Twelve subjects have been studied in whom oesophago-jejunostomy had been performed leaving the stomach in situ. All had considerable metabolic disturbance with steatorrhoea and inability to absorb vitamin B(12), and the operation has been abandoned in favour of oesophagojejuno-gastrostomy.

BACKGROUND This paper discusses the results of ethno-ornithological research conducted on the local ecological knowledge (LEK) of artisanal fishers in northeast Brazil between August 2013 and October 2014. METHODS The present study analyzed the LEK of 240 artisanal fishermen in relation to Nearctic shorebirds and the factors that may be affecting their populations. We examined whether differe...

Complex regional pain syndrome is characterised by an exaggerated response to injury in a limb with intense prolonged pain, vasomotor disturbance, delayed functional recovery and trophic changes. This review describes the current knowledge of the condition and outlines the methods of treatment available with particular emphasis on the knee.

The vestibular coriolis (or "cross-coupling") effect is traditionally explained by cross-coupled angular vectors, which, however, do not explain the differences in perceptual disturbance under different acceleration conditions. For example, during head roll tilt in a rotating chair, the magnitude of perceptual disturbance is affected by a number of factors, including acceleration or deceleratio...

Some new passive and active methods for reducing the effects of seismic disturbances on suspended masses are described, with special reference to gravitational radiation detectors in which differential horizontal motions of two or more suspended test masses are monitored. In these methods it is important to be able to determine horizontal seismic accelerations independent of tilts of the ground...

BACKGROUND Accommodative disturbance has been cited as one of the causes of visual disturbance following whiplash injury but to date, with one exception, none of the studies have incorporated a group of control subjects; none of the results have been statistically analysed. The aim of the present study was to examine the amplitude of accommodation in a group of whiplash subjects, the majority o...

Abstract Aims The home-field advantage (HFA) hypothesis predicts faster decomposition of plant residues in home soil compared to soils with different plants ( away ), and has been demonstrated forest grassland ecosystems. It remains unclear if this legacy effect applies crop residue arable rotations. Such knowledge could improve our understanding dynamics may allow optimisation amendments syste...