Honey bees play important roles in pollination for many crops and wild plants, but have been facing great threats posed by various pathogens and parasites.Among them, Varroa destructor, an obligate ectoparasite of honey bees, is considered the most damaging.Within the last century, V.destructor shifted from the original host, the Asian honey bee Ap
X-ray imaging is one of the most bbs-dog-collar- widely used security measures for maintaining airport and transportation security.Conventional X-ray imaging systems typically apply tone-mapping (TM) algorithms to visualize high-dynamic-range (HDR) X-ray images on a standard 8-bit display device.However, X-ray images obtained through traditional TM
Objectives.Diagnosis of pediatric patients presenting to the Emergency Department with acute abdominal pain is not always easy.The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of irisin, a peptide hormone with reactivity shown in the appendix and neutrophils, in the differential diagnosis of pediatric patients with acute abdominal pai
Background: The downstream regional effect of the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) program on care pathway-adjacent patients, including revision arthroplasty patients, is poorly understood.Prior studies have demonstrated that care pathways targeting primary total joint arthroplasty may produce a halo effect, impacting more complex pat