Synthesis and degradation of collagen is an essential component of wound healing. In most persons, this deposition of collagen results in the formation of a fine line scar which restores much of the tensile strength to the injured tissue and is cosmetically acceptable. However, in certain individuals, the result of wound healing is the excessive accumulation of collagen, resulting in a hypertro...

Hemoperitoneum without evidence of organ damage is a rare complication of colonoscopy. It is most frequently seen in association with splenic rupture due to traction on the splenocolic ligament. In our case, we present a 48-year-old cirrhotic man who developed peritoneal bleeding during a diagnostic colonoscopy for iron deficiency anemia. However, he was without signs of splenic damage or colon...

48 male and 48 female Ss took part in a study of "impression formation," during which they evaluated a "partner" who was presented as either similar or dissimilar to themselves, and who was further presented as either normal or emotionally disturbed. Ss rated the partner's attractiveness, similarity to themselves, and indicated their willingness to interact with him. When the partner was believ...

Pairs of systems, which consist of a system of sequents and a natural deduction system for some part of intuitionistic logic, are considered. For each of these pairs of systems the property that the normalization theorem is a consequence of the cut-elimination theorem is presented.

The intentional intracorporeal concealment of illicit substances presents clinical, legal, and ethical challenges. “Body packing” is a phenomenon in which drug couriers conceal illicit substances in the alimentary tract for transportation across international borders or other points of possible inspection [1]. In contrast, “body stuffing” is a phenomenon in which substance dealers or abusers, f...

Splenic injury is a rare but serious complication of bariatric surgical procedures. Given that the need for dissection of the gastrosplenic ligament during bariatric surgical procedures, splenic injury is not unfathomable. While most subcapsular splenic hematomas may be self-limiting, continued expansion may result in splenic rupture and should, therefore, be handled with great care. With the g...

This paper is an investigation of the relationship between conditional objects obtained as a qualitative counterpart to conditional probabilities, and nonmonotonic reasoning. Roughly speaking, a conditional object can be seen as a generic rule which allows us to get a conclusion provided that the available information exactly corresponds to the "context" part of the conditional object. This giv...