thy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, monoclonal gammopathy, and skin changes. POEMS syndrome is a rare disor− der, with only a limited number of cases reported in the literature. The first de− scriptions of POEMS syndrome were pub− lished by Crow in 1956 [1] and by Fukase in 1968 [2]. It is therefore also known as Crow±Fukase syndrome. The symptom complex of POEMS syndrome includes skin changes s...

How do standards of poetic beauty change as a function of time and expertise? Here we use computational methods to compare the stylistic features of 359 English poems written by 19th century professional poets, Imagist poets, contemporary professional poets, and contemporary amateur poets. Building upon techniques designed to analyze style and sentiment in texts, we examine elements of poetic c...

Chylothorax results from various causes, such as malignancy, trauma, or infection. POEMS syndrome (polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, monoclonal gammopathy, and skin changes) is a multisystemic syndrome that is associated with plasma cell disorder. Pleural effusion is a common manifestation of POEMS syndrome, but the association of POEMS syndrome with chylothorax has not been reporte...

BACKGROUND A syndrome variously combining peripheral neuropathy, visceromegaly, endocrinopathy, monoclonal gammopathy, and skin changes (POEMS syndrome) is a rare variant of plasma cell dyscrasia with multisystemic manifestations. Acute ischemic strokes in patients with POEMS syndrome have rarely been reported, and the pathophysiologic mechanism of this disease is unknown. Fibrinogen is reporte...

A systematic method of designing TSC checker for Q class (even code length) of Borden’s code [l] is proposed, where a modular approach is used. In a comparative study, it is found that the proposed method is much better than [2,3] and it has a larger capability than [4,5] in designing the checker. For instance, the 3/12 code in C(12,2) can be identified in one of four ways, corresponding to PT’...

Appendicitis is a very common cause of acute abdomen. Most the patient admit in surgical emergency. Diagnosis usually made clinically, sonography sometimes may be helpful. Regarding management there still controversy exists. Developed country performed laparoscopy appendectomy while developing debate. Different surgeons have different opinion either emergency open or interval appendectomy. Even...

Sign language poetry is the ultimate form of aesthetic signing, in which the form of language used is as important as or even more important than the message. Like so much poetry in any language, sign language poetry is a means of expressing ideas unusually succinctly, through means of heightened "art" language. It uses specific language devices to maximise the significance of the poem, just as...

Tang (618-907 AD) and Song (960-1279) dynasties are two very important periods in the development of Chinese literary. The majority forms of the poetry in Tang and Song were Shi (詩) and Ci (詞), respectively. Tang Shi and Song Ci established crucial foundations of the Chinese literature, and their influences in both literary works and daily lives of the Chinese communities last until today. Reco...

POEMS disease is a rare paraneoplastic syndrome resulting from an underlying plasma cell disorder. We present a unique case of POEMS disease with predominant clinical symptoms of diarrhea and paresthesias.