Age and Growth of the Indian Squid, : Analysis of Statolith Microstructure and Length Frequency Data.

Understanding the age and development of a species provides knowledge about its longevity and growth, which are crucial in assessing its life history to maintain the sustainability of its fisheries. Over 3000 samples of were collected from trawl catches off Concepcion, Iloilo, Western Visayas, Philippines, from April 2018 to September 2019. Daily rings in the statoliths were used to determine their age.

Breast, Colorectal, and Prostate Cancer Incidence among Filipino Americans by Generational Status in the Multiethnic Cohort Study.

Background: Filipino Americans constitute 12% and 4% of the respective populations of Hawaii and California, with a large proportion of immigrants experiencing increasing cancer rates. This study investigated the incidence of colorectal, breast, and prostate cancers by generational status in the Multiethnic Cohort.

Methods: We analyzed 10,495 Filipino Multiethnic Cohort first-, second-, and third-generation participants, in which 26.

Ethnic disparities in early-onset colorectal cancer incidence, screening rates and risk factors prevalence in Guam.

Objective: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the four most common cancers and the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths in Guam. This study investigated CRC incidence, screening, and risk factors of early onset CRC across Guam's ethnic groups using data from the Guam Cancer Registry (1998-2020) and the Guam Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (2018-2019).

Methods: Incidence rate ratios (IRRs) were calculated to compare incidence rates across different age groups stratified by sex, ethnicity, and stage.

Multiple prenatal exposures and acute-care clinical encounters for asthma among children born to mothers living near a Superfund site.

Prenatal exposures are associated with childhood asthma, and risk may increase with simultaneous exposures. Pregnant women living in lower-income communities tend to have elevated exposures to a range of potential asthma risk factors, which may interact in complex ways. We examined the association between prenatal exposures and the risk of childhood acute-care clinical encounters for asthma (hospitalizations, emergency department visits, observational stays) using conditional logistic regression with a multivariable smoothing term to model the interaction between continuous variables, adjusted for maternal characteristics and stratified by sex.

Insecticidal and Repellent Activities of Four Essential Oils Against (Coleoptera: Curculionidae).

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of , (Myrtaceae), × (Lamiaceae), and (Anacardiaceae) essential oils as an alternative to manage (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) adults.

Methods: Acute contact toxicity, acute toxicity on treated maize grain, fumigation toxicity, repellency bioassays, and GC-MS analysis of the essential oils were carried out.

Results: , , × , and oils were toxic at different levels to through residual contact, ingestion and via fumigation, and were also repellent to adults of this pest.