MONITORING OF SMALL HIVE BEETLE (AETHINA TUMIDA MURRAY) IN CALABRIA (ITALY) FROM 2014 TO 2016: PRACTICAL IDENTIFICATION METHODS

Monitoring of Small Hive Beetle (Aethina Tumida Murray) in Calabria (Italy) from 2014 to 2016: Practical Identification Methods

The Small Hive Beetle (SHB), Aethina tumida, is an invasive pest of honey bee colonies that causes significant damage to the beekeeping sector.SHB was detected in southern Italy (EU) in 2014 and despite adopted eradication measures, is still present there.After three years of observations of SHB in Calabria (2014-2016), we provide here some practic

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Treatment-resistant schizophrenia: How far have we traveled?

Treatment-resistant schizophrenia is a lack of adequate response to antipsychotic medications resulting in incomplete functional and social recovery from the illness.Different definitions have been proposed for clinical practice and research work.Antipsychotics that are used in the management of schizophrenia mainly act on multiple dopaminergic pat

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Simultaneous bioremediation of petroleum hydrocarbons and production of biofuels by the micro-green alga, cyanobacteria, and its consortium

There are two major problems in the world, fuel deficiency and environmental pollution by fossil fuels.Microalgae are regarded as one Melatonin of the most feasible feedstocks for the manufacturing of biofuels and are used in the degradation of fossil fuel spills.The present study was possessed to investigate the ability of green alga Chlorella vul

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