Monolithic light concentration by core-shell TiOnanostructures templated by monodisperse polymer colloidal monolayers.

Nanostructured dielectric overlayers can be used to increase light absorption in nanometer-thin films used for various optoelectronic applications. Here, the self-assembly of a close-packed monolayer of polystyrene nanospheres is used to template a core-shell polystyrene-TiOlight-concentrating monolithic structure. This is enabled by the growth of TiOat temperatures below the polystyrene glass-transition temperature via atomic layer deposition.

Optimization of 13-tetradecenyl acetate sex pheromone for trapping Melanotus communis (Coleoptera: Elateridae).

Corn wireworm, Melanotus communis Gyllenhal (Coleoptera: Elateridae), is an economically important larval pest of root and tuber crops in the United States. Previous work to estimate field-level abundance of M. communis has focused on grain-based larval baits placed in soil.

Effect of Host Size on Susceptibility of (Coleoptera: Elateridae) Wireworms to Entomopathogens.

Wireworms, the soil-borne larvae of click beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae), are important crop pests throughout the world. In the eastern U.S.

Herbal Approaches to Pediatric Functional Abdominal Pain.

Chronic abdominal pain is one of the most common problems seen by both pediatricians and pediatric gastroenterologists. Abdominal-pain-related functional gastrointestinal disorders (AP-FGIDs) are diagnosed in children with chronic and recurrent abdominal pain meeting clinical criteria set forth in the Rome IV criteria. AP-FGIDs affect approximately 20% of children worldwide and include functional dyspepsia (FD), irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), functional abdominal pain (FAP), and abdominal migraine.

Gynaecological cancer pathway for faster cancer treatment: a repeat clinical audit.

Aims: This clinical audit aimed to review cancer management pathways for patients with gynaecological cancers in Northland in order to evaluate whether there has been an improvement compared to previous audit periods and look for differences between ethnicities.

Methods: 186 Northland patients with a new diagnosis of gynaecological cancer were discussed at the Auckland gynaecology-oncology multidisciplinary meeting (MDM) between 1 January 2018 and 31 December 2020. Patient demographics and data pertaining to cancer care was collected and compared to datapoints set out in the original audit, derived from the Ministry of Health Faster Cancer Treatment (FCT) targets and standards of service provision.