Temperature-regulated metabolites of inhibited reproduction of pinewood nematode .

The pinewood nematode is an invasive and destructive pathogen in forestry. AHPC29 was previously found to have nematicidal activity on . The effect of AHPC29 growth temperature on inhibition is unknown.

Choices behind the veil of ignorance in Formosan macaques.

An ongoing debate regarding the evolution of morality is whether other species show precursory moral behavior. The veil of ignorance (VOI) paradigm is often used to elicit human moral judgment but has never been tested in other primates. We study the division of resources behind the VOI in Formosan macaques.

Interval Laparoscopic Transabdominal Cervical Cerclage (ILTACC) Using Needleless Mersilene Tape for Cervical Incompetence.

Interval Laparoscopic Transabdominal Cervical Cerclage (ILTACC) has become a procedure of choice for many laparoscopic surgeons in nonpregnant patients diagnosed with cervical incompetence (CI) due to the inherent advantages it offers. The study was conducted to describe the feasibility of performing a three-step approach of ILTACC using a needleless mersilene tape in patients diagnosed with CI. A case series of three patients diagnosed with CI who underwent ILTACC using needleless mersilene tape referred at a tertiary hospital for cerclage.

Sentinel Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection by Natural Orifices Transvaginal Endoscopic Surgery Approach after Indocyanine Green Dye Detection in Early Endometrial Cancer of Posthysterectomy Patient.

There was a case of 57-year-old female who was done the natural orifices transvaginal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy for benign disease. However, her biopsy result was Grade 1 endometrioid adenocarcinoma, and she was incidentally diagnosed as endometrial cancer. She was uneventful apart from that finding.

Comparison of LigaSure™ tissue fusion system and a conventional bipolar device in hysterectomy via natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES): A randomized controlled trial.

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and effectiveness of applying LigaSure™ Tissue Fusion System in hysterectomy via transvaginal natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) in comparison with using the conventional bipolar device.

Materials And Methods: Eighty women scheduled for hysterectomy by transvaginal NOTES were prospectively randomized into applying LigaSure (study group) or conventional bipolar instrument (control group) in an intention-to-treat analysis. Primary endpoints were the device-related efficacy; secondary endpoints were surgical effectiveness measured by operative time, blood loss, postoperative pain and adverse events.

The outcomes of transvaginal NOTES hysterectomy in various uterine sizes.

Objectives: Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) is an emerging technique in the area of minimally invasive procedures. Preliminary reports have confirmed transvaginal NOTES to be a safe and feasible method for performing hysterectomy and adnexal procedures. However, there are limitations regarding the feasibility of performing transvaginal NOTES hysterectomy in various uterine sizes.

Tenderization effect of whelk meat using ultrasonic treatment.

This study was conducted to assess the potential application of ultrasonic treatment to enhance the tenderness of whelk () meat. The optimum ultrasonic conditions for the maximum tenderization effect were determined using response surface methodology by a three-level factorial Box-Behnken design for the optimization of three variables. The optimum conditions for the three variables found were as follows: ultrasound power at 200 W, treatment time for 9.

Subtotal hysterectomy by natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery.

Study Objective: To introduce the innovative surgical procedure of treating benign uterine pathology with subtotal hysterectomy by natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES).

Design: Prospective observational study.

Setting: Tertiary referral medical center.

The Power Law of Learning in Transumbilical Single-Port Laparoscopic Subtotal Hysterectomy.

Study Objective: To analyze the surgical outcomes and learning curve of transumbilical single-port laparoscopic subtotal hysterectomy, which requires sutures of the cervical stump.

Design: A prospective observational study (Canadian Task Force classification II-2).

Setting: A university-affiliated center.

Why Do Irrelevant Alternatives Matter? An fMRI-TMS Study of Context-Dependent Preferences.

Both humans and animals are known to exhibit a violation of rationality known as "decoy effect": introducing an irrelevant option (a decoy) can influence choices among other (relevant) options. Exactly how and why decoys trigger this effect is not known. It may be an example of fast heuristic decision-making, which is adaptive in natural environments, but may lead to biased choices in certain markets or experiments.

Unexpected epithelial ovarian cancers arising from presumed endometrioma: A 10-year retrospective analysis.

Objective: To evaluate the incidence and prognosis of unexpected epithelial ovarian cancers (EOCs) occurring in presumed benign endometrioma.

Materials And Methods: Patients who underwent primary surgery at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital between November 2003 and October 2013 were searched with the Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine code followed by chart review.

Results: The incidence of unexpected EOCs in presumed ovarian endometrioma was 0.

Robot-assisted natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery for hysterectomy.

Objective: To describe the surgical procedures of robot-assisted natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) for hysterectomy and to evaluate its feasibility.

Materials And Methods: From December 2014 to February 2015, four patients with benign diseases who were eligible for robot-assisted NOTES at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital were recruited to this study. Intraoperative and postoperative surgical outcomes were evaluated.

Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery-assisted versus laparoscopic ovarian cystectomy (NAOC vs. LOC): a case-matched study.

Background: Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) has shown its prospection as a minimally invasive endoscopic surgery. This study aimed to examine the safety and efficacy of combined NOTES and vaginal approach, natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery-assisted ovarian cystectomy (NAOC), in the conservative management of benign ovarian tumors.

Methods: Records were reviewed for the 34 consecutive NAOC procedures between May 2011 and March 2014.

Accessibility and surgical outcomes of transumbilical single-port laparoscopy using straight instruments for hysterectomy in difficult conditions.

Objectives: To evaluate the accessibility of transumbilical single-port laparoscopy for hysterectomy in difficult conditions.

Materials And Methods: This prospective observational study recruited patients with benign diseases who were scheduled for laparoscopic hysterectomy between March 2010 and October 2011 to undergo the transumbilical single-port approach with straight instruments and a laparoscope.

Results: In total, 109 patients were included with a mean [± standard error of the mean (SEM)] age of 45.

Comparison of morcellator and culdotomy for extraction of uterine fibroids laparoscopically.

Objective: To define a rational guideline for the removal of uterine fibroids after laparoscopic myomectomy (LM) by culdotomy or morcellator in multiparae.

Study Design: A total of 416 multiparae receiving LM were retrospectively studied between November 1997 and January 2014. Of these, 335 had fibroids removed by culdotomy and 81 by a laparoscopic 15mm electromechanical morcellator.

Hysterectomy via transvaginal natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery for nonprolapsed uteri.

Background: Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery has shown its prospection as a minimally invasive endoscopic surgery. This study aimed to examine the safety and feasibility of transvaginal natural orifice transluminal endoscopic hysterectomy (tVNOTEH) for nonprolapsed uteri in the management of benign gynecological diseases.

Methods: Records were reviewed for the 147 consecutive tVNOTEH procedures between April 2011 and October 2013.

Faster onset of antidepressant effects of citalopram compared with sertraline in drug-naïve first-episode major depressive disorder in a Chinese population: a 6-week double-blind, randomized comparative study.

Several previous studies, including a meta-analysis, reported no significant differences between various selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) in the treatment of major depressive disorder. However, because of the different chemical structure of SSRIs and the difference in the frequency of serotonin transporter polymorphisms between ethnic groups, a head-to-head comparative study between SSRIs in different populations may be enlightening. We compared the efficacy and adverse effect profiles of citalopram and sertraline in a double-blinded randomized clinical trial in a Chinese population of drug-naïve patients with first-episode major depressive disorder.

Intuition and deliberation: two systems for strategizing in the brain.

Dual-process theories distinguish between intuition (fast and emotional) and reasoning (slow and controlled) as a basis for human decision-making. We contrast dominance-solvable games, which can be solved by step-by-step deliberative reasoning, with pure coordination games, which must be solved intuitively. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, we found that the middle frontal gyrus, the inferior parietal lobule, and the precuneus were more active in dominance-solvable games than in coordination games.