Fibrous dysplasia is a benign bone disease first described by Lichtenstein in 1938. It is characterized by progressive replacement of normal bone with fibro-osseous connective tissue. When the disease involves craniofacial skeleton, it results in significant disfigurement and other functional problems. This paper reports a case of large craniofacial fibrous dysplasia involving zygomaticomaxilla...

The genus Liuella Wang et Bai, 1992 is transferred from Trombiculidae to Apoloniinae and a new species Liuella monosetosa sp. n. described from specimens taken in Morocco from the hosts Gerbillus sp. and Meriones libycus Lichtenstein. A new species of Straelensia Vercammen-Grandjean et Kolebinova, 1968, Straelensia variocula sp. n. is described from specimens taken in Morocco and Burkina Faso f...

The Prussian naturalist Friedrich Sellow (1789-1831) traveled through Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina between 1814 and 1831 gathering numerous zoological and botanical specimens. Despite the effort spent in those countries, the ornithological collection assembled by Sellow did not receive adequate care after it had been deposited in the Zoologische Museum in Berlin, thus compromising its integrit...

Alice H. Lichtenstein, Susan M. Jalbert, Herman Adlercreutz, Barry R. Goldin, Helen Isoflavones in Moderately Hypercholesterolemic Subjects Lipoprotein Response to Diets High in Soy or Animal Protein With and Without Print ISSN: 1079-5642. Online ISSN: 1524-4636 Copyright © 2002 American Heart Association, Inc. All rights reserved. Greenville Avenue, Dallas, TX 75231 is published by the America...

Six mite species of the family Myobiidae, Radfordia (Austromyobia)persica sp. n., Radfordia (Austromyobia) merioni Bochkov, Dubinina et Chirov, 1990, Radfordia (Radfordia) acomys Fain et Lukoschus, 1977, Radfordia (Radfordia) affinis (Poppe, 1896), Radfordia (Graphiurobia) dyromys Fain et Lukoschus, 1973, and Myobia (Myobia) murismusculi (Schrank, 1781) were found in Iran on the rodents Gerbill...

Robert H. Eckel, MD; Scott M. Grundy, MD, PhD; Lawrence J. Appel, MD, MPH; Tim Byers, MD; Hannia Campos, PhD; Greg Cooney, PhD; Margo A. Denke, MD; Barbara V. Howard, PhD; Eileen Kennedy, DSc; Ronald M. Krauss, MD; Penny Kris-Etherton, PhD; Alice H. Lichtenstein, DSc; Peter Marckmann, MD, DSc; Thomas A. Pearson, MD, PhD; Gabriele Riccardi, MD; Lawrence L. Rudel, PhD; Mike Rudrum, PhD; Frank Sac...

Behavioral addictions may have social as well as endocrine components, and may include antisocial activities such as crime and gambling, relatively neutral activities such as videogames and internet use, and positive addictions such as sport and exercise (Lichtenstein et al., 2014). Here I argue that participants in many forms of adventure recreation also experience particularly powerful behavi...