Outcomes of Reconstructive Surgery Using Vacuum-Assisted Closure in Patients With Complex Wounds.

This study aimed to assess the results of reconstructive surgery with vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) therapy in patients with complex wounds. The sample included 60 patients with a mean age of 53.03 years.

A Cross-Sectional Study of the Maternal Health Factors: The Interplay Between Breastfeeding Patterns, Gut Microbiota, Anemia, and Cardiovascular Risk in Lactating Mothers.

Objective This cross-sectional study explored the interplay between breastfeeding patterns, gut microbiota composition, anemia, and cardiovascular risk in lactating mothers. The study examined how these factors contribute to postpartum maternal and infant health outcomes. Methods Forty-five lactating mothers, with a mean age of 32.

Immunohistochemical Analysis of the p53 Protein in Colorectal Cancer: A Clinicopathological Study.

The role of p53 expression in colorectal cancer (CRC) was investigated in this immunohistochemical analysis of 110 CRC patients. The study aimed to explore the relationship between p53 expression and clinicopathological features, such as tumor grade, size, lymph node involvement, and molecular subtypes. The mean age of patients was 52.

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Shockwave Lithotripsy vs Ureteroscopic Lithotripsy for Treatment of Renal Stones: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Background: Renal stones are a prevalent condition requiring effective treatment strategies. This study evaluates the comparative effectiveness of shockwave lithotripsy (SWL) and ureteroscopic lithotripsy (URSL) in treating renal stones in a Pakistani cohort, focusing on stone clearance, recurrence, and complications.

Methods: This prospective cohort study involved 250 patients aged 18-55 diagnosed with renal stones.

Efficacy of Different Beta Blockers in Reducing Mortality in Heart-Failure Patients.

This study evaluated the comparative efficacy of different beta blockers bisoprolol, carvedilol, and metoprolol in reducing mortality and hospitalizations among 120 heart-failure (HF) patients. The sample had an equal gender distribution (50% male, 50% female) with a mean age of 69.28 years.

Memorability-based multimedia analytics for robotic interestingness prediction system using trimmed Q-learning algorithm.

Mobile robots are increasingly employed in today's environment. Perceiving the environment to perform a task plays a major role in the robots. The service robots are wisely employed in the fully (or) partially known user's environment.

Corrigendum: Effects of chlorantraniliprole on the life history traits of fall armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae).

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Eco-friendly deacetylated chitosan base siRNA biological-nanopesticide loading cyromazine for efficiently controlling Spodoptera frugiperda.

Spodoptera frugiperda is a serious threat to various crops, such as corn and rice, and results in severe economic losses. Herein, a chitin synthase sfCHS highly expressed in the epidermis of S. frugiperda was screened, and when interfered by an sfCHS-siRNA nanocomplex, most individuals could not ecdysis (mortality rate 53.

Effects of chlorantraniliprole on the life history traits of fall armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae).

is an important nomadic agricultural pest with a diverse host range and resistance against several insecticides. The current study investigated the life history traits of two strains of the field-collected population against chlorantraniliprole using an age-stage two-sex life table. For this, we established the chlorantraniliprole-susceptible (Crp-SUS G), and chlorantraniliprole-reduced susceptible (Crp-RES G) strains derived from the sixth generation of the QJ-20 population having a resistance ratio (RR) of 10.

Status of Fungicide Resistance and Physiological Characterization of Tebuconazole Resistance in in Sichuan Province, China.

The resistance prevalence of chemical fungicides has caused increasingly serious agro-ecological environmental problems. However, there are few previous reports about resistance to succinate dehydrogenase (SDHI) or sterol demethylation inhibitor (DMI) in , one of the main agro-diseases. In this study, the fungicide resistance of 122 isolates in Sichuan Province was monitored by the mycelial growth rate method.

Maf regulates the overexpression of CYP307A1, which is involved in the fitness advantage of bistrifluron-resistant Spodoptera litura (Fab.) (Noctuidae: Lepidoptera).

Spodoptera litura is a widely distributed multifeeding pest, that has developed high resistance to many chemical insecticides. In the present study, a bistrifluron-resistant (Bis-SEL) strain showing 113.8-fold resistance ratio relative to a bistrifluron-susceptible (Bis-UNSEL) strain was obtained and showed a fitness advantage (resurgence).

Demultiplexer of Multi-Order Correlation Interference in Nitrogen Vacancy Center Diamond.

We reported the second- and third-order temporal interference of two non-degenerate pseudo-thermal sources in a nitrogen-vacancy center (NV). The relationship between the indistinguishability of source and path alternatives is analyzed at low temperature. In this article, we demonstrate the switching between three-mode bunching and frequency beating effect controlled by the time offset and the frequency difference to realize optical demultiplexer.

Cloning and Functional Verification of and Related to Chlorpyrifos Resistance in the (Horváth) (Hemiptera: Delphacidae).

The white-back planthopper (WBPH), , mainly harms rice and occurs in most rice regions in China and Asia. With the use of chemical pesticides, has developed varying degrees of resistance to a variety of pesticides. In our study, a chlorpyrifos-resistant population (44.

The fitness advantages of bistrifluron resistance related to chitin synthase A in Spodoptera litura (Fab.) (Noctuidae: Lepidoptera).

Background: Spodoptera litura is one of the major agricultural pests in China, and it has developed serious resistance to many traditional chemical insecticides. In the present study, the bistrifluron-resistant (Bis-SEL) strain accompanied by a higher oviposition, 113.8-fold RR compared to the bistrifluron-susceptible (Bis-UNSEL) strain, was obtained by bidirectional screening.

Status of insecticide resistance and biochemical characterization of chlorpyrifos resistance in Sogatella furcifera (Hemiptera:Delphacidae) in Sichuan Province, China.

The white-backed planthopper, Sogatella furcifera (Horváth) (Hemiptera, Delphacidae), is an energetic rice insect pest in rice production or rice-growing areas. Due to excessive use of the chemical insecticide, S. furcifera has produced the high resistance to some frequently used insecticides.

Sublethal Effects of Triflumezopyrim on Biological Traits and Detoxification Enzyme Activities in the Small Brown Planthopper (Hemiptera: Delphacidae).

The small brown planthopper [ (Fallén) (Hemiptera, Delphacidae)] is one of the most destructive insect pests of rice and has developed strong resistance to several kinds of chemical insecticides. Triflumezopyrim, a novel mesoionic insecticide developed by Corteva Agriscience (formerly DuPont Crop Protection), has efficient biological activity in controlling sucking insects, such as the planthopper. However, the effects of triflumezopyrim on the growth and reproduction of have not been reported.

The population growth, development and metabolic enzymes of the white-backed planthopper, Sogatella furcifera (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) under the sublethal dose of triflumezopyrim.

Triflumezopyrim, a new nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) inhibition, can effectively control piercing-sucking insect pests such as white-backed planthopper (Sogatella furcifera). At present, there has been no reports on the effects of triflumezopyrim on the population growth and development of S. furcifera.

Laplace-domain diffuse optical measurement.

Time-domain diffuse optical measurement systems determine depth-resolved absorption changes by using the time of flight distribution of the detected photons. It is well known that certain feature data, such as the Laplace transform of the temporal point spread function, is sufficient for image reconstruction and diffuse optical sensing. Conventional time-domain systems require the acquisition of full temporal profiles of diffusive photons and then numerically compute the feature dataset, for example, Laplace transformed intensities for imaging applications.

POSS-cored and peptide functionalized ternary gene delivery systems with enhanced endosomal escape ability for efficient intracellular delivery of plasmid DNA.

Biocompatibility, stability and high efficiency profiles are critical points for promoting the practical applications of gene delivery systems. The incorporation of cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs), REDV, and a nuclear localization signal (NLS) peptide sequence has been considered to be a promising strategy for developing efficient gene carriers to transfect vascular endothelial cells (ECs). However, these integrated multifunctional peptide carriers are usually limited by their inefficient targeting function and weak endosomal escape ability.

Multitargeting Peptide-Functionalized Star-Shaped Copolymers with Comblike Structure and a POSS-Core To Effectively Transfect Endothelial Cells.

Gene therapy meets one serious bottleneck in clinical application, namely, lack of safe and efficient gene delivery systems. In order to solve this problem, we designed a lowly cytotoxic and highly efficient gene delivery system for the transfection of endothelial cells. Octa(3-ammoniumpropyl)octasilsesquioxane octachloride reacted with 2-bromoisobutyryl bromide under alkaline condition, and sequentially initiated 2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate (DMAEMA) and poly(ethylene glycol) monomethacrylate (PEGMA) via atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) to prepare the eight-arm copolymer with a biocompatible polyhedral oligomericsilsesquioxane (POSS).

BioFed: federated query processing over life sciences linked open data.

Background: Biomedical data, e.g. from knowledge bases and ontologies, is increasingly made available following open linked data principles, at best as RDF triple data.

ReVeaLD: a user-driven domain-specific interactive search platform for biomedical research.

Bioinformatics research relies heavily on the ability to discover and correlate data from various sources. The specialization of life sciences over the past decade, coupled with an increasing number of biomedical datasets available through standardized interfaces, has created opportunities towards new methods in biomedical discovery. Despite the popularity of semantic web technologies in tackling the integrative bioinformatics challenge, there are many obstacles towards its usage by non-technical research audiences.