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Snappers (family Lutjanidae) are important fisheries target species and some species are known to form spawning aggregations at particular spawning grounds. The present study investigated the ecological characteristics of fish aggregations of two snapper species (checkered snapperand blackspot snapper) that form at a p…

BACKGROUND: Flexible flatfoot (FFF) is a very common condition in children, characterized by the loss of the medial arch and by an increase in the support base with valgus of the hindfoot. Arthroereisis (AR) procedures are widely performed corrective surgeries and are classified as subtalar AR and calcaneo-stop (CS).…

BACKGROUND: Sex differences in cardiovascular diseases generally disadvantage women, particularly within developing regions. AIMS: This study aims to examine sex-related differences in stroke metrics across Southeast Asia in 2015. Furthermore, relative changes between sexes are compared from 1990 to 2015. METHODS: Da…

Freshwater marshes are well-known for their ecological functions in carbon sequestration, but complete carbon budgets that include both methane (CH4 ) and lateral carbon fluxes for these ecosystems are rarely available. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first full carbon balance for a freshwater marsh where ver…

PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to examine if treatment strategies differ by age in the elderly population with ovarian cancer in daily clinical practice. METHODS: A retrospective analysis of elderly patients with ovarian cancer who were referred to our institution between January 2007 and August 2010 was done. A u…

OBJECTIVES: To quantify asymmetry of radiological joint damage in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), to determine whether asymmetrical damage to joints in RA becomes symmetrical over time, and to identify factors predictive of symmetrization. METHODS: In phase 1, initial, mid-term (mean follow-up: 3 years) and late (mean foll…

UNLABELLED: When early kidney transplant biopsies showed benign hypertensive nephrosclerosis, i.e. hyalin arteriosclerosis and/or interlobular arteries intimal thickening, they are thought to be of donor origin. Between 1987 and 1992, 439 cadaveric renal transplantations have been performed in our department: amongst t…

Interval colorectal cancers may arise from missed or incompletely excised precursors or from a unique rapid progression pathway. We compared the clinicopathologic and molecular profiles of interval and matched non-interval colorectal cancer to determine whether interval colorectal cancers harbor any unique genetic&#xa0…

OBJECTIVES: To study a sample of asthmatic children to get to know how the disease is managed by caretakers and to identify predictive factors associated with attendance in emergency room for asthma. METHODS: A cross-sectional study nested in a cohort was undertaken in the urban area of Pelotas, Southern Brazil. 981 c…

Over the last 2 decades, hypopigmented macules have been reported with increasing frequency as an initial presentation of mycosis fungoides (MF). We retrospectively reviewed 7 patients with hypopigmented MF. The mean age was 35 years at disease onset, with a mean of 5.5 years' duration of illness before presentation. A…

Poultry production is under strict official control in Finland. Fifteen years after the introduction of 'competitive exclusion' treatment the majority of growers (over 70%) use it routinely. The number of Salmonella-positive flocks is less than 5% and the incidence of Salmonella-contaminated broiler carcasses has been…

Chronic dialysis is available in Israel to almost all patients who require it. During the last four years the mean number of new patients/million population per year was 44.5 (range, 39.5 to 48.6), excluding patients with systemic diseases such as diabetes mellitus and lupus erythematosus. This number is close to that…

1) During the last 10 years, 11 cases of primary adenosquamous carcinoma of the stomach were operated on. 2) Histologically, the specimens from the stomach showed adenocarcinoma with squamous differentiation in all the cases. 3) All the patients but 1 were males and their average age was 61.2 years. 4) The duration of…

A single inculation of ADP-toxoid with diminished antigen content (5 Lf of diphtheria and 5 BU of tetanus components) for diphtheria and tetanus revaccination of children aged from 1 to 11 years with allergic reactivity provided a marked immunological efficacy with an insignificant reactogenicity. The revaccinating eff…

A study of a random sample of 3,564 oral contraceptive acceptors in the Singapore national program clinics with a maximum of 60 months of experience produced findings as follows: The typical pill acceptor was aged 26.9 years with 2.5 children, married for 4.2 years, had at least primary education, was not working, and…

Seizures are a common comorbid condition in patients with dementia, but their characteristics have been poorly described. The authors performed a retrospective chart review using ICD-9 diagnosis codes consistent with seizures and with dementia. Seventy-seven patients were identified. Average age at onset was 68.1 years…

OBJECTIVES: UK prevalence studies have demonstrated prevalence rates for Parkinson's disease (PD) of 108 to 164 cases per 100,000. we aimed to calculate the prevalence of PD in an area of the North-East of England. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A case finding methodology was used to identify cases in North Tyneside with a pop…

Within the Campania region of southern Italy a prospective study on X-linked progressive muscular dystrophy was conducted over a period of 12 years from 1969 to 1980, inclusive. The mean incidence rate was 21.7 per 100,000 male livebirths for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) cases and 3.2 per 100,000 male livebirths f…

BACKGROUND: Environmental changes are drastically influencing way of life and healthcare, and are considered a global health emergency. Nursing professionals stand as a great opportunity to positively influence this situation. AIMS: To understand the role of nursing and its importance within the health field for susta…

As a key step in next-generation risk assessment (NGRA),toextrapolation (IVIVE) aims to mobilize a mechanism-based understanding of toxicology to translate bioactive chemical concentrations obtained fromassays to corresponding exposures likely to induce bioactivity. This conversion can be achieved via physiologically-b…