Soon after the Great East Japan Earthquake and the subsequent accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, we studied the reproductive biology of freshwater teleost bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) in a pond in the city of Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, about 50 km south of the nuclear power plant. The breeding period of the bluegill was abbreviated and the frequency of spawning decreased...

INTRODUCTION Cavernous hemangiomas of the uterus are extremely rare, benign lesions. A survey of the current literature identified fewer than 50 cases of hemangioma of the uterus. CASE PRESENTATION We report a case of cavernous hemangioma of the uterus in a 27-year-old Malay, para 1 woman who presented at our hospital with torrential vaginal bleeding having been transferred by land ambulance ...

century. A sewage system created by Victorian engineers was a remarkable achievement that began the big clean-up. The now much cleaner river is once again home to many species alongside the seahorse: the young of marine species such as flounder and bass have been discovered in nursery sites up to 20 km inland. But the sewage system that has done so much to restore the river’s cleanliness still ...

Introduction: Morbid obesity is an growing problem in the United States. As the incidence of morbid obesity increases, so does the number of surgical procedures for weight loss. Surgeons must learn to manage common complications of these procedures. Case Descriptions and Operative Technique: We present two cases of massive upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage secondary to marginal ulcers eroding i...

A 23 year old male Nigerian presented to the Nephrology unit of the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Nigeria with features of chronic renal failure secondary to chronic glomerulonephritis. He was referred to the surgical department of the hospital on account of severe torrential uncontrollable bleeding from an infected cannulation site. He was maintained on regular hemodia...

The Guizhou gastromyzontidae (Beaufortia kweichowensis) can adhere to slippery and fouled surfaces in torrential streams. A unique adhesive system utilized by the fish was observed by microscope and CLSM as an attachment disc sealed by a round belt of micro bubbles. The system is effective in wet or underwater environments and can resist a normal pulling force up to 1000 times the fish's weight...

In this study, we present a method for identifying sources of water pollution and their relative contributions in pollution disasters. The method uses a combination of principal component analysis and factor analysis. We carried out a case study in three rural villages close to Beijing after torrential rain on July 21, 2012. Nine water samples were analyzed for eight parameters, namely turbidit...

H urricanes are strong tropical storms with maximum surface winds greater than 64 meters per second that originate from equatorial oceans. The eye of a hurricane is usually 30 to 50 kilometers wide, but the storm’s overall extent might exceed 600 km or more. The damaging winds, torrential rains, storm surges, and flooding caused by hurricanes make them one of the deadliest and costliest natural...