Insight Into Kidney Protection by Vacuum-Assisted Venous Drainage in Adult Cardiac Operation - A Multicenter Study.

Background: The relationship between venous congestion and acute kidney injury (AKI) in cardiac surgery after cardiopulmonary bypass has not thoroughly investigated. Vacuum-assisted venous drainage (VAVD) reduces venous congestion, so we hypothesized that it would reduce the incidence of AKI in cardiovascular surgery.

Methods and results: We used a retrospective propensity score-matched analysis to evaluate the effect of VAVD on AKI in adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery.

The Biocontrol Agent Has the Highest Lethal Weight Ratio Compared with Its Prey and the Most Dramatic Body Weight Change during Pregnancy.

spp. are small, toxic, ectoparasitic mites that suppress Coleoptera, Hemiptera, and Lepidoptera plant pests. To explore their potential use as a biocontrol agent, we studied the reproductive development, paralytic process, time to lethality and mortality, and searching ability of on different developmental stages of the oriental leafworm moth, .

Effects of Temperature on Development and Survival of Orthopygia glaucinalis (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) Reared on Platycarya strobilacea.

The larvae of Orthopygia glaucinalis (L.) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) are used to produce insect tea in Guizhou, China. We investigated the development and survival of O.