virulence. Larval mortality was dose dependent for all EPN species. When using a dose of 100 infective juveniles (IJs) per larva, H. bacteriophora and S. carpocapsae caused 90%-100% mortality, whereas H. downesi and S. feltiae caused only 40%-60% mortality. Even when using 200 IJs/larva, H. megidis and S. kraussei caused a maximum of 30%-40% mortality. Some of the invasive EPNs were melanized, suggesting a strong humoral defense response by the Aedes larvae. The degree of melanization was quite variable; some EPNs were totally enveloped in a melanin sheath while others were partially coated with melanin. Melanization did not stop the EPN from multiplying and killing the Aedes larvae. IJs released from infected larvae would have the potential to infect healthy mosquito larvae. Also, both bacterial supernatant and bacterial cell suspension of Xenorhabdus nematophila caused >91% larval mortality after 48 h, whereas only the bacterial cell suspension of Photorhabdus laumondii was effective against the mosquito larvae. These data provides useful information on the potential use of EPNs and/or formulated bacterial cell suspensions in the control of the important urban and container-breeding mosquito, Ae. aegypti, and are a starting point for future simulated and actual field studies.

Keywords

Entomopathogenic nematode (EPN) ingestion, Aedes aegypti, symbiotic bacteria, H. bacteriophora, S. carpocapsae

The purpose of this work is to investigate the batch removal of Pb2+ from aqueous solutions using marine dried brown seaweed S. baccularia. Seaweed was used as a low-cost adsorbent. The effects of pH, contact time, temperature, shaking speed and the concentration of the Pb2+ solution were examined in the biosorption process with S. baccularia. The results showed that when S. baccularia was used as the bioadsorbent, the optimum pH, Pb2+ concentration, equilibrium time, temperature, and shaking speed were 3, 20 ppm, 120 min, 30°C, and 120rpm. The equilibrium adsorption data are fitted to the Langmuir isotherm model. The separation factor (RL) in the experiment was less than one (<1), indicating that the adsorption of metal ions on Sargassum baccularia adsorbent is favorable. The calculated activation energy (Ea) implies that the adsorption of Pb (II) on brown seaweed is a physical adsorption. Thermodynamic results show that adsorption occurs spontaneously in nature.

The purpose of this study is to determine the suitability of system measurements on indoor radio wave propagation at (28–33GHz) which might be used by 5G communication.

This paper is the continuation of a research carried out by Alabish et.al, which depicts the scattering objects effects on a blocked indoor wireless 5G link by a human body using a simple approach. Some measurement were made on the scattering effects due to having an object close to the link in this case it is a human body. In this paper, more measurements were conducted at 32 GHz. The double knife-edge diffraction (DKED) model was used in order to foresee the attenuation due to human body. To test the prediction precision of the model, simulation was then compared with measurements. The obtained results indicate that the assumed simple models for the indoor links performed well.

This paper is concerned with studying the effects of human body blockage as well as surrounding objects scattering effects for an indoor 31 and 33 GHz link utilizing the Double Knife Edge Diffraction (DKED) model for diffraction effect on received signal.

Field experiment was conducted to evaluate the correlation relationship between the yield of two localized wheat genotypes (Triticum aestivum,) Acsad 901 and Salamboo and Olsen phosphorus soil test (0.5 M of NaHCO3 at pH 8.5) values. The experimental site was run at west sector of Libya. The experimental site pH was 8.4 and the texture is sandy The experiment consisted of three replicates and three phosphate fertilizer rates which equivalent, (0, 60, and 120) kg P2O5 ha-1 for both genotypes. The results of grain yield of the experiment were expressed by relative values (Relative Yield). The relative yield (RY) illustrated the relationship between soil test values and the grain yield clearly. Very close correlation relationship (r = 0.98 ) between relative yield of grain and the soil test values of Salamboo was found whereas Acsad genotypes was achieved less correlation( r =0.69) at 0 kg P2O5 ha-1 for both genotypes. The similarity between the two genotypes was very close (r = 0.99 ) for treatments that received high phosphate rate.

A strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis has become a key tool used

by businesses for strategic planning. Scholars have conducted SWOT research for over six

decades. However, a collective understanding of SWOT analysis remains vague. This study

accessed, analyzed, and synthesized the SWOT literature, allowing for new theoretical

perspectives and frameworks to emerge. Using an integrative literature review, this study reviewed

SWOT studies historically, providing a greater understanding of the SWOT analysis in different

sectors and the different approaches used in SWOT studies. Furthermore, it fills the knowledge

gap in the strategic planning context and indicates meaningful implications for managers that could

help improve their strategic decisions.

The aim of this modest study was to shed some light on one of

the useful tools of complex analysis, which is the method of conformal

mapping (Also called conformal transformation). Conformal

transformations are optimal for solving various physical and

engineering problems that are difficult to solve in their original form

and in the given domain. This work starts by introducing the meaning

of a ''Conformal Mapping'', then introducing its basic Properties. In the

second part, it deals with a set of various examples that explain the

behavior of these mappings and show how they map a given domain

from its original form into a simpler one. Some of these examples

mentioned in this study showed that conformal transformations could

be used to determine harmonic functions, that is, to solve Laplace's

equation in two dimensions, which is the equation that governs a variety

of physical phenomena such as the steady-state temperature distribution

in solids, electrostatics and inviscid and irrotational flow (potential

flow). Other mathematical problems are treated. All problems that are

dealt with in this work became easier to solve after using this technique.

In addition, they showed that the harmonicity of a function is preserved

under conformal maps and the forms of the boundary conditions change

accordingly