The phenology of parasitism of the cereal leaf beetle, Oulema melanopus (L.) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) by Tetrastichus julis (Walker) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) was studied in small grain fields from 2000 to 2005 in northern Utah, after release and redistribution of the partially bivoltine larval parasitoid during the 1990s. Host larvae first occurred in May, with peak infestation typically oc...

OBJECTIVES To identify geriatric obesity interventions that can guide clinical recommendations. DESIGN Systematic review using Medline (PubMed), Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Web of Science, CINAHL, EMBASE (Ovid), and PsycINFO (Proquest) from January 1, 2005, to October 12, 2015, to identify English-language randomized controlled trials. PARTICIPANTS Individuals aged 60 an...

In 2010, the American Heart Association (AHA), the European Resuscitation Council (ERC) and the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) issued new guidelines on newborn resuscitation. The new recommendations include: (1) pulse-oximetry for patient assessment during newborn resuscitation; (2) to start resuscitation of term infants with an FiO (2) of 0.21; (3) cardio-respiratory ...

The "Asian tiger mosquito", Aedes albopictus, is highly invasive, an aggressive biter and a major arbovirus vector. It is not currently present on mainland Australia despite being intercepted on numerous occasions at international ports and infesting the Torres Strait of Australia since at least 2004. In the current paper, we describe the invasion and current status of Ae. albopictus in the Tor...

OBJECTIVE To examine trends in patient experience and consistency between hospital trusts and settings. METHODS Observational study of publicly available patient experience surveys of three hospital settings (inpatients (IP), accident and emergency (A&E) and outpatients (OP)) of 130 acute NHS hospital trusts in England between 2004/05 and 2014/15. RESULTS Overall patient experience has been...

Real-parameter optimisation is a prolific research line with hundreds of publications per year. There exists an impressive number of alternatives in both algorithm families and enhancements over their respective original proposals. In this work, we analyse if this growth in the number of publications is correlated with a real progress in the field. We have selected five approaches from one of t...

The high dialysis prevalence and incidence in Taiwan have been an important public health and social issue. Reducing incident patients and improving prevalent patient care are the two major tasks for all nephrologists in Taiwan. Constant report of current dialysis status is essential to fulfill the tasks. Taiwan Renal Registry Data System (TWRDS) was established in 1987. Taiwan Society of Nephr...

INTRODUCTION Anorexia nervosa has long been the subject of medical and psychiatric debate, yet it is only relatively recently that English law has been called upon to grapple with the complexity of this condition. It was not until the early 1990s that we saw English law’s involvement with anorexia nervosa and questions as to the legitimate powers of the medical profession regarding involuntary ...

Vancomycin MICs for Staphylococcus aureus isolates in a pediatric hospital with a high rate of staphylococcal infections were examined for any increase over a 7-year period. A broth microdilution scheme allowed direct comparison of the MICs generated by this method to MICs generated by Etest. MICs generated by both methods were determined with the same inoculum suspension. One hundred sixty-fiv...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS In the last decade, genomic studies using DNA markers have strongly influenced the current phylogeny of angiosperms. Genome size and ploidy level have contributed to this discussion, being considered important characters in biosystematics, ecology and population biology. Despite the recent increase in studies related to genome size evolution and polyploidy incidence, only a ...