The Authors describe a case of primary localized amyloidosis of the eyelids, focusing on diagnosis and possible treatment. The involment of several structures of the eyelid such as muscles, conjunctiva and puncta lacrimalia, as well as peculiar features of these proteinaceous deposits, suggest different combined procedures and precise timing in choosing the appropriated therapy.

The sedimentary record, and associated micropalaeontological proxies, is one tool that has been employed to quantify a region's tropical cyclone history. Doing so has largely relied on the identification of allochthonous deposits (sediments and microfossils), sourced from deeper water and entrained by tropical cyclone waves and currents, in a shallow-water or terrestrial setting. In this study,...

The Confidence Hills, Southern Death Valley, California, are composed of Plio-Pleistocene lacustrine beds, evaporite beds, ashes, playa sediments, alluvial fan and fluvial deposits. The sediments have been divided into 5 mappable units. From oldest to, youngest, they are: the Confidence Hills "formation" (informal) composed of three interfingering members, and overlying Units A and B which do n...

REGION. B.R. Hawke, T.A. Giguere, S.J. Lawrence, B.A. Campbell, D.T. Blewett, L.M. Carter, L.R. Gaddis, J.J. Hagerty, P.G. Lucey, C.A. Peterson, and G.A. Smith, Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822, Intergraph Corporation, P.O. Box 75330, Kapolei, HI 96707, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85281, Cente...

The Toba supereruption in Sumatra, ∼74 thousand years (ka) ago, was the largest terrestrial volcanic event of the Quaternary. Ash and sulfate aerosols were deposited in both hemispheres, forming a time-marker horizon that can be used to synchronize late Quaternary records globally. A precise numerical age for this event has proved elusive, with dating uncertainties larger than the millennial-sc...

Two morphological types of prion protein (PrPsc) deposit occur in the cerebral cortex of cases of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD), viz., diffuse and florid deposits. The objective of this study was to determine whether diffuse-type PrPsc deposits in areas of the cerebral cortex in six cases of the variant form of CJD (vCJD) were spatially correlated with neurons and whether diffuse dep...

ROCKNEST TO PAHRUMP. A. A. Fraeman 1 , R. E. Arvidson 2 , B. L. Ehlmann 1,3 , N. T. Bridges 4 , B. Clark 5 , A. Cousin 6 , D. Des Marais 7 , R. Gellert 8 , J. R. Johnson 4 , M.G.A. Lapotre 1 , S. Schröder 9 , N. T. Stein 2 , R. Sullivan 10 , and D. Wellington 11 1 Caltech ([email protected]; M.S. 150-21, 1200 E. California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125), 2 Washington University in St. Louis, 3 JP...

Lead concentrations were measured in surface dust, airborne dust, air, and grinding material from five engine reconditioning workshops to evaluate the impact on blood lead concentrations (PbB) of 10 employees. Lead in the environmental samples ranged from trace amounts to extremely high concentrations (4667 mg/m2). The highest concentrations in surface wipes were found in areas where engine dep...

Substantial CO2 degassing occurs from geothermal waters in Turkey as evident from ongoing deposition of recent terrace travertines and emplacement of significant travertine vein and breccia deposits representing hydrothermal eruption products. Geochemical data indicate rapid ascent of CO2bearing fluids without significant interaction with basement and host rocks. High-precision U-series dates o...

BACKGROUND The present paper describes the oral manifestations in a 16-year-old boy previously diagnosed with Apert syndrome. PATIENT AND METHODS The extraoral and intraoral pathological findings were recorded. The following intraoral parameters were recorded: plaque and calculus deposits, dental caries, periodontal status, malpositions, and occlusion. For the upper anterior teeth, dental sha...