The object of this investigation was to determine a number of
physical constants for the crystals of two commonly used insecticide
compounds. The compounds chosen were Aldrin and Dieldrin,
which are chlorinated cyclodiene compounds. These compounds are
in considerable use today, and show promise of heavy continued use.
The data...
Ruelene was orally administered to three female sheep at a
dosage rate of 121.5 mg /kg. The cholinesterase (ChE) activity levels
of blood plasma, red blood cells (RBC), and mosquitoes (Aedes
aegypti) which had fed on the sheep were tested at various times
before and after dosage. Maximum depression of...
Fisheries management as we know it today is in a perpetual state of crisis because it is fatally flawed. Fisheries management will increasingly fail to prevent species decline, and even exacerbate those declines, unless it adopts new institutional priorities and methodologies based not on the prevalent “Industrial Model,” which is...
Adults often find an aging parent needs support at a time when their own lives and responsibilities are the most complicated. You may feel pulled in several directions—raising your children, being supportive to a spouse, helping parents, and/or working outside the home—all at the
same time. It’s not unusual to...
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