High-resolution seismoacoustic data represent a useful tool for the investigations of gas-charged sediments occurring beneath seabed through identification diagnostic intrasedimentary features associated with them. Acoustic blanking revealed shallow gas pockets in seismostratigraphic units inner shelf off Northern Cilento promontory. Six main were recognized based on geological interpretation s...

A 51-year-old woman with a history of diabetic uraemia under chronic haemodialysis presented with progressive low abdominal pain and dysuria for more than 1 week. She also had a low-grade fever with hypotension, and rapidly progressed to septic shock. Physical examination showed marked tenderness in the suprapubic area. Laboratory examination revealed that the white blood cell (WBC) count was 2...

The extent to which the ISM in galaxies is well mixed is not yet settled. Measured metal abundances in the diffuse neutral gas of star–forming gas–rich dwarf galaxies are deficient with respect to that of the ionized gas. The reasons, if real, are not clear and need to be based on firm grounds. Far-UV spectroscopy of giant H ii regions such as NGC604 in the spiral galaxy M33 using FUSE allows u...

Drag reduction has become a serious issue in recent years in terms of energy conservation and environmental protection. Among diverse approaches for drag reduction, superhydrophobic surfaces have been mainly researched due to their high drag reducing efficiency. However, due to limited lifetime of plastron (i.e., air pockets) on superhydrophobic surfaces in underwater, the instability of dewett...

SYMBLEPHARON is described by all authors discussing conjunctival diseases as adhesion between the palpebral and bulbar conjunctivae. Its aetiology is described as purulent conjunctivitis, diphtheritic conjunctivitis, trachoma, trauma, and so on. These factors do not always cause symblepharon, but may result in a very troublesome condition, apparently not mentioned in the literature, viz. conjun...