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by Camila Silva Santos, Marcio Roberto Pie, Tatiana Carneiro da Rocha, Mario Antonio Navarro-Silva The study of host associations of mosquitoes (Diptera, Culicidae) provides valuable information to assist in our understanding of a variety of related issues, from their life-history to the entomological surveillance of pathogens. In this study, we identified and characterized mosquito blood meals from both urban and forested areas in the city of Paranaguá, state of Paraná, Brazil, by analyzing the amplification of host DNA ingested by mosquitoes under different storage conditions and digestion levels. Host DNA preservation was evaluated in fresh blood meals according to storage duration (30 to 180 days) and temperature (-20°C / -80°C) and, in digested blood, according the degree of digestion classified on the Sella scale. Molecular analysis of blood meals was based on DNA extraction and amplification of a fragment of the mitochondrial COI gene. We determined that, up to180 days of s ...

by J. Guillermo Bond, Adriana R. Osorio, Nancy Avila, Yeudiel Gómez-Simuta, Carlos F. Marina, Ildefonso Fernández-Salas, Pablo Liedo, Ariane Dor, Danilo O. Carvalho, Kostas Bourtzis, Trevor Williams The sterile insect technique (SIT) may offer a means to control the transmission of mosquito borne diseases. SIT involves the release of male insects that have been sterilized by exposure to ionizing radiation. We determined the effects of different doses of radiation on the survival and reproductive capacity of local strains of Aedes aegypti and Ae . albopictus in southern Mexico. The survival of irradiated pupae was invariably greater than 90% and did not differ significantly in either sex for either species. Irradiation had no significant adverse effects on the flight ability (capacity to fly out of a test device) of male mosquitoes, which consistently exceeded 91% in Ae . aegypti and 96% in Ae . albopictus . The average number of eggs laid per female was significantly reduced in Ae . ...

by ElKamil Tola, Khalid A. Al-Gaadi, Rangaswamy Madugundu A study on six 50 ha agricultural fields was conducted to investigate the effect of conservation tillage practices on the long-term (1990–2016) changes in the soil organic carbon (SOC) content of the topsoil layers (0–10 cm) of agricultural fields. The experimental fields were selected from the 49 fields of the Tawdeehiya Arable Farm (TAF), located 200 kilometers southeast of Riyadh, the capital city of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Data sets from laboratory determined SOC and the corresponding Landsat images generated vegetation indices, namely, the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and the Bare Soil Index (BSI), were utilized for the prediction of SOC using multivariate regression techniques. Long-term changes in the SOC content of the experimental fields, as a result of different tillage practices, were also studied. The developed SOC prediction models exhibited high accuracy indicated by R 2 values ranging fr ...

by Takayuki Ohwada, Takayuki Sakamoto, Yuki Kanno, Sayoko Yokokawa, Kazuaki Amami, Kazuhiko Nakazato, Yasuchika Takeishi, Kenichi Watanabe Objective To determine the relationship between plaque composition and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), apolipoprotein B (Apo-B), and Apo-A1 using virtual-histology intravascular ultrasound (VH-IVUS). Methods We assessed plaque composition in patients with stable coronary artery disease (SCD) admitted to our hospital for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) between November 1, 2012, and March 10, 2015. Before PCI, fibrous (FI), fibrofatty (FF), necrotic core (NC), and dense calcium (DC) regions were evaluated using VH-IVUS, and the contributions of each to the culprit lesion volume were recorded. Plasma LDL-C, HDL-C, Apo-B, and Apo-A1 levels were assessed before PCI. The relationship between the regions on VH-IVUS and plasma lipid levels was assessed. Patients were categorized into low A ...

by Suprawee Meelab, Itsara Bunupuradah, Jitrada Suttiruang, Salisa Sakulrojanawong, Nisanat Thongkua, Chattarin Chantawiboonchai, Prim Chirabandhu, Sasanpin Lertthanaporn, Krissada Suwanthip, Chindanai Songsaengthum, Boonyagorn Keattisaksri, Peeranut Trakulsuk, Apichat Pittapun, Naowanit Nata, Ram Rangsin, Boonsub Sakboonyarat Introduction Hypertension is a common cardiovascular disease at present. Uncontrolled blood pressure leads to further complications including heart attack, stroke and chronic kidney disease. In Thailand, most of the information related to this issue is collected by hospitals or hospital-based organizations rather than at the community level. The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence of uncontrolled hypertension and to assess the relationship between patient characteristics (socio-behavioral and clinical) and uncontrolled blood pressure among hypertensive patients in the rural communities in the central areas in Thailand. Materials and methods ...

by Hod Orkibi, Rinat Feniger-Schaal Background Psychodrama is an experiential psychotherapy in which guided role-play is used to gain insights and work on personal and interpersonal problems and possible solutions. Despite the wealth of literature describing clinical work, psychodrama intervention research is relatively scarce compared to other psychotherapies and psychological interventions. Objective For this reason we implemented the integrative approach to systematic review that authorizes the combination of publications with diverse methodologies and all types of participants, interventions, comparisons, and outcomes. Our aim was to produce a comprehensive summary of psychodrama intervention research in the last decade that critically evaluates methodological issues to inform future studies. Methods We searched four major electronic databases (PsycINFO, PubMEd, Scopus by Elsevier, and Web of Science) for peer-reviewed articles on psychodrama interventions published in English bet ...

by Mahdi Moshki, Fereshteh Zamani-Alavijeh, Mehdi Mojadam

by Salima Gasmi, Nicholas H. Ogden, Marion Ripoche, Patrick A. Leighton, Robbin L. Lindsay, Mark P. Nelder, Erin Rees, Catherine Bouchard, Linda Vrbova, Richard Rusk, Curtis Russell, Yann Pelcat, Samir Mechai, Serge-Olivier Kotchi, Jules K. Koffi Lyme disease, the most commonly reported vector-borne disease in North America, is caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto, which is transmitted by Ixodes scapularis in eastern Canada and Ixodes pacificus in western Canada. Recently, the northward range expansion of I . scapularis ticks, in south-eastern Canada, has resulted in a dramatic increase in the incidence of human Lyme disease. Detecting emerging areas of Lyme disease risk allows public health to target disease prevention efforts. We analysed passive tick surveillance data from Ontario and Manitoba to i) assess the relationship between the total numbers of I . scapularis submissions in passive surveillance from humans, and the number of human Lyme disease cases, a ...

by Kara D. McGaughey, Tulay Yilmaz-Swenson, Nourhan M. Elsayed, Dianne A. Cruz, Ramona M. Rodriguez, Michael D. Kritzer, Angel V. Peterchev, Megan Gray, Samantha R. Lewis, Jeffrey Roach, William C. Wetsel, Douglas E. Williamson

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