Oribatid mite communities were investigated at five sites in SW Sardinia (Carbonia-Iglesias and Medio Campidano provinces) in three representative habitat types: holm oak (Quercus ilex) forest, cork oak (Quercus suber) forest and pineland (Pinus radiata and P. pinaster). A total of 1,180 oribatid mite specimens, belonging to 67 different species, were extracted from soil samples. Significant di...

1 BACKGROUND Surgical correction of elongated labia minora (LM) is one of the most sought reconstructive procedures after plastic surgery.1,2 The illusion of simplicity of such operations and failure to observe important technical aspects often lead to total resection of the labia, causing suffering of patients and problems for operating doctor. In such cases, reconstructive surgery is the only...

let $d=(v,a)$ be a finite simple directed graph. a function$f:vlongrightarrow {-1,0,1}$ is called a twin minus dominatingfunction (tmdf) if $f(n^-[v])ge 1$ and $f(n^+[v])ge 1$ for eachvertex $vin v$. the twin minus domination number of $d$ is$gamma_{-}^*(d)=min{w(f)mid f mbox{ is a tmdf of } d}$. inthis paper, we initiate the study of twin minus domination numbersin digraphs and present some lo...

‎for any integer $kge 1$‎, ‎a minus $k$-dominating function is a‎ ‎function $f‎ : ‎v (g)rightarrow {-1,0‎, ‎1}$ satisfying $sum_{win‎‎n[v]} f(w)ge k$ for every $vin v(g)$‎, ‎where $n(v) ={u in‎‎v(g)mid uvin e(g)}$ and $n[v] =n(v)cup {v}$‎. ‎the minimum of‎‎the values of $sum_{vin v(g)}f(v)$‎, ‎taken over all minus‎‎$k$-dominating functions $f$‎, ‎is called the minus $k$-domination‎‎number and i...

OBJECTIVE Our purpose was to describe the surgical procedure, its results, and its complications and to determine whether patients are satisfied with surgical reduction of labia minora in cases of hypertrophy. STUDY DESIGN The records of 163 patients who underwent reduction of the labia minora during a 9-year period were reviewed. The ages of the patients ranged from 12 to 67 years (median, 2...

INTRODUCTION Limited information is available regarding patients' indication for seeking labiaplasty of the labia minora. AIM The aim of this article is to investigate a patient's indications for seeking labiaplasty of the labia minora. METHODS This is a retrospective review of the medical records of all patients undergoing labiaplasty at our clinic over a 27-month period. MAIN OUTCOME ME...