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    The nematicidal effect of aqueous extracts of plant viz., P. hysterophorus, C. citrates, E. crassipes, M. deliciosa and T. cardifolia showed in Table (3) against the juvenile penetration in the roots of brinjal seedlings. The minimum penetration of second stage juvenile of M. incognita observed by P. hysterophorus 38, 33, 29 followed by C. citrates 43, 40, 36, E. crassipes 46, 43, 38 and M. deliciosa 49, 47, 42 after 3 days at the doses of 5g, 10g and 15g. While maximum penetration of second stage

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    Zombies. Fear and fascination seem to follow this seemingly harmless word wherever it is mentioned. However, in some cultures, it means much more. Many in Haiti believe it is a form of punishment brought on by voodoo priests upon those that do not obey their cultural laws. Some modern day Americans believe it will be the end of humankind and some in Africa associate the word Nzambi, meaning zombie, with a snake-like God. Yet, the word seems to be covered in mystics and mysteries dating back before

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    For other uses, see Experience (disambiguation). Experience as a general concept comprises knowledge of or skill in or observation of some thing or some event gained through involvement in or exposure to that thing or event.[1] The history of the word experience aligns it closely with the concept of experiment. The concept of experience generally refers to know-how or procedural knowledge, rather than propositional knowledge: on-the-job training rather than book-learning. Philosophers dub knowledge

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    Mel Chin is a local Contemporary artist from Houston, Texas. He was born in 1951 and was the of his family to be born in the U.S. Mel Chin studied at Peabody College in Nashville, TN, graduating in 1975. Even at a young age Mel Chin had an interest in art. His parents owned a grocery store where Chin would make portraits out of ground meat. Even his high school English teacher Shirley Wiley could see the artistic potential within Chin. “Supplied with a special electricity from the Primal Source

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    International Journal of Virology ISSN 1816-4900 DOI: 10.3923/ijv.2016. Research Article Effect of Jojoba Seed Extract and Riboflavin in Preventing the Transmission of Iris Yellow Spot Virus (IYSV): Tospovirus by Thrips tabaci L. to Onion Plants in Egypt 1Manal A. El-Shazly and 2A.S. Abd El-Wahab 1Agriculture Research Center (ARC), Department of Virus and Phytoplasma Research, Plant Pathology Research Institute, Giza, Egypt 2Unit of Insect Virology, Department of Economic Entomology and Pesticides

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    Indian Influence on American Medicine Essay

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    Indian Influence on American Medicine The Native Americans had more to offer to the European colonists than they were willing to admit. It was not just new land that Europe benefited from but a whole new array of medicine and knowledge. For a long time the European colonists, with their ethnic arrogance, were foreclosed to any serious attention to the medical knowledge that the "savages" had to offer. The European colonists were repelled by the "superstitious rites" that would often go hand-in-hand

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    Introduction Anthropology can be defined as the science of physical, social, material, and cultural development of man, including his origin, evolution, distribution, customs, beliefs, and folkways. Anthropologists are concerned with the ways in which human groups and communities cope with the immense changes in their physical and sociopolitical environments in recent decades. Today, many anthropologists feel the need to solve contemporary problems in society, not just study human existence.

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    Asia. Norse tribesmen, for example, were believed to use Amanita muscaria or fly agaric mushrooms to bring on feelings of rage before going into battle. The same mushroom may have also been the inspiration to the founders of Hinduism. Preparations of datura, the agent found in jimson weed, are used in magic and witchcraft in many areas of the world, (Aaronson, 1970). More recently many artist, writers, and musicians have been known to use mescaline and psilocybin and other naturally occurring hallucinogens

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    Essay About Jamu

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    Origin of Jamu The usage of jamu has been known since pre-history, where the historical evidence supporting the origin of jamu in Indonesia can be traced through the discovery of stone tools during the periode of Neolithic and Mesolithicum ages in the form of lumping which has been used by our ancestors to process the food and jamu. Initially jamu is only consumed by the royal family that can be seen from the origin of the word jamu derived from Djampi, ?kromo inggil? of Javanese languagee, and

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    Introduction to Hydroponics and Controlled Environment Agriculture by Patricia A. Rorabaugh, Ph.D. University of Arizona Controlled Environment Agriculture Center 1951 E. Roger Road Tucson, AZ 85719 Revised December, 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1: Controlled Environment Agriculture and Hydroponics: Past, Present and Future The Plant How to grow greenhouse crops Plant Protection: Insects and Diseases Basic Principals of Hydroponics Transplant Production Pollination, Fertilization and Bee

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