Almost by definition, bpopular cultureQ reflects the effects of most people imitating those around them. At the same time, trends and fashions are constantly changing, with future outcomes potentially irrational and nearly impossible to predict. A simple null model, which captures these seemingly conflicting tendencies of conformity and change, involves the random copying of cultural variants b...

Almost by definition, bpopular cultureQ reflects the effects of most people imitating those around them. At the same time, trends and fashions are constantly changing, with future outcomes potentially irrational and nearly impossible to predict. A simple null model, which captures these seemingly conflicting tendencies of conformity and change, involves the random copying of cultural variants b...

bones of the hands and feet can present a number of diagnostic challenges as both reparative and neoplastic lesions occur at these sites and are similar in clinical presentation, as well as radiologic and pathological appearance. In a review of 240 cases, Ostrowski and Spjut found 203 benign and 37 malignant lesions; 89 of the benign lesions were designated as florid reactive periostitis, bizar...

INTRODUCTION Solitary exostosis is common at the metaphysis of long bones, and rarely may it develop in the lower pole of the patella. Usually it stops growing after skeletal maturity unless complicated. When the growth continues after skeletal maturity, other rare possibilities need to be considered such as bizarre parosteal osteochondromatous proliferation (BPOP). Though solitary exostosis is...