Stylet-Oil was effective in reducing incidence of tobacco etch virus (TEV) (Genus: Potyvirus, Family: Potyviridae) in ‘Scotch Bonnet’ pepper (Capsicum chinense Jacquin) plots by about 24% and delaying its spread by 7 days. A backpack mist blower (low volume) was used to apply JMS Stylet-Oil at pressures of about 1000 kPa to pepper plants weekly, from transplant until the end of the crop. Seedli...

In mosquitoes, precise and efficient finding of a host animal is crucial for survival. One of the poorly understood aspects of mosquito blood-feeding behavior is how these insects target an optimal site in order to penetrate the skin and blood vessels without alerting the host animal. Here we provide new findings that a piercing structure of the mouthpart of the mosquitoes, the stylet, is an es...

Detailed morphological comparisons with light and scanning electron microscopy were made of white females and cysts of several isolates of Globodera tabacum sspp. tabacum (GTT), virginiae (GTV), and solanacearum (GTS). Observations focused on body shape, anterior region including head shape, lip pattern, stylet morphology, and the terminal area in females; and body shape and terminal area of cy...

The new genus Dastychius has been instituted for the species Isohypsibius improvisus Dastych, 1984. It has claws of the Isohypsibius type, rigid buccal tube without ventral lamina and with ridge-shaped apophyses for the insertion of the stylet muscles; peribuccal lamellae absent; peribuccal papulae seem to be present but the datum should be confirmed; pharyngeal bulb with apophyses and placoids...

BACKGROUND The EndoFlex is a new type of tracheal tube with an adjustable distal tip that can be bent without the use of a stylet. The aim of this study was to compare a standard endotracheal tube with the EndoFlex tracheal tube for intubation in patients with simulated cervical spine injury. METHODS A group of 60 patients without any kind of the cervical spine injury, classified as the ASA p...

AIMS We investigated a new lead extraction tool (Compression Coil; One-Tie, Cook Medical) in an experimental traction force study. METHODS AND RESULTS On 13 pacemaker leads (Setrox JS53, Biotronik) traction force testing was performed under different configurations. The leads were assigned to three groups: (i) traction force testing without central locking stylet support (n = 5), (ii) tractio...

To the Editor: We report a technique of orotracheal intubation using the combination of a flexible fibreoptic bronchoscope (FOB) and a stylet in a patient whose operation was postponed initially because of failed intubation. A 44-yr-old male was scheduled for total resection of the thyroid gland. After induction of anesthesia, a laryngeal view was not obtained by direct laryngoscopy. An experie...

Pre-curved needles are used in a variety of medical applications for both passive and active control of instrument position. In one application, the deployment of a pre-curved stylet from a concentric outer cannula can be used to achieve lateral positioning of the distal tip of the stylet. This paper outlines how the material and geometry of the stylet can be chosen to ensure that it will not y...

Dolichodorus aestuarius n. sp. from an estuarine habitat near Cedar Key, Florida is described. This nematode has a stylet range of 62-76 microm in females and 60-72 mum in males. The stylet is shorter than those of all described species except D. brevistilus. The probable host plant is Juncus roemerianus.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Anesthesiologists are responsible for airway management whenever they assume the anesthesia of a patient. In this study, we compare the hemodynamic parameters of rigid laryngoscopy and lighted stylet in patients with coronariopathies. PATIENTS AND METHODS This randomized clinical trial included 40 patients undergoing myocardial revascularization assigned into two gro...