We report the first record of Megaselia scalaris (Loew) infesting laboratory stocks of the filter wire 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
This study examines the feasibility of using a smartphone application (app) to conduct surveys among travellers during metal-chastity the Hajj pilgrimage, where the use of apps has not been evaluated for infectious disease surveillance.A longitudinal study was conducted among pilgrims at the Hajj 2014 using an iPhone app with separate questionnaire
This article addresses a classical phenomenon of Differential Subject Marking, i.e.the selection of auxiliary in the perfect in relation to person in some Central and Southern Italian dialects.In these systems be/ have as auxiliaries alternate Cat Furniture according to person and, partially, to active, non-active or passive voice.The attested patt
In this work we investigate the performance of various lower-fidelity models of seawater intrusion in coastal aquifer management problems.The variable density model is considered as 517 the high-fidelity model and a pumping optimization framework is applied on a hypothetical coastal aquifer system in order to calculate the optimal pumping rates whi