Worldwide, there is a well-documented crisis for bees and other pollinators which represent a fundamental biotic capital for wild life conservation, ecosystem function, and crop production. Among all pollinators of the world, bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) constitute the major group in…

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A revision of the calpionellid bio-chronostratigraphy in Western Sicily (Italy)
was carried out, in order to update the taxonomy of this group, through the
identification of some genera (Borziella, Longicollaria, Chitinoidella, Dobeniella,
Sturiella, Borzaiella and Praecalpionellites) and species (Remaniella
catalanoi…

This paper reports on empirical research conducted to find out about higher education students’ mobile phone ownership, and the ways in which they are using their mobiles for learning. A survey with a group of first-year students has been followed…

In spite of the dearth of evidence on transferability, key skills continue to dominate and define the post-school curriculum. A picture of further education lecturers' perceptions of key skills and transfer was constructed through interviews with 41 practitioners teaching on…

The aim of the study was to evaluate the subjective perception of the local pain after the competition in triathletes. Before start the warm up the kinesio tape was applied in both legs through "I" technique. After the race triathletes…

For a mobile robot that interacts with humans such as a home assistant or a tour guide robot, activities such as locating objects, following specific people, and distinguishing among different people are fundamental, yet challenging robotic vision tasks. For complex…

The purpose of this study was to compare the effect of eight weeks of aquatic and land plyometric training on leg muscle strength, 36.5 and 60 meters sprint times, and dynamic balance test in young male basketball players. Eighteen young…

Ted Hughes sought collaborators throughout his literary life: from Jim Downer in the fifties to Sylvia Plath, Peter Brook, Fay Godwin, Peter Keen, Seamus Heaney and Leonard Baskin. Despite this, the majority of critical attention focuses on Hughes in isolation,…

The final publication is available at link.springer.com http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10344-011-0513-2, The pervasiveness of pharmaceuticals such as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in the aquatic ecosystem through the discharge of wastewater, and their potential to biomagnify within this ecosystem, is now recognised. Residues of…