Herpes zoster (HZ) is a neurocutaneous disorder due to endogenous reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus (VZV). The typical clinical manifestation is an acute segmental eruption of herpetiform umbilicated vesicles associated with malaise, pain, dysaesthesia, allodynia and probably fever. This review focuses on other possible clinical manifestations of the disease to sensitize physicians not...

Three premature infants observed to develop severe stage III retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) at 3 to 5 weeks of age received immediate treatment by cryoablation and photocoagulation, with good results. The critical importance of the ophthalmic examination of premature babies from the age of 2 weeks, so as not to overlook such cases of 'rush' type ROP is stressed and the difficulty involved in ...

Nonaka and Takeuchi [21] assert their theory of knowledge creation blends both Western and Japanese philosophy. Although they incorporate several major tenets of rational philosophy, they overlook important criticisms that impact their model. This paper explores one element of their theory — the "enabling condition" of intention — and suggests some limitations to their approach that can be over...

The process for the dissemination of scientific ideas is a complex one. Scientific Peers, as many others, tend initially to overlook and hesitate about new contributions by their colleagues, and often resist to their eventual integration in the basic disciplinary framework (Kuhn, 1970). Economics is not unlike other sciences in this respect, though this process of diffusion of ideas remains sca...

In attempting to build a COTS integrated system, selection of candidates typically pays attention to specify search criteria and goals to be met. Yet they often overlook some elements in the process such as fact-based decisions and teamwork, which might drive the process helping increase the probability of success. In this paper, we identify some features that we have found useful in our resear...

In an era of molecular biology, “gene therapy,” and increasingly sophisticated technological approaches to treat cardiovascular disease, it is easy to overlook the physical forces generated by and acting on the human cardiovascular system. In this issue of Circulation, Tanaka and colleagues1 report that aerobic exercise training can blunt the age-associated stiffening of large blood vessels in ...

P. R. Young, G. Del Zanna, H. E. Mason, K. P. Dere, E. Landi, M. Landini, G. A. Doschek, 1STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxfor 2University College London, Department of Space and Climate Physics, 3DAMTP, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, 4George Mason University, 4400 University Dr., Fairfax 5Artep, Inc at Naval Research Laboratory, 4555 Overlook Ave. S.W., 6Dipartimento ...

Although fatigue fractures are not unusual in athletes and military personnel those of the pubic ramus are rare. We report three cases of fatigue fractures of the inferior pubic rami in two male recruits and one female military cadet. On the initial radiograph, most of the lesions were subtle and easy to overlook. However, bone scintigraphy provided more distinct images that allowed easy and ea...