German cockroach allergen levels in North Carolina schools: comparison of integrated pest management and conventional cockroach control.

Cockroach suppression is fundamental to cockroach allergen mitigation in infested homes. The effects of various cockroach control strategies on cockroach populations and allergen concentration have not been examined in schools. This study was conducted to compare the effectiveness of integrated pest management (IPM) and conventional pest control in controlling German cockroach (Blattella germanica L.

Evaluation of a commercially available beneficial insect habitat for management of lepidoptera pests.

A field study was conducted in 2003 and 2004 at the Center for Environmental Farming Systems in Goldsboro, NC, to evaluate the effectiveness of a commercially available beneficial insect habitat in decreasing pest caterpillar populations in organically managed tomato, Lycopersicon esculentum Mill., plots. Six pairs of tomato plots were established and a commercial beneficial insect habitat seed mix (Peaceful Valley's Good Bug Blend) transplanted around the perimeter of treatment plots, whereas a brown-top millet, Brachiaria ramose (L.

Comparison of conventional and integrated pest management programs in public schools.

This study compared an integrated pest management (IPM) program with conventional, calendar-based pest control in nine North Carolina elementary schools. Both programs primarily targeted the German cockroach, Blattella germanica (L.).

[Long-term prognosis after kidney transplantation].

In Germany, nearly 8,000 patients are living with a functioning renal transplantation. The average age of those undergoing transplantation is 43.5 years.

[Comprehensive obesity therapy program].

Being overweight is now accepted as one of the big health problems of our society. A major extent of overweight is associated with numerous disease and has to be considered as a disease itself. Considerable and intensive efforts are necessary to terminate the increasing trend or to turn it into the opposite direction.