detailed information on these phenomena is required to design effective chromatography bioseparatio

A subset of populations of the European taxa of Carex sect. Digitatae, including Carex digitata, C. pallens, C. ornithopoda, C. pediformis ssp. rhizodes and C. humilis have been investigated for allozyme variation. The (presumably) distantly related C. pendula was used a's a reference taxon. Carex digitata, C. pallens and C. ornithopoda on the one hand, and C. humilis and C. pediformis on the othe