The common cutworm, Spodoptera litura (Fabricius), is a notorious and damaging insect pest of horticultural crops in China, the management of which largely relies on chemical agents that are limited by the development of chemical resistance in target populations.As such, resistance monitoring of S.litura populations is a necessary part of managemen
Desmoid tumors (DTs) are Full Set deep fibroblastic neoplasms that arise from musculo-aponeurotic stromal elements.DTs may result in significant morbidity by infiltrating vital anatomic structures.Their mortality is often due to the local aggressiveness, most commonly when intra-abdominal in location.Some indolent DTs can be observed expectantly; i
The summer D3 activities of the 44th Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE-44) in 2002-2003 on board the Antarctic research vessel Shirase and at and around Syowa Station, Antarctica are reported.JARE-44 members on board the Shirase included forty members of the wintering party and seventeen members of the summer party.The summer party and w
The aim of this study is to examine the effect of Participative Budgeting on Budgetary Slack with Organizational Politics as a moderating variable in the public sector; examine the effect of Budgetary Slack on Performance Based Budgeting.This study examines data using a causal model with Partial Least Square (PLS) statistical analysis tools.The dat