Favorable Parental Perception of Proactive Nutrition Intervention in High-risk Pediatric Brain Tumor Population and Impact on Nutrition Outcomes.

Children with certain brain tumors often present with malnutrition and experience a decline in nutritional status throughout treatment. This can negatively affect outcomes. Studies have demonstrated that proactive enteral feeding can be beneficial to childhood cancer patients in helping to maintain or improve their nutritional status.

Mass Deployment of Deep Neural Network: Real-Time Proof of Concept With Screening of Intracranial Hemorrhage Using an Open Data Set.

Background: Intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) is considered an emergency that requires rapid medical or surgical management. Previous studies have used artificial intelligence to attempt to expedite the diagnosis of this pathology on neuroimaging. However, these studies have used local, institution-specific data for training of networks that limit deployment of across broader hospital networks or regions because of data biases.

Serological prevalence and risk factors of Toxoplasma gondii in Zoo Mammals in Chile.

Toxoplasma gondii is a zoonotic cosmopolitan protozoan that causes a high mortality rate among zoo mammals such as New World primates, meerkats, marsupials and Pallas' cat. It has been recently reported in Chile, mainly among wild populations, but also as the cause of death of a kangaroo and a mara. However, there has not been a T.

The effect of micro-mechanical signatures of constituent phases in modern dental restorative materials on their macro-mechanical property: A statistical nanoindentation approach.

This study utilized a statistical nanoindentation analysis technique (SNT) to measure the amount of organic and inorganic constituents of twenty different brands of dental resin-based composites (RBCs) and tested whether their macro-property such as flexural modulus could be approximated by the proportions of constituents' micromechanical signatures using various rules of mixtures. The probability density function (PDF) of constitutive moduli per RBC brand were measured for three groups, comprised of different indent arrays and inter-indent spacings. SNT was then applied to deconvolute each PDF, from which the effective filler (μ) and matrix (μ) moduli and filler (V) and matrix (V) volume fractions per RBC brand were computed.

Revision of the southern African genera Nemopterella Banks and Nemia Navás (Neuroptera: Nemopteridae: Nemopterinae), with descriptions of new genera and species.

The southern African genera Nemopterella Banks, 1910 and Nemia Navás, 1915 (Neuroptera: Nemopteridae: Nemopterinae) are revised. Nemopterella is split into three genera: Nemopterella sensu stricto with type species Nemopteryx africana Leach, 1815 (= Nemopterella africana), Afroptera gen. nov.

Antlions of southern Africa: Syngenes Kolbe, 1897, with descriptions of two new species and comments on extra-limital taxa (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae: Acanthaclisini).

The southern African species of Syngenes Kolbe, 1897, are revised and compared with their Afrotropical congeners. Three species occur in the region: S. longicornis (Rambur, 1842) and two new species, S.

Effect of high-intensity curing lights on the polymerization of bulk-fill composites.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of high-irradiance light-curing-units (LCUs) on the depth-of-cure (DoC) and degree-of-polymerization (DoP) of bulk-fill composites (BFCs).

Methods: The DoC of composites (Beautifil-Bulk, SHOFU; Filtek-Bulk-Fill, 3M ESPE; Tetric-EvoCeram-Bulk-Fill, Ivoclar; Sonic-Fill-2, Kerr; Venus-Bulk-Fill, Heraeus; Z250, 3M-ESPE) were measured according to ISO-4049 using high-irradiance LCUs (FlashMax-P3, CMS-Dental; SPEC3, Coltene) and conventional LCU (Paradigm, 3M-ESPE) for exposure times: 3/9-s, 3/20-s, and 10/20-s respectively. Using FTIR, the DoP per composite was measured at the bottom surface as a function of post-curing times for the LCUs at the same exposure times.

Antlions of southern Africa: genus Crambomorphus McLachlan, 1867, including extra-limital species (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae: Palparinae: Palparini).

The genus Crambomorphus McLachlan, 1867, is revised. It now comprises six species, four from the western regions of southern Africa and two from Madagascar. Two new species, C.

Revision of Afrotropical Silky Lacewings (Neuroptera: Psychopsidae).

 Afrotropical Psychopsidae Handlirsch are revised based on morphology. Molecular data from a previous study enables updated taxonomy in this revision, and morphology corroborates phylogenetic divergences. The genus Silveira was found to form a lineage separate from Zygophlebiinae based on molecular data and six morphological synapomorphies.

A remarkable new lichenophilous Pamexis species from the Hantam Karoo of South Africa (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae: Palparini).

A new species of Pamexis Hagen, Pamexis hantam, from the Calvinia District, Northern Cape Province, South Africa, is described and illustrated. It is the second lichenophilous species to be recorded in the family Myrmeleontidae. A review is provided of its known habitat and behavior.

Seasonal, Locality, and Habitat Variation in Assemblages of Carrion-Associated Diptera in Gauteng Province, South Africa.

Seasonal, spatial, and habitat responses of carrion-associated Diptera assemblages can provide valuable information about the presence or absence of species and their relative abundance, and thereby enhance understanding of their responses to environmental variables and how this may have an impact on forensic investigations. Three different nature reserves (localities) within the Municipality of Tshwane, South Africa, were selected to determine whether species assemblages of carrion-feeding flies differ between seasons, localities, and habitat types. A total of 59,511 adult Diptera, identified to 35 species in eight different families, were collected using modified Redtop hanging traps, baited with liver and fish, during four seasons in three different habitat types.

First records of the antlion genus Solter Navás from southern Africa, with description of a new species (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae: Myrmecaelurini).

A new species of Solter Navás is described from South Africa, representing the first record of this genus from Africa south of the equator. This is a significant extension to the known distribution range of this predominantly Palaearctic genus. The species  described here is characteristically reddish brown with a banded abdomen, and was recorded at three localities in arid rocky areas in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa.

Phylogeny and biogeography of southern African spoon-winged lacewings (Neuroptera: Nemopteridae: Nemopterinae).

Nemopteridae are a charismatic family of lacewings characterised by uniquely extended hind wings. They are an ancient widespread group in the drier regions of the world. The family comprises two subfamilies, Crocinae (thread-wings) and Nemopterinae (spoon- and ribbon-wings).

A revision and key to the genera of Afrotropical Mantispidae (Neuropterida, Neuroptera), with the description of a new genus.

The Afrotropical Mantispidae genera have previously been neglected and are poorly known. The genera are revised and redescribed. A new genus Afromantispa Snyman and Ohl is described with Afromantispa tenellacomb.

Adverse fetal and neonatal outcomes associated with a life-long high fat diet: role of altered development of the placental vasculature.

Maternal obesity results in a number of obstetrical and fetal complications with both immediate and long-term consequences. The increased prevalence of obesity has resulted in increasing numbers of women of reproductive age in this high-risk group. Since many of these obese women have been subjected to hypercaloric diets from early childhood we have developed a rodent model of life-long maternal obesity to more clearly understand the mechanisms that contribute to adverse pregnancy outcomes in obese women.

The effect of surface texture on evaporation, infiltration and storage properties of paved surfaces.

This paper concerns an investigation of evaporation, infiltration and detention storage on paved surfaces and the effect of surface texture and microtopography on these processes. A numerical model has been developed which represents the evaporation and infiltration processes on a nominally impervious surface as well as the depression storage due to the surface microtopography. The model was applied to semi-randomly generated surfaces and the results show the relationship between surface microtopography and initial storage losses.

Ecological niche and potential geographic distribution of the invasive fruit fly Bactrocera invadens (Diptera, Tephritidae).

Two correlative approaches to the challenge of ecological niche modeling (genetic algorithm, maximum entropy) were used to estimate the potential global distribution of the invasive fruit fly, Bactrocera invadens, based on associations between known occurrence records and a set of environmental predictor variables. The two models yielded similar estimates, largely corresponding to Equatorial climate classes with high levels of precipitation. The maximum entropy approach was somewhat more conservative in its evaluation of suitability, depending on thresholds for presence/absence that are selected, largely excluding areas with distinct dry seasons; the genetic algorithm models, in contrast, indicate that climate class as partly suitable.

Changes in arthropod assemblages along a wide gradient of disturbance in Gabon.

Searching for indicator taxa representative of diverse assemblages, such as arthropods, is an important objective of many conservation studies. We evaluated the impacts of a wide gradient of disturbance in Gabon on a range of arthropod assemblages representing different feeding guilds. We examined 4 x 10(5) arthropod individuals from which 21 focal taxa were separated into 1534 morphospecies.

Acute oxalate nephropathy causing late renal transplant dysfunction due to enteric hyperoxaluria.

Calcium oxalate (CaOx) deposition in the renal allograft is an under recognized and important cause of acute tubular injury and early allograft dysfunction. We present a case of late transplant dysfunction due to acute oxalate nephropathy. The patient presented with diarrhea and deteriorating graft function, and a diagnosis of enteric hyperoxaluria secondary to pancreatic insufficiency was made.