Daily rainfall occurrence and amount at 11 stations over North Queensland are examined during summer 1958–1998, using a Hidden Markov Model (HMM). Daily rainfall variability is described in terms of the occurrence of five discrete “weather states,” identified by the HMM. Three states are characterized respectively by very wet, moderately wet, and dry conditions at most stations; two states have...

I n t e r v e n t i o n All patients received the short corticotropin test (250 μg of tetracosactrin intravenously) for diagnosis of relative adrenal insufficiency (RAI), defined as an increase in cortisol level of ≤ 248.31 nmol/L (9 μg/dL). Subsequently, patients were allocated to treatment with corticosteroids (n = 150 [including in retrospect 114 with RAI]) or placebo (n = 149 [including in ...

Functional thyroid carcinoma is an unusual cause of thyrotoxicosis. We describe the clinical presentation and treatment of a patient with thyrotoxicosis due to functional thyroid carcinoma and Graves disease, and discuss potential mechanisms causing the thyrotoxicosis. A 79-year-old woman with a remote history of hemithyroidectomy and current hyperthyroidism came to the hospital with upper and ...

UNLABELLED This study is a retrospective analysis of 124 differentiated thyroid cancer patients who underwent dosimetric evaluation using MIRD methodology over a period of 15 y. The objectives of the study were to demonstrate the clinical use of dosimetry-guided radioactive iodine ([RAI] (131)I) treatment and the safe and effective application of a 3-Gy bone marrow (BM) dose in patients with di...

Termites are important ecosystem engineers in tropical habitats, with different feeding groups able to decompose wood, grass, litter, and soil organic matter. In most regions, termite abundance species diversity assumed increase rainfall, highest levels found rainforests. However, the Australian tropics, this pattern is thought be reversed, lower richness rainforest than drier habitats. The pot...

The incidence of thyroid cancer has increased in the past few decades. Most patients with follicular cell–derived tumors present with well-differentiated carcinomas, and they have an excellent prognosis following treatment. Between 10% and 15% of tumors will mutate into more aggressive variants, such as tall-cell carcinoma and insular carcinoma. Some patients will present with poorly differenti...

Coordinated attention to information from multiple senses is fundamental to our ability to respond to salient environmental events, yet little is known about brain network mechanisms that guide integration of information from multiple senses. Here we investigate dynamic causal mechanisms underlying multisensory auditory-visual attention, focusing on a network of right-hemisphere frontal-cingula...

PATIENT Female, 11 FINAL DIAGNOSIS: Thyroid storm Symptoms: Diarrhea • tachycardia • tachypnea • tremor • wheezing MEDICATION - Clinical Procedure: - Specialty: - OBJECTIVE Rare disease. BACKGROUND A growing number of pediatric endocrinologists treat Graves disease with radioactive iodine (RAI) therapy due to the typically definitive nature of I-131 therapy. Given the published benefits a...

This study investigates the rainfall characteristics during intense over Yaan against a cold-anomaly background, aiming to refine understanding of different kinds events across complex terrain. Hourly rain gauge records, ERA5 reanalysis data and black body temperature cloud tops derived from FY-2E were used. The results show that regional (RREs) in exhibit west-to-east propagation, which is nor...