An eleven-year-old, 3-kg, intact female Maltese was presented for depression, anorexia and dyspnoea. Thoracic radiographs showed right-side pleural effusion, a vesicular emphysema pattern and consolidation of the right middle lung lobe. A presumptive diagnosis of lung lobe torsion (LLT) in the right middle lobe was made using a computed tomography scan. Thoracoscopic exploration was performed w...

PURPOSE Manufacturers commonly provide information on the physical properties of dental materials, but information on their antibacterial properties is often missing. This study determined the antibacterial properties of four currently used orthodontic band cements against three different strains of Streptococcus mutans. METHODS The cements utilized were Durelon, Ketac, Mizzy Zinc Phosphate, ...

OBJECTIVE Control of the renal pedicle is the most challenging step during laparoscopic nephrectomy. The standard method is to clip the artery and control the vein with an endovascular gastrointestinal anastomosis stapler. However, this device is expensive and has been reported to malfunction, leading to major complications even death. We describe an easy, quick, and cost-effective alternative ...

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This article traces the transmission of affect between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens in William Golding’s The Inheritors which begins process individuation Neanderthal characters, Lok Fa. Focusing particular on encounter with ‘the other’, I elucidate how mediation these groups turns crisis into a debate about innocence fall human beings, historical continuities are transmitted through silences,...

We recently caught up withAmericanAssociation for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) presidentDr. Anna Lok to discuss the society’s recent accomplishments and future goals as well asDr. Lok’s advice for the next generation of hepatologists. In addition to being AASLD’s current president, Dr. Lok is director of Clinical Hepatology and the assistant dean for Clinical Research at the University o...

As per global HIV/AIDS estimates, a total of 33 million [30.3 - 36.1 million] People were living with HIV in 2007. The world's second-most populous country, India, is experiencing a highly varied HIV epidemic, which appears to be stable or diminishing in some parts while growing at a modest rate in others. Quality of life (QOL) of HIV/AIDS patients is becoming an important component of overall ...

Introduction. In modern hepatology, a special place is occupied by chronic viral hepatitis, including B and C, because today they occupy the leading positions due to their high prevalence, possibility of severe complications, also could lead death in both adults children. Specialists should have comprehensive understanding clinical course laboratory diagnosis hepatitis facilitate timely effecti...