Based on morphological and molecular evidence, Eotetranychus asiaticus Ehara is confirmed as a junior synonym of E. sexmaculatus (Riley). Eotetranychus queenslandicus Manson differs to E.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLiterature examining possible deleterious effects of anesthesia exposure on the developing brain has increased substantially over the past 30 years. Initial concerning findings in animal models, both rodents and non-human primates, prompted increasingly thorough examinations in humans, including randomized controlled trials. This review will provide a concise overview of what we know about anesthesia and the developing brain: the background in animal studies, the most robust results we have in humans, and the work yet to be done.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSedation and anesthesia are often required in order to facilitate collection of high-quality imaging studies free of significant motion artifact for infants and neonates. Provision of safe sedation and anesthesia requires good communication between the ordering provider, radiologist, and anesthesiologist, careful pre-procedural evaluation of the patient, and availability of appropriate and sufficient equipment, drugs, personnel, and facilities. There are many additional factors to be considered for provision of safe sedation or anesthesia for infants and neonates-it is ideal to involve a fellowship-trained pediatric anesthesiologist in the planning and carry-out of these plans.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNeurological and cardiac injuries are significant contributors to morbidity and mortality following pediatric in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA). Preservation of mitochondrial function may be critical for reducing these injuries. Dimethyl fumarate (DMF) has shown potential to enhance mitochondrial content and reduce oxidative damage.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Quantify hypotension burden using high-resolution continuous arterial blood pressure (ABP) data and determine its association with outcome after pediatric cardiac arrest.
Design: Retrospective observational study.
Setting: Academic PICU.
The cosmopolitan mite family Laelapidae includes both free-living predatory species and species associated with arthropods, mammals or birds. This work presents a list of free-living and arthropod-associated species of laelapids, with corresponding taxonomic information and references. It includes 1088 species (in addition to three subspecies) assigned to 73 genera, 61 new combinations and two new synonymies at the generic level.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Significant long-term neurologic disability occurs in survivors of pediatric cardiac arrest, primarily due to hypoxic-ischemic brain injury. Postresuscitation care focuses on preventing secondary injury and the pathophysiologic cascade that leads to neuronal cell death. These injury processes include reperfusion injury, perturbations in cerebral blood flow, disturbed oxygen metabolism, impaired autoregulation, cerebral edema, and hyperthermia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Ketamine has traditionally been avoided as an induction agent for tracheal intubation in patients with neurologic conditions at risk for intracranial hypertension due to conflicting data in the literature. The objective of this study was to evaluate and compare the effects of ketamine versus other medications as the primary induction agent on peri-intubation neurologic, hemodynamic and respiratory associated events in pediatric patients with neurologic conditions at risk for intracranial hypertension.
Methods: This retrospective observational study enrolled patients < 18 years of age at risk for intracranial hypertension who were admitted to a quaternary children's hospital between 2015 and 2020.
Despite recent calls for more peer support initiatives aimed at promoting mental health in postsecondary institutions, those initiatives remain scarce. In this study, a multisite randomized controlled trial was designed to assess the effect of an online peer support intervention based on acceptance and commitment therapy using mental health and school indicators. Undergraduate students were recruited in three Canadian universities and randomly assigned to an intervention ( = 54) or a wait-list control group ( = 53).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: Evaluate cerebrovascular autoregulation (CAR) using near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) after pediatric cardiac arrest and determine if deviations from CAR-derived optimal mean arterial pressure (MAP) are associated with outcomes.
Methods: CAR was quantified by a moving, linear correlation between time-synchronized mean arterial pressure (MAP) and regional cerebral oxygenation, called cerebral oximetry index (COx). MAP was calculated using a multi-window weighted algorithm.
Importance: Caregivers of children with cerebral palsy can best help their child if they understand the disorder and the correct terminology.
Objective: To assess caregiver understanding of cerebral palsy.
Design: This was a cross-sectional study from a large tertiary medical center in Boston, to assess understanding of the term cerebral palsy by primary caregivers of children and adolescents with cerebral palsy.
A species of laelapid mite, , is redescribed based on male and female adults from soil in Sumatra, Indonesia. This species is distinguished from other species by its metapodal platelet narrowly fused with the parapodal plate and by its hologastric shield having two inverted-V-like ridges. The genus is redescribed based on a review of the literature and examination of specimens of some species.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To examine elevated neonatal inflammatory and neurotrophic proteins from children born extremely preterm in relation to later childhood brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging volumes and cognition.
Study Design: We measured circulating inflammation-related proteins and neurotrophic proteins on postnatal days 1, 7, and 14 in 166 children at 10 years of age (73 males; 93 females). Top quartile levels on ≥2 days for ≥3 inflammation-related proteins and for ≥4 neurotrophic proteins defined exposure.
In 1954, McGregor described two species of phytoseiids from lemon, in California, USA: Typhlodromus californicus McGregor and T. mungeri McGregor, the former represented by one male, and the latter by two females. Since its description, T.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Medical linear accelerators (linac) are delivering increasingly complex treatments using modern techniques in radiation therapy. Complete and precise mechanical QA of the linac is therefore necessary to ensure that there is no unexpected deviation from the gantry's planned course. However, state-of-the-art EPID-based mechanical QA procedures often neglect some degrees of freedom (DOF) like the in-plane rotations of the gantry and imager or the source movements inside the gantry head.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA new monotypic mite genus of the family Laelapidae, Persicolaelaps gen. nov., is described to accommodate a new species, P.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTwo new species of mites of the genus Berlese, and , collected from moss and flood debris, respectively, in a creek in Chiapas State, Mexico, are described herein.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA series of pyridoxine hydroxamic acid analog bearing a 5-aryl-spacers were synthesized. Evaluation of these novel HIV integrase complex inhibitors revealed compounds with high potency against wild-type HIV virus.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntegration of viral DNA into the host cell genome is an obligatory process for successful replication of HIV-1. Integrase catalyzes the insertion of viral DNA into the target DNA and is a validated target for drug discovery. Herein, we report the synthesis, antiviral activity and pharmacokinetic profiles of several C2-carbon-linked heterocyclic pyrimidinone-4-carboxamides that inhibit the strand transfer step of the integration process.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTwo new species of laelapid mites of the genus Gaeolaelaps Evans & Till are described based on adult females collected from soil and litter in Kerman Province, southeastern Iran, and Mazandaran Province, northern Iran. Gaeolaelaps jondishapouri Nemati & Kavianpour is redescribed based on the holotype and additional specimens collected in southeastern Iran. The concept of the genus is revised to incorporate some atypical characters of recently described species.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA unique set of plesiomorphic characters, and its association with an ancient gymnosperm, Araucaria araucana, have made Pentasetacus araucariae a putative relict of a lineage of gymnosperm-associated mites, itself possibly basal to all extant eriophyoids. However, the suboptimal description of this species is impeding morphological comparisons with other species, which are fundamental to eriophyoid systematics. Herein, we designate a female lectotype from syntype specimens and use additional non-type material to redescribe P.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnderstanding the ecology and evolutionary history of symbionts and their hosts requires accurate taxonomic knowledge, including clear species boundaries and phylogenies. Tortoise mites (Mesostigmata: Uropodoidea) are among the most diverse arthropod associates of bark beetles (Curculionidae: Scolytinae), but their taxonomy and host associations are largely unstudied. We tested the hypotheses that (1) morphologically defined species are supported by molecular data, and that (2) bark beetle uropodoids with a broad host range comprise cryptic species.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUroobovella (Mesostigmata: Uropodoidea: Urodinychidae) species are among the most common mites associated with carrion-feeding Nicrophorus (Silphidae) beetles. Previous taxonomic understanding suggests that a single host generalist, U. nova, disperses and lives with Nicrophorus species worldwide (reported from at least seven host species).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study was conducted to evaluate the physical/mechanical characteristics of typical selected mining tasks and the energy expenditure required for their performance. The study comprised two phases designed to monitor and record the typical activities that miners perform and to measure the metabolic energy expenditure and thermal responses during the performance of these activities under a non-heat stress environmental condition (ambient air temperature of 25.8°C and 61% relative humidity with a wet bulb globe temperature (WBGT) of 22.
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