REACTION OF SOME WALNUT GENOTYPES GROWN IN VÂLCEA AREA AT GNOMONIA LEPTOSTYLA CES. ET DE NOT PATHOGEN ATTACK

The studies were conducted at the Research Fruit  Growing the Station of Valcea, under the climatic conditions of the year 2015 and focused response of walnut cultivars and selections with different origins to the attack the of  Gnomonia leptostyla Ces.et de Not factor causative of the disease called "brown staining of leaves" or "walnut anthracnose." Field observations were carried out at moments of maximum vulnerability to the disease (June and September) and followed up on the attack on leaves and fruits per genotype under natural infection. At the two moments of observation,  it was noted the frequency (F%) and the intensity (I%) of the pathogen attack based on which a was the calculated degree of attack (GA%), the values thereof reflecting the reaction of the cultivars to the attack of the pathogen

REACTION OF WALNUT NATIVE GENOTYPES TO KEY ATTACK OF XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS PV. JUGLANDIS (PIERCE) DYE.,UNDERTHECLIMATIC CONDITIONS VALCEA AREA

Research on the behavior of domestic walnut genotypes (varieties and hybrids) between 2015 - 2016 at S.C.D.P. - Valcea, have conducted to attack the pathogen Xanthomonas campestris pv. juglandis (Pierce) Dye.The research aimed to establish the influence of rainfall between March and June of years of research on the incidence of Xanthomonas campestris pv. juglandis (Pierce) Dye., attack on 14 walnut genotypes under natural infection

Evaluation of prognostic significance of hematological profiles after the intensive phase treatment in pulmonary tuberculosis patients from Romania.

We evaluated in this cohort study the predictive ability of 23 peripheral blood parameters and ratios for treatment outcomes after the 2-month intensive phase in patients with PTB. In 63 patients out of 90 that turned culture negative, a significant decrease in white blood cell count, neutrophils, monocyte, hemoglobin, platelet, plateletcrit, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, MLR, NLR, PLR and SII values after anti-TB therapy compared to pretreatment was observed (p <0.001). Logistic regression analysis generated a model of predictors consisting of nine covariates. Spearman's correlation analysis revealed significant positive correlations between NLR with NEU (r = 0.79, p<0.01), SII with NEU (r = 0.846, p<0.01), PLT with SII (r = 0.831, p<0.01), PLT with PCT (r = 0.71, p<0.01) and MPV with P-LCR (r = 0,897, p<0.01) in 63 patients out of 90 that turned culture negative after 2 months of treatment. ROC curve analysis indicated that all areas under the curve (AUC) revealed no statistically significant results, except lymphocyte for culture conversion. In summary, here we observed a set of hematological parameters that declined significantly as the disease was treated in patients that turned culture negative. Despite some limitations, our findings are useful for further studies aiming to identify hematological profiles that could predict the treatment outcome

Augmented reality (AR) in minimally invasive surgery (MIS) training: where are we now in Italy? The Italian Society of Endoscopic Surgery (SICE) ARMIS survey

Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) is a widespread approach in general surgery. Computer guiding software, such as the augmented reality (AR), the virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality (MR), has been proposed to help surgeons during MIS. This study aims to report these technologies' current knowledge and diffusion during surgical training in Italy. A web-based survey was developed under the aegis of the Italian Society of Endoscopic Surgery (SICE). Two hundred and seventeen medical doctors' answers were analyzed. Participants were surgeons (138, 63.6%) and residents in surgery (79, 36.4%). The mean knowledge of the role of the VR, AR and MR in surgery was 4.9 ± 2.4 (range 1-10). Most of the participants (122, 56.2%) did not have experience with any proposed technologies. However, although the lack of experience in this field, the answers about the functioning of the technologies were correct in most cases. Most of the participants answered that VR, AR and MR should be used more frequently for the teaching and training and during the clinical activity (170, 80.3%) and that such technologies would make a significant contribution, especially in training (183, 84.3%) and didactic (156, 71.9%). Finally, the main limitations to the diffusion of these technologies were the insufficient knowledge (182, 83.9%) and costs (175, 80.6%). Based on the present study, in Italy, the knowledge and dissemination of these technologies are still limited. Further studies are required to establish the usefulness of AR, VR and MR in surgical training