Study of Population and Damage Intensity by Necrobia rufipes Pest on Copra

The problem of copra damage in storage warehouses by the warehouse pest Nercrobia rufipes is a serious matter because it can reach >10%, is not easy to overcome and causes significant losses. The aim of the study was to obtain the total population of N. rufipes (eggs, larvae, pupae and imago) and the intensity of damage in three storage warehouses in Ambon City.  This research was carried out using a survey method at Alam Mas Bersatu, Widya Abadi and UD Sepakat warehouses, from April to June 2018. Samples were taken from several piles blocks and 500 grams of copra sample were taken from each pile from each stratum (upper, middle and lower stratum). The parameters observed were damage symptoms, damage intensity and total population of N. rufipes pest.  The results showed that the highest intensity of N. rufipes pest damage was found in the Alam Mas Bersatu warehouse (35.92%) and was classified as moderate damage, followed by those those at UD Sepakat warehouse (21.43%) and Wadya Abadi (7.42%), both classified as light damage. The highest population of N. rufipes was found at the Alam Mas Bersatu warehouse, i.e. larva population (35.29 individuals), pupae (2.33 individuals), imago (6.43 individuals). At UD Sepakat warehouse, the population consisted of larvae (28.83 individuals), pupae (3.83 individuals) and imago (6.33 individuals). The lowest population was at Widya Abadi warehouse, consisted of larvae (5.83 individuals), pupae (0 or not found) and imago (0.5 individuals)

Effectiveness Some Plant Extracts of Third Instar Nymphs Nezara viridula L. (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) Attack on String Bean Pod

The objective of this research wa to examine effectiveness of several plant extracts against of Thrid Instar Nymphs N. viridula on string bean pod. The experiment was conducted in the Laboratory of plant Pests, Faculty of Agriculture Pattimura University. The experimental method was a completely randomized design with five different treatments included A (garlic extract 15%), B (citronella extract 15%), C (neem leaf extract 15%), D (neem oil 2,5 %), E (Diazinon 600 EC 0,15%), and one control. Observations were made on the Early toxicity symptoms, cumulative mortality, and mortality rate of Thrid Instar Nymphs N. viridula The results showed that the application of garlic extract cumulative mortality 80%, mortality rate 5.11 hours kills 50% of test insects, citronella extract cumulative mortality 100%, mortality rate 0.98 hours kills 76.7% of test insects, neem leaf extract mortality cumulative 100% with a mortality rate of 0.86 hours, neem oil cumulative mortality of 66.67%, mortality rate of 9.72 hours killing 53.33% of test insects, and Diazinon 600 EC cumulative mortality of 100%, mortality rate of 0.80 hours killing 93.3%. Several plant extracts applied to Thrid Instar Nymphs N. viridula were very effective. Especially the treatment of neem leaves with a cumulative mortality of 100% with a mortality rate of 0.86 hours and citronella with a cumulative mortality of 100%, a mortality rate of 0.98 hours killed 76.7% of the test insects

Kerusakan Lima Varietas Padi Akibat Serangan Hama Penggerek Batang di Desa Savanajaya, Kecamatan Waeapo, Kabupaten Buru

 One of the obstacles in efforts to increase rice productivity is the damage caused by the attack of the rice stem borer. Annual yield loss caused this insect pests is quite high, reaching 10-30%. The attack of stem borer has long been encountered and is a problem in rice producing areas on Buru Island, such as in Savanajaya Village. This study aimed to obtain data on the types of pests, population levels and the intensity of damage in five rice varieties due to stem borer attact and to determine the varieties that had the lowest population and damage intensity in the Saavanajaya Village, Waeapo District, Buru Regency. The method used was a survey method that focused on five varieties of rice cultivated by farmers, to obtain population data and the intensity of damage. The results showed that the type of pest that attacked the five rice varieties of IR-64 variety in Savanajaya Village was the white rice stem borer (Scirpophaga innotata), with the highest larval population (per cluster) of 1.27 individuals and the intensity of damage 5.20%, followed by Cigeulis variety with a larval population of 1.17 individuals and damage intensity of 4.70%, the Ciherang variety with a larval population of 1.07 individuals and damage intensity of was 4.25%, the Mekongan variety with a larval population of 1.1 individuals and damage intensity of 4.15%, and the lowest was the Membramo variety with a larval population of 1.03 larvae and damage intensity of 4.12%. The damage intensity of at the study site, although different between varieties, could all be classified into the category of mild attack. Keywords: damage intensity, rice varieties, Savanajaya, stem borer   ABSTRAK Salah satu kendala dalam upaya peningkatan produktivitas padi adalah kerusakan yang disebabkan oleh serangan penggerek batang padi. Kehilangan hasil setiap tahun yang disebabkan oleh serangga hama ini padi cukup tinggi, bisa mencapai 10-30%. Serangan hama penggerek batang telah lama ditemui dan menjadi masalah di daerah produsen padi di Pulau Buru, seperti di Desa Savanajaya. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendapatkan data jenis hama, jumlah populasi serta intensitas kerusakan pada lima varietas padi akibat serangan hama penggerek batang serta menentukan varietas yang memiliki populasi dan intensitas kerusakan terendah di Desa Savanajaya, Kecamatan Waeapo, Kabupaten Buru. Metode yang digunakan adalah survey yang difokuskan pada lima varietas padi yang diusahakan petani, untuk mendapatkan data populasi dan ntensitas kerusakan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa jenis hama yang menyerang lima varietas padi varietas IR-64 di Desa Savanajaya adalah penggerek batang padi putih (Scirpophaga innotata), dengan populasi larva (per rumpun) tertinggi 1,27 ekor dan intensitas kerusakan 5.20%, diikuti oleh varietas Cigeulis dengan populasi larva 1,17 ekor dan internsitas kerusakan 4.70%, varietas Ciherang dengan populasi larva 1.07 ekor dan intensitas kerusakan 4.25%, varietas Mekongan dengan populasi larva 1.1 ekor dan intensitas kerusakan 4.15 %, dan yang terendah varietas Membramo dengan populasi larva 1.03 ekor dan intensitas kerusakan 4.12%. Intensitas kerusakan di lokasi penelitian, walaupun berbeda antar varietas tetapi semuanya dapat diklasifilasikan ke dalam kategori serangan ringan. Kata kunci: intensitas kerusakan, penggerek batang, Savanajaya, varietas padi

Becoming Basque: Ethnic Heritage on Boise\u27s Grove Street

Becoming Basque tells the richly historical story of Boise\u27s most ethnic streetscape. Centered on the Basque Block of Grove Street, where a sapling from the Tree of Gemika shades a world-renowned cultural center, the book is the fifth in an annual series on trends that shape metropolitan growth.https://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/fac_books/1421/thumbnail.jp

Who Owns the Data? Open Data for Healthcare.

Research on large shared medical datasets and data-driven research are gaining fast momentum and provide major opportunities for improving health systems as well as individual care. Such open data can shed light on the causes of disease and effects of treatment, including adverse reactions side-effects of treatments, while also facilitating analyses tailored to an individual's characteristics, known as personalized or "stratified medicine." Developments, such as crowdsourcing, participatory surveillance, and individuals pledging to become "data donors" and the "quantified self" movement (where citizens share data through mobile device-connected technologies), have great potential to contribute to our knowledge of disease, improving diagnostics, and delivery of -healthcare and treatment. There is not only a great potential but also major concerns over privacy, confidentiality, and control of data about individuals once it is shared. Issues, such as user trust, data privacy, transparency over the control of data ownership, and the implications of data analytics for personal privacy with potentially intrusive inferences, are becoming increasingly scrutinized at national and international levels. This can be seen in the recent backlash over the proposed implementation of care.data, which enables individuals' NHS data to be linked, retained, and shared for other uses, such as research and, more controversially, with businesses for commercial exploitation. By way of contrast, through increasing popularity of social media, GPS-enabled mobile apps and tracking/wearable devices, the IT industry and MedTech giants are pursuing new projects without clear public and policy discussion about ownership and responsibility for user-generated data. In the absence of transparent regulation, this paper addresses the opportunities of Big Data in healthcare together with issues of responsibility and accountability. It also aims to pave the way for public policy to support a balanced agenda that safeguards personal information while enabling the use of data to improve public health

High-resolution constraints on pacific upper mantle petrofabric inferred from surface-wave anisotropy.

Author Posting. © American Geophysical Union, 2019. This article is posted here by permission of American Geophysical Union for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth 124(1), (2019): 631-657, doi:10.1029/2018JB016598.Lithospheric seismic anisotropy illuminates mid‐ocean ridge dynamics and the thermal evolution of oceanic plates. We utilize short‐period (5–7.5 s) ambient‐noise surface waves and 15‐ to 150‐s Rayleigh waves measured across the NoMelt ocean‐bottom array to invert for the complete radial and azimuthal anisotropy in the upper ∼35 km of ∼70‐Ma Pacific lithospheric mantle, and azimuthal anisotropy through the underlying asthenosphere. Strong azimuthal variations in Rayleigh‐ and Love‐wave velocity are observed, including the first clearly measured Love‐wave 2θ and 4θ variations. Inversion of averaged dispersion requires radial anisotropy in the shallow mantle (2‐3%) and the lower crust (4‐5%), with horizontal velocities (VSH) faster than vertical velocities (VSV). Azimuthal anisotropy is strong in the mantle, with 4.5–6% 2θ variation in VSV with fast propagation parallel to the fossil‐spreading direction (FSD), and 2–2.5% 4θ variation in VSH with a fast direction 45° from FSD. The relative behavior of 2θ, 4θ, and radial anisotropy in the mantle are consistent with ophiolite petrofabrics, linking outcrop and surface‐wave length scales. VSV remains fast parallel to FSD to ∼80 km depth where the direction changes, suggesting spreading‐dominated deformation at the ridge. The transition at ∼80 km perhaps marks the dehydration boundary and base of the lithosphere. Azimuthal anisotropy strength increases from the Moho to ∼30 km depth, consistent with flow models of passive upwelling at the ridge. Strong azimuthal anisotropy suggests extremely coherent olivine fabric. Weaker radial anisotropy implies slightly nonhorizontal fabric or the presence of alternative (so‐called E‐type) peridotite fabric. Presence of radial anisotropy in the crust suggests subhorizontal layering and/or shearing during crustal accretion.We thank the captain, crew, and engineers of the R/V Marcus G. Langseth for making the data collection possible. OBS were provided by Scripps Institution of Oceanography via the Ocean Bottom Seismograph Instrument Pool (http://www.obsip.org), which is funded by the National Science Foundation. All waveform data used in this study are archived at the IRIS Data Management Center (http://www.iris.edu) with network code ZA for 2011–2013, and all OBS orientations are included in Table S1. The 1‐D transversely isotropic and azimuthally anisotropic models and their uncertainties from this study can be found in the supporting information. This work was supported by NSF grants OCE‐0928270 and OCE‐1538229 (J. B. Gaherty), EAR‐1361487 (G. Hirth), and OCE‐0938663 (D. Lizarralde, J. A. Collins, and R. L. Evans), and an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship DGE‐16‐44869 to J. B. Russell. The authors thank the editor as well as reviewers Donald Forsyth, Hitoshi Kawakatsu, and Thorsten Becker for their constructive comments, which significantly improved this manuscript. J. B. Russell thanks Natalie J. Accardo for kindly sharing codes and expertise that contributed greatly to the analysis.2019-06-2

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Two-Season ACTPol Spectra and Parameters

We present the temperature and polarization angular power spectra measured by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope Polarimeter (ACTPol). We analyze night-time data collected during 2013-14 using two detector arrays at 149 GHz, from 548 deg$^2$ of sky on the celestial equator. We use these spectra, and the spectra measured with the MBAC camera on ACT from 2008-10, in combination with Planck and WMAP data to estimate cosmological parameters from the temperature, polarization, and temperature-polarization cross-correlations. We find the new ACTPol data to be consistent with the LCDM model. The ACTPol temperature-polarization cross-spectrum now provides stronger constraints on multiple parameters than the ACTPol temperature spectrum, including the baryon density, the acoustic peak angular scale, and the derived Hubble constant. Adding the new data to planck temperature data tightens the limits on damping tail parameters, for example reducing the joint uncertainty on the number of neutrino species and the primordial helium fraction by 20%.Comment: 23 pages, 25 figure