Sex-specific life-history strategies among immature jumping spiders: Differences in body parameters and behavior.

Selection forces often generate sex-specific differences in various traits closely related to fitness. While in adult spiders (Araneae), sexes often differ in coloration, body size, antipredator, or foraging behavior, such sex-related differences are less pronounced among immatures. However, sex-specific life-history strategies may also be adaptive for immatures.

Beyond polyphagy and opportunism: natural prey of hunting spiders in the canopy of apple trees.

Spiders (Araneae) form abundant and diverse assemblages in agroecosystems such as fruit orchards, and thus might have an important role as natural enemies of orchard pests. Although spiders are polyphagous and opportunistic predators in general, limited information exists on their natural prey at both species and community levels. Thus, the aim of this study was to assess the natural prey (realized trophic niche) of arboreal hunting spiders, their role in trophic webs and their biological control potential with direct observation of predation events in apple orchards.

Are there real unprovoked/unprecipitated seizures?

Resistant epileptic patients often experience seizure precipitating conditions. Their lack or presence is extremely important not only for the diagnosis of epilepsy but also for the most appropriate treatment of the seizures. Unfortunately, there are a lot of uncertainty in their evaluation occurring in the daily routine and the exact definitions for the practice are still lacking.

Car drivers with epilepsy (Pilot Hungarian EPIMED Database Evaluation).

We investigated aspects of driving among Hungarian patients with epilepsy. Nineteen percent (148/753) of our population had a driving license (DL), including 26% (38/148) who used it. Among persons without a DL, 29% (178/605) desired one.