Influence of host genetic origin and geographic location on QPX disease in northern quahogs (= hard clams), Mercenaria mercenaria.
ABSTRACT QPX (Quahog Parasite Unknown) a protistan pathogen of northern quahogs (=hard clams), Mercenaria mercenaria, has caused disease outbreaks in maritime Canada, and in Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, and Virginia, USA. Although epizootics have occurred in wild hard clam populations, the parasite has most seriously affected cultured hard...

Species diversity and seasonal abundance of scarabaeoid dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Geotrupidae and Trogidae) attracted to cow dung in Central New Jersey.
Abstract--Species diversity and abundance of scarabaeoid dung beetles (Coleoptera) attracted to fresh cow dung were studied in three habitats of New Jersey: Hutcheson Memorial Forest (HMF) disturbed field, HMF old growth forest, and Rutgers University Bovine Farm. Over a one year period, baited pitfall traps yielded a total of...

Coating for surgical articles addresses environmental concerns.
Current concerns about the effects of volatile organic solvents on the environment have prompted scientists to look at different types of solvents for coating surgical articles, such as sutures, needles and surgical ligatures. Researchers in New Jersey, USA, have developed a coating mixture composed of a solvent...

DENTAL MATERIALS: Low-fusing temperature porcelain dental prostheses can be used with metal or ceramic substrates
Dental prostheses composed of porcelain with a low-fusing temperature have been developed by a group of New Jersey, USA-based scientists (United States Patent 5 713 994). The porcelain compositions have a fusing temperature of less than 800 C. and a coefficient of thermal expansion compatible with a substrate of...

CALENDAR.
3-5 April 2000, Newark, New Jersey, USA MEDICAL DEVICE COATINGS Contact: Program Division, Technomic Publishing Co Inc, 851 New Holland Avenue, Box 3535, Lancaster, PA 17604, USA; tel: +1-717-291-5609; fax: +1-717-295-9637; E-mail: seminar@techpub.com; Internet address: www.techpub.com 10-11 April 2000, Newark, New Jersey, USA...

Health assessment of captive raised and wild diamondback terrapins (Malaclemys Terrapin Terrapin): A preliminary study.
ABSTRACT: In recent years there has been growing concern over the possibility of disease transmission when captive raised or rehabilitated animals are released into a wild population. For over a decade, Richard Stockton College has been raising and releasing diamondback terrapins into New Jersey marshes to help replace losses...

Recent progress in medicinal plants, Vol. 6. Diseases and their management.
Recent progress in medicinal plants, Vol. 6. Diseases and their management P. Sinha, J.N. Govil, and V.K. Singh, SCI Tech Publishing LLC, Houston USA, 2002, 212p, price $80.00 paperback, ISBN No 1-930813-11-2 (HC). Series ISBN No 0-9656038-5-7 With the increased worldwide demand for medicinal plants,...

Aros Corp to buy ReGen Biologics.
Aros Corp has agreed to buy ReGen Biologics Inc, a privately held tissue engineering company. ReGen's principal product is the collagen meniscus implant, which is currently approved for sale in Europe and is in the completion stages of enrolment in a multicentre clinical trial in the USA. ...

Hurricane where? (letters).
I believe you erred in the story on satellite technology (Eyes in the skies, February 2003). On page $1, there is a photo of a hurricane, which you state is located over Vermillion Bay in Canada. I believe that it is actually over the Gulf of Mexico, just off...

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