The development of an unsupervised hierarchical clustering analysis of dual-polarization weather surveillance radar observations to assess nocturnal insect abundance and diversity.

Contemporary analyses of insect population trends are based, for the most part, on a large body of heterogeneous and short-term datasets of diurnal species that are representative of limited spatial domains. This makes monitoring changes in insect biomass and biodiversity difficult. What is needed is a method for monitoring that provides a consistent, high-resolution picture of insect populations through time over large areas during day and night.

[The biochemical markers of hepatobiliary function in children under environmental pollution].

It has been carred out an analysis of biochemical parameters of the hepatobiliary system in 119 children who have been living in ecologically unfavourable districts in order to improve early diagnosis of environmentally triggered hepatobiliary disease. Our results found that 57.2% of patients from polluted region had early signs of liver dysfunction the most frequently of which was elevation of biochemical markers of cholestasis.

Rating of Eating Disorder Severity Interview for Children: psychometric properties and comparison with EDI-2 symptom index.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the psychometrics of the Rating of Eating Disorder Severity Interview for Children (REDS-C) and compare it with the Eating Disorder Inventory-2 symptom index.

Methods: The psychometrics of the REDS-C were analyzed utilizing data from 336 patients, of ages 8 to 18 years. Receiver operator curve analyses were performed to evaluate the ability of the REDS-C and the Eating Disorder Inventory-2 symptom index to discriminate severity of eating disorder symptoms in relationship to an objective standard, defined as hospitalisation for medical stabilisation beyond 1 week.

Screening for childhood eating disorders in primary care.

Objective: Early identification is essential to reduce disabling complications of eating disorders that occur during stages of bone growth and organ development. This study sought to examine health-screening practices of pediatricians and adolescent medicine physicians in a metropolitan area of the Pacific Northwest.

Method: 70 pediatric and adolescent medicine practices were contacted, 34 (49%) participated, and 20 (29%) returned health forms.

[Epiphytic phase of Erwinia amylovora and Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae on orchard weeds].

Epiphyte phase of phytopathogenic bacteria Erwinia amylovora and Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae on the fruit garden weeds has been studied. It has been shown that healthy weeds of the fruit-tree stands can be an ecologic niche for Erwinia amylovora and Pseudomonas syringae pv.