Crop rotational diversity can mitigate climate-induced grain yield losses.

Diversified crop rotations have been suggested to reduce grain yield losses from the adverse climatic conditions increasingly common under climate change. Nevertheless, the potential for climate change adaptation of different crop rotational diversity (CRD) remains undetermined. We quantified how climatic conditions affect small grain and maize yields under different CRDs in 32 long-term (10-63 years) field experiments across Europe and North America.

Visceral larva migrans syndrome: analysis of serum cytokine levels in children with hepatic lesions confirmed in radiological findings.

Human toxocariasis is a helminth zoonosis resulting from accidental infection of humans by the roundworms Toxocara canis (T. canis) and cati (T. cati).

Phenolic acid concentrations in organically and conventionally cultivated spring and winter wheat.

Background: Organic crops are often thought to contain more phenolic secondary metabolites than conventional ones. This study evaluated the influence of organic and conventional farming on concentrations of phenolic acids in spring and winter wheat cultivars.

Results: Five phenolic acids were identified: ferulic, sinapic, p-coumaric, vanillic and p-hydroxybenzoic acid.

[Evaluation of health status in children, in whom vesicoureteral reflux was confirmed during infancy].

A group of 62 children (age 5-12) with vesicoureteral reflux (VR) in infancy, including those who were under either ambulatory or surgical treatment and also those whose parents didn't undergo treatment, was observed with special attention paid to the following features: evaluation of height, weight, arterial blood pressure, presence of VR, size of kidneys and renal scars in them, creatinine clearance, urine analysis and urine cultures. The analysis of studied parameters proves the necessity of constant nephrological control for many years in spite of disappearance of reflux. The reason is the high risk of recurrent urinary tract infections, arterial hypertension and worse kidney functioning.