Predicting mortality in geriatric patients with fever in the emergency departments: a prospective validation study.

Objective: Emergency physicians are always faced with the challenge of choosing the appropriate disposition for elderly patients in order to ensure an acceptable care plan and effective use of resources. A clinical decision rule, Geriatric Fever Score (GFS) has been proposed but not validated to help ED physicians with decision-making. This rule employs leukocytosis, severe coma, and thrombocytopenia as predictors of 30-day mortality.

Development of a web-based patient decision aid for myopia laser correction method.

Background: In the context of healthcare centered on the patient, Patient Decision Aids (PtDAs) acts as an essential instrument, promoting shared decision-making (SDM). Considering the prevalent occurrence of myopia, the objective of this study is to furnish exhaustive and easily comprehensible information to assist patients in making well-informed decisions about their options for myopia laser correction.

Method: The research team developed a decision guide for myopia patients considering laser correction, aiming to facilitate informed decisions.

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Thermal Oviposition Performance of the Ladybird Preying on Two-Spotted Spider Mites.

The ladybird, (Mulsant) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), is an important predator of two-spotted spider mites, Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae), in southeastern Europe and western and southwestern Asia, such as Iran, India, and Turkey. To enhance forecasting the occurrence and performance of this predator in natural control and improve its usage in biological control, we evaluated and compared four non-linear oviposition models, i.e.

Modeling Thermal Developmental Trajectories and Thermal Requirements of the Ladybird .

The development rate of the predatory ladybird, Stethorus gilvifrons (Mulsant), fed on Tetranychus urticae Koch, was determined at 15, 20, 25, 27, 30, 34, and 38 °C. The total development time from egg to adult emergence for females was estimated to be 61.4, 31.