[1] We document and characterize hanging valleys in a fluvially eroded landscape in eastern Taiwan. Our conceptual model for the initiation of hanging valleys builds on a recently proposed model of bedrock incision in which erosion actually becomes less efficient on very steep channel gradients. If a pulse of incision in the main stem outpaces the tributary response, the gradients at tributary ...

Only one report on the neuropsychological sequelae of attempted hanging exists in the English language. Two cases of attempted hanging with subsequent isolated memory deficits are reported. Possible mechanisms for induction of this amnesia are discussed. In these two cases it is most likely that circulatory disturbance produced by the ligatures caused ischaemic hippocampal damage, which in turn...

BACKGROUND Study objective was to evaluate the effectiveness of commonly used post-campaign hang-up visits on the hanging and use of campaign nets. METHODS A cluster-randomized trial was carried out in Uganda following an ITN distribution campaign. Five clusters (parishes, consisting of ∼11 villages each) were randomly selected for each of the three study arms with between 7,534 and 9,401 hou...

OBJECTIVE To identify the most frequent gender-specific suicide methods in Europe. DESIGN Proportions of seven predominant suicide methods utilised in 16 countries participating in the European Alliance Against Depression (EAAD) were reported in total and cross-nationally. Relative risk (RR) relating to suicide methods and gender was calculated. To group countries by pattern of suicide method...

We found a morphological similarity in the distribution of vascular lesions in five hanging suicide brains. The overall findings on the lesions remind us of the venous origin but not of the arterial origin of the blood supply. Morphometric evaluations did not reveal any valuable conclusion. The results of this pathological research may be of clinical importance for the treatment of hanging pati...

Objective: To determine the frequency and reliability of cervical soft tissue emphysema and pneumomediastinum in autopsy cases of hanging. Material and Method: We prospectively studied 30 autopsy cases of hanging including 18 males and 12 females with age ranging from 19 to 65 years. The control group consisted of age and sex matched 30 cases that died due to various natural pathologies. Along ...

The core histones have long been known to have an important role in the packaging of DNA into nucleosomes. Today, nucleosome assembly is recognized as an integral component of both transcriptional activation and repression [1]. Transcriptional control is mediated through the assembly of extensive nucleoprotein structures containing both conventional transcription factors and architectural facto...

ground. She cut him down, but he was quite insensible. This happened on the 4th November. In my absence the post-mortem examination was conducted by Assistant Surgeon Prisitosh Haldar, who found the following appearances. The membranes and surface of the brain were much congested. The veins were distended with dark blood. There was a considerable quantity of red serum effused beneath the arachn...

Although only recently recognized, hanging tributary valleys in non-glacial landscapes are not uncommon in tectonically active regions. Standard river incision models do not allow for the formation of fluvial hanging valleys; these disequilibrium landforms present an opportunity to advance our understanding of river incision processes. In this work, we demonstrate that thresholds apparent in se...