Materials and methods: Six Control group sows and six treatment (Banana) group sows were used, each with 10 piglets. Treatment consisted of daily topical application of isoamyl acetate (banana scent) on the skin of the sows’ mammary glands during the 21 days of suckling. Preference of the piglets for the banana scent was tested with a V-maze at 4 and 21 days of age. After weaning, pigs were reg...

EDITORIAL INTRODUCTION. From mass incarceration to targeted policing: Introduction to the Special Issue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Richard Rosenfeld EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. Overview of “Imprisonment and crime: Can both be reduced?” . . . . . . 9 Steven N. Durlauf, Daniel S. Nagin RESEARCH ARTICLE. Impr...

background: the rationale was to develop an ablation approach to destroy regions of tumor resistant to radiation and thus reduce the time required for whole tumor ablation, while improving overall tumor control after radiotherapy. materials and methods: the system is composed of a micro positron emission tomography (mpet), 7t magnetic resonance imaging (mri), and a customized mri-compatible foc...

Treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF) in concomitant surgery is not unanimously agreed upon in the cardiac surgical community. The reason for this lack of consensus is threefold. Firstly, there is an absence of large multicenter randomized controlled trials (RCT) proving the benefit of restoring sinus rhythm in a patient population which we encounter almost daily (about 10% of cardiac surgery p...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with substantial morbidity, mortality, and economic burden and confers a lifetime risk of up to 25%. Current medical management involves thromboembolism prevention, rate, and rhythm control. An increased understanding of AF pathophysiology has led to enhanced pharmacological and medical therapies; however this is often limited by toxicity, variable symptom...

Methods 84 adult patients (mean age 40,8 ± 7,2 years) with ASD and different forms of AF were operated between 20052012 with next forms of AF: paroxysmal – 48, persistent – 26, long persistent – 10 patients. We performed radiofrequency “maze III” procedure and then ASD closure in CPB. Mean CPB-time was 64±18 min. Lines of ablation were performed point-by-point applications with exposition of 15...