X. W. Guan,1 M. T. Batchelor,1,2 C. Lee,3 and M. Bortz1 1Department of Theoretical Physics, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia 2Mathematical Sciences Institute, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia 3Nonlinear Physics Centre and ARC Centre of...

PURPOSE To determine whether any initial reductions in cardiovascular reserve (CVR) normalize after carotid revascularization and-because reduced CVR represents a risk factor for ischemic events-whether patients who develop periinterventional infarction have more severely reduced pretreatment CVR than those who do not. MATERIALS AND METHODS Ethics committee approval and informed consent were ...

The Medical Entomology Branch (MEB) of Territory Health Services (THS) has confirmed the presence of established breeding populations of the exotic mosquito Culex gelidus in the towns of Katherine, Batchelor and Darwin in the Northern Territory (NT) of Australia. It is also probably present in Alice Springs. While there are no immediate public health risks, it adds to the number of pest and pot...

A marked increase in the incidence of syphilis in Australian Aborigines in the Northern Territory has occurred in recent years. A total of 287 syphilis notifications relating to Aborigines in the north west of the Northern Territory during the 12-month period from June, 1976, to May, 1977, are analysed. An outline of how the Northern Territory Medical Service plans to deal with the situation is...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE To describe the clinical characteristics, risk factors, diagnostic modalities, treatments, subsequent outcomes and complications of Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) cases residing in the Northern Territory. METHODS A retrospective case series was conducted of all patients treated for MDR-TB in the Northern Territory between 1 January 2004 and 31 December 2013...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The purposes of this study were to evaluate and review the risk factors and clinical features of patients with posterior circulation stroke involving mesencephalon and neighboring structures and to describe the clinical syndromes according to the mesencephalic arterial territory involved. METHODS We studied all patients with acute posterior circulation stroke involving ...

Embotelladoras ARCA was formed in 2001 by integrating three of the oldest bottlers in Mexico and became the second largest bottler of Coca-Cola products in Latin America. The company distributes its products in the northern region of Mexico and, since 2008, in the north of Argentina and Ecuador. The company have soft-drink sales of more than 1.2 billion unit cases and ranks as the third-largest...