We report the first record of Megaselia scalaris (Loew) spinning infesting laboratory stocks of the praying mantis (Parastagmatoptera tessellata, Saussure).M.scalaris, the scuttle fly, is a cosmopolitan species with a broad niche as it performs as detritivore, facultative parasite, and parasitoid.M.scalaris larvae were found feeding inside adult ma
Recently, there have been many studies on dehumidifiers with a low flow rate of liquid desiccant, in which a Coasters plate-type heat exchanger with internal cooling is adopted.If the low flow rate of a liquid desiccant maintains a thin liquid film on the heat exchanger surface, heat and mass transfer performance would improve, the stability of the
Abstract Background Species interactions may affect spatial dynamics when the movement of one species is determined by the presence of another one.The most direct species-dependence of dispersal is vectored, usually cross-kingdom, movement of immobile parasites, diseases or seeds by mobile animals.Joint movements of species should, however, not be
Abstract Traditional neural network models of associative memories were used to store and retrieve static patterns.We develop reservoir-computing based memories for complex dynamical attractors, under two common recalling scenarios in neuropsychology: location-addressable with an index channel and content-addressable without such a channel.We demon
This study presents the results of an experiment in which the effect of addition of a yeast culture (Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Strain 47) on rumen fermentation was studied in thirty-six dairy Tongue Cleaner cows of Holstein breed.The animals were divided into one control and five experimental groups.Each group involved 6 individuals.The animals rec