Este trabalho visa realizar algumas reflexões a respeito das dinâmicas do estilo em narrativas watakushi shōsetsu, partir dos comentários de Compagnon sobre literário. Utilizarei Ko wo Tsurete, escritor Kasai Zenzō — uma principais obras narrativa shosetsu início século XX como foco análise, buscando elementos estilísticos que me permitam traçar e analisar as individualidade autor no texto. A a...

Recently, H. Kasai reported an automatic, precise method of 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine (8-OH-dG) analysis in urine by high performance liquid chromatography coupled to an electrochemical detector (HPLC-ECD). It is based on a cleaning-up step by anion-exchange chromatography and a further purification step using reverse phase chromatography before detection, by the ECD. In this communication, we re...

Biliary atresia (BA) is classically described at the neonatal age. However, rare cases of BA in older infants have also been reported. We report four cases of late-onset BA in infants older than 4 weeks (3 males, 1 female), and describe the diagnostic and management difficulties. One of the cases had a late-onset (29 weeks) presentation with a successful surgical procedure. We highlight the imp...

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The 'double bubble' sign on antenatal ultrasound is often associated with duodenal atresia although there are numerous causes. We present a case of cystic biliary atresia presenting with a "double bubble" at 36-weeks gestation. Postnatal ultrasound and MRCP confirmed a cystic lesion at the porta hepatis, mandating early laparotomy and a successful Kasai portoenterostomy. Although diagnosis of s...

Periodical Cicada Brood Borders are Maintained by Competition and Allee Dynamics ....................................................................................... 136 Andrew LIEBHOLD, Richard KARBAN Induced Response of Oak Trees to Raffaelea quercivora as a Possible Defense against Japanese Oak Wilt Caused by the Ambrosia Fungus Carried by an Ambrosia Beetle .................................