Changes in Lithium Levels in Bees and Their Products Following Anti- Treatment.

The biggest threat to beekeeping is varroosis caused by the mite . Chemicals available to treat this fatal disease may present problems of resistance or inconsistent efficacy. Recently, lithium chloride has appeared as a potential alternative.

An Alternative, High Throughput Method to Identify Alleles of the Honey Bee.

Applying instrumental insemination in closely related honey bee colonies often leads to frequent lethality of offspring causing colony collapse. This is due to the peculiarities of honey bee reproductive biology, where the () gene drives sex determination within a haplodiploid system. Diploid drones containing homozygous genotypes are lethal.

[Pharmaceutical applications of sulfobuthylether-beta-cyclodextrin].

Sulfobuthylether-beta-cyclodextrin (SBECD) is a substituted derivative of a cyclic oligosaccharide containing seven glucopyranose units, which bear pH-independent negative charges because of sulfonate groups. This derivative has better solubility and toxicological characteristics than the unsubstituted beta-cyclodextrin, and the presence of sulfobuthyl groups opens new dimensions in the interactions acting the part of the complex formation. These create opportunities for the pharmaceutical applications of this compound.

Long-term follow-up of DDH patients who underwent open reduction without a postoperative cast.

We present the results - assessed after bony maturation - of an early anterior approach open reduction performed using our modified technique on 49 hips at 6-24 months of age. We start postoperative functional treatment using a Pavlik harness and an abduction splint, abandoning plaster cast. Secondary surgeries were performed in 11 hips (22.

Assessment of thrombotic risk factors predisposing to thromboembolic complications in prosthetic orthopedic surgery.

Background: Congenital thrombophilia is responsible for thromboembolic complications despite prolonged low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) prophylaxis following hip and knee endoprosthesis surgery.

Methods: A series of 86 patients with hip or knee endoprosthesis surgery were assessed 1 year after operation. Antithrombin III, protein C, and protein S were determined, and the activated protein C sensitivity ratio was measured.