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A national survey on pesticides in recycled beeswax originating from beekeeping has been conducted in Switzerland for almost three decades. It allowed obtaining a good overview of the lipophilic products used for beekeeping within the last 30 years.

The use of the veterinary drugs containing bromopropylate or tau-fluvalinate two decades ago led to substantial residues in commercial beeswax. These contaminants are still detectable although in Switzerland the corresponding products have been out of use for many years. The level of coumaphos substantially increased in 2015 up to an annual value of 3.25 mg·kg

, suggesting that at least a few beekeepers used coumaphos-containing products. Consequently, an information campaign was launched, and the annual value decreased again. Maximal levels of thymol up to an annual value of 87.5mg·kg

were measured in 2009. Since that time, a steady decrease of thymol residues suggests that beekeepers less frequently use thymol-containing products. Twenty-five years ago, lipophilic contaminants.

Movement of the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) (Coleoptera Tenebrionidae), in stored products is mediated by food volatiles and other semiochemicals.

In two-way olfactometer assays, T. castaneum was more attracted to wheat bran previously infested with conspecifics than to uninfested bran. Chemical analysis showed that 1-pentadecene was present in the headspace of T. castaneum-infested wheat bran, but not detectable in the headspace of uninfested bran. An olfactometer was used to test the effect on T. castaneum behaviour of 1-pentadecene, and of volatiles from wheat bran with and without 1-pentadecene. The lowest concentration of 1-pentadecene exhibited an attractive effect, compared to the control (n-hexane). Slightly higher concentrations showed a neutral effect, while the highest concentrations repelled T. castaneum. this website Wheat bran with a low 1-pentadecene concentration was more attractive than wheat bran alone, whereas higher concentrations of 1-pentadecene were repellent.

The results provide important information on intraspecific, semiochemical-mediated behaviour in T. castaneum, which could potentially be used to develop new methods to monitor the flour beetles in stored products. © 2021 Society of Chemical Industry.

The results provide important information on intraspecific, semiochemical-mediated behaviour in T. castaneum, which could potentially be used to develop new methods to monitor the flour beetles in stored products. © 2021 Society of Chemical Industry.

Histological score systems may not fully capture the essential nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) features, which is one of the leading causes of screening failure in clinical trials. We assessed the NASH distribution and its components across the fibrosis stages and their impact on the prognosis and their relationship with the concept of metabolic-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD).

Spanish multicenter study including 1893 biopsy-proven nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) patients from HEPAmet registry. NASH was diagnosed by NAS score ≥4 (including steatosis, ballooning and lobular inflammation) and fibrosis by Kleiner score. The presence of MAFLD was determined. Progression to cirrhosis, first episode of decompensated cirrhosis and death were collected during the follow-up (4.7±3.8years).

Fibrosis was F0 34.3% (649/1893), F1 27% (511/1893), F2 16.5% (312/1893), F3 15% (284/1893) and F4 7.2% (137/1893). NASH diagnosis 51.9% (982/1893), and its individual components (severe steatosis, balloonis decreased in advanced liver disease. However, most of these patients showed some inflammatory activity histologically and had metabolic disturbances. These findings should be considered in clinical trials whose main aim is to prevent cirrhosis progression and complications, liver transplant and death.

The use of magnesium sulfate (MgSO

) as an adjunct in different anesthetic regimens for cesarean section (CS) delivery often reports conflicting results. This study aimed to review the effectiveness of MgSO

on improving postoperative analgesia after CS systematically.

PubMed, Embase, and the Cochrane library were searched for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) published from inception to February 2020.

A total of 880 women were included (440 in each group). MgSO

had a statistically significant effect compared to the control group on the highest VAS (weighted mean difference [WMD]=-0.74, 95% confidence interval [CI] = -1.03 to -0.46, p<0.001, I

=91.7%, p

<0.001) and the last VAS (WMD=-0.47, 95% CI = -0.71 to -0.23, p<0.001, I

=95.0%, p

<0.001). MgSO

prolonged the time to the first use of analgesia compared to the control group (standardized mean difference [SMD]=-3.03min, 95% CI = -4.32 to -1.74, p<0.001, I

=96.3%, p

<0.001). MgSO

decreased the consumption of analgesia compared to the control group (SMD=-3.20mg of IV morphine equivalent, 95% CI -5.45 to -0.95, p=0.005, I

=97.6%, p

<0.001).

MgSO

decreases the highest VAS in women who underwent general anesthesia, spinal anesthesia, or epidural for CS (all p<0.05). Additional MgSO

significantly reduces postoperative pain in women undergoing CS.

MgSO4 decreases the highest VAS in women who underwent general anesthesia, spinal anesthesia, or epidural for CS (all p less then 0.05). Additional MgSO4 significantly reduces postoperative pain in women undergoing CS.Real-world evidence on the course of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) chronic liver disease after Sustained Virologic Response (SVR) obtained with direct-acting antiviral drugs (DAAs) are still limited, and the effects on mortality remain unclear. We evaluated the post-treatment survival of 4307 patients in the RESIST-HCV cohort (mean age 66.3 ± 11.6 years, 56.9% males, 24.7% chronic hepatitis, 66.9% Child-Pugh A cirrhosis and 8.4% Child-Pugh B cirrhosis) treated with DAAs between March 2015 and December 2016 and followed for a median of 73 weeks (range 16-152). Proportional cause-specific hazard regression for competing risks was used to evaluate the survival and to assess the predictors of liver and cardiovascular death. Overall, 94.7% of patients achieved SVR while 5.3% were HCV RNA-positive at last follow-up. Sixty-three patients (1.4%) died during the observation period. SVR was associated with a decreased risk of liver mortality (hazard ratio,HR0.09, beta -2.37, p less then .001). Also, platelet count (HR 0.99, beta-0.01, p = .007) and albumin value (HR 0.26, beta -1.36 p = .001) were associated with liver mortality by competing risk analysis. SVR was associated with a reduced risk of cardiovascular mortality regardless of presence of cirrhosis (HR 0.07, beta-2.67, p less then .001). Presence of diabetes (HR 3.45, beta 1.24, p = .014) and chronic kidney disease class ≥3 (HR 3.60, beta 1.28, p = 0.016) were two factors independently associated with higher risk of cardiovascular mortality. Patients with SVR to a DAA therapy have a better liver and cardiovascular survival, and the effects of HCV eradication are most evident in patients with compensated liver disease.HER2 amplification, which results in overexpression of the receptor tyrosine kinase HER2, has been described in a wide variety of malignancies. HER2-targeting agents have been incorporated into the treatment paradigms for HER2-overexpressing breast and gastric cancer. More recently, these agents have shown promise in other gastrointestinal malignancies, such as colon cancer and biliary tract tumors. This study discusses two patients with gallbladder carcinoma and a third with ampullary carcinoma who were able to achieve marked responses to HER2-directed therapy. These cases underscore the importance of molecular analysis for HER2 amplification/HER2 overexpression, irrespective of tumor histology, and highlight a need for further investigation of HER2-directed therapy beyond breast and gastroesophageal cancers. KEY POINTS Current guidelines recommend molecular assessment for HER2 overexpression exclusively in breast and gastric adenocarcinoma. The focus of this report is on three cases (two biliary tract and one ampullary carcinoma) in which amplification of HER2 or overexpression of HER2 was detected and treatment with HER2-directed therapy resulted in robust responses. These cases exemplify responsiveness of non-breast/gastric histologies to HER2-directed therapies, highlighting several promising new settings for these agents. Testing for amplification of HER2 or overexpression of HER2 should be considered especially in rare diseases with limited treatment options.Ecological processes often exhibit time lags. For plant invasions, lags of decades to centuries between species' introduction and establishment in the wild (naturalisation) are common, leading to the idea of an invasion debt accelerating rates of introduction result in an expanding pool of introduced species that will naturalise in the future. Here, I show how a concept from survival analysis, the hazard function, provides an intuitive way to understand and forecast time lags. For plant naturalisation, theoretical arguments predict that lags between introduction and naturalisation will have a unimodal distribution, and that increasing horticultural activity will cause the mean and variance of lag times to decline over time. These predictions were supported by data on introduction and naturalisation dates for plant species introduced to Britain. While increasing trade and horticultural activity can generate an invasion debt by accelerating introductions, the same processes could lower that debt by reducing lag times.

The effectiveness and safety of peginterferon alpha (peg-IFN-α) monotherapy in inactive hepatitis B virus (HBV) carriers (IHCs) have not been fully evaluated.

This observational study prospectively enrolled 298 IHCs in China from 2015 to 2019. Participants were given the right to choose to either receive peg-IFN-α monotherapy (treatment group, n=142) or be monitored without treatment (control group, n=156) according to their wishes. The scheduled treatment duration was 48weeks. All participants were followed up to 72weeks. The main efficacy endpoint was hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) clearance at 72weeks.

Baseline characteristics were similar between both groups. At 72weeks, intention-to-treat analysis showed that the rates of HBsAg clearance and seroconversion of the treatment group were 47.9% (68/142) and 36.6% (52/142), respectively, which were significantly higher than the HBsAg clearance rate of 1.9% (3/156) and the seroconversion rate of 0.6% (1/156) in the control group (both P<.001). Baseline HBV DNA<20IU/mL, lower HBsAg levels at baseline, 12 and 24weeks, alanine aminotransferase elevation at 12weeks, and greater HBsAg reduction from baseline to 12 and 24weeks were independent predictors of HBsAg clearance. Generally, the therapy was well tolerated. Only five participants discontinued therapy as a result of peg-IFNα-related adverse events.

Peg-IFN-α monotherapy results in high rates of HBsAg clearance and seroconversion and the treatment is safe for IHCs.

Peg-IFN-α monotherapy results in high rates of HBsAg clearance and seroconversion and the treatment is safe for IHCs.