A new pod bioassay method to determine the toxicity of insecticides against Tea mosquito bug, .

The insecticide susceptibility of Waterhouse (Hemiptera: Miridae) is being evaluated using shoot and glass-vial assay as described by IRAC. However, the reliability of the assay depends on feeding preference and contact toxicity. Hence, the cocoa pod was used as a substrate to test the susceptibility of in comparison with existing methods.

(Motschulsky) on Cocoa Pods ( L.): Matter of Bugs and Fungi.

Exudation of mucilage from pinhead-sized boreholes in cocoa pods was recorded in Karnataka, India, during 2021. Further investigations showed the association of scolytine beetles with infested pods. The identity of the pest, , was confirmed through morphological characterization and sequencing of the mitochondrial gene.

Symptomatic venous thromboembolism following circular frame treatment for tibial fractures.

Introduction: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality following tibial fractures. The risk is as high as 77% without prophylaxis and around 10% with prophylaxis. Within the current literature there are no figures reported specifically for those individuals treated with circular frames.

Treatment of developmental dislocation of hip: does changing the hip abduction angle in the hip spica affect the rate of avascular necrosis of the femoral head?

Avascular necrosis (AVN) of the femoral head is a serious complication in the management of developmental dislocation of the hip. Increasing the abduction angle increases its stability but compromises the vascularity of the femoral head. From our database of 240 children treated for developmental dislocation of hip by the two senior authors between 1998 and 2008, we defined two groups of children who underwent closed or medial open reduction of the hip after a failed Pavlik treatment or if patients presented late.

The Birmingham hip resurfacing prosthesis: an independent single surgeon's experience at 7-year follow-up.

An independent single surgeon's 7-year experience with Birmingham hip resurfacing is presented. The study also involved investigation of the significance of pedestal sign in patients requiring revision. A consecutive 117 hips in 101 patients (59 male and 42 female patients) operated on by the senior author (VGJ) were assessed at a mean follow-up of 7 years (range, 5-9.