A 43-year old man presented with chest pain and fever. He had inadvertently inhaled a nasal piercing which caused injury to the descending aorta through the left bronchus. The resulting pseu-doaneurysm was treated with endovascular stenting after left carotido-subclavian bypass (Figs 1 and 2). The patient died 2 years later due to drug overdose. Figure 1: CT scan showing the false aneurysm (ast...

Picture 1. A chest radiography showing cardiomegaly and presence of pleural efusion. Picture 2. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography of the whole abdomen showing the hepatic vein and inferior vena cava are engorgement (black arrow) with early reflux of contrast medium into inferior vena cava and hepatic vein (white arrow). Delayed contrast enhancement and inhomogeneous patern of the liver pare...

The following table contains the complete list of the 105 software tools that were considered in the questionnaire plus 24 additional software tools that were mentioned by the respondents. These additional tools are marked with an asterisk behind the name. The table also contains all the comments that were given for the different tools. We did not edit the comments in any way (except for spelli...

This publication highlights notable procedural fairness scholarship released over the past quarter by topic. Each quarterly issue will also include a listing of other articles that are of particular relevance to procedural fairness the courts. Recent news and events, if available, complete the report. Articles that are not yet in print, but available on the publisher’s website are indentified w...

Changes in active ghrelin levels with time in each group. Active ghrelin levels at 3 hours after surgery were reduced in the surgery/no medication (SNM) group and did not recover by 24 hours after surgery. There was no significant change in the surgery medication (SM) group. Pre-op, pre-operative; Post-op, post-operative; NSNM, no surgery/no medication; NSM, no surgery/medication. The asterisk ...

Prize and Award recipients at the March meeting gather together for a group photo with sponsors of two of the awards. They are listed left to right, with an asterisk denoting the sponsors. Front row: Phaedon Avouris, Ivan Schuller, Jason Alicea, Giacinto Scoles, Arthur Ashkin, Andrew Lovinger, Dhiraj Sardar. Back row: Boris Altshuler, Ruud Tromp, Kennedy Reed, C. Paul Robinson, Kevin Lehmann, S...

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Figure 2 (A) Computed tomography (CT) after intravenous contrast administration, shows an homogeneous, water-density collection (asterisk) with wall enhancement, in the left subphrenic space, adjacent to the superior pole of the kidney and anterior pole ofthe spleen (S). (B) In a lower slice, a diffusely enlarged left kidney is seen, with the normal parenchyma replaced by multiple low-attenuati...

Course projects may be theoretical or experimental. Ideally, in keeping with the nature of this field, projects will develop or apply theoretical ideas to solve practically relevant problems. We welcome and encourage suggestions from students for projects. Projects can be broadly classified as being concerned with verification problems or the application of verification tools to solve problems ...