Pyriproxyfen exposure compromises cocoon spinning and damages the Malpighian tubules of the nontarget predator Ceraeochrysa claveri (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae).

Pyriproxyfen has been extensively employed in the Neotropical region for agricultural pest management and insect vectors. However, measuring the sublethal and indirect effects of this active ingredient on nontarget organisms, such as lacewings, is important. Using morphological tools on target organs, we can evaluate these effects and use them as biomarkers for future ecotoxicological studies.

In their absence; intensive care nurses' experiences of communicating and supporting relatives from a distance.

Background: Having a critically ill family member in the intensive care unit (ICU) is a challenging situation and ICU nurses play an important part in supporting relatives to make sense of the situation. Strict visiting policies inhibited the family's presence in ICUs during 2020-22, and the communication between nurses and families changed drastically. Information and support are at the core of the ICU nurses' profession, and the pandemic backdrop created a split between what intensive care nurses have a professional responsibility to perform and which actions were possible.

Perioperative Comfort and Discomfort: Transitioning From Epidural to Oral Pain Treatment After Pancreas Surgery: A Qualitative Study.

Purpose: To explore patients' experiences of pain treatment in the perioperative period after surgery for pancreatic cancer.

Design: A qualitative descriptive design using semi-structured interviews.

Methods: This study was a qualitative study based on 12 interviews.

Azadirachtin-based insecticide impairs testis morphology and spermatogenesis of the southern armyworm Spodoptera eridania (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae).

Background: In the search for alternative tools for integrated pest management, azadirachtin, a botanical insecticide, has been used with the most promising activity against Spodoptera spp., but the mechanism of cytotoxicity on reproductive organs remains unclear. Spodoptera eridania (Stoll, 1782) is a polyphagous pest with great economic importance that has become an important target to elucidate the action of azadirachtin on the reproductive organs of insect pests, helping to understand the deleterious effects caused by its exposure.