Vertebrate Morphology, Session II

Functional Vertebrate Morphology

past the age of childbearing. Apparently, it is also a practice among some doctors to propose removal of a normal breast in women who must have the other removed because of cancer. Again, there is little evidence to support or refute the value of this operation. Even well-patient care is opened to scrutiny. The widespread use of screening tests such as the Pap smear, X-rays, tonometry, and brea...

International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology

Session II

The striking histological similarity between ASH and NASH strongly suggests that they are due to similar pathogenic mechanisms. We have proposed the hypothesis that both are diseases of “two hits”. In this model the first hit is the development of steatosis and the second a trigger of necroinflammation, with the role of steatosis being to increase the liver’s sensitivity to the second hit. Cand...

Discussion: Session II

Background: The objective of this study was to systematically review randomized trials assessing therapeutic hypothermia as a treatment for term neonates with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy. Methods: The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL databases, reference lists of identified studies, and proceedings of the Pediatric Academic Societies were searched in J...

Session II: Architectures

The Heidelberg High-Speed Transport System (HeiTS) is a new-generation end-to-end communication system currently under development at the IBM European Networking Center (ENC) in Heidelberg. HeiTS is aimed at a heterogeneous environment comprising several computers with different operating systems and a variety of underlying local, metropolitan, and wide-area networks. It incorporates both end-s...