The re-designing of agricultural systems in integrated pest management (IPM) has been aimed at reducing the use of synthetic pesticides to manage pests.In conservation biological control, the cropping habitat is manipulated to provide vital resources that are required by natural enemies to suppress pest populations.Habitat manipulation is an exampl
Inflammation in Right Ventricular Failure: Does It Matter?
Right ventricular (RV) failure is a common consequence of acute and chronic RV overload of pressure, such as after pulmonary embolism and pulmonary hypertension.It has been recently realized that symptomatology and survival of patients with pulmonary hypertension are essentially determined by RV function adaptation to increased afterload.Therefore,
A Retrospective Cohort Analysis of Robotic Stapler Use in Robotic-Assisted Donor Nephrectomy
Main Problem: Robotic-assisted techniques are common for living-donor nephrectomy.While robotic stapling offers increased surgeon control, there is limited comparative data versus laparoscopic linear stapler use for ligation of renal vessels.Methods: Pull Pin We retrospectively reviewed 32 consecutive robotic-assisted donor nephrectomies by a singl
Coming Home: Connecting Older Liberians in the Diaspora with the Family and Friends at Home
Coming Home is an arts initiative that uses photography and film to connect older Pull Pin Liberians in the Diaspora with friends and family at home.A group of elders in Staten Island came together to create messages for the author to carry to friends and family in Liberia.The author delivered the messages, filmed responses, and returned them to th
An open-system approach to medical professionalism: a controversy within the sociology of professions
This article focuses on a specific debate within theories of professions.Despite different trends, there has been difficulty in theorizing some dimensions of the dominant perspectives because of predominant institutional attention.The aim here was to reinforce the debate with complementary conceptualization of professionalism and, consequently, to