AIMS To compare the expression of c-myc and c-fms proto-oncogenes in the placenta and hydatidiform mole. METHODS Twelve hydatidiform moles and six induced abortion cases were collected. c-myc and c-fms proto-oncogene expression was analysed by northern blot hybridisation and immunohistochemical staining. RESULTS The results of northern blot hybridisation analysis showed that c-fms was expre...

Medical images typically have irregular and fragmented contours. This is a strong motivation to use fractal geometry, rather than Euclidian geometry, for their description and characterization. In this paper we analyse a set of 100 images of melanoma and non-melanoma moles. The moles have their contours extracted with several tools and then the contours have their fractal dimension computed wit...

OBJECTIVE To see whether children who have had chemotherapy develop increased numbers of moles. DESIGN Blind assessment of patients having chemotherapy and subsequent comparison with the first suitable patients matched for age and sex who were attending the clinic during the same period after having completed treatment. Controls were obtained the following year by taking the first suitable pa...

In the classical whack-a-mole game moles that pop up at certain locations must be whacked by means of a hammer before they go under ground again. The goal is to maximize the number of moles caught. This problem can be formulated as an online optimization problem: Requests (moles) appear over time at points in a metric space and must be served (whacked) by a server (hammer) before their deadline...

What are star-nosed moles? The star-nosed mole, Condylura cristata, is one of about 30 species of mole in the mammalian order Insectivora. Although they are rarely seen, they are relatively common in the wetlands of eastern North America and Canada. They weigh about 30–50 grams and have large clawed forelimbs for digging their extensive underground burrows. Like most other moles, they give birt...

AIM To determine the potential value of interphase cytogenetic and argyrophilic nucleolar organiser region (AgNOR) analyses in the diagnosis and classification of hydatidiform moles. METHODS Serial tissue sections from 37 hydatidiform moles, histologically classified as 11 complete and 15 partial, and from 11 hydropic abortuses were examined by in situ hybridisation using digoxigenin labelled...