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The combination of different approaches has successfully delimited new species within many Neotropical species complexes traditionally classified as a single nominal organism. Recent studies have shown that the Amazonian endemic genus, currently composed of 12 small-sized species, could harbor several additional specie…

Resistant hypertension (RHTN) consists in a condition where blood pressure (BP) levels remain uncontrolled despite the use of at least three drugs or if the control happens with four or more drugs. Throughout the last 50 years, it has been increasingly studied, and its phenotypes have been identified. The term refracto…

Currently, chromatography (GC but more commonly HPLC) is the analytical method of choice for several hormones, either because the immunoassays suffer from extensive crossreactivity or because chromatography permits simultaneous measurements of hormones. However, sometimes the conventional detection systems with HPLC me…

Aim. We assessed the bone mineral density and related parameters in nine adults, thirty-eight pubertal, prepubertal totally forty-seven patients with thalassemia major living in Antalya, Turkey. Materials and Methods. We measured height and pubertal staging in last five years by six-month intervals. Average ferritin an…

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors show an increasing incidence. Immunohistochemistry is mandatory to make differential diagnosis with other mesenchimal tumors. We retrospectively reviewed 15 primary stomach GISTs operated during the last decade. Gastroscopy, Ultrasonography and CT scan were employed to obtain the diagnos…

Bacteria were the first living beings to appear on our planet: the most ancient fossils available, all of them were procaryotic microorganisms, developed 4, 5 billion years ago. The paleomicrobiological studies made on that kind of fossils, which are by now several hundreds in each continent, proved bacteria to have co…

A 36-year old, white, married female referred an episode of acute parotitis 7 years ago, with the appearance of progressive impairment of saliva secretion during the last 3 years and, in the last few weeks, a 4-cm nodule in the left parotid gland. The computerized gamma-camera (CGC) examination after i.v. sodium (99mTc…

Two hundred and fifty-two persons out of a population of 358 were interviewed concerning their use of dental services. The validity of the information was tested by comparing the answers from each respondent with the contents of his/her dental treatment record. Replies to a question about the time interval since the la…

is an outlet for research on children, youth, educators, and families that has scientific, practice, and policy implications for education and educational systems. In this editorial, a summary of the last 5 years is provided regarding journal impact and use, award winners, special topics, and editorial leadership. (Psy…

Oxygen (O) and Carbon Dioxide (CO) are the two gases to be detected and controlled. Of interest might be a query of the evolutionary origin of each. From the cooling of the Big Bang (~13.8 Billion Years Ago [BYA]) came a quark-gluon plasma from which protons and neutrons emerged, producing H, He, Li. As H and He c…

Parity is one of well-known risk factors of endometrial cancer, but it is less clear whether parity is associated with the timing of developing endometrial cancer, and with the incidence of subtype of endometrial cancer. Data on 902 patients including age at diagnosis, age at menarche and menopause, parity and age at l…

We examined the gender difference in performance of open-water ultra-swimmers crossing the English Channel between 1875 and 2011. A total of 1606 swimmers (1120 males and 486 females) crossed the English Channel within a mean time of 809.6 ± 175.6 min. The overall female swim time of 796.3 ± 188.7 min was not…

In the years 1997-2004, we operated on and at least one year followed-up due to complication of prolipherative diabetic retinopathy 47 eyes (40 patients), of the mean age 61 years. If we compare the initial visual acuity (VA) to the vision at the last examination in the late postoperative period, or at least one year a…

OBJECTIVES: Over the last years the use of diagnosis-related groups (G-DRG) was introduced into most areas of the German health care system, which led to changed compensation for departments outside the G-DRG system as well. We evaluated the development of revenues in 17 different psychosomatic departments over the las…

Technical errors in patellar resurfacing at the time of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) are responsible for many of the complications that affect the patellofemoral joint. Instability, patellar fracture, and wear of metal-backed patellar implants are significantly affected by errors of patellar resurfacing. A review of 5…

Pulmonary tuberculosis in Europe has been decreasing over the last decades. This study evaluates the current importance of extrapulmonary tuberculosis and its trend over the last 10 years. In a University Hospital in Spain, 20% of all bacteriologically confirmed tuberculosis cases were extrapulmonary. The most frequent…

BACKGROUND: More than 200 different operations have been described for the treatment of recurrent anterior dislocation of shoulder. The Modified Boytchev procedure employs rerouting of the detached tip of coracoid process with its attached conjoined tendon (short head of biceps and coracobrachialis) deep to subscapular…

BACKGROUND: 5% of multiple sclerosis have their onset in childhood. OBJECTIVES: We aim to show the clinical features and follow-up of Moroccan pediatric MS patients. METHODS: 25 pediatric MS records were analyzed between 2005 and 2013 at the Neurology B department of Rabat Ibn sina University Hospital and Medical Sch…

BACKGROUNDS: Magnetic controlled growing rods (MCGRs) have been proven to be effective in controlling early onset neuromuscular scoliosis but no study has evaluated the combination with a sacro-bi-iliac construct. The aim of our study is to report surgical management of early onset non-walkers neuromuscular scoliosis c…

Failures in repeat mammography decrease the potential benefits of screening; however, it is notable that the recent use of mammography is more frequently studied than repeat use. We estimated the prevalence and analyzed determinants for repeat mammography among women from Mexico, a developing country of Latin America.…