The digastric muscle is formed by two muscle bellies: one anterior and one posterior, joined by an intermediate tendon. It is localized in the anterior cervical region. The anterior belly divides the region between the hyoid bone and the mandible into two: laterally the submandibular triangle, and medially the submental triangle. The anatomical variations described in the literature relate to t...

Malignant ascites is defined as an accumulation of excess fluid in the peritoneal cavity secondary to a disseminated malignancy [1]. Apart from being a poor prognostic indicator it also adversely affects the patient’s quality of life [2]. According to an estimate, it affects around 3.6-6% of patients admitted in the palliative care unit [3]. Malignant ascites is an ominous sign with an average ...

Purpose: To study the clinical significance of Dickkopf 4 in hepatocellular Carcinoma. Methods: The expression of DKK4 and beta-catenin was analyzed by real-time qPCR and immunohistochemistry. Patient’s prognosis was evaluated through clinical follow-up. Results: DKK4 was expressed at a low level in HCC tissues, while betacatenin was highly expressed (P < 0.05). The expression of beta-catenin a...

We use price pressure resulting from purchases by mutual funds with large capital inflows to identify overvalued equity. This is a relatively exogenous overvaluation indicator as it is associated with who is buying – buyers with excess liquidity – rather than what is being purchased. We document substantial stock price impact associated with purchases by high-inflow mutual funds, and find the p...

The Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI), published by the European Commission on a monthly basis, is a powerful tool for tracking year on year GDP growth. However, its performance is weaker when GDP growth is expressed in quarter on quarter changes. This paper investigates whether cross-sector survey data gathered in the framework of the harmonised EU Business and Consumer Survey (EU BCS) can be...

All commercially available reagents were used as received. Solvents were distilled before use. The obtained compounds were fully characterized by standard analytical methods using a Varian Mercury 300 NMR spectrometer for H(300 MHz) and F-NMR spactra (282 MHz) in deuteric solvents. Mass spectrometric data were recorded on Finnigan SSQ 7000 and Thermo Deca XP as EI (70 eV) or ESI. IR spectra wer...

Objectives: Oral squamous cell cacrcinoma(OSCC) comprises 90% of all oral cancers and 16-62% of OSCC develop from oral premalignant lesions (OPLs). Lymph node metastasis is a major prognostic indicator for OSCC progression. It has been revealed that lymphangiogenic growth factor VEGF-C plays an important role in invasion and nodal metastasis of cancer cells. This study was performed to investig...

This paper uses the latest data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) to compare the health systems of the thirty member countries in 2000. Total health spending—the distribution of public and private health spending in the OECD countries—is presented and discussed. U.S. public spending as a percentage of GDP (5.8 percent) is virtually identical to public spendin...

Lymphoid leukosis in chickens is a disease which arises from the result of complicated interaction between avian leukosis virus (ALV) as a pathogenic organism and chicken as a host. This report is intended to outline our present knowledge about genetic resistance of chickens in lymphoid leukosis. The defense of host in infectious disease could be considered dividing it into two: one as a workin...

The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon significantly impacts rainfall and ensuing crop yields in many parts of the world. In Australia, El Niño events are often associated with severe drought conditions. However, El Niño events differ spatially and temporally in their manifestations and impacts, reducing the relevance of ENSO-based seasonal forecasts. In this analysis we identify th...