Although nitric oxide (NO) 1 may not modulate all cellular functions and may not be present in all mammalian cells, the sheer volume of publications on the subject might lead one to conclude that this diminutive molecule is both omnipotent and omnipresent in human biology. This series of four Perspective articles, in the current and following issues of The Journal of Clinical Investigation , wi...

A simplified means of arterial cannulation for cardiopulmonary bypass in small neonates and those infants with diminutive aortas, or requiring reconstruction of the ascending aorta, is presented. It involves suturing a long 3.5 mm graft to the innominate artery and inserting the arterial cannula into the end of the graft. This technique improves exposure, thereby greatly simplifying many comple...

This research paper investigates the function of diminutive morphology in English and Urdu languages with a focus on production, similarities, differences inflectional bound morphemes noun adjective categories, studies usage patterns impacts forms interpersonal communication. The researchers, who are native speakers as second language speakers, analyze form meaning both using Booij’s (2018) Con...

A 67 year man presented with six-week persistent left lower quadrant pain. He is known to have hypertension, hyperlipidemia and prior removal of two diminutive polyps from the sigmoid colon six years before this presentation. One was tubular adenoma and the second was hyperplastic. He was also found to have sigmoid colon diverticulosis and internal hemorrhoids. Another colonoscopy was done as p...

Localized involutional lipoatrophy (LIL) is a rare distinctive idiopathic form of localized lipoatrophy. The characteristic features in histopathology of LIL are diminutive fat lobules composed of small adipocyte resembling fetal fat tissue. LIL is not a well-known disorder, there have been only a few reports on LIL in the English literature. We herein report 2 cases of LIL and review the previ...