Determination of fitness traits of Poppius (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae) on (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) using two-sex life table analysis.

Background: Pink bollworm () is a destructive insect pest of cotton crops in China and globally, which is actively predated on by . Studies on the fitness or survival of fed on at different temperatures have not been reported. The fitness of may be well explained using two-sex life table parameters.

International experience of mechanical thrombectomy during the COVID-19 pandemic: insights from STAR and ENRG.

Background: In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many centers altered stroke triage protocols for the protection of their providers. However, the effect of workflow changes on stroke patients receiving mechanical thrombectomy (MT) has not been systematically studied.

Methods: A prospective international study was launched at the initiation of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Endovascular Thrombectomy for Pediatric Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Multi-Institutional Experience of Technical and Clinical Outcomes.

Background: Endovascular thrombectomy is a promising treatment for acute ischemic stroke in children, but outcome and technical data in pediatric patients with large-vessel occlusions are lacking.

Objective: To assess technical and clinical outcomes of thrombectomy in pediatric patients.

Methods: We undertook a retrospective cohort study of pediatric patients who experienced acute ischemic stroke from April 2017 to April 2019 who had immediate, 30-, and 90-d follow-up.

Prevalence and Outcomes of Medium Vessel Occlusions With Discrepant Infarct Patterns.

Background And Purpose: The prognosis of medium vessel occlusions (MeVOs), that is, M2/3 middle cerebral artery, A2/3 anterior cerebral artery, and P2/3 posterior cerebral artery occlusions, is generally better compared with large vessel occlusions, since brain ischemia is less extensive. However, in some MeVO patients, infarcts are seen outside the territory of the occluded vessel (MeVO with discrepant infarcts). This study aims to determine the prevalence and clinical impact of discrepant infarct patterns in acute ischemic stroke due to MeVO.

Lethal and Sublethal Effects of Chlorpyrifos on Biological Traits and Feeding of the Aphidophagous Predator .

Except of pest control, insecticides have shown adverse effects on natural enemies as well. Thus, risk assessment of pesticides for biological control agents is critical for effective use in integrated pest management (IPM) schemes. In the present study, the lethal and sublethal effects of chlorpyrifos, a commonly used insecticide that may negatively affect biological control agents, were evaluated on a non-target predator, the Asian ladybeetle .

Identification of Risk Factors for Testing of Hepatitis C in Non-Birth Cohort Patients: Is Universal Screening Necessary?

Objectives: CDC reported that 45% of Hepatitis C (HCV) infected people denied known risk factors. Electronic health record RF-based, non-Birth Cohort (born outside of years 1945-1965) screening is challenging as risk factors are often input as nonsearchable data. Testing non-Birth Cohort patients solely based on risk factors has the potential to miss a substantial number of HCV infected patients.

Green purchase behavior towards green housing: an investigation of Bangladeshi consumers.

Worldwide green products are getting popularity and acceptance due to energy crisis, climate change, and other environmental degradations which reveal the upcoming challenges of the twenty-first century. In construction industry, green housing (GH) is an emerging concept towards environmental sustainability. However, this study intends to consider the green purchase intention of Bangladeshi consumers towards GH through augmented theory of planned behavior (TPB) implantation.

Off-label antibiotic use in a specialized children care hospital in Punjab, Pakistan: Findings and implications.

Introduction: Most of the antibiotics currently used in pediatrics are either unlicensed or being prescribed outside the specifications of product label (off-label prescribing). The aim of this study was to assess the extent of off-label antibiotic use in pediatrics.

Methodology: A six month longitudinal off-label antibiotic utilization survey was carried out from January to June, 2018.

Correction to: Sublethal effects of a juvenile hormone analog, Pyriproxyfen demographic parameters of non-target predator, Hippodamia convergens Guerin-Meneville (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae).

An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.

Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC), Where do we stand? Current situation.

Objective: To identify the stage of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) at the time of presentation.

Methods: This cross sectional observational prospective study was carried out at Gastro Department of Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Multan from August 2017 to December 2018. Patients were diagnosed on the basis of alpha fetoprotein, abdominal ultrasound, triphasic contrast enhanced computerized tomography (CECT).

Calibration-free laser-induced breakdown spectroscopic analysis of copper-rich mineral collected from the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan.

In this paper, we present the results of compositional analysis of a copper-rich mineral known as malachite, collected from the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan. A calibration-free laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (CF-LIBS) technique is employed for determination of elemental composition of the sample. The study aims at the investigation of the presence of precious elements, if any, in minerals of local origin.

Energy consumption and financial development indicators nexuses in Asian economies: a dynamic seemingly unrelated regression approach.

In recent times, financial development and industrial progression accrue energy demand. Therefore, the present research is investigating the nexuses of energy consumption-financial development indicators for 32 Asian economies including the FDI, economic growth, and urban sprawl. The long-run marginal impacts and causal linkage are estimated through the dynamic seemingly unrelated regression and the heterogeneous causality respectively.

Recurrent Sporadic Bilateral Retinoblastoma in a Child with 13q Deletion Syndrome.

13q syndrome is a chromosomal abnormality in which there is a pathognomic deletion of the genetic material on the long arm (q) of chromosome 13. Phenotypes of this syndrome are variable depending on the location of the deleted segment. The main manifestations of the syndrome include mental retardation, craniofacial dysmorphism, and increased susceptibility to tumors.

Population Genetic Diversity and Structure of Thrips tabaci (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) on Allium Hosts in China, Inferred From Mitochondrial COI Gene Sequences.

Thrips tabaci Lindeman is a widely distributed agricultural pest China, which causes damage to many vegetables and cash crops. However, the population genetic variation of this pest in China remains unknown. In this study, the genetic diversity and structure of T.

Sublethal effects of a juvenile hormone analog, Pyriproxyfen on demographic parameters of non-target predator, Hippodamia convergens Guerin-Meneville (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae).

Insect predators, in general, play an important role in regulating pest populations in agricultural systems, but may be negatively affected by pesticides used in pest management. Convergent lady beetle, Hippodamia convergens Guerin-Meneville (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) is known as an important biological control agent of soft-bodied insect pests. The development of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program against insect pests requires an assessment of the side effect of insecticides on biological control agents.

Disposition of cyadox in domesticated cats following oral, intramuscular, and intravenous administration.

Cyadox (CYX) is a synthetic antibacterial agent of quinoxaline with much lower toxic effects. A safety criterion of CYX for clinical use was established by studying the pharmacokinetics and metabolism of CYX after oral (PO), intramuscular (IM), and intravenous (IV) administration. CYX was administered in six domesticated cats (three males and three females) by PO (40 mg/kg.

Expression and functional analysis of P450 gene induced tolerance/resistance to lambda-cyhalothrin in quercetin fed larvae of beet armyworm (Hübner).

Beet armyworm, (Hübner) is an agronomical important and most devastating polyphagous pest that damages a variety of crops around the globe including China. Quercetin is one of the abundant dietary flavonoids and the important defense allelochemicals in plants. Therefore, the changes in insect detoxification enzymes activities in response to plants allelochemicals may result increased the sensitivity to insecticides.

Does regional energy consumption disparities assist to control environmental degradation in OBOR: an entropy approach.

China launched the One Belt & One Road (OBOR) initiative to minimize the energy resource shortage. The China's nearby countries are rich in energy resources especially Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and Asian countries which make them ideal locations to cooperate with China in terms of energy resources, as 42.8% of world energy consumption belongs to OBOR countries.

Energy capacity, industrial production, and the environment: an empirical analysis from Pakistan.

This paper aims to find out relationships among the energy, environment, and the industrial production for a developing country which is in earlier stages of development. It also tests a few contradicting hypotheses to find the possible shape of an environmental Kuznets curve. Using the time series data, the study finds robust long-run relationships between energy, environment, and industrial production for Pakistan.

Effects of silicon nanoparticles on growth and physiology of wheat in cadmium contaminated soil under different soil moisture levels.

Soil degradation with different stress conditions like accumulation of cadmium (Cd) contents in soil and drought stress has become one of the most dangerous issues that obstruct the sustainable agriculture production. Silicon nanoparticles (Si NPs) play beneficial roles in combating various biotic and abiotic stresses but their role under combined metal and drought stress is not studied. A pot study was designed to determine the effect of Si NPs on wheat (Triticum aestivum L.

RNA interference-mediated knockdown of a cytochrome P450 gene enhanced the toxicity of α-cypermethrin in xanthotoxin-fed larvae of Spodoptera exigua (Hübner).

The beet armyworm (Spodoptera exigua) is a highly polyphagous agricultural pest that is distributed worldwide. However, the adaptive mechanisms of S. exigua for various insecticides and defensive substances in host plants are unknown.

Fitness parameters of (L.) (Lepidoptera; Plutellidae) at four constant temperatures by using age-stage, two-sex life tables.

Different temperature zones have significant impact on the population dynamics of . Effective management of requires the knowledge of temperature tolerance by different life stages. In the current study, fitness parameters of diamondback moth were reported by using age-stage, two-sex life table traits at four constant temperatures (15, 20, 25 and 30 °C).