Biology of Anicla infecta (Ochsenheimer, 1816) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae), under laboratory conditions.

Larvae of Anicla infecta (Ochsenheimer, 1816) (Noctuidae) feed upon many grasses and may be harmful to cereals and fodder of economic importance. This study was developed aiming to contribute to knowledge of the biology of this species. The rearing was done in an environmental chamber with the following settings: temperature of 25 +/- 1 degrees C; relative humidity of 70% +/- 10%, and photoperiod of L14:D10.

Automated On-Line Isotope Dilution Analysis with ICP-MS Using Sandwich Flow Injection.

An automated flow injection (FI) manifold is described to perform the addition of isotopic spikes to aqueous samples on-line with ICP-MS for isotope dilution (ID) analysis. The manifold uses the sandwich technique (with the nested loop approach) to perform an injection of the isotopic spike solution within a sample (or standard) plug, the resulting sample-spike-sample sequence being pushed toward the nebulizer by a 1% HNO(3) carrier. A standard, which must contain one element not present in the spike solution to allow the determination of the dispersion coefficient, must also be used to allow a reverse isotope dilution analysis, as well as corrections for mass discrimination and/or spectroscopic interferences.

[Blood coagulation parameters as prognostic factors in multiple trauma: can clinical values be an early diagnostic aid?].

Introduction: Polytraumatized patients develop complex changes in blood coagulation and fibrinolysis even before their arrival at the emergency room (ER). Hemostaseological parameters (i.e.

[Treatment of hypothalamically-induced primary amenorrhea with epimestrol].

Eleven patients with hypothalamic primary amenorrhoea, aged between 17 and 23 years, were examined. Each patient was given 10 mg epimestrol (E) orally over a period of 10 days followed by a 20-day pause. This regimen was repeated 6 times.