There is a conjecture, that the torsionfreeness of the module of differentials in a point of an algebraic or algebroid curve should imply that the curve is non singular at that point. A report on the main results is given. Let k be a perfect field and R the local ring of a closed point of an algebraic or algebroid curve over k. There is a conjecture that R is regular if and only if the (univers...

In this paper, assuming that there is an intermediate functional category called Agreement Phrase (AGRP) in DP, I argue that an adnominal modifier such as a pre-nominal adjective or relative clause (RC) is base-generated in Spec,AGRP. In particular, I distinguish between Restrictive Adnominal Modifiers (RAM) and Non-restrictive Adnominal Modifiers (NAM), and argue that the NAM in head-final lan...

This case report presents a patient with advanced diffuse panbronchiolitis accompanied by chronic respiratory failure, marked cachexia, and refractory spontaneous pneumothorax. Because instillation of a pleurodesis agent and thoracoscopy were considered highly risky and invasive, we instead treated the patient with intravenous administration of a coagulation factor XIII concentrate, and the pne...

Variants of avian influenza H5N1 virus that are transmitted by the airborne route among ferrets have been identified. The National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity has advised against publication of the details of the methods used to obtain these viruses and the amino acid changes that lead to transmission in ferrets. This decision is not based on sound scientific principles and risks set...

We describe a patient with frontometaphyseal dysplasia (FMD), restrictive chest bellows disease, hypercapnic respiratory failure, and cor pulmonale. Treatment with intermittent supplemental oxygen, nocturnal nasal volume ventilation, and posture modification was successful in partial resolution of chronic hypoventilation and excessive daytime somnolence.