Nematodes Can Substitute in a Co-Feeding Regime for Pacific White Shrimp Post-Larvae Reared in a Biofloc Nursery System.

This study evaluated nematodes as an alternative to live when provided in a co-feeding regime to Pacific white shrimp () post-larvae (PL) reared in a biofloc nursery system. A 20-day experiment employing PL was performed for an evaluation of four dietary groups: control [C] (fed exclusively with a dry commercial feed); artificial [AA] (dry feed composed of extracted and processed cysts and dry commercial feed); live and dry commercial feed [LA]; and nematodes and dry commercial feed [N] ( sp. dry nematodes).

Importance of interdisciplinarity in modern oncology: results of a national intergroup survey of the Young Oncologists United (YOU).

Purpose: Modern, personalized treatment concepts in oncology require an interdisciplinary and multiprofessional collaboration. In addition to its relevance in patient care, interdisciplinary collaboration is also becoming increasingly important in clinical research as well as medical education and resident training in oncology.

Methods: Between November 2021 and March 2022, an online survey was conducted among German early career research groups, represented by Young Oncologists United (YOU).

Electrical vagus nerve stimulation as a prophylaxis for SIRS and postoperative ileus.

Abdominal surgery results in an activation of immune cells of the bowel wall and a consecutive cytokine and nitric oxide (NO) release leading to an inflammation of the muscularis externa and a bowel paralysis, the so-called postoperative ileus (POI). In addition to the local inflammation, major surgical trauma can also lead to a variable pronounced systemic inflammation up to its maximum variant, the systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), with hypotension, capillary leak and a breakdown of the intestinal barrier function followed by multi-organ dysfunction (MODS). Until now, neither for SIRS nor for POI, a prophylaxis or an evidence-based treatment exists.