acute fulminant myocarditis is a life-threatening inflammatory disease of the myocardium characterized by the rapid deterioration of the hemodynamic status of the affected individual. with prompt recognition and appropriate management, complete recovery of ventricular function is likely within a few weeks. we introduce a 28-year-old man with acute fulminant myocarditis, who experienced circulat...

background : iud is one of the safest and most widely used reversible methods of contraception. the purpose of this study was to determine iud survival and reasons for early discontinuation in bandar abbas, south of iran. methods: probability of iud continuation rate and factors associated with discontinuation were assessed in a historical cohort study of 400 women records from march 2002 to fe...

BACKGROUND Among hospitalized older adults who transfer to skilled nursing facilities (SNF) for short stays and subsequently transfer to home, twenty two percent require additional emergency department or hospital care within 30 days. Transitional care services, that provide continuity and coordination of care as older adults transition between settings of care, decrease complications during tr...

Transitional justice represents itself as both a discourse and practice that exists primarily to support victims of human rights violations and gains its moral legitimacy from the fact that victims are deserving and the claim that transitional justice has the aim of acknowledging victims and providing redress. Here, this claim is interrogated in the light of a practice that actually appears to ...

B cells leave the bone marrow as transitional B cells. Transitional B cells represent a target of negative selection and peripheral tolerance, both of which are abrogated in vitro by mediators of T cell help. In vitro, transitional and mature B cells differ in their responses to B cell receptor ligation. Whereas mature B cells up-regulate the T cell costimulatory molecule CD86 (B7.2) and are ac...

OBJECTIVE We report a rare case of malignant priapism secondary to transitional cell carcinoma. METHODS The patient with bladder cancer (pT4G3) presented with painful penile erection. Corpora cavernosa biopsy was done. RESULTS The pathologic diagnosis was penile metastasis of transitional cell carcinoma. CONCLUSIONS Priapism secondary to penile metastasis of transitional cell carcinoma is...

A new design for a tail-sitting vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was proposed. A nonlinear mathematical model of the vehicle dynamics was constructed by combining simple estimation methods. The flight characteristics were revealed through a trim analysis and an optimized transitional flight path analysis by using the mathematical model. The trim analysis reveale...

OBJECTIVES This study sets out to prospectively investigate the incidence of transitional vertebrae and numerical variants of the spine. MATERIALS AND METHODS Over a period of 28 months, MRIs of the whole spine were prospectively evaluated for the presence of transitional lumbosacral vertebrae and numerical variants of the spine. RESULTS MRI of the whole spine was evaluated in 420 patients,...

BACKGROUND On the 26th December 2004 the Asian tsunami devastated the Sri Lankan coastline. More than two years later, over 14,500 families were still living in transitional shelters. This study compares the health of the internally displaced people (IDP), living in transitional camps with those in permanent housing projects provided by government and non-government organisations in Sri Lanka. ...