THE PROMOTING EFFECT OF GUT MICROBIOTA ON GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF RED PALM WEEVIL, RHYNCHOPHORUS FERRUGINEUS (OLIVIER) (COLEOPTERA: DRYOPHTHORIDAE) BY MODULATING ITS NUTRITIONAL METABOLISM

Red palm weevil (RPW), Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Olivier, is a destructive pest for palm trees worldwide.Recent studies have shown that RPW gut is colonized by microbes and alterations in gut microbiota can significantly modify its hemolymph nutrition content.However, the exact effects of gut microbiota on RPW phenotype and the underlying mechanism

Abstract The Drosophila ovary is regenerated from germline and somatic stem cell populations that have provided fundamental conceptual understanding on how adult stem cells are regulated within their niches.Recent ovarian transcriptomic studies have failed to identify mRNAs that are specific to follicle stem cells (FSCs), suggesting that their fate

Long-chain fatty acids activate the free fatty acid receptor 1 (FFA1) and FFA4.In the gastrointestinal system, FFA1 and FFA4 have been found in the pancreas and intestine.Fatty food and decreased lower esophageal sphincter (LES) motility are associated with gastroesophageal reflux disease.The effect of long-chain fatty acids on the esophageal motil

In this paper, an extremely low-profile ferrite dipole antenna operating on the VHF band (30−300 MHz) is proposed.The design antenna consists of 44 plate-type ferrite cells arranged into two stacked ferrite layers: a bottom ferrite layer with 2 × 12 grid cells and a top ferrite layer with 2 × 10 grid cells.The antenna is excited by

Abstract Background Previous research has documented heterogeneity in the effects of maternal education on adverse birth outcomes by nativity and Hispanic subgroup in the United States.In this article, we considered the risk of preterm birth (PTB) using 9 years of vital statistics birth data from New York City.We employed finer categorizations of e