Evaluating the push-pull strategy in eastern apple orchards: verbenone effectively reduces ambrosia beetle populations without the need for a pull factor in a species-specific manner.

Background: Non-native ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), specifically Xylosandrus germanus (Blandford), Xylosandrus crassiusculus (Motschulsky), and more recently Anisandrus maiche (Kurentzov) are destructive wood-boring pests of apple trees (Malus domestica). Previous studies have demonstrated all three beetle species are strongly attracted to ethanol and verbenone interrupts their attraction to ethanol. We tested a 'push-pull' management strategy in eastern United States apple orchards in three states New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio using verbenone sachets to 'push' beetles away from apple trees and high release ethanol lures to 'pull' them into clear sticky traps.

Enhancing Rigor, Quality, and Patient Engagement in Qualitative Research: A Step-By-Step Guide to Applying Reflexive Thematic Analysis to the Experience-Based Co-Design Methodology.

Experience-based co-design (EBCD) is a qualitative form of participatory action research supported by a toolkit providing guidance and recommendations. The toolkit is intentionally non-prescriptive, allowing EBCD practitioners the freedom to flex the approach to cater to the needs of their specific populations and contexts. For less experienced researchers, the lack of specificity can be a challenge when navigating activities such as data analysis, particularly as wider literature provides limited insights to methods, processes, methodological critique, and lessons learned.

Palliative care is an overlooked global health priority.

Improving access and tackling inequities in palliative care globally would help to reduce preventable suffering, write , , and

Palliative Care Research and Clinical Practice Priorities in the United States as Identified by an Interdisciplinary Modified Delphi Approach.

Palliative care demands in the United States are growing amid a comparatively small workforce of palliative care clinicians and researchers. Therefore, determining research and clinical practice priorities is essential for streamlining initiatives to advance palliative care science and practice. To identify and rank palliative care research and clinical practice priority areas through expert consensus.