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Strategic Leadership In University Wellness Programs, Teresa Washut Heck Jan 1999

Strategic Leadership In University Wellness Programs, Teresa Washut Heck

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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Good Hunter| A Study Of The Beliefs And Motivations Of Appropriate Hunting Behavior By Montana Hunters, Chad M. Huddleston Jan 1999

Good Hunter| A Study Of The Beliefs And Motivations Of Appropriate Hunting Behavior By Montana Hunters, Chad M. Huddleston

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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Gazing Into The Crystal Ball: Reflections On The Standards State Judges Should Use To Ascertain Federal Law, Donald H. Zeigler Jan 1999

Gazing Into The Crystal Ball: Reflections On The Standards State Judges Should Use To Ascertain Federal Law, Donald H. Zeigler

Articles & Chapters

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The Effect Of Welfare Reform On Immigrant Children, Gillian Dutton Jan 1999

The Effect Of Welfare Reform On Immigrant Children, Gillian Dutton

Faculty Articles

Welfare reform's changes in immigration laws-aimed at working-age adults-may have a lasting effect on immigrant children in the United States. By familiarizing themselves with the most common barriers to assistance and ways to overcome them, advocates can help immigrant children access the benefits they need to lead better lives.

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Beyond The Hero Judge: Institutional Reform Litigation As Litigation, Margo Schlanger Jan 1999

Beyond The Hero Judge: Institutional Reform Litigation As Litigation, Margo Schlanger

Reviews

In 1955, in its second decision in Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court suggested that federal courts might be called upon to engage in long-term oversight of once-segregated schools. Through the 1960s, southern resistance pushed federal district and appellate judges to turn that possibility into a reality. The impact of this saga on litigation practice extended beyond school desegregation, and even beyond the struggle for African-American equality; through implementation of Brown, the nation’s litigants, lawyers, and judges grew accustomed both to issuance of permanent injunctions against state and local public institutions, and to extended court oversight of compliance. …

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The Determinants Of Exercise Behavior: An Application Of The Theories Of Planned Behavior And The Five-Factor Model Of Personality., Pamela Spencer Autrey Jan 1999

The Determinants Of Exercise Behavior: An Application Of The Theories Of Planned Behavior And The Five-Factor Model Of Personality., Pamela Spencer Autrey

All ETDs from UAB

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Effect Of Moderate Reductions In Body Weight Gain On The Evaluation Of Chemopreventive Agents In Methylnitrosourea (Mnu)-Induced Mammary Carcinogenesis., Cristina Rodriguez-Burford Jan 1999

Effect Of Moderate Reductions In Body Weight Gain On The Evaluation Of Chemopreventive Agents In Methylnitrosourea (Mnu)-Induced Mammary Carcinogenesis., Cristina Rodriguez-Burford

All ETDs from UAB

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Factors Influencing Adherence To The Childhood Immunization Schedule., Leanne C. Busby Jan 1999

Factors Influencing Adherence To The Childhood Immunization Schedule., Leanne C. Busby

All ETDs from UAB

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Predictors Of Exercise Activity Among Rural Thai Older Adults., Taweeluk Vannarit Jan 1999

Predictors Of Exercise Activity Among Rural Thai Older Adults., Taweeluk Vannarit

All ETDs from UAB

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Chemical, Physical, And Sensory Characteristics Of Spray Dried Banana Powder, Laura Ann Hawkins Jan 1999

Chemical, Physical, And Sensory Characteristics Of Spray Dried Banana Powder, Laura Ann Hawkins

Master's Theses

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Sf 840 Devotion, Balance, And Fire: Living The Heart Of It All, Stephen L. Martyn Jan 1999

Sf 840 Devotion, Balance, And Fire: Living The Heart Of It All, Stephen L. Martyn

Syllabi

Please read all four assigned texts. After working through each book go back over the whole and see where the Holy Spirit is speaking to you (see Mulholland on “Spiritual Reading” pp. 110-115). Remember, you are after “formational reading!” Take special note of how the Holy Spirit might be calling you to reform, go beyond, or include certain devotional habits in your daily life. Make just a few pages of notes on each text (these notes will help facilitate your integration paper), and hand these into me on the first morning of class. In addition, I want you to keep …

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Effect Of Simultaneous Zinc And Vitamin A Supplementation On The Biochemical Indices Of Vitamin A Nutriture, Morbidity, And Growth In Bangladeshi Children: A Randomized, Double Blind, Placebo Controlled Trial, Mohammad Mujibur Rahman Jan 1999

Effect Of Simultaneous Zinc And Vitamin A Supplementation On The Biochemical Indices Of Vitamin A Nutriture, Morbidity, And Growth In Bangladeshi Children: A Randomized, Double Blind, Placebo Controlled Trial, Mohammad Mujibur Rahman

All ETDs from UAB

This study evaluated whether combined zinc and vitamin A supplementation would improve the biochemical indexes of vitamin A nutriture, reduce morbidity, and enhance growth in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled intervention trial. Eight hundred children aged 12–35 months were randomly assigned to one of the four intervention groups: (1) zinc, (2) vitamin A, (3) zinc and vitamin A (zinc plus vitamin A), or (4) placebo. The zinc group received 20 mg of elemental zinc as syrup once daily for 14 days. The vitamin A group received a 200,000 IU (60 mg) vitamin A capsule on Day 14. The placebo group received …

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Comparative Efficacy Of Neem(Azadirachta Indica) And Amitraz (Mitac) Against The Two Spotted Spider Mites (Tetranychus Urticae), On Tomatoes (Lycopersicum Esculentum), Sophia Shaban Kashenge Jan 1999

Comparative Efficacy Of Neem(Azadirachta Indica) And Amitraz (Mitac) Against The Two Spotted Spider Mites (Tetranychus Urticae), On Tomatoes (Lycopersicum Esculentum), Sophia Shaban Kashenge

All Master’s Theses

Various neem (Azadirachta indica. A. Juss) formulations were evaluated under laboratory and greenhouse conditions for their effects on two-spotted spider mites, Tetranychus urticae Koch (Prostigmata: Tetranychidae), on tomatoes, Lycopersicum esculentum. Four neem formulations (Neemros: neem seed powder with 0.5% azadirachtin, Neemroc: a water miscible emulsifiable concentrate oil, with 0.03% azadirachtin, Saroneem: an alcohol extract; extracted in isopropyl alcohol, containing 1% azadirachtin and Neemroc combi: an enriched oil extract with 0.5% azadirachtin) were tested against two-spotted spider mites. Mitac, an acaricide, was used as a standard in the tests. The effective lethal concentration for each formulation against spider mites was established …

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Critical Of Race Theory: Race, Reason, Merit And Civility, Nancy Levit Jan 1999

Critical Of Race Theory: Race, Reason, Merit And Civility, Nancy Levit

Faculty Works

A hazard lurks in any but the most careful representation of another's viewpoint. Call it "slippage" or the "essentialist error," the point is that communication rarely does complete justice to its object. The problem is compounded when the communication is mediated. We all know that between a story and its retelling, something will get lost in translation. Consider feminism, gay legal theory, and critical race theory, and their depictions in academic journals and the popular media. Newspapers and news magazines have recently published a spate of academic trash talk accusing critical race theorists of "playing the race card" and indulging …

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Effects Of Winter Burning And Structural Marsh Management On Bird And Plant Communities Of The Gulf Coast Chenier Plain., Steven Walter Gabrey Jan 1999

Effects Of Winter Burning And Structural Marsh Management On Bird And Plant Communities Of The Gulf Coast Chenier Plain., Steven Walter Gabrey

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Many Gulf Coast Chenier Plain marshes are managed through a combination of winter burning and structural marsh management (SMM) to improve habitats for waterfowl and furbearers and reduce wetland loss. These practices are controversial because of concerns regarding ability to achieve goals coupled with potential negative effects on other marsh processes or organisms. I investigated the effects of winter burning and SMM on bird and plant communities of Chenier Plain marshes in southwest Louisiana. I recorded bird and plant species abundance and vegetation structure in experimental burned and unburned marshes over two winters and three breeding seasons. Vegetation structure (visual …

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Interactions On Minerals And Organic Materials Along The Salinity Gradient In Barataria Basin, Louisiana., Jessica Anne Kastler Jan 1999

Interactions On Minerals And Organic Materials Along The Salinity Gradient In Barataria Basin, Louisiana., Jessica Anne Kastler

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Changes in the associations among mineral and organic materials in estuaries may control the nature and quantity of organic material (OM) preserved in sediment deposits or cycled in the water column. Estuarine sediment-OM attachments were examined using descriptive analyses and experiments to assess their response to salinity changes and the bioavailability of sedimentary OM. Desorption experiments compared the amount of organic carbon extracted from sediment in rinses of different salinity. Uptake experiments monitored changes in carbon and bacteria concentrations to compare the bioavailability of dissolved and sedimentary OM. Clay mineralogy, surface area and elemental analysis of suspended and deposited sediment …

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How Does Undergraduate College Biology Students' Level Of Understanding, In Regard To The Role Of The Seed Plant Root System, Relate To Their Level Of Understanding Of Photosynthesis?, James Gicheha Njeng'ere Jan 1999

How Does Undergraduate College Biology Students' Level Of Understanding, In Regard To The Role Of The Seed Plant Root System, Relate To Their Level Of Understanding Of Photosynthesis?, James Gicheha Njeng'ere

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This research study investigated how undergraduate college biology students' level of understanding of the role of the seed plant root system relates to their level of understanding of photosynthesis. This research was conducted with 65 undergraduate non-majors biology who had completed 1 year of biology at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge and Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond. A root probe instrument was developed from some scientifically acceptable propositional statements about the root system, the process of photosynthesis, as well as the holistic nature of the tree. These were derived from research reviews of the science education and the arboriculture …

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Effects Of Fluctuating Salinity, Nutritional State, And Temperature On Leptasterias Spp. From Little Port Walter, Alaska., Jeffrey William Tamplin Jan 1999

Effects Of Fluctuating Salinity, Nutritional State, And Temperature On Leptasterias Spp. From Little Port Walter, Alaska., Jeffrey William Tamplin

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The effects of fluctuating salinity, nutritional state, and temperature on activity, oxygen consumption, feeding, and growth rates were analyzed on seasonally collected Leptasterias spp. (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) from Little Port Walter, AK. Leptasterias aspera and L. epichlora were collected on June 10, 1994, divided into size groups, and perivisceral fluid osmolality was measured every three hours during a 12 h 30-10-30‰S fluctuating cycle. The perivisceral fluid osmolality of larger individuals fluctuated less than that of smaller sea stars. The perivisceral fluid osmolality of small and large Leptasterias spp. closely tracks the ambient water osmolality during tidal cycles. Leptasterias spp. were collected …

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In Vivo And In Vitro Stimulation Of Murine Splenocytes With Brevetoxin-2 Immunogenic Conjugates For The Preparation Of Monoclonal Antibodies Against Ciguatoxin-Related Compounds., Sonia Edith Guzman Perez Jan 1999

In Vivo And In Vitro Stimulation Of Murine Splenocytes With Brevetoxin-2 Immunogenic Conjugates For The Preparation Of Monoclonal Antibodies Against Ciguatoxin-Related Compounds., Sonia Edith Guzman Perez

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The proliferation of toxic algae is a natural phenomenon known as a harmful algal bloom. Ciguatera fish poisoning and neurotoxic fish poisoning are syndromes associated with this phenomenon. Current methods for the detection of their toxins (ciguatoxins and brevetoxins) are expensive, time-consuming, require trained personnel and special laboratory equipment. In the case of ciguatoxins, the lack of standard material worsens the problem. Specific objectives of this study included the use of brevetoxin-2 (PbTx-2) for the preparation of antibodies which could cross-react with ciguatoxins, the use of different PbTx-2 immunogenic conjugates, the use of in vivo versus in vitro stimulation of …

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Production Of L-(+) Lactic Acid From Blackstrap Molasses By Lactobacillus Casei Subspecies Rhamnosus Atcc 11443., Narumol Thongwai Jan 1999

Production Of L-(+) Lactic Acid From Blackstrap Molasses By Lactobacillus Casei Subspecies Rhamnosus Atcc 11443., Narumol Thongwai

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Lactobacillus casei subspecies rhamnosus grew on non-supplemented blackstrap molasses. The bacteria grew best at the optimal temperature of 40 +/- 2°C, and at pH 5.5. Addition of yeast extract to molasses shortened the lag phase and increased cell mass. In batch fermentations without pH control, the highest ratio of lactic acid produced to cell mass was 12 from non-supplemented molasses. For pH controlled batch fermentations, the ratio's of lactic acid produced/cell mass were 81, 79, 51 and 31 for 0, 0.2, 0.4 and 0.8% yeast extract supplementation, respectively. Non-supplemented molasses, 8% Brix, produced 28 +/- 2 g/l of lactic acid …

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Development Of Immunochemical Methods For Gossypol Analysis., Xi Wang Jan 1999

Development Of Immunochemical Methods For Gossypol Analysis., Xi Wang

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Gossypol is a reactive polyphenolic compound present in the cotton plant. During cottonseed processing, gossypol can react with other compounds to form bound gossypol. Gossypol analyses using chemical methods do not always agree with its bioavailability to animal possibly because of various bound forms of gossypol with different stabilities in vivo and the (+/-)-gossypol enantiomers with different biological activities. The objectives of this research were to produce anti-gossypol antibodies and use antibodies to study gossypol chemistry and to analyze gossypol in cottonseed samples and cottonseed by-products. Polyclonal antibodies were produced from rabbits after they were immunized with gossypol-LPH (Limulus polyphemus …

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Isolation Of Antimutagenic Compounds In Corn And Cottonseed., Henry Njapau Jan 1999

Isolation Of Antimutagenic Compounds In Corn And Cottonseed., Henry Njapau

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Food, which ensures the sustenance of life, has also been implicated in the development or prevention of numerous diseases including cancer. Cancer may be a result of hereditary factors or genomic instability induced by DNA damage, from the intrinsic chemistry of cells or extrinsic factors like aflatoxin B1. Aflatoxin B1, produced by Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus, is a common contaminant of corn and cottonseed and a proven mutagen and animal carcinogen. Increased scientific knowledge and establishment of regulation have reduced but not eliminated exposure to aflatoxin B1. Complete elimination may be uneconomical for producers and may deprive consumers of …

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Sire Differences For Growth And Carcass Traits Of Purebred Brahman Steers., Trent Smith Jan 1999

Sire Differences For Growth And Carcass Traits Of Purebred Brahman Steers., Trent Smith

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Purebred Brahman steers (n = 169) sired by 23 Gray and 8 Red Brahman bulls were evaluated for postweaning growth and carcass traits. Spring-born paternal half-sib male calves were purchased from private producers at weaning, backgrounded, and grazed on ryegrass for an average of 161 d. Following grazing, the steers were shipped to a commercial feedlot in south Texas for feeding. Steers were slaughtered in groups of about 45 head when they reached an approximate average endpoint weight of 530 kg and 1 cm backfat. All carcasses were subjected to high voltage electrical stimulation during slaughter. After a 24 hr …

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Gaps In College Biology Students' Understanding Of Photosynthesis: Implications For Human Constructivist Learning Theory And College Classroom Practice., Phyllis Baudoin Griffard Jan 1999

Gaps In College Biology Students' Understanding Of Photosynthesis: Implications For Human Constructivist Learning Theory And College Classroom Practice., Phyllis Baudoin Griffard

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The main research question of this study was: What gaps in biochemical understanding are revealed by a range of university introductory biology students as they work through a critically acclaimed multimedia program on photosynthesis, and what are the corresponding implications for elaboration of the Ausubel-Novak-Gowin Learning Theory (ANG, now Human Constructivism)? Twelve students, mixed for ability, gender and ethnicity, were recruited from two sections of "Bio 101." Before and after instruction in photosynthesis, in-depth clinical interviews were conducted during which participants completed a range of cognitive tasks such as sorting, concept mapping, explaining and predicting. Some tasks involved interacting with …

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The Evolution Of The Red River Valley Settlement System, 1714--1860., Keumsoo Hong Jan 1999

The Evolution Of The Red River Valley Settlement System, 1714--1860., Keumsoo Hong

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Since the first European settlement was established in the middle of Indian territory in 1714, the Red River Valley had experienced a dramatic transformation until the end of the antebellum period. The trajectory of the evolution can be divided into five vertical cross sections. The formative phase (1714--1803) features the colonial regimes in political arena, less-specialized regional economies, nascent urban units laden heavily with defensive functions, and coerced labor system. The settlement system resembled a semi-primate pattern with Natchitoches on the summit. The period of the Territory of Orleans (1804--1812) corresponded to the transition phase. During this interim, traditional staples …

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Studies On Shrink -Wrapping And Low-Oxygen Storage Of 'Beauregard' Sweet Potatoes (Ipomoea Batatas (L.) Lam.)., Anthony Wathome Kilili Jan 1999

Studies On Shrink -Wrapping And Low-Oxygen Storage Of 'Beauregard' Sweet Potatoes (Ipomoea Batatas (L.) Lam.)., Anthony Wathome Kilili

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The applicability of using shrink-wrap films in sweetpotato storage was investigated. 'Beauregard' sweetpotatoes were individually wrapped in either Cryovac D955, Clysar EHC50, Clysar EHC60 or Clysar EHC75 shrink-wrap film and a nonwrapped control. Roots were also overwrapped in 2.3-kg packages using Cryovac D955 or Clysar EHC75 films. Wrapped and nonwrapped roots were stored at either 7°C, 15.6°C or 22°C for five weeks followed by one week at 22°C. Shrink-wrapped roots exhibited increased sprouting. Roots wrapped in EHC75 film had less weight loss and increased sucrose compared to the other films. Shrink-wrapped roots were higher in sucrose content but were not …

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Survival, Behavior, And Movements Of Captive -Reared Mallards Released In Dorchester County, Maryland., David Benjamin Smith Jan 1999

Survival, Behavior, And Movements Of Captive -Reared Mallards Released In Dorchester County, Maryland., David Benjamin Smith

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Private landowners with regulated shooting areas (RSA) and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) have released up to 120,000 hand-reared mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) a year. Duck harvest on Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) included 30, 18, and 6 percent state mallards and 6, 10, and 4 percent RSA mallards in 1991, 1992, and 1993, respectively. Kaplan-Meier survival estimates for radio-marked mallards released on RSAs were 81--85% for mid-August to mid-October, but declined to 32.5% +/- 13.7 (95% C.I.) by the end of the hunting season in 1992 and 54.3% +/- 22.8% in 1993. Hunting accounted for 71% of all mortalities …

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A Research On The Use Of Mediterranean Mussel In Feed For Rainbow Trout(Oncorhynchus Mykiss W. 1782), Orhan Aral, Cumaali Ağirağaç, Murat Yi̇ği̇t Jan 1999

A Research On The Use Of Mediterranean Mussel In Feed For Rainbow Trout(Oncorhynchus Mykiss W. 1782), Orhan Aral, Cumaali Ağirağaç, Murat Yi̇ği̇t

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

The research has been conducted on the use of mediterranean mussel in feed for rainbow trout reared in sea cages in Black Sea. In the research which was carried out for 39 days in the sea cage unit of the Ondokuz Mayis University Fisheries Faculty of Sinop, 480 rainbow trouts with initial mean weights of 120 g were used. At the end of research, it has been concluded that it is possible to replace mediterranean mussel with certain amount of pellets in the rainbow trout nutrition. According to the prices in 1995, the cost of rainbow trout fed on pellet …

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The Effect Of Different Levels Of Nutrition At Last Period Of Gestation On Liveweight Of Ewes, Growth And Survival Rates Of Their Lambs, İsmai̇l Fi̇lya, Ali̇ Karabulut, Vedat Akgündüz Jan 1999

The Effect Of Different Levels Of Nutrition At Last Period Of Gestation On Liveweight Of Ewes, Growth And Survival Rates Of Their Lambs, İsmai̇l Fi̇lya, Ali̇ Karabulut, Vedat Akgündüz

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

The animal material of the research was 3, 4 and 5 years old 210 Merino ewes and their lambs. The research was started at the beginning of the last 1.5 months period of gestation and continued until the lambs were reached 60 days age. It has been determined that 500 g and more (especially 1500 g) concentrate feed given fed ewes daily at the last 1.5 months period of gestation increased the liveweight and decreased the weight loss of ewes and increased birth weight, growth and survival rates of lambs.

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Effect Of Restricted Feeding Of Parent On The Larval And Cocoon Characters Of The First Generation Silkworm (Bombyx Mori), Ümran Şahan, Cemaletti̇n Gülseren, Ahmet Özeler Jan 1999

Effect Of Restricted Feeding Of Parent On The Larval And Cocoon Characters Of The First Generation Silkworm (Bombyx Mori), Ümran Şahan, Cemaletti̇n Gülseren, Ahmet Özeler

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

This study was conducted to determine the effect of nutritional stress due to reduction in the number of feeding days during the fifth instar of parental larva on the parental and following genaration for larval and cocoon traits. Mulbery leaves were provided during the fifth instar for different durations of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 days, which were regarded as treatment. The normal span of feeding of these larvae were 8 days which was considered as control. A lot of larvae mortality occured due to feeding for 1 and 2 days therefore, these treatments were not considered. …

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