Occurrence of the parasitoid Tachinaephagus zealandicus (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) in pupae of Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in rat carcass

This study reports the occurrence of Tachinaephagus zealandicus (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) parasitizing pupae of Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) associated with a decomposing rat carcass in a secondary wood area in Campinas, SP. The parasitism rate was 91.8%.13714

Resonant inelastic x-ray incarnation of Young’s double-slit experiment

Young’s archetypal double-slit experiment forms the basis for modern diffraction techniques: The elastic scattering of waves yields an interference pattern that captures the real-space structure. Here, we report on an inelastic incarnation of Young’s experiment and demonstrate that resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS) measures interference patterns, which reveal the symmetry and character of electronic excited states in the same way as elastic scattering does for the ground state. A prototypical example is provided by the quasi-molecular electronic structure of insulating Ba 3 CeIr 2 O 9 with structural Ir dimers and strong spin-orbit coupling. The double “slits” in this resonant experiment are the highly localized core levels of the two Ir atoms within a dimer. The clear double-slit-type sinusoidal interference patterns that we observe allow us to characterize the electronic excitations, demonstrating the power of RIXS interferometry to unravel the electronic structure of solids containing, e.g., dimers, trimers, ladders, or other superstructures

Collider aspects of flavour physics at high Q

This review presents flavour related issues in the production and decays of heavy states at LHC, both from the experimental side and from the theoretical side. We review top quark physics and discuss flavour aspects of several extensions of the Standard Model, such as supersymmetry, little Higgs model or models with extra dimensions. This includes discovery aspects as well as measurement of several properties of these heavy states. We also present public available computational tools related to this topic.Comment: Report of Working Group 1 of the CERN Workshop ``Flavour in the era of the LHC'', Geneva, Switzerland, November 2005 -- March 200

The forward physics facility at the high-luminosity LHC

High energy collisions at the High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (LHC) produce a large number of particles along the beam collision axis, outside of the acceptance of existing LHC experiments. The proposed Forward Physics Facility (FPF), to be located several hundred meters from the ATLAS interaction point and shielded by concrete and rock, will host a suite of experiments to probe standard model (SM) processes and search for physics beyond the standard model (BSM). In this report, we review the status of the civil engineering plans and the experiments to explore the diverse physics signals that can be uniquely probed in the forward region. FPF experiments will be sensitive to a broad range of BSM physics through searches for new particle scattering or decay signatures and deviations from SM expectations in high statistics analyses with TeV neutrinos in this low-background environment. High statistics neutrino detection will also provide valuable data for fundamental topics in perturbative and non-perturbative QCD and in weak interactions. Experiments at the FPF will enable synergies between forward particle production at the LHC and astroparticle physics to be exploited. We report here on these physics topics, on infrastructure, detector, and simulation studies, and on future directions to realize the FPF's physics potential

Primary Myiasis In A Domestic Rabbit Caused By Lucilia Eximia (diptera: Calliphoridae) In Brazil: Case Report [miíase Primária Em Coelho Doméstico Causada Por Lucilia Eximia (diptera: Calliphoridae) No Brasil: Relato De Caso]

The occurrence of primary myiasis in a domestic rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus (Lagomorpha: Leporidae) caused by Lucilia eximia (Diptera: Calliphoridae) is reported in an urban area in the city of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.5812830Azeredo-Espin, A.M.L., Madeira, N.G., Primary myiasis in dog caused by Phaenicia eximia (Diptera: Calliphoridae) and preliminary mitochondrial DNA analysis of the species in Brazil (1996) J. Med. Entomol., 33, pp. 839-843Baumgarter, P.L., Greenberg, B., The genus Chrysomya (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in the New World (1984) J. Med. Entomol., 21, pp. 105-113Carvalho, L.M.L., Thyssen, P.J., Linhares, A.X., A checklist of arthropods associated with carrion and human corpses in southeastern Brazil (2000) Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz, 95, pp. 135-138Cramer-Ribeiro, B.C., Sanavria, A., Oliveira, M.Q., Inquérito sobre os casos de miíase por Cochliomyia hominivorax em cães da zona sul do município do Rio de Janeiro no ano 2000 (2002) Braz. J. Vet. Res. Anim. Sci., 39, pp. 171-175Dear, J.P., A revision of the New World Chrysomyini (Diptera: Calliphoridae) (1985) Rev. Bras. Zool., 3, pp. 109-169Ferreira, M.J.M., Sinantropia de dípteros muscoídeos de Curitiba, Paraná. I. Calliphoridae (1978) Rev. Bras. Biol., 38, pp. 445-454Guimarães, J.H., Papavero, N., (1999) Myiasis in Man and Animals in the Neotropical Region, 308p. , São Paulo: PLÊIADEHall, M., Wall, R., Myiasis of humans and domestic animals (1995) Adv. Parasitol., 35, pp. 257-334Hinaidy, H.K., Niebauer, G.W., Fakultativmyiasis bei einem Kaninchen und einem Meerschweinchen (1979) Wien. Tierärztl. Mschr., 66, pp. 384-386Jacobson, H.A., Mcginnes, B.S., Catts, E.P., Bot fly myiasis of the cottontail rabbit, Sylvilagus floridanus mallurus in Virginia with some biology of the parasite, Cuterebra buccata (1978) J. Wildl. Dis., 14, pp. 56-66Lello, E., Pinheiro, F.A., Noce, O.F., Epidemiologia de miíases no município de Botucatu, SP, Brasil (1982) Arq. Esc. Vet. UFMG, 34, pp. 93-108Linhares, A.X., Synanthropy of Calliphoridae and Sarcophagidae (Diptera) in the city of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil (1981) Rev. Bras. Entomol., 25, pp. 89-215Madeira, N.G., Dias, F.S., Mascarenhas, C.S., Contribuição ao conhecimento da fauna de Calliphoridae (Diptera) sinantrópicos de Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais (1982) Rev. Bras. Entomol., 26, pp. 137-140Madeira, N.G., Silveira, G.A.R., Pavan, C., The occurrence of primary myiasis in cats caused by Phaenicia eximia (Diptera: Calliphoridae) (1989) Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz, 84, p. 341Mariluis, J.C., Schnack, J.A., Ecology of the blow flies of an eusynanthropic habitat near Buenos Aires (Diptera: Calliphoridae) (1989) Eos, 65, pp. 93-101Mendes, J., Linhares, A.X., Atratividade por iscas e estágios de desenvolvimento ovariano em várias espécies sinantrópicas de Calliphoridae (Diptera) (1993) Rev. Bras. Entomol., 37, pp. 157-166Meredith, A., Skin diseases of rabbits (2003) Ir. Vet. J., 56, pp. 52-56Prado, A.P., Guimarães, J.H., Estado atual de dispersão e distribuição do gênero Chrysomya Robineau- Desvoidy na região Neotropical (Diptera: Calliphoridae) (1982) Rev. Bras. Entomol., 26, pp. 225-231Scott, D.W., Miller, W.H., Griffin, C.E., (1996) Muller & Kirk, Small Animal Dermatology, 1520p. , Philadelphia: W.B. SaundersZumpt, F., (1965) Myiasis in Man and Animals in the Old World, 267p. , London: Butterworth

Preferência alimentar da formiga urbana Camponotus vittatus forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

For an adequate management program of urban ants, knowledge on their biology is required, with the aim of detecting and exploring their vulnerabilities. This type of information has been used in the manufacture of baits, which must show, among other characteristics, attractiveness to several species to be considered efficient and economically viable. Therefore, the present study was aimed to evaluate in the laboratory the attractiveness of sweet and fatty substances to Camponotus vittatus, trying to find which substances would be more efficient to be introduced as the attractive component in baits. Five colonies, 68 sweet substances and 23 fatty substances were utilized in the laboratory trials. The most attractive sweet and fatty substances, were, respectively, 75% demerara sugar and vegetable fat. When substances of both natures were tested together, sweet substances presented slightly higher attractive indexes than oily substances