Presents

THE MATHEMATICS COLLOQUIUM presents

Phase transitions are one of the most common phenomena, e.g., water and vapor in our daily life, or liquid crystal for a laptop. In the last few decades, extensive explorations have been made on stationary phase transitions, e.g. theory of renormalization group. In contrast, much less understanding is yet available for the dynamics, namely, the evolution of a system undergoing phase transitions...

UHC Presents Universal Challenges

Margaret McCartney: Christmas presents.

With Christmas come the presents, but since graduation they’ve caused me disquiet. They arrived, carefully and thoughtfully wrapped, some with notes and cards, some with just my name. In accepting gifts from patients, I was disturbed. I thought, firstly, that they were being given under false pretences. I wasn’t doing any more than the average doctor, maybe less: I’d made mistakes; had missed t...

Molar Pregnancy Presents as Tubal Ectopic Pregnancy

DRESS Syndrome Presents as Leukoencephalopathy.

DRESS syndrome (Drug Rash with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms) is a potentially life-threatening syndrome, which reflects a serious hypersensitivity reaction to drugs, presenting by generalized skin rash, fever, eosinophilia, atypical lymphocytosis, and internal organ involvement. Herein a 21-month old male infant with DRESS and Encephalopathy syndrome is presented who complicated after phe...