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https://read.qxmd.com/read/38537200/combining-modelling-and-experimental-approaches-to-assess-the-feasibility-of-developing-rice-oil-palm-agroforestry-system
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Raphaël P A Perez, Rémi Vezy, Romain Bordon, Thomas Laisné, Sandrine Roques, Maria-Camila Rebolledo, Lauriane Rouan, Denis Fabre, Olivier Gibert, Marcel De Raissac
Monoculture systems in SouthEast Asia are facing challenges due to climate change-induced extreme weather conditions, leading to significant annual production losses for rice and oil palm. To ensure the stability of these crops, innovative strategies like resilient agroforestry systems need to be explored. Converting oil palm monocultures to rice-based intercropping systems shows promise, but achieving optimal yields requires adjusting palm density and identifying rice varieties adapted to changes in light quantity and diurnal fluctuation...
March 27, 2024: Journal of Experimental Botany
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38535864/strategies-for-transboundary-swine-disease-management-in-asian-islands-foot-and-mouth-disease-classical-swine-fever-and-african-swine-fever-in-taiwan-japan-and-the-philippines
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REVIEW
Chia-Hui Hsu, Chia-Yi Chang, Satoshi Otake, Thomas W Molitor, Andres Perez
Swine transboundary diseases pose significant challenges in East and Southeast Asia, affecting Taiwan, Japan, and the Philippines. This review delves into strategies employed by these islands over the past two decades to prevent or manage foot and mouth disease (FMD), classical swine fever (CSF), and African swine fever (ASF) in domestic pigs and wild boars. Despite socio-economic differences, these islands share geographical and climatic commonalities, influencing their thriving swine industries. Focusing on FMD eradication, this study unveils Taiwan's success through mass vaccination, Japan's post-eradication surveillance, and the Philippines' zoning strategy...
March 15, 2024: Veterinary Sciences
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38535407/a-c-type-lectin-rfctl27-activates-the-immune-defense-in-the-red-palm-weevil-rhynchophorus-ferrugineus-a-g-olivier-1791-coleoptera-curculionidae-dryophthorinae-by-the-recognition-of-gram-negative-bacteria
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Yanru Gong, Yongjian Xia, Zhiping Su, Xinghong Wang, Yishuo Kou, Bing Ma, Youming Hou, Zhanghong Shi
Red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier), is a palm tree insect pest that causes significant damage in the many countries from the Indian sub-continent and southeast Asia into date palm-growing countries of Africa, the Middle East, and the Mediterranean Basin. This study is aimed at determining the role of a C-type lectin, RfCTL27, in the immune defense of RPW larvae. RfCTL27 is a secreted protein that possesses a QPD motif, being integral for the discrimination of Gram-negative bacteria. The abundance of RfCTL27 transcripts in the gut and fat body was significantly higher than that in other tissues...
March 21, 2024: Insects
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38535377/taxonomy-and-phylogeny-of-the-aphid-genus-nippolachnus-matsumura-1917-with-synonymy-of-the-mysterious-neonippolachnus-shinji-1924-hemiptera-aphididae-lachninae
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Mariusz Kanturski, Minho Lee, Katarzyna Koszela, Seunghwan Lee
Nippolachnus Matsumura, 1917 is a small aphid genus from the tribe Tuberolachnini (Hemiptera: Lachninae) occurring in Southeast Asia. Species from this genus are quite characteristic and stand out among lachnids for their morphology and ecological associations. We have performed a revision and phylogenetic analyses to elucidate the relationships within Nippolachnus and other representatives of Tuberolachnini. Here, the taxonomy of the genus is revised based on morphological data to include seven species, three of them newly described: Nippolachnus chakrabartii sp ...
March 8, 2024: Insects
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38534914/extraction-and-detection-of-mitragynine-in-kratom-leaves-by-high-performance-liquid-chromatography
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Karno Ng, Taehoon Ha
Mitragyna speciosa , also known as Kratom, is an evergreen tree native to Southeast Asia that has been used in traditional medicine to relieve pain. The primary active alkaloid, mitragynine, found in Kratom leaves affects the same µ-receptor as the opioids. The potential effects of Kratom leaves on humans draw international concerns. The purpose of this study is to develop an efficient extraction method for mitragynine from dried Kratom leaves. Mitragynine was extracted from grounded Kratom leaves by liquid-liquid extraction and detected by an HPLC system with a C-18 column...
March 27, 2024: Natural Product Research
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38533387/talaromycosis-from-wuhan-two-case-report-and-literature-review
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Zhiyuan Yao, Zhou Pan, Guang Li, Zhaomin Liao, Zhen Yu, Liying Zhan, Wenfang Xia
BACKGROUND: Talaromycosis is a serious opportunistic infectious disease caused by Talaromyces marneffei , which mostly occurs in immunocompromised patients. The disease is mainly prevalent in tropical countries and regions of Southeast Asia and South Asia, but non-endemic areas also have patients with Talaromycosis. The disease has no characteristic clinical manifestations and is difficult to diagnose. Delayed diagnosis often leads to death. CASE PRESENTATION: Both patients had cellular immunodeficiency...
2024: Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38531320/ecology-a-few-species-dominate-forest-tree-abundance-pan-tropically
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
David P Edwards, Robert W Davies, Mike R Massam
An analysis of over 1 million old-growth tropical forest trees reveals that ∼2.2% of species comprise 50% of the individuals in Africa, Amazonia, and Southeast Asia, suggesting that the ecological mechanisms underpinning tree community assembly are ubiquitous across the tropics.
March 25, 2024: Current Biology: CB
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38530429/insights-into-the-mitochondrial-cytochrome-oxidase-i-mt-coi-gene-and-wing-morphometrics-of-anopheles-baimaii-diptera-culicidae-in-malaria-endemic-islands-of-thailand
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Sedthapong Laojun, Tanasak Changbunjong, Tanawat Chaiphongpachara
Anopheles baimaii (Diptera: Culicidae) significantly contributes to the transmission of parasites causing malaria in Southeast Asia and South Asia. This study examined the morphological (wing shape) and molecular (mitochondrial gene) variations of An. baimaii in four of Thailand's border islands, and also investigated the presence of Plasmodium parasites in these mosquitoes. No Plasmodium infections were detected in the samples. Significant differences in wing shape were observed in most island populations (p < 0...
March 26, 2024: Parasitology Research
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38529669/clinical-comparison-of-hmpv-and-rsv-infections-in-hospitalised-malaysian-children-a-propensity-score-matched-study
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
David Chun-Ern Ng, Chuin-Hen Liew, Kah Kee Tan, Elida Hanan Binti Awang, Farah Nuruliayana Binti Ahmad Nazri, Asuwani K Tamil Maran, Vishnu Arvindran A/L Chandra Mohan, Durairaaj Ramachandran, Michelle Chok, Cheah Hooi Teh, Airena Mohamad Nor, Suhaila Bt Baharuddin, Erwin Jiayuan Khoo
INTRODUCTION: Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are significant contributors to the burden of acute respiratory infections in children, but data on hMPV from Southeast Asia are limited despite its potential for serious disease. This study aimed to compare the clinical presentation, resource utilisation and outcomes between hMPV and RSV infections in hospitalised Malaysian children. METHODS: This retrospective, observational study included children aged ≤12 years old hospitalised with hMPV or RSV, confirmed via direct fluorescent antibody (DFA) methods, between 1 July to 30 October 2022 at Hospital Tuanku Ja'afar Seremban, Malaysia...
March 2024: Clinical Respiratory Journal
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38527719/spatiotemporal-variability-and-drivers-of-water-microchemistry-in-the-upper-nu-salween-river-with-implications-for-fish-habitat-conservation
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Bangli Tang, Chengzhi Ding, Liuyong Ding, Yongtao Zhao, Mengxue Zhang, Juan Tao
Microchemical maps, also known as "chemoscapes", hold immense potential for reconstructing fish habitat utilization and guiding conservation efforts. This approach relies on matching the microchemical composition of fish calcified structures (e.g., otoliths) with the surrounding water's microchemistry. However, applying this method faces a major challenge: a clear understanding of the spatiotemporal variability and drivers of water microchemistry, particularly in vast, free-flowing river ecosystems like the Nu-Salween River, Southeast Asia's longest free-flowing river...
March 23, 2024: Environmental Research
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38526674/morphology-development-and-pigment-production-of-talaromyces-marneffei-are-diversely-modulated-under-physiologically-relevant-growth-conditions
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Yuan Nong, Fang Wang, Feifei Shuai, Shi Chen
Talaromyces marneffei is an opportunistic pathogenic fungus that mainly affects HIV-positive individuals endemic to Southeast Asia and China. Increasing efforts have been made in the pathogenic mechanism and host interactions understanding of this pathogen in the last two decades; however, there are still no conclusions on how T. marneffei was transmitted from the donor bamboo rats to humans. A perception that the failure of fungus isolation from soil was attributed to the low salt tolerance of T. marneffei...
March 25, 2024: Current Microbiology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38524899/a-new-unusually-large-clavicornaltica-scherer-1974-flea-beetle-from-borneo-described-and-sequenced-in-the-field-by-citizen-scientists-coleoptera-chrysomelidae-galerucinae
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Sean Otani, Luca Bertoli, Filippo Lucchini, Tom P G van den Beuken, Desanne Boin, Lehman Ellis, Holm Friedrich, Brittany Jacquot, Sotiris Kountouras, Sarah Yu Rou Lim, Eleonora Nigro, Syafi'ie Su'eif, Wei Harn Tan, Ulmar Grafe, Daniele Cicuzza, Massimo Delledonne, Iva Njunjić, Menno Schilthuizen
BACKGROUND: The genus Clavicornaltica Scherer 1974 consists of very small, soil-dwelling flea beetles in South, Southeast and East Asia. Due to their diminutive size and morphological similarities, very little is known about their ecology and taxonomical diversity. It is likely that further studies will reveal this genus to be much more speciose than the 30 species currently recognised. NEW INFORMATION: A new species of Clavicornaltica from Brunei Darussalam is described, C...
2024: Biodiversity Data Journal
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38524769/diabetes-mellitus-the-fastest-growing-global-public-health-concern-early-detection-should-be-focused
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Md Jamal Hossain, Md Al-Mamun, Md Rabiul Islam
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Diabetes is recognized as a significant factor in both mortality and morbidity worldwide, affecting various demographics regardless of geographic location, age group, or gender. This correspondence aims to express concern and draw the attention of leaders and policymakers worldwide to this critical public health issue. METHODS: A thorough literature search was conducted utilizing various databases, including Google Scholar, PubMed, Science Direct, and the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) website, to collect the required data...
March 2024: Health Science Reports
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38523864/cost-effectiveness-analysis-of-a-multiplex-lateral-flow-rapid-diagnostic-test-for-acute-non-malarial-febrile-illness-in-rural-cambodia-and-bangladesh
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Rusheng Chew, Chris Painter, Wirichada Pan-Ngum, Nicholas Philip John Day, Yoel Lubell
BACKGROUND: Multiplex lateral flow rapid diagnostic tests (LF-RDTs) may aid management of patients with acute non-malarial febrile illness (NMFI) in rural south and southeast Asia. We aimed to evaluate the cost-effectiveness in Cambodia and Bangladesh of a putative, as-yet-undeveloped LF-RDT capable of diagnosing enteric fever and dengue, as well as measuring C-reactive protein (CRP) to guide antibiotic prescription, in primary care patients with acute NMFI. METHODS: A country-specific decision tree model-based cost-effectiveness analysis was conducted from a health system plus limited societal perspective considering the cost of antimicrobial resistance...
April 2024: Lancet Reg Health Southeast Asia
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38523734/%C3%AF-an-updated-infrageneric-classification-of-the-pantropical-species-rich-genus-garcinia-l-clusiaceae-and-some-insights-into-the-systematics-of-new-caledonian-species-based-on-molecular-and-morphological-evidence
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Myriam Gaudeul, Patrick Sweeney, Jérôme Munzinger
Garcinia L. is a pantropically distributed genus comprised of at least 250 species of shrubs and trees and has centers of diversity located in Africa/Madagascar, Australasia, and Southeast Asia. The genus is notable due to its extreme diversity of floral form, common presence in lowland tropical rainforests worldwide, and potential pharmacological value. Across its entire geographic range, Garcinia lacks a recent taxonomic revision, with the last genus-level taxonomic treatment of Garcinia conducted over 40 years ago...
2024: PhytoKeys
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38522230/source-emission-contributions-to-particulate-matter-and-ozone-and-their-health-impacts-in-southeast-asia
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Yefu Gu, Tingting Fang, Steve Hung Lam Yim
Southeast Asia has been experiencing severe air pollution due to its substantial local emissions and transboundary air pollution (TAP), causing significant health impacts. While literature focused on air pollution episodes in Southeast Asia, we have yet to fully understand the contributions of local emission sectors and TAP to air quality in the region annually. Herein we employed air quality modeling with the species tagging method to first assess the contributions of source sectors and locations to fine particulate matter (PM2...
March 18, 2024: Environment International
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38521903/isolation-of-burkholderia-pseudomallei-from-a-goat-in-new-caledonia-implications-for-animal-and-human-health-monitoring-and-serological-tool-comparison
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Anais Desoutter, Thomas Deshayes, Fabien Vorimore, Bernice Klotoe, Benoit Durand, Julien Colot, Gabriel Wagner-Lichtenegger, Ivo Steinmetz, Apichai Tuanyok, Karine Laroucau
BACKGROUND: Melioidosis is a serious bacterial infection caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei, a gram-negative bacterium commonly found in soil and water. It can affect both humans and animals, and is endemic in regions such as Southeast Asia and Northern Australia. In recent years, there have been reports of an emergence of human melioidosis in other areas, including New Caledonia. RESULTS: During standard laboratory analysis in New Caledonia in 2021, a strain of B...
March 23, 2024: BMC Veterinary Research
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38521526/defining-the-hidden-burden-of-disease-in-rural-communities-in-bangladesh-cambodia-and-thailand-a-cross-sectional-household-health-survey-protocol
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Meiwen Zhang, Nan Shwe Nwe Htun, Shayla Islam, Aninda Sen, Akramul Islam, Amit Kumer Neogi, Rupam Tripura, Lek Dysoley, Carlo Perrone, Rusheng Chew, Elizabeth M Batty, Watcharintorn Thongpiam, Jantana Wongsantichon, Chonticha Menggred, Sazid Ibna Zaman, Naomi Waithira, Stuart Blacksell, Marco Liverani, Sue Lee, Richard James Maude, Nicholas P J Day, Yoel Lubell, Thomas Julian Peto
INTRODUCTION: In low-income and middle-income countries in Southeast Asia, the burden of diseases among rural population remains poorly understood, posing a challenge for effective healthcare prioritisation and resource allocation. Addressing this knowledge gap, the South and Southeast Asia Community-based Trials Network (SEACTN) will undertake a survey that aims to determine the prevalence of a wide range of non-communicable and communicable diseases, as one of the key initiatives of its first project-the Rural Febrile Illness project (RFI)...
March 23, 2024: BMJ Open
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38521255/the-socioecological-benefits-and-consequences-of-oil-palm-cultivation-in-its-native-range-the-sustainable-oil-palm-in-west-africa-sopwa-project
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Michael D Pashkevich, Cicely A M Marshall, Benedictus Freeman, Valentine J Reiss-Woolever, Jean-Pierre Caliman, Julia Drewer, Becky Heath, Matthew T Hendren, Ari Saputra, Jake Stone, Jonathan H Timperley, William Draper, Abednego Gbarway, Bility Geninyan, Blamah Goll, Marshall Guahn, Andrew N Gweh, Peter Hadfield, Morris T Jah, Samuel Jayswen, Tiecanna Jones, Samuel Kandie, Daniel Koffa, Judith Korb, Nehemiah Koon, Benedict Manewah, Lourdes M Medrano, Ana F Palmeirim, Brogan Pett, Ricardo Rocha, Evangeline Swope-Nyantee, Jimmy Tue, Josiah Tuolee, Pieter Van Dessel, Abraham Vincent, Romeo Weah, Rudy Widodo, Alfred J Yennego, Jerry Yonmah, Edgar C Turner
Agriculture is expanding rapidly across the tropics. While cultivation can boost socioeconomic conditions and food security, it also threatens native ecosystems. Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis), which is grown pantropically, is the most productive vegetable oil crop worldwide. The impacts of oil palm cultivation have been studied extensively in Southeast Asia and - to a lesser extent - in Latin America but, in comparison, very little is known about its impacts in Africa: oil palm's native range, and where cultivation is expanding rapidly...
March 21, 2024: Science of the Total Environment
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38520995/spatial-and-temporal-distribution-of-physicochemical-parameters-of-water-in-gorgan-bay-the-southeast-of-the-caspian-sea-iran-fundamentals-for-the-monitoring-of-the-caspian-sea-coastal-areas
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Parisa Maleki, Patimar Rahman, Hojatollah Jafaryan, Abdolrassoul Salmanmahiny, Rasoul Ghorbani, Mohammad Gholizadeh, Mohammad Harsij
Gorgan Bay as a main part of the Miankaleh (a natural biosphere reserve registered by UNESCO) is one of the richest ecological area in the West Asia and very important internationally recognized refuge for the wildlife. To date, multi physicochemical parameters have not been examined on a large scale. To fill this knowledge gap, the present study aimed to explore the seasonal and spatial variability of water quality parameters of the bay. The results showed that except for depth and transparency, there are significant variations in most parameters across the four seasons...
March 22, 2024: Marine Pollution Bulletin
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