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Global warming is a great concern throughout the world. Being poikilothermic in nature insects are greatly affected by changing temperature. Insect will experience additional life cycles with rapid growth rate. As a result of changes in the population dynamics including distribution and migration the reliability on current insect pest ETL will be reduced. Increased insect pests outbreak will affect agricultural production. Research on basic biology of insect, population dynamics and behavior patterns should be focused to ascertain the effect of global warming on insect behavior. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this study, the multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method was applied for the optimum parameter selection in CNC turning operations. The aim of this paper is to optimize the process parameters for the H-13 tool steel. In this study, the TOPSIS ranking method is used for the selection of process parameters. However, the three levels of parameters were considered for optimization, which are cutting speed, feed rate, and depth of cut. H-13 tool steel material has wide applications in bulk as well as in sheet metal forming industries for the manufacturing of rolling, extrusion, bending, and forging dies. Due to the wide application of this material, there is a need to develop the optimum process parameter for an effective machining process. In this work, the combination of the parameters was planned in the Taguchi ANOVA L18 array for experimentation on a CNC machine. However, the Taguchi technique is applied for efficient and reliable product design and development so that variations in machining processes can be minimized. Furthermore, the ANOVA is used to study the relationship between the variables. According to the combinations of the parameters, the experiments were conducted, and the output parameters were measured, which are material removal rate (MRR), surface roughness (Ra), tool tip temperature, and emissions produced during the machining process for a sustainable solution. The main objectives of this study are to maximize the material removal rate and to get the minimum surface roughness (Ra). In this work, the optimum parameters are observed to be: cutting speed of 200 m/min, feed rate of 0.15rev/mm, and depth of cut of 0.6mm, which give the best combinations to achieve high MRR and low Ra values. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumor (CEOT) is a rare benign neoplasm of mandible in adults. The presentation of this entity is varied and often confused with a variety of mucosal and jaw lesions and clinical, radiological, and pathological feature of CEOT often-mimic malignancy. The objective of this report is to highlight the clinical features and radiological findings which should arouse suspicion of a benign lesion and importance of providing adequate clinical information to the pathologist to attain accurate diagnosis. We discussed two cases with tumors located in the maxilla. Both presented as expansile lesions with one biopsy proven squamous cell carcinoma. Both were pursued with clinico-radiological suspicion of benign lesions and confirmed with pathological correlation of histology and immunohistochemistry as CEOT. Therefore a High index of suspicion and clinico-radiological information are the key feature for diagnosis of this rare tumor. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Discusses a study that examined the safety and efficacy of cryoablation in the treatment of early stage breast cancer. Benefits from the application of cryotherapy to breast cancer; Importance of image guidance such as ultrasound to the success of the therapy; Utility of magnetic resonance imaging in preablation planning.

Although the association of discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE) with squamous cell carcinoma has been described in the literature, coexistence with a basal cell carcinoma is very rare. The indolent and non-pruritic nature of the lesion cause it often to be diagnosed at the late stage of the disease. Long-standing photosensitivity and chronic inflammation later lead to scarring and hypopigmentation, which are considered as the risk factors for the malignant changes over DLE. Incisional biopsy is often performed from the erythematosus lesion which does not respond to medical treatment. Here we have reported a rare case of basal cell carcinoma of the skin developing in the background of long-standing DLE, which was successfully managed with cold knife local excision. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A series of polycrystalline nanoferrite having the chemical formula CoCrFe O ( x = 0.0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, and 1.0) were synthesized by sol-gel autocombustion method. X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis was used to investigate the structural parameters and also to check the phase purity of all prepared samples. The analysis of XRD patterns revealed the formation of single-phase cubic spinel structure for all samples. The average particle size of the synthesized ferrites was identified by X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy technique. The magnetic properties of Co-Cr nanoferrites were measured using a hysteresis loop tracer at room temperature and magnetic field of 5 KOe. Saturation magnetization ( M ) and coercivity ( H ) decrease with the increasing Cr ions concentration in the Co-Cr ferrite, indicating that lesser magnetic Cr ions substitute Fe ions in the octahedral sublattice of the ferrite. Such materials are useful to reduce the energy loss in AC electrical appliances. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The violence victimization histories of pregnant incarcerated women were studied in relation to those of pregnant health department patients in North Carolina. Prisoners were twice as likely as health department patients to have experienced both physical and sexual violence compared to no violence, and over three times more likely to have experienced both types of violence compared to only one type. Implications for research and program development are noted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]