Upper urinary tract transitional cell carcinoma (UTCC) is a rare disease but is associated with high recurrence rates and significant risk of progression. Open radical nephroureterectomy (ONU) has been the standard treatment for several decades. Because the performance of the open procedure requires either two incisions or an extended flank incision, the laparoscopic nephroureterectomy (LNU) is...

1. Karahalios DG, Rekate HL, Khayata MH, Apostolides PJ. Elevated intracranial venous pressure as a universal mechanism in pseudotumour cerebri of varying etiologies. Neurology. 1996;46:198-202. 2. Johnston I, Kollar C, Dunkley S, Assaad N, Parker G. Cranial venous outflow obstruction in the pseudotumour cerebri syndrome: incidence, nature and relevance. J Clin Neurosci. 2002;9:273-278. 3. Suss...

Lindsay A. Turnbull, Cloé Paul-Victor, Bernhard Schmid, and Drew W. Purves. 2008. Growth rates, seed size, and physiology: Do small-seeded species really grow faster? Ecology 89:1352–1363. Appendix B. PARAMETER ESTIMATION FOR THE DAILY GROWTH MODEL. The likelihood analysis used measurements of aboveand belowground biomass of individual plants, growing in different temperature and nutrient regim...

BACKGROUND Streptococcus pneumoniae is a leading cause of pneumonia worldwide. However, the burden of pneumococcal pneumonia among adults in low- and middle-income countries is not well described. METHODS Data from 2008-2012 was analyzed from two surveillance sites in Guatemala to describe the incidence of pneumococcal pneumonia in adults. A case of hospitalized pneumococcal pneumonia was def...

In this study, the tetrad stage of microspore development in a new cotton (Gossypium barbadense L.) cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) line, H276A, was identified using paraffin sections at the abortion stage. To explore the molecular mechanism underlying CMS in cotton, a comparative transcriptome analysis between the CMS line H276A and its maintainer line H276B at the tetrad stage was conducted ...

Early auroral observations recorded in various oriental histories are examined in order to search for examples of strictly simultaneous and indisputably independent observations of the aurora borealis from spatially separated sites in East Asia. In the period up to AD 1700, only ®ve examples have been found of two or more oriental auroral observations from separate sites on the same night. Thes...

Risk of Mycobacterium avium complex disease was examined in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients with and without a history of tuberculosis. Information was obtained by retrospective review of charts of patients in HIV clinics in 10 US cities. Among 1363 patients with <200 CD4 cells/mm3 seen at Grady Memorial Hospital (GMH), 11 (17%) of 66 with a history of a positive purified p...

Because muscle triacylglycerol (TAG) accumulation might contribute to insulin resistance in leptin-deficient ob/obmice, we studied the acute (60- to 90-min) effects of leptin and insulin on [14C]glucose and [14C]oleate metabolism in muscles isolated from lean and obese ob/ob mice. In ob/ob soleus, leptin decreased glycogen synthesis 36-46% ( P < 0.05), increased oleate oxidation 26% ( P < 0.05)...

[PDF] [Full Text] [Abstract] , January 8, 2001; 204 (15): 2717-2731. J. Exp. Biol. G. B. Gillis and A. A. Biewener activation in a hip and knee extensor of the rat (Rattus norvegicus) Hindlimb muscle function in relation to speed and gait: in vivo patterns of strain and [PDF] [Full Text] [Abstract] , May 15, 2002; 205 (10): 1485-1494. J. Exp. Biol. T. J. Roberts and J. A. Scales Mechanical ...

Objectives: To explore if the Barcelona Integral Care Program for Doctors with mental disorders (PAIMM, in Catalan) has achieved its goal of enhancing earlier and voluntary help-seeking amongst sick doctors. Material and Methods: We conducted a retrospective chart review of 1363 medical records of physicians admitted to the inpatient and outpatient units of the PAIMM from February 1st, 1998 unt...