The spotted wing drosophila (Drosophila suzukii, Matsumara) is a rapidly spreading global pest of soft and stone fruit production.Due to the similarity of many of its life stages to other cosmopolitan drosophilids, surveillance for this pest is currently bottlenecked by the laborious sorting and morphological identification of large mixed trap catc
Frailty before and during austerity: A time series analysis of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing 2002-2018.
BackgroundFrailty is characterised by a reduced resilience to adversity.In this analysis we examined changes in frailty in people aged 50+ before and during a period of austere public spending in England.MethodsData from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing 2002-2018 were analysed.Associations between austerity and frailty were examined using (
Provincial governors in the military command system of the early Roman Empire
The article analyzes the position of the provincial governors of the senatorial and imperial provinces during the period of the Principate, acting here as military leaders of the highest rank.Based on the analysis of mainly narrative and epigraphic sources, a conclusion is made about the decisive importance of the aristocratic traditions of militar
Improvement of Fusel Oil Features and Effect of Its Use in Different Compression Ratios for an SI Engine on Performance and Emission
In this study, the effects of the Hayward SP0710 - SP0712 Parts use of improved fusel oil on engine performance and on exhaust emissions in a spark-ignition engine were investigated experimentally in consideration of the water, gum, and moisture content at high compression ratios according to TS EN 228 standards.In the study, a four-stroke, single-