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Behavioral and electrophysiological responses of the banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus to host plant volatiles
Male and female Cosmopolites sordidus were attracted to freshly cut banana rhizome and pseudostem in a still-air olfactometer. Females responded similarly to odors from a comparatively resistant and from a susceptible cultivar of banana, when presented as either freshly cut tissue or as Porapak-trapped volatiles. Females were also attracted to rotting banana pseudostem and to volatiles collected from it. Males and females gave similar responses to host tissue in both the behavioral bioassay and to collected volatiles in EAG recordings. Weevils did not respond, either behaviorally or electrophysiologically, to a synthetic mixture of mono- and sesqiterpenes, which made up over 9% of the volatiles collected from pseudostem
Prognostic impact of cardiohepatic syndrome in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction - Supplementary Figure
Background: Cardiohepatic syndrome (CHS) indicates a bidirectional interaction between the heart and
liver. This study was designed to evaluate the impact of CHS on in-hospital and long-term mortality in
patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) who underwent primary percutaneous
coronary intervention. Materials & methods: 1541 consecutive STEMI patients were examined. CHS was
defined as the elevation of at least two of three cholestatic liver enzymes: total bilirubin, alkaline
phosphatase and gamma-glutamyl transferase. Results: CHS was present in 144 (9.34%) patients.
Multivariate analyses revealed CHS as an independent predictor of in-hospital (odds ratio: 2.48; 95% CI:
1.42–4.34; p = 0.001) and long-term mortality (hazard ratio: 2.4; 95% CI: 1.79–3.22; p
The presence of CHS is a predictor of poor prognosis in patients with STEMI and should be evaluated
during the risk stratification of these patients.</p