Intraspecific and interspecific resource partitioning between bumblebee workers and males related to nectar quantity and quality.

Bumblebees are important pollinators for many natural and agricultural systems in temperate regions. Interspecific and intraspecific variation in floral resource preferences have been proposed to influence bumblebee community structure. In particular, sexual dimorphism is a major source of intraspecific niche variation.

Floral resource partitioning of coexisting bumble bees: Distinguishing species-, colony-, and individual-level effects.

Resource partitioning is considered a key factor in alleviating competitive interactions, enabling coexistence among consumer species. However, most studies have focused on resource partitioning between species, ignoring the potentially critical role of intraspecific variation in resource use. We investigated floral resource partitioning across species, colonies, and individuals in a species-rich bumblebee community in the diversification center of bumblebees.

Erythropoietin receptor is a risk factor for prognosis: A potential biomarker in lung adenocarcinoma.

Lung cancer has the highest mortality rate of all cancers, and LUAD's survival rate is particularly poor. Erythropoietin receptor (EPOR) can be detected in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD), however, the expression levels and prognostic value of EPOR in LUAD are still unclear. In our study, clinicopathological data of 92 LUAD patients between January 2008 and June 2016, multiple bioinformatics databases and immunohistochemistry were used to explore the EPOR expression, the mutant genes affecting EPOR expression, and the correlation of EPOR expression with oxidative stress - related genes, prognosis, immune microenvironment.

A multiple catheter tips tracking method in X-ray fluoroscopy images by a new lightweight segmentation network and Bayesian filtering.

During percutaneous coronary intervention, the guiding catheter plays an important role. Tracking the catheter tip placed at the coronary ostium in the X-ray fluoroscopy sequence can obtain image displacement information caused by the heart beating, which can help dynamic coronary roadmap overlap on X-ray fluoroscopy images. Due to a low exposure dose, the X-ray fluoroscopy is noisy and low contrast, which causes some difficulties in tracking.

Floral trait variation across individual plants within a population enhances defense capability to nectar robbing.

Floral trait variation may help pollinators and nectar robbers identify their target plants and, thus, lead to differential selection pressure for defense capability against floral antagonists. However, the effect of floral trait variation among individuals within a population on multi-dimensional plant-animal interactions has been little explored. We investigated floral trait variation, pollination, and nectar robbing among individual plants in a population of the bumble bee-pollinated plant, , from which flowers are also robbed by bumble bees with varying intensity across individuals.

The effects of urbanization on pollinators and pollination: A meta-analysis.

Urbanization is increasing worldwide, with major impacts on biodiversity, species interactions and ecosystem functioning. Pollination is an ecosystem function vital for terrestrial ecosystems and food security; however, the processes underlying the patterns of pollinator diversity and the ecosystem services they provide in cities have seldom been quantified. Here, we perform a comprehensive meta-analysis of 133 studies examining the effects of urbanization on pollinators and pollination.

Pollinator Proboscis Length Plays a Key Role in Floral Integration of Honeysuckle Flowers ( spp.).

Pollinator-mediated selection is supposed to influence floral integration. However, the potential pathway through which pollinators drive floral integration needs further investigations. We propose that pollinator proboscis length may play a key role in the evolution of floral integration.

Contactin-associated protein-like 2 antibody-associated autoimmune encephalitis in children: case reports and systematic review of literature.

Objectives: To ascertain the clinical characteristics of pediatric patients with contactin-associated protein-like 2 (CASPR2) antibody-associated autoimmune encephalitis (AEs).

Methods: Two cases of CASPR2 antibody-associated AEs have been reported. In addition, a systematic search of literature published between January 2010 and March 2022 through six online databases was conducted to identify the pediatric patients with CASPR2 antibody-associated AEs.

Association of duration and etiology with the effect of the artificial liver support system in pediatric acute liver failure.

Background: We aimed to assess the efficacy of the artificial liver support system (ALSS) in pediatric acute liver failure (PALF) patients and to examine the risk factors associated with the effect of ALSS. Similar data are limited in PALF.

Methods: All patients diagnosed with PALF who received ALSS from June 2011 to June 2021 in the pediatric intensive care unit of the First Hospital of Jilin University were included in this retrospective cohort analysis.

Pollinator diversity benefits natural and agricultural ecosystems, environmental health, and human welfare.

Biodiversity loss during the Anthropocene is a serious ecological challenge. Pollinators are important vectors that provide multiple essential ecosystem services but are declining rapidly in this changing world. However, several studies have argued that a high abundance of managed bee pollinators, such as honeybees (), may be sufficient to provide pollination services for crop productivity, and sociological studies indicate that the majority of farmers worldwide do not recognize the contribution of wild pollinator diversity to agricultural yield.

Therapeutic plasma exchange in anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor encephalitis.

Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (anti-NMDAR) encephalitis is the most commonly identified cause of autoimmune encephalitis. Therapeutic plasma exchange has been increasingly employed to treat this disease. This expansion is a consequence of improved techniques and apheresis instruments, as well as the recognition of its applicability in neurological diseases.

Prognosis and clinical characteristics of patients with 3β-hydroxy-Δ5-C27-steroid dehydrogenase deficiency diagnosed in childhood: A systematic review of the literature.

Objectives: 3β-hydroxy-Δ5-C27-steroid dehydrogenase deficiency is a rare autosomal recessive condition. So far fewer than 100 cases have been reported and the factors affecting the prognosis are not yet established. The objective of this study is to explore a possible prediction of the outcome of this rare condition.

pneumonia with pulmonary embolism: A study on pediatric cases in Jilin province of China.

Mycoplasma is one of the most common pathogens causing community-acquired pneumonia in pediatric patients. In recent years, the number of refractory or severe cases with drug resistance has been gradually increasing and cases that developed embolism after () infection have been reported. The present study retrospectively analyzed the clinical features, diagnosis and treatment of pneumonia (MPP) combined with pulmonary embolism (PE) in a series of 7 cases encountered between January 1st, 2016 to August 1st, 2019 at the Department of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit of The First Hospital of Jilin University (Changchun, China).

Artificial liver support system in pediatric acute liver failure due to mushroom poisoning: Case series.

Pediatric acute liver failure (PALF) due to mushroom poisoning is a rare and life-threatening disease. There is no specific treatment. Plasma exchange (PE) is often used as a bridge to the regeneration of the liver or transplantation.

Comprehensive Analysis of the Expression and Prognosis for MCMs in Human Gastric Cancer.

Purposes: Minichromosome maintenance (MCM) proteins play an important role in replication and cell cycle progression. Even so, their expression and prognostic roles in cancer remain controversial.

Methods: To address this issue, the study investigated the roles of MCMs in the prognosis of GC by using ONCOMINE, GEPIA2, UALCAN, Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia (CCLE), the Human Protein Atlas, Kaplan-Meier Plotter, cBioPortal, GeneMANIA, and DAVID databases.

A prospective observational study on critically ill children with diaphragmatic dysfunction: clinical outcomes and risk factors.

Background: Diaphragmatic dysfunction (DD) has a great negative impact on clinical outcomes, and it is a well-recognized complication in adult patients with critical illness. However, DD is largely unexplored in the critically ill pediatric population. The aim of this study was to identify risk factors associated with DD, and to investigate the effects of DD on clinical outcomes among critically ill children.

Tumor-Associated CD163 M2 Macrophage Infiltration is Highly Associated with PD-L1 Expression in Cervical Cancer.

Background: Programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) is a negative costimulatory molecule, and its main function is widely considered to be in the regulation of T cells. Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) are an important part of the tumor microenvironment, and they also play an important role in immunosuppression. However, the relationship between the expression of PD-L1 and TAMs in cervical carcinoma (CC) remains unclear.

Timing of liver transplantation for pediatric acute liver failure due to mushroom poisoning: a case report and literature review.

Background: Pediatric acute liver failure is a rare, life-threatening illness. Mushroom poisoning is a rare etiology. For patients with irreversible pediatric acute liver failure, liver transplantation is the ultimate lifesaving therapy.

The Value of ABO Blood Group and Complete Blood Count for the Prognosis Analysis of Gastric Cancer Patients.

Objective: To investigate the value of ABO blood group and complete blood count results in predicting the survival rate of patients with gastric cancer.

Patients And Methods: A retrospective study was conducted to collect 488 gastric cancer patients diagnosed in the Tumor Hospital Affiliated to Xinjiang Medical University from January 2010 to December 2011. Relevant clinical data were collected by the medical record system, and the patients were followed up by the medical record follow-up system of the hospital.

The Leukocyte VCS Parameters Compared with Procalcitonin, Interleukin-6, and Soluble Hemoglobin Scavenger Receptor sCD163 for Prediction of Sepsis in Patients with Cirrhosis.

Background: Patients with liver cirrhosis have a high risk of sepsis and a poor prognosis. Recently, a new standard for sepsis (Sepsis-3) has been proposed in the general population. The Coulter Lh 750 hematology analyzer can evaluate mean volume, conductivity, scatter, and distribution width of leukocyte.

Gross motor developmental dysfunctional outcomes in infantile and toddler pediatric intensive care unit survivors.

Background: Increasing studies have focused on motor function/dysfunction in PICU survivors; however, most studies have focused on adults and older children. This study investigated gross motor developmental function outcomes in infantile and toddler pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) survivors and the factors associated with gross motor developmental functions.

Methods: This observational study was conducted in the PICU of the First Hospital of Jilin University between January 2019 and March 2019.