The ladybird beetle Harmonia axyridis Pallas was investigated under laboratory conditions to clarify the relationship between food abundance or scarcity and ovarian development or oosorption.Four conditions were used: (1) fully fed for 24 h, (2) 24-h starvation, (3) 48-h starvation, and (4) 24-h starvation followed by 24-h re-feeding.Body length an
We have previously shown that plasma high density lipoproteins (HDL) stimulate release of prostacyclin, measured as its stable metabolite, 6-keto-PGF1 alpha, by cultured porcine aortic endothelial cells.The present experiments were designed to elucidate the contribution of HDL lipids to endothelial cellular phospholipid pools and to prostacyclin sy
Even though natural phenomena do not abide to borders, Finland has traditionally been considered an alkali-silica reaction (ASR) free country.This is due to exceptional quality of the mostly course crystalline igneous rocks.However, during the last few years Ball - Nets dozens of cases of ASR have been reported.The scope of this study was to study
Mobile device transactions have become commonplace today.Quick-response (QR) codes and near-field communication (NFC) are popular cashless and contactless payment methods.These two payments have their characteristics.NFC payments use Bade sæbe secure elements that encrypt credential data to ensure safe transactions.In contrast, QR code payments tr
Aquatic ecosystems can harbour more than one non-native fish species and this can represent a threat due to trophic interactions with native fishes.However, research on interactions amongst multiple co-occurring native and non-native fish remains scarce.In this study, 551 organisms from 44 native fish, 11 non-native fish, 35 macroinvertebrates (of