Incomplete vagotomy is the single most common cause of ulcer recurrence. Completeness of vagotomy was assessed postoperatively in 17 patients using the congo red test. Various types of vagotomies included truncal vagotomy and gastrojejenostomy in 6, highly selective vagotomy in 5, truncal vagotomy and pyloroplasty in 3 and selective vagotomy with gastrojejenostomy in 3 cases. Congo red test was...

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Language documentation is important as a tool for preservation of endangered languages and making data available to speakers and researchers of a language. A data base such as TypeCraft is important for typology studies both for well documented languages as well as little documented languages and is a valid tool for comparison of languages. This requires that linguistic elements must be coded i...

noscopy showed diffuse mucosal edema through the entire colon, with multiple reddish erosions and contact bleeding (Fig. A). On colonoscopic biopsy, homogenous amyloid deposits were seen in the parenchyma and vessels (Fig. B, H&E, ×200), and Congo red staining for the amyloid, coupled with polarized light, demonstrated the characteristic apple-green birefringence (Fig. C, Congo red, ×400). Ches...

I give an account of the development church and humanitarian activity in Leopold II’s Congo Free State as it shaped life a Congo-born woman, Lena Clark. In her movements between Africa, Europe, America, out mission service, Clark’s captures motivations, frustrations ironies religious interventionism Congo. Circumstances surrounding controversial departure from missionary service reveal pressure...

The following new synonymies within the family Pentatomidae, subfamily Pentatominae, are established: Aesula Stål, 1876 = Pseudacrosternum Day, 1965, syn. nov. (Nezarini), Aesula viridissima (Signoret, 1861) = Aesula signoretiana Kirkaldy, 1909, syn. nov. = Pseudacrosternum cachani Day, 1965, syn. nov. = Pseudacrosternum cachani var. scutellatum Day, 1965, syn. nov., and Andocides vittaticeps (...

UNLABELLED INTRODUCTION : Microorganisms use various strategies for their survival in both the environment and in humans. Slime production by bacteria is one such mechanism by which microbes colonize on the indwelling prosthetic devices and form biofilms. Infections caused by such microorganisms are difficult to treat as the biofilm acts as a shield and protects microbes against antimicrobial a...

Editorial note: Due to unforeseen circumstances, we were unable include the 2019 report in last year’s volume, and, for that reason, it is included here. Report This year, Congo incorporated many instruments of international environmental law into its legal order, introduced new legislation, and conducted significant negotiations with several partners, both public private. On 7 February, Parlia...