Fitness Costs in Diamondback Moth (L.) (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) Resistant to Lufenuron, A Chitin-Synthesis Inhibitor Insecticide.

The diamondback moth (DBM), is the main pest of Brassicas crops worldwide, and its recorded resistance to 101 active ingredients indicates it is difficult to control. The purpose of this study was to investigate the hypothesis that has fitness costs associated with its resistance to lufenuron, a chitin-synthesis inhibitor insecticide. Thus, concentration-mortality bioassays were performed for susceptible (REC-S), resistant (BZR-R) populations, their progenies F1 and F1', and one established population without selection pressure (BZR-Rns) after four generations.

Long-term suitability of an alternative host for rearing the sugarcane stalk borer parasitoid .

The continuous utilisation of an alternative host may influence parasitoid performance across successive generations due to conditioning in natal hosts. (Olliff) has successfully been reared using L. pupae as a feasible alternative host.

Long-term follow-up of patients with high-risk facial basal cell carcinoma treated with interferon.

Background: Surgery is the treatment of choice for patients with basal cell carcinoma (BCC). When surgery is not a choice, only radiotherapy is recommended for patients with high-risk facial BCC. Interferon could be an acceptable therapeutic option for these patients.

Hereditary Angioedema.

The authors present the case of a 22-year-old female who reported having a persistent sore throat. The patient had a history of recurring episodes of hereditary angioedema and arrived at the emergency department with her C1-esterase inhibitor. The epidemiology, clinical presentation, and treatment strategies are presented.

Psychometric Evaluation of the Moral Comfort Questionnaire.

The ethical challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic have contributed to an increase in moral distress (MD) in nurses-a long-standing, ubiquitous issue in nursing-highlighting its detrimental impact on nurses, patients, and healthcare organizations. MD is the negative outcome of a moral situation or dilemma in which a nurse is prevented from taking action on ethical decisions usually related to organizational constraints. On the opposite end of the spectrum, moral comfort (MC), an emerging concept in nursing, is an individual's feelings of ease with decisions and actions related to a moral dilemma or the positive outcome of a moral situation or dilemma.