Even though our results did not show a significant difference between sterilized and non-sterilized diets, the autoclave and tyndallization methods (sterilized diets) retarded fungal growth for at least three days, giving enough time for the first instar larvae to develop.

By now, you have no doubt heard of Zoom fatigue, the range of maladies, including exhaustion and headaches, that are associated with hours and hours of virtual meetings.

The strongest link to the State, however, occurs with quangos, (quasi-NGOs), and the many umbrella groups that also thrive on State support. Many of the new parties realized after their Sturm und Drang years that they still needed regular contacts with the 'civil' world and that their civilian support base had been seriously eroded.

One of them, a limestone-ostracon found in the debris which covered the remains of a late Roman fortress, is of special significance for Ancient North Arabian palaeography and dialectology.