Ornamental fish keeping has become an increasingly popular hobby, and there are now more than 330 mil lion ornamental fish sold each year throughout the world (Riehl and Baensch 1989). Although the total number of fish species exceeds 30,000 (Friede 1987), only 4000 of these species classify as freshwater or namental species (Riehl and Baensch 1989). Of these species a few hundred are popular a...

CONTEXT The role of protein components of pancreatic secretions has been controversial in pancreatic stone formation. OBJECTIVE To study the lithogenic role of pancreatic stone protein and lactoferrin in stone formation in chronic pancreatitis. PATIENTS Pancreatic stones were collected from 13 patients with alcoholic (n=6) and nonalcoholic (n=7) chronic calcified pancreatitis. MAIN OUTCOM...

BACKGROUND It remains controversial as to whether active stone removal should be performed in patients with poor performance status because of their short life expectancy and perioperative risks. Our objectives were to evaluate treatment outcomes of active stone removal in patients with poor performance status and to compare life prognosis with those managed conservatively. METHODS We retrosp...

The Museum of Classical Archeology the Imperial Academy Sciences is successor to 18th-century Kunstkamera in term collections classical antiquities. This article discusses detail stages development Archaeology as an institution within structure through Cabinet Medals and Rarities, Numismatic Museum, Archaeology. fund museum consisted ancient Greek Roman coins, Russian coins from oriental cultur...

PURPOSE Several factors determine the success of extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (SWL) for kidney stones: stone size, stone location within the collecting system, stone type, and the SWL machine used. It has been suggested that stone radiodensity, as determined either by plain radiography or computed tomography attenuation values, may be an independent predictor of SWL success. We examined...

Purpose To evaluate the impact of various computed tomography scan-based parameters of renal stones on the outcome of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL). Materials and Methods We conducted a retrospective study of patients who underwent ESWL for renal stones (sized 5-20 mm) from January 2013 to December 2016. We evaluated body mass index, location of the stone, skin-to-stone distanc...

Objectives: Percutaneous nephrolithotomy on staghorn calculi is challenging for urologists because it is difficult to remove all of the stones. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the associated factors of stone-free rate after primary percutaneous nephrolithotomy on staghorn calculi in a large series of patients at a single, tertiary referral, endourologic stone center. Methods: We colle...