Juvenile growth rate is an important life-history trait that affects the size at maturity, and may influence the development of sexual ornamentation. The sword of several species of the genus Xiphophorus (Teleostei: Poeciliidae) is an elaborate secondary sexual trait that confers an advantage in terms of sexual selection, counterbalanced by locomotive and predatory costs. This study assesses di...

Objectives: Although breast milk is considered the best nutritional option for neonates, use of traditional supplements such as sugar water, camel thorn, and flix weed in the first week of life of infants is quite common in Iran and many other countries. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether consuming such supplements has any impact on infant’s breastfeeding behavior. Materials and Meth...

In this article we take a stroll through the metaphorical rose garden, part of flower that is electrochemical storage systems. We closer look at batteries as center-pieces – roses and especially system component batteries, electrolyte its development, throughout history. Just can only develop unique beauty when taken good care provided with clean water suitable nutrients, battery cell cannot fu...

Infection is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among haemodialysis patients. Some of the risk factors specific to this population include repeated access to the blood stream through venous cannulation for dialysis as well as a higher prevalent usage of prosthetic materials like haemodialysis catheters and arteriovenous grafts. In addition, defects in immunity and phagocytosis also cont...

We report the case of a 14 year old healthy boy, who was admitted six weeks after being injured by a palm tree thorn, with limping caused by pain and swelling in his right knee. An ultrasound examination revealed a foreign body in the posterior lateral aspect of the right knee. Pantoea agglomerans was identified in the synovial fluid. The patient underwent two arthrotomies and was treated with ...

PURPOSE Adults who stutter (AWS) are less accurate in their immediate repetition of novel phonological sequences compared to adults who do not stutter (AWNS). The present study examined whether manipulation of the following two aspects of traditional nonword repetition tasks unmask distinct weaknesses in phonological working memory in AWS: (1) presentation of stimuli with less-frequent stress p...

Walking barefoot is common in developing countries and the feet are therefore exposed to a variety of trivial injuries, some of which lead to cellulitis or abscess formation. If left untreated or improperly managed, osteomyelitis or septic arthritis, usually involving the heel or metatarsals, may follow. In countries with limited resources, the emphasis should be on clinical assessment for diag...

Introduction Most cases of Cushing's syndrome are known to have abnormalities of carbohydrate metabolism (Plotz, Knowlton and Ragan, 1952; Thorn, Renold and Cahill, 1959) and between 10-25% of patients have clinical diabetes mellitus (Thorn et al., 1959). However, the vascular complications of diabetes are reported to be uncommon (Thorn et al., 1959). In the past, adrenalectomy was tried for re...

Figure 1: Thoracic tomodensitometry at hospital admission, showing the garfish sword in the right hemithorax apex. When the garfish sword got stuck in his body, it might have generated serious internal injuries. As a result, removing such a foreign object could have been dangerous because of so many sharp teeth. This CT-scan shows it did not damage neither the nerves nor the vessels. Figure 2: ...