Background We compared the efficacy of and patients' satisfaction with general-practice-based psychotherapists with those of general practitioners in providing treatment to people with emotional difficulties. Methods We ...

A porous graphitic column (PGC) column was employed as a stationary phase at high temperature to effect the separation of cyclosporin A (CyA) and cyclosporin U (CyU). A robust assay for the former in liposomes was also ...

Monoclonal antibodies (mAb) raised to the cuticule surface of second-stage juveniles (J2) of the nematode Heterodera cajani were partially characterized br immunofluorescence and Western blot analysis. Five antigens with ...

Specificity of gap junction formation produces communication compartments, groups of cells joined to each other by gap junctions (homologous communication) but more rarely to cells in adjacent compartments (heterologous ...

Stabbing injuries are likened to an iceberg as the seemingly small laceration or puncture wound provides a marker below which major organ of vessel trauma may exist. Low velocity pentrating injuries commonly occur in the ...

Experiments were done to investigate the influence of drop diameter on the efficiency of the splash process, using a rain tower and different types of target (glass, water films, healthy and/or diseased oilseed rape leaves ...

Pests were monitored on linseed crops in Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire from 1987 to 1990. Adult flea beetles (Aphthona euphorbiae and Longitarsus parvulus) caused severe injury to seedlings; their numbers ...

Anthelmintics and endectocides used for the treatment and prophylaxis of Ostertagia sp. in ruminants include benzimidazoles, levamisole, morantel and the avermectins and milbemycins. Most of these agents are excreted to ...

The development of a decision support system aims to encourage farmers in the UK to adopt a more environmentally friendly approach to their daily activities. Part of the system concentrates on crop protection encouraging ...

A computer-based decision support system is described which aims to encourage and enhance sound environmental management within agriculture. Part of the system focuses on the management of pesticides on the farm, and can ...