PURPOSE The purpose of this study is to report the results of simultaneous pancreas-kidney (SPK) transplantations and describe the lessons learned from the early experiences of a single center. METHODS Between January 2002 and June 2013, a total of 8 patients underwent SPK transplantation. Clinical and radiologic data were reviewed retrospectively. RESULTS Seven patients were diagnosed with...

OBJECTIVE To study the drainage proportions from the corpora cavernosa in defrosted human cadavers, as the veins related to penile erection were recently depicted to comprise the deep dorsal vein (DDV), a pair of cavernous veins (CVs) and two pairs of para-arterial veins (PAVs), as opposed to a single DDV between Buck's fascia and the tunica albuginea of the human penis. MATERIALS AND METHODS...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The aim of this report is to document the feasibility and safety of umbilical single-incision laparoscopic liver cyst unroofing in the treatment of simple hepatic cysts in a retrospective case-control study. We also introduce some operative skills for single-incision laparoscopic surgery. METHODS From May 2009 to July 2011, 15 patients underwent umbilical single-inci...

INTRODUCTION Pleural effusion is a common clinical problem that can complicate many medical conditions. Breathlessness is the most common symptom of pleural effusion of any cause and the most common reason for pleural drainage. However, improvement in breathlessness following drainage of an effusion is variable; some patients experience either no benefit or a worsening of their breathlessness. ...

Introduction. The main factors, which negatively influence on durability of balancing ring sectional pump, are presented. Object study. pumps the dewatering facilities kimberlite mine “Udachny”. purpose research. Assessment waters solid phase degree pump to clarify expected technical and economic effect penetration an additional clarifying tank in conditions drainage Research methodology.The re...

Cryptography based on lattices is the use of conjectured hard problems on point lattices in Rn as the basis for security in cryptosystems. In this report, firstly we introduce lattices and some hard problems based on lattice then present some of the major developments in lattice-based cryptography. The main focus in this report is on the fundamental learning with errors (LWE) problems, Ring-LWE...

Cohn called a ring $R$ is reversible if whenever $ab = 0,$ then $ba = 0$ for $a,bin R.$ The reversible property is an important role in noncommutative ring theory‎. ‎Recently‎, ‎Abdul-Jabbar et al‎. ‎studied the reversible ring property on nilpotent elements‎, ‎introducing‎ the concept of commutativity of nilpotent elements at zero (simply‎, ‎a CNZ ring)‎. ‎In this paper‎, ‎we extend the CNZ pr...

Digital elevation models (DEMs) are a useful data source for the automatic delineation of flow paths, sub watersheds and flow networks for hydrologic modeling. Digital representation of the flow network is central to distributed hydrologic models because it encodes the model element linkages through which flow is routed to the outlet. The scale (drainage density) of the flow network, used contr...

I found the article of Mulherin and colleagues regarding a presumably protective eVect of gold rings against articular erosions in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) very interesting, but it surely raises more problems than it can solve. A few years ago we published a similar observation that contradicts the hypothesis that the metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joint of the left ring finger would have remained ...

We describe the case of an 85-year-old man who presented with a large pericardial effusion. The patient was admitted because of anorexia and general malaise. Chest X-ray revealed an increased cardiothoracic ratio and a small amount of bilateral pleural effusion. Two-dimensional ultrasonographic echocardiography showed pericardial effusions with atrial and right ventricular early diastolic colla...