A 76-year-old male with prostatic hyperplasia presented with acute pyelonephritis. Blood cultures yielded Rahnella aquatilis. Treatment with intravenous followed by oral levofloxacin resulted in cure. Important characteristics of this organism include its biochemical similarities to Enterobacter agglomerans, its apparent ability to cause bacteremia from a renal focus, and its response to quinol...

Conditions of adhesive cure process play a very important role in the quality of adhesive joints. It is known that the cure stage of adhesives correlates with the glass transition temperature and strength of adhesion. The objective of our present work was to quantitatively characterize cure of the adhesives with acoustic method. Pulse-echo mode was used for the study. Changes in acoustic parame...

The discovery of Mathematical Viruses is announced here for the first time. Such viruses are a serious threat to the general mental health of the mathematical community. Several viruses inimical to the unity of mathematics are identified, and their deleterious characteristics are described. A strong dose of geometric algebra and calculus is the best medicine for both prevention and cure.

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical outcome of patients undergoing single-dose reirradiation using the Linear Accelerator (LINAC) for brain arteriovenous malformations (AVM). METHODS A retrospective study of 37 patients with brain AVM undergoing LINAC reirradiation between April 2003 and November 2011 was carried out. Patient characteristics, for example, gender, age...