Oxyplax ochracea (Moore) is a pest that causes severe damage to a wide range of crops, forests and fruit trees. The complete genome sequence of Oxyplax ochracea nucleopolyhedrovirus (OxocNPV) was determined using a Roche 454 pyrosequencing system. OxocNPV has a double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) genome of 113,971 bp with a G+C content of 31.1%. One hundred and twenty-four putative open reading frames ...

Background—Pheochromocytomas are rare tumors derived from the chromaffin cells of the adrenal medulla. While these tumors have long been postulated to induce hypertension and cardiomyopathy through the hypersecretion of catecholamines, catecholamines alone may not fully explain the profound myocardial remodeling induced by these tumors. We sought to determine whether changes in myocardial funct...

This paper presents a theory of how factor shares are determined. I first develop microfoundations for a unified aggregate production function that incorporates a frictional process of matching workers and firms. Firms with productivities drawn from a Pareto distribution hire capital and compete for workers. Wages are determined by Bertrand competition. In contrast with Houthakker’s classic res...

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Acute appendicitis is a common indication for emergency abdominal surgery. An appendectomy with an open right lower quadrant incision is the “gold standard” of treatment for acute appendicitis. After an appendectomy procedure is completed, wound infection is the most common morbidity, and it may result in increased patient pain, longer hospital stay, poor cosmesis, and overall higher costs of t...

January 2009 E25 U se of allografts for cruciate ligament reconstruction in the knee is increasing in popularity, but graft selection remains controversial. There is a dearth of information on long-term outcomes of allografts for cruciate reconstruction. Allografts are particularly useful in posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) reconstructive surgery because this procedure is often performed with ...

the rapid decrease in free serum IgE levels was noticed [3, 4] . However, the impact of omalizumab on changes in allergen-specific IgE levels has so far not been investigated. In a recent issue of the International Archives of Allergy and Immunology , Mizuma et al. [5] were the first to report changes not only in the levels of total IgE but also of allergen-specific IgE. The authors retrospecti...

You have accessJournal of UrologyTrauma/Reconstruction/Diversion: Urethral Reconstruction (including Stricture, Diverticulum) I (MP03)1 Sep 2021MP03-12 MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL FEASIBILITY OF DORSAL ONLAY URETHROPLASTY FOR MEMBRANOUS URETHRAL STRICTURE FOLLOWING ENDOSCOPIC PROSTATE PROCEDURES: OPERATIVE RESULTS AND MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS Connor Policastro, Francisco Martins, Keith Rourke, Erick Ramír...