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Droplets of plant production products sprayed from unmanned aerial spraying system (UASS) applications are prone to drift, threatening nontarget crops, humans, and environment. There are few studies that have investigated plant bioassay of UASS spray drift, and even fewer when it comes to herbicide application. This work reports a combined field-scale evaluation of spray drift and plant bioassay for a rice herbicide florpyrauxifen-benzyl application using a six-rotor motor UASS under acceptable operating conditions. An artificial rice canopy was built to simulate a practical field application scenario and the soybean was applied to assess the nontargeted crop injury. The effects of nozzle type (droplet size), flight height, and adjuvant on spray deposition, sedimenting drift, airborne drift, and soybean injury were studied to explore the feasibility of UASS herbicide application.
Under an average wind speed of 1.2-1.5m s
, reduced flight height, increased droplet size, and adding nonionic surfactant resulted in greater deposition, lower drift, and less injury to soybean. Increasing droplet size by changing the nozzle was more effective compared with adding adjuvant and reducing the flight height, which offers greater flexibility and can accomplish better spray performance. Inflammation chemical The correlations between sedimenting drift and soybean injury percentage were highly significant (P < 0.01, r > 0.96). The calculated buffer distances of 7.7-18.9m were to varying degrees less than the soybean safety distances of 10.0-20.0m.
The results of this study provide a reference basis for determining optimum working parameters and establishing buffer zones for the rice herbicide application of UASS. © 2022 Society of Chemical Industry.
The results of this study provide a reference basis for determining optimum working parameters and establishing buffer zones for the rice herbicide application of UASS. © 2022 Society of Chemical Industry.
The purpose of this review is to highlight the demand for fertility preservation among cancer survivors and to draw attention to areas where healthcare workers need to improve. As technology advances, maximizing cryopreservation rates will be paramount to increase the ability individuals to conceive after cancer treatment.
Guidelines recommending discussion of fertility for those diagnosed with cancer have been shown to increase patient satisfaction and overall quality of life. Our review demonstrated that increasing counseling rates remains an ongoing challenge and should remain an area of improvement for all healthcare professionals working in the oncology field. Formal programs to improve patient and provider education and access to fertility preservation increase uptake of fertility preservation. For men, many options exist to cryopreserve sperm; a slight delay to achieve fertility preservation has not been shown to lead to worse outcomes. Cryopreservation strategies differ based on puberty status and remain an active area of clinical research.
Improving fertility outcomes for cancer survivors is possible with appropriate counseling techniques at the time of cancer diagnosis. Clinicians should challenge current barriers for patient access to fertility preservation surrounding cancer treatments.
Improving fertility outcomes for cancer survivors is possible with appropriate counseling techniques at the time of cancer diagnosis. Clinicians should challenge current barriers for patient access to fertility preservation surrounding cancer treatments.
Systemic chemotherapy and second-generation androgen receptor-axis targeted therapies have been in the forefront of management for metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) patients with low or high symptom burden. However, in the recent past, due to improvement in molecular characterization, management of mCRPC has witnessed long strides of advancement. We aim to review the novel nonhormonal and nonchemotherapeutic treatment options.
Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitors (PARPis) such as olaparib and rucaparib have been recently approved by the US FDA for use in mCRPC with germline or somatic mutations in homologous recombination repair. The combination of PARPi with androgen receptor axis-targeted agents (ARAT) or dual ARAT-based therapy has shown superior radiographic progression-free survival as a first-line treatment. A combination of AKT inhibitor ipatasertib and abiraterone has shown improvement in radiographic progression-free survival as a first-line treatment. Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-targeted radiopharmaceutical like 177Lu-PSMA-617, a beta particle emitter has demonstrated improvement in overall survival in mCRPC patients pretreated with ARAT or taxanes. Although immune checkpoint inhibitors are being tested in mCRPC, there is no robust evidence to support this premise.
These new agents have widened the treatment options for mCRPC patients. Overall treatment should be focused on improving survival while limiting the deterrent effect on the quality of life.
These new agents have widened the treatment options for mCRPC patients. Overall treatment should be focused on improving survival while limiting the deterrent effect on the quality of life.
Androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) is widely employed for treatment of advanced prostate cancer and it is considered the frontline therapy. However, the numerous adverse reactions associated with this treatment option are concerning and its potential association with cardiovascular diseases (CVD) should not be overlooked. In this review, we examine the literature on the cardiovascular side effects of ADT and the physiologic mechanisms underpinning the association with CVD. We will also specifically discuss the different findings regarding the interesting potential disparity in major cardiovascular events among GnRH agonist-treated patients compared with patients undergoing GnRH antagonist treatment.
Androgen-deprivation therapy increases the risk of developing CVD by altering the body composition, metabolism, vascular system, and cardiac physiology. GnRH agonists may pose a higher risk of cardiovascular mortality and morbidity than GnRH antagonists; however, this link remains to be determined. Furthermorewith ADT.Large fluoropolymer manufacturing facilities are major known sources of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), many of which accumulate in groundwater, surface water, crops, wildlife, and people. Prior studies have measured high PFAS concentrations in groundwater, drinking water, soil, as well as dry and wet deposition near fluoropolymer facilities; however, much less is known about near-source PFAS air concentrations. We measured airborne PFAS on PM2.5 filters in close proximity to a major fluoropolymer manufacturing facility (Chemours' Fayetteville Works) located near Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA. Weekly PM2.5 filter samples collected over a six-month field campaign using high-volume air samplers at locations 3.7 km apart, north-northeast and south-southwest of the facility were analyzed for thirty-four targeted ionic PFAS species by liquid chromatography coupled to electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry. Twelve emerging and ten legacy PFAS compounds were detected. Thirteen PFAS were found at higher concentrations in these nearfield samples than at regional background sites, suggesting a local source for these compounds. Five emerging and five legacy PFAS compounds had maximum concentrations exceeding 1 pg m-3. PFBA, PFHxA, PFHxDA, PFOS, PMPA, NVHOS, PFO5DoA, and Nafion BP1 contributed the most to the total (legacy + emerging) PFAS concentration (86%). Six PFAS, specifically PFBA, PFOS, PFO5DoA, Nafion BP1, Nafion BP2, and Nafion BP4, provide a consistent representative profile of elevated species across the two sites (with detection frequency >50%). To our knowledge, this is the first study to report both legacy and emerging ionic PFAS in air in close proximity to a U.S. fluoropolymer manufacturing facility.Ternary selenometallates, Li5MSe4 (M = Al(I) and Ga(II)), have been synthesized for the first time through high temperature solid-state reactions combining elements and Li2Se in stoichiometric compositions. Li5MSe4 crystallizes in the P21/m space group, forming a pseudo-2D layer type structure with edge sharing LiSe4 and MSe4 tetrahedra along the a-axis. These layers are interleaved by octahedrally coordinated Li ions located in the interlayer space. AC impedance spectroscopy measurements yield room temperature ionic conductivities of 0.60 × 10-7 and 0.58 × 10-7 S cm-1 with calculated activation energies of 0.51 and 0.48 eV for I and II, respectively. An aliovalent substitution of Sn4+ in Li5MSe4 yields compositions of Li4.66Al0.82Sn0.22Se4 (III) and Li4.37Ga0.89Sn0.24Se4 (IV), which crystallize in the P21/m and P3̄m1 space groups, respectively. Sn-doped samples show an ∼5-fold increase in ionic conductivity, 3.37 × 10-7 S cm-1 and 2.4 × 10-7 S cm-1 with activation energies of 0.54 and 0.28 eV, respectively, for III and IV. The optical band gap values of the compounds are 3.65 and 3.2 eV for I and II, respectively, as measured by diffuse reflectance spectroscopy. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations predicted a major contribution from the Se 4p-states in forming the top of the valence band and strongly hybridized the Se 4p and ns orbitals of Al and Ga in forming the bottom of the conduction band with almost no contribution from the Li s-states near the Fermi level indicating their ionic interactions with the ligand.The unfortunate loss of all or part of a finger caused by traumatic amputation has a negative impact on physical and psychological well-being of a person. Thus an aesthetic prosthesis can offer psychological, functional and rehabilitative advantages. One of the major problems with the prosthetic replacement of a partially amputated finger is inadequate retention of the prosthesis and there are numerous means to enhance the retention. The most routinely used are adhesives, adhesive tape, magnets and implants. The present article describes a technique which utilizes room temperature vulcanizing silicone (RTV) as a prosthetic material retained by preformed artificial rings. Such treatment can be opted for in cases of financial constraints.
The current Spanish Clinical Guidelines on Vascular Access for Hemodialysis support the need for surveillance and monitoring of vascular access (VA) to avoid complications. Ultrasound dilution (UD) methods are accepted for the evaluation of VA flow and Transonic® has established the gold standard method for the measurement. The DMed NephroFlow (NIPRO®) device, based on UD method has recently been incorporated. We report a comparative study between the classic Transonic® versus the new NephroFlow® device.
For two consecutive months, measurements of VA flow using both referred systems were performed in patients with a native arteriovenous fistula (AVF) or a graft (AVG) on hemodialysis (HD) in our unit. Both studies were undertaken according to the usual recommendations VA flow of 250 ml/min, ultrafiltration rate without modifications, both needles in the same vein, and always in the first hour of the HD session.
Forty-five patients were included 17 women and 28 men, mean age of 67 ± 12 years. Thirty patients were diabetic.