We report a 72-year-old patient with thoracic myelopathy due to isolated ossification of the ligamentum flavum at T9-T10. Severe paraparesis had developed before the lesion was identified when thinning of a segment of the lower thoracic spinal cord was suspected on a second MRI examination. The diagnosis was then established by CT.

We consider the interaction of two enemy nations. Nation 1 wants to develop a nuclear bomb (or other weapons of mass destruction). Nation 2 wants to prevent such a development through the deterrence of a threatened attack, or an actual attack if it thought the bomb was produced. 2 has an intelligence system that imperfectly indicates the presence of a bomb. 1, if lacking the bomb, can open its ...

Navigating a Concept Lattice Family w.r.t a Query Introduction Relational Concept Analysis (RCA) constructs conceptual abstractions from a relational context family (RCF). An RCF is sets of objects described by both own properties and inter-object links. It generates several lattices that are connected via relational attributes. Navigating such interrelated lattice family in order to find conce...

The intelligence failure concerning Iraqi weapons of mass destruction (WMD) has been the center of political controversy and official investigations in three countries. This article reviews the Report on the U.S. Intelligence Community’s Prewar Intelligence Assessments on Iraq, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, 7 July 2004, Review of Intelligence on Weapons of Mass Destruction, a Report ...

The familyMethanomicrobiaceaecomprises hydrogen- and formate-utilizing methanogens. Genome sequencing of nine species ofMethanomicrobiaceaehas been conducted so far. Here, we report three additional draft genome sequences ofMethanomicrobiaceae, those ofMethanoculleus horonobensisJCM 15517 (=T10(T)),Methanoculleus thermophilusDSM 2373 (=CR-1(T)), andMethanofollis ethanolicusJCM 15103 (=HASU(T)).

Magnetic resonance imaging revealing abnormally high signal intensity in the thoracic cord, extending from T5 to T10 on a sagittal T2-weighted image (Figure 1A). An axial T2-weighted image showing "owl's eye sign" involving central-anterior cord (Figure 1B), which was consistent with anterior spinal cord syndrome.