Encountering a foreign body (FB) in the kidney is uncommon. Most of the time a FB is introduced externally (violence or accident) or through endourological interventions. An ingested FB reaching the kidneys is extremely rare. This article includes an interesting case of FB, which apparently reached the kidney through the gastrointestinal tract as well as a brief review of the relevant literatur...

Delayed diagnosis of tracheobronchial foreign body (FB) aspiration is not uncommon in children. It occurs when symptoms are underappreciated and/or radiological findings are overlooked. In such cases serious complications can arise, which make the diagnosis and removal of the FB much more difficult. Here, we present a case where FB aspiration was misdiagnosed as asthma after a radio-opaque FB o...

We consider the upper bounds of the finite block length capacity Cn,FB(P ) of the discrete time Gaussian channel with feedback. We prove the refinements of relations Cn(P ) ≤ Cn,FB(P ) ≤ Cn(P ) + 1 2 and Cn(P ) ≤ Cn,FB(P ) ≤ 2Cn(P ), which are given by Cover and Pombra. And we prove the relation C2(P ) ≤ C2,FB(P ) < C2(2P ), which is a partial solution of the conjecture given by Cover.

Foreign body (FB) in the nose is a frequent situation seen generally among children. A variety of objects left in different sites of the nose has been reported in the literature. Insertion of a FB to the nose is generally via the anterior nares. In this report, an unusual entry site for a nasal FB in a neglected trauma patient is presented. FB should be suspected and investigated in children af...

The potential risk of exposure to fumonisin B(2) (FB(2)) in the grape-wine chain has recently been revealed after a report of Aspergillus niger in grapes and its ability to produce FB(2) and FB(4). The occurrence of these two fumonisins in wine was investigated by LC/MS/MS in 51 market samples (45 red, five white and one rose wine) produced in various Italian regions. Nine samples of red wine w...

The streaming potential and the colloid particle deposition (referred to as colloid enhancement CE) methods were applied to characterize fibrinogen (Fb) monolayers on mica, produced by controlled adsorption under diffusion transport. The surface concentration of Fb was determined directly by AFM enumeration of single molecules adsorbed over the substrate surface. It was proven that Fb adsorbed ...

Fibrinolytic therapy may be effective in the treatment of ischemic stroke, and clinical trials are under way. We evaluated two fibrinolytic agents, an analogue of tissue plasminogen activator (Fb-Fb-CF, the catalytic fragment of the tissue plasminogen activator molecule with a prolonged serum half-life, n = 10) and streptokinase (n = 7), in a rabbit model of embolic stroke. Both agents were giv...

Foreign body (FB) ingestion is a relatively common reason for visits to the emergency room. If the FB is symptomatic or damaging to the patient, either endoscopic or surgical intervention should ensue. We present a case of abdominal pain and hematuria beginning ∼24 h after an incidental FB ingestion. Initial CT imaging defined a linear opacity perforating through the posterior duodenal wall abu...