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... population of same age and sex regardless ofthe causes of death The study also provides interesting data regarding the progressive potential of NAFLD to more advanced disease Four ofthe five ... components in the development of NAFLD.42 The main strengths of our study are the inclusion of children with the whole spectrum of NAFLD from simple steatosis to cirrhosis along with the long-term ... although CT or MRI may show the presence of pelvic soft tissue mass The mainstay of treatment for actinomycosis remains antibiotics in the form of penicillins and removal ofthe IUCD.5 Gut 2009;58:1544...
... obtained which correlated with the clinical course ofthe disease, hence supporting the use of brain MRI in rendering a preliminary diagnosis and following the progression of WNND Case presentation ... Considering the relatively long interval between the sample collection and reporting ofthe definitive test, alternative methods of diagnosis would be helpful in prompt management ofthe disease ... material is the result of work supported with resources and use ofthe facilities at the Veterans Administration Medical Center, Memphis, TN Author details Department of Neurology, University of Tennessee...
... number of different clinical problems In OSA, the most common form of sleep apnoea, episodes of apnoea occur during sleep as a result of airway obstruction at the level ofthe pharynx [4] The preponderance ... "The Posthumous papers ofthe Pickwick Club", Osler and later Burwell applied the name "Pickwickian Syndrome" to the combination of obesity, hypersomnolence, and the signs of chronic alveolar hypoventilation ... Journal of Medical Case Reports 2007, 1:45 ofthe procedure and no additional procedures were necessary During the operation there was 350 mL of blood loss and 3000 units of heparin was...
... Rajputs or Kshatryas ofthe north-west, the Arabs, Parsees, and Mahrattas ofthe west coast, the Singhalese ofthe extreme south, the Tamils ofthe east, and the Bengalis ofthe north-east Mongolians ... development ofthe Flying Lemur (Galeopithecus) from the Bat, or that the habits of an animal would in time materially alter its anatomy, as in the case ofthe abnormal length ofthe hind toe and nail of ... is of course mere sentiment; no historyof nature would be complete without the noblest work ofthe Creator The great gulf that separates the human species from the rest ofthe animals is the...
... says: And let the last number ofthe first period be called a unit of numbers ofthe first order ofthe second period And again, let a myriad myriads of numbers ofthe first order ofthe second ... numbers of creatures are the commonplaces of myth and folklore A column of ants, four yards wide, streams across the floor ofthe palace of Indra, King ofthe Gods 'What are they?' he asks in awe of ... radius is the distance from the earth to the sun; then he assumes that the diameter ofthe earth the diameter of S the diameter of S the diameter ofthe universe This gives him (after modifying Aristarchus'...
... The Project Gutenberg EBook of A Theory of Creation: A Review of 'Vestiges oftheNaturalHistoryof Creation', by Francis Bowen This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere ... and the system of which it forms a part, is but a type of what is constantly going on in the countless other systems of stars that people the firmament The first stage in thehistoryof these ... many of these rocks, and, in the lapse of ages, deposited their remains, in thick layers of sand and mud, at the bottom ofthe seas Baked by the heat from beneath, and pressed by the weight of...
... for the treatment of ascending aortic aneurysms: the wrapping technique Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2010 5:100 Conflicts of interest The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest ... the main author ofthe manuscript and member ofthe surgical team DK coauthored the paper AB was a member ofthe surgical team MD performed linguistic control VL was a member ofthe surgical team ... Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece 2Department of Anesthesiology, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece Authors’ contributions G T is the main...
... further development ofthe TachoComb® and TachoComb H® products and is free of bovine components Between June 2007 and June 2008 a total of 20 patients with intact infrarenal abdominalaorticaneurysm ... weighing the swabs used in the relevant wound from the time TachoSil® or compresses were applied until achieving haemostasis Duration ofthe operation was measured from the time of incision to the ... dressing The aim ofthe study was to compare the efficacy and safety of TachoSil® patches against standard surgical compression to control the suture-hole bleeding from Dacron grafts in aortic...
... rapid increase in the size ofthe AAA measuring 7.0 cm in the anteroposterior diameter There is a new beak in the left lateral aortic thrombus and signs of impending rupture the latter procedure ... further weakening theaortic wall, increasing the risk of expansion and rupture There is a documented association between ongoing pulmonary sepsis, expansion ofaortic aneurysms and aortic dissection ... impending leak In the case presented here, it is not clear whether this represented a mycotic AAA However, the fusiform nature ofthe pre-existing AAA and lack of air in theaneurysm sac not support...
... generally good evidence of causal effects of treatments, but the quality of evidence on the risk of adverse events is less satisfactory This may often be the result ofthe selection of relatively healthy ... MH: The impact of gender on presentation, therapy, and mortality ofabdominalaorticaneurysm in the United States, 2001–2004 J Vasc Surg 2007, 45:891-899 Buth J, Laheij RJF, on behalf ofthe ... Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008, 2:317 Introduction Up to the last decade ofthe last century, open surgery was the procedure of choice for abdominalaorticaneurysm (AAA) repair...
... information, we infer thenaturalhistoryof this region The first step ofthe parsimonious scenario consists in the integration of mammalian apparent LTR-retrotransposon (MaLR) element in the PEX1-ODAG ... SINEs then LINEs represent the majority of TEs among all species The singular large LINE content of Bos taurus PEX1 introns is compatible with the huge amount of specific LINE elements in the genome ... origin for this MaLR-e1 LTR The paucity ofthe MaLRs bipartition reflect an unsuccessful propagation of this form Strikingly, the deduced junction area of both parts ofthe chimera corresponds to...
... (IPMNs) ofthe pancreas without mural nodules are frequently observed in asymptomatic subjects, thenaturalhistoryof these lesions has never been studied The aim of this study was to elucidate the ... size ofthe dilated branch duct was 20 mm (range, 11–45 mm) at diagnosis of branch duct IPMNs The location ofthe lesion was 49 (59.8%) in the head and 33 (40.2%) in the body to tail ofthe pancreas ... pancreas: assessing the grade of malignancy from naturalhistory Am Surg 2001;67:400–6 Levy P, Jouannaud V, O’Toole D, et al Naturalhistoryof intraductal papillary mucinous tumors ofthe pancreas:...
... (SB), being the photographer oftheNaturalHistory Museum of Florence, had the duty of documenting the different aspects ofthe trips and taking close-up pictures ofthe most interesting insects ... Holotypes ofthe new taxa are being held in deposit at the Vietnam National Museum of Nature in Hanoi The collaboration between the Museum ofNaturalHistoryofthe University of Florence and the Vietnam ... Museum of Nature and the visit of a VAST (Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology) delegation at theNaturalHistory Museum ofthe University of Florence (8-9 April 2013) (Fig 62) During the visit...
... The Tragical Historyof Dr Faustus Dramatis Personae The Tragical Historyof Doctor Faustus Notes 48 Dramatis Personae THE POPE CARDINAL OF LORRAIN THE ... OF VANHOLT LUCIFER BELZEBUB MEPHISTOPHILIS Good Angel Evil Angel The Seven Deadly Sins Devils Spirits in the shapes of ALEXANDER THE GREAT, of his Paramour and of HELEN Chorus The Tragical History ... soldiers with the coin they bring, And chase the Prince of Parma from our land, And reign sole king of all the[ 28] provinces; Yea, stranger engines for the brunt of war, Than was the fiery keel...
... explore the scribal and linguistic make-up ofthe texts, and Mclntosh et al have therefore suggested a classification of text types in terms ofthehistoryof copying and ofthe different patterns of ... 469) ' for the right of them all' (12) hare ba&re luue {St.Kath (Tit) 1212-13) ' the love of both of them' (13) her eitheres werke (Pal/adius (Tit) 808) ' the work of both (each) of them' When ... is itself the work of two scribes The Cotton MS ofThe Owl and the Nightingale is a well-known example ofthe latter, and in this case the place where one scribe finished and the other began...
... the remedy applied was a conscious classicising ofthe inherited form In the case ofthe couplet, the reform began in the last two decades ofthe sixteenth century and the model chosen was the ... himself the great sublime he draws Pope 617 Sylvia Adamson The sublime rises from the nobleness of thoughts, the magnificence ofthe words, or the harmonious and lively turn ofthe phrase; the perfect ... But the literary historyofthe period suggests that irony and allegory are competitors rather than collaborators, in that the growing importance ofthe first coincides with the decline of the...