BACKGROUND Non-syndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate (CL/P) or cleft palate only (CPO) are orofacial clefts with multifactorial etiology. These include environmental factors and heterogeneous genetic background. Therefore, studies on different and homogenous populations can be useful in detecting related factors. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the risk factors in patien...

BACKGROUND To describe the clinical presentation of suprasellar cysts (SSCs) and surgical indications, and compare the treatment methods of endoscopic ventriculocystostomy (VC) and ventriculocystocisternotomy (VCC). METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the records of 73 consecutive patients with SSC who were treated between June 2002 and September 2009. Twenty-two patients were treated with VC...

We report here the case of a suprasellar cystic germ cell tumor (GCT) initially diagnosed as an arachnoid cyst. A 10-year-old boy experienced headache, dizziness, and diplopia, and was shown to have an approximately 2 cm suprasellar cyst. Two months after endoscopic third ventriculostomy was performed, a 5-6 cm cystic mass with an internal enhancing component was observed in the suprasellar cis...

– We examined the histology, histochemistry, and ultrastructure of Rathke’s glands in hatchlings of the three-toed box turtle, Terrapene carolina triunguis, and the desert box turtle, Terrapene ornata luteola. Both species possess one pair (axillary) of Rathke’s glands, which are similar anatomically and histochemically to one another. Each gland is composed of a single, highly vascularized sec...

Targeted disruption of the homeobox gene T/ebp (Nkx2.1, Ttf1, Titf1) in mice results in ablation of the pituitary. Paradoxically, while T/ebp is expressed in the ventral diencephalon during forebrain formation, it is not expressed in Rathke's pouch or in the pituitary gland at any time of embryogenesis. Examination of pituitary development in the T/ebp homozygous null mutant embryos revealed th...

Baltic prawn, Palaemon adspersus population from the Parila lagoon (SE Adriatic Sea, Croatia) was studied between 2010-2011. Specimens were collected monthly in order to determine population structure, growth, mortality and reproduction of this important decapods species. The von Bertalanffy growth function parameters were found L∞=58.98 mm, K=0.975 year and to=-0.0046 years for males and L∞=72...

After 20 years of research the first natural language AI Systems are beginning to enter the commercial market. Although computational models for many of the linguistic, communicative and cognitive abilities underlying intelligent language behavior are still open issues for basic research, an engineering discipline for natural language interfaces is emerging. The paper surveys the state-ofthe-ar...