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Primary Tuberculosis of the middle ear remains a diagnostic challenge due to unspecific and variable clinical presentations. A characteristic clinical triad of painless ear discharge, multiple perforations and pale granulations in middle ear cleft is often seen but maybe absent. We report the case of…

The effects of Spirulina supplementation, sire breed, sex and basal diet on intramuscular fat percentage (IMF) and fat melting point (FMP) in crossbred and purebred Merino lambs were investigated. Over two consecutive years, a total of 48 lambs was randomly allocated into feeding trials that…

In order to identify some typical patterns of autonomic arousal, a sample of 104 subjects was consecutively recruited respectively with diagnosis of: Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) Panic Disorder (PD), Major Depression Episode (MDE), and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) following the DSM IV —TR criteria (American…

A thirty seven year old female patient developed severe postprandial pain, chronic diarrhea and clinical and biochemical malabsorption syndrome twelve months after gastric by-pass surgery. Vascular and infectious diseases were ruled out during clinical workup and the diagnosis of celiac disease was reached using antibody…

It is of common knowledge that most leukemic patients succumb to infectious complications beside dysfunction in proliferation/differentiation of hematopoietic cells. Recently, it has been shown by several groups that there is a locus specific HLA class I downregulation in the leukemic cells. However, the HLA…

Cancer of uterine cervix is the second most common cancer among women worldwide but it is the leading cancer in Indian women. Though high-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) is the major etiological agent for the development of cervical carcinogenesis, HPV infection alone is not sufficient, but…

The chemisorptions of hydrogen on aluminum cobalt clusters are studied with density functional theory. The on-top site is identified to be the most favorable chemisorptions site for hydrogen, and the Al-top sites are the preferred one in the most cases for one hydrogen adsorption in…

Extensive calcification of the ascending aorta is an infrequent but alarming finding while performing coronary artery bypass grafting surgery. Porcelain aorta (PA) requires adjustments in cardiopulmonary bypass as well as in revascularization techniques. Our case consists of a 64 years old woman with left main…

This study compared the dust, bioaresol and gas characteristics dynamics inside a pig barn with or without cyclone deduster (CD). The detection of inert minerals and heavy metal contamination was also done for both feed and dust. During a 24”hour monitoring at 30”minute interval, the…

In juvenile patients with Graves’ disease, extraocular muscles may be involved. Ultrasonography is a very important and informative diagnostic method in patients with exophthalmos and Graves’ disease. The aim of our study was to evaluate medial and inferior extraocular muscle thickness in juvenile patients with…