Dipterocarpus bourdillonii, a Critically Endangered tree species endemic to the Western Ghats, India, has hitherto been reported mainly from states of Kerala and Karnataka on western slopes mountain range. In Tamil Nadu, this occur in two locations, but no population details have documented neither listed state floras nor recent compendium plant species. The present study documents occurrence s...

BACKGROUND Despite their high prevalence and significant burden, mental disorders such as depression remain largely underdiagnosed and undertreated. OBJECTIVE The aim of the Allillanchu Project was to design, develop, and test an intervention to promote early detection, opportune referral, and access to treatment of patients with mental disorders attending public primary health care (PHC) ser...

Abstract Study question How does non-invasive preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy (niPGT-A) perform to predict sustained implantation or live birth (SI/LB)? Summary answer Though not comparable conventional PGT-A, niPGT-A can still be considered an appealing tool clinical embryo prioritizing given its high negative predictive value (NPV). What is known already To omit the need invasi...

HYPOTHESIS Experience with pancreatic resection for the last 10 years has resulted in new trends in patient characteristics and, for pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD), a decrease in the length of stay (LOS). This decrease is due in part to the implementation of case management and clinical pathways. DESIGN Retrospective case series of patients undergoing pancreatic resection. SETTING A universit...

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With the aims of sharing information about the technical aspects of immunohistochemistry (IHC) and making it possible to make a suitable choice of antibody for histopathological examination, this technical report describes the results of a questionnaire administered during the period of 2014 to 2015 to members of the Conference on Experimental Animal Histopathology. It also describes the immuno...