Ureteral injury is a rare but potentially serious complication that can occur during a variety of abdominal and pelvic surgical procedures. Knowledge of the course of the ureter is the first step toward preventing ureteral injuries. While some injuries are noticed intraoperatively, most are missed and present later with pain, sepsis, urinary drainage, or renal loss. The choice of treatment is b...

Transcription factors are important targets for the treatment of a variety of malignancies but are extremely difficult to inhibit, as they are located in the cell’s nucleus and act mainly by protein-DNA and protein-protein interactions. The transcriptional regulators Id1 and Id3 are attractive targets for cancer therapy as they are required for tumor invasiveness, metastasis and angiogenesis. W...

ABST RACT The ideal treatment for pseudomyxoma peritonei is an active area of investigation with mounting evidence for the benefit of complete cytoreduction and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemoperfusion (HIPEC). The unusual nature of this disease was demonstrated with a report of a patient with pseudomyxoma peritonei of appendiceal origin discovered thirty-two years after appendectomy. The re...

In vivo lung micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) is being increasingly embraced in pulmonary research because it provides longitudinal information on dynamic disease processes in a field in which ex vivo assessment of experimental disease models is still the gold standard. To optimize the quantitative monitoring of progression and therapy of lung diseases, we evaluated longitudinal changes in ...

Omnivorous Heteroptera constitute an important component of predatory guilds with high potential for biological control. Understanding the relative effects of plant feeding on the suppression of prey by omnivores could be an important element for improving biological control strategies. In the current paper, the effects of different plant food sources on the predation rate of the omnivorous pre...

Penicilliosis is a tropical disease occurring mostly in Southeast Asia. The incidence of Penicillium marneffei infection in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients is increasing due to the infection of the HIV in the population in recent years. In this report, the bone marrow smears of 331 AIDS patients have been examined for the evidence of P. marneffei infection, and 35 (10.6%) of ...