19 Digestion is an important process in understanding the feeding ecology 20 of animals. We examined digesta passage time, digestibility, and total gut fill in 21 Japanese macaques (n = 4) under four diet conditions representing the seasonal 22 and regional variations in the diets of wild populations to determine the effects of 23 food type and food intake on these digestive features. Food type...

Malignant rhabdoid tumors (MRTs) are rare, lethal, pediatric tumors predominantly found in the kidney, brain and soft tissues. MRTs are driven by loss of tumor suppressor SNF5/INI1/SMARCB1/BAF47. The prognosis of MRT is poor using currently available treatments, so new treatment targets need to be identified to expand treatment options for patients experiencing chemotherapy resistance. The grow...

PURPOSE To describe the imaging and pathologic findings of malignant rhabdoid tumor (MRT), a rare primary brain neoplasm affecting children. METHODS The CT and/or MR features, pathologic findings, and clinical records of three children with primary MRT of the brain were retrospectively reviewed. RESULTS The tumors, large, left-sided cerebral masses, were intraventricular in two cases. MR im...

extra renal extra cranial malignant rhobdoid tumors (mrt) are rare, frequently lethal and affect mostly children. no definite treatment has been made and the role of radiation therapy is poorly defined. this report explains a 14 year old girl with mrt in her neck soft tissue. she is alive with no evidence of disease 18 months after diagnosis. through the experience with this case, we suggested ...

This paper presents an analysis of the simultaneous incorporation of force and mass source terms into the multi-relaxation-time (MRT) collision operator. MRT force incorporation was obtained through Chapman-Enskog analysis. The numerical scheme was tested on different benchmark problems, including the decay of a shear wave with different bulk and kinematic viscosities and axisymmetric flow.

Gadolinium (Gd)-DTPA-dimeglumine (tradename: Magnevist?) is the first commercially available contrast agent for magnetic resonance tomography (MRT). As a result of the very favourable results from preclinical and clinical investigations Magnevist? was granted a product license for cranial and spinal MRT in the Federal Republic of Germany in early February this year. Magnevist? is a paramagnetic...

The relevance of the mean retention time (MRT) of particles through the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) is well understood and MRT(particle)GIT is an important parameter in digestion models. Solute markers have been used to estimate MRT(solute)GIT (or 'fluid passage') in animals, but the relevance of this measure is less evident and is usually sought in its relation to MRT(particle)GIT. The ratio ...

We tested the hypothesis that infusion of ascorbic acid (AA), a potent antioxidant, would alter vasodilator responses to exercise in human obesity and metabolic syndrome (MetSyn). Forearm blood flow (FBF, Doppler ultrasound) was measured in lean, obese, and MetSyn adults (n = 39, 32 ± 2 yr). A brachial artery catheter was inserted for blood pressure monitoring and local infusion of AA. FBF was ...

PURPOSE To determine whether the risk of secondary breast cancer (SBC) is reduced in women with Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) treated with smaller field radiation therapy (SFRT) versus mantle field radiation therapy (MRT). METHODS AND MATERIALS We used the BC Cancer Agency (BCCA) Lymphoid Cancer Database to identify female patients treated for HL between January 1961 and December 2009. Radiation ther...