cystic fibrosis (cf), the most common life-shortening, hereditary disease in whites, manifests itself principally in childhood. patients presenting with cf as adults appear to be different when compared to patients diagnosed with cf during childhood. often these patients have been previously diagnosed with asthma, chronic bronchitis or emphysema. we present a case of a woman diagnosed with cf a...

The criminal profiling technique, developed in the second half of last century, has proved to be a useful resource as an investigative especially when conventional techniques have not been productive and is closely associated with Behavioral Sciences Forensic Criminology, being used direct investigate by reducing number suspects crime. Among various methodologies available, Crime Scene Analysis...

conclusions this study shows that an adequate nutritional support, in patients with severe burn injury, can improve sofa score. it is also more cost-effective, resulting in a shorter los in hospital. background severe burned patients developed metabolic imbalances and systemic inflammatory response syndrome (sirs), which can lead to malnutrition, impaired immunologic response, multiple organ fa...

Distinguishing productive zones of a drilled oil well plays a very important role for petroleum engineers to decide where to perforate to produce oil. Conventionally, net pay zones are determined by applying a set of cut-offs on perophysical logs. As a result, the conventional method finds productive intervals crisply. In this investigation, a net index value is proposed, then; diffusivity equa...

background: garcinia kola seed is consumed indiscriminately in nigeria without recourse to its potential toxicity. therefore, this study was aimed at assessing the toxicity of the aqueous extract of g. kola seeds on selected tissues of male rats.  methods: thirty male rats (215.00 ± 18.58 g) were assigned into four groups: a, b, c and d which received 0.5 ml of distilled water, 25, 50 and 100 m...

background: boric acid (ba) is commonly used as pesticide, disinfectant and wood preservative. its ingestion can cause serious organ damages resulting in death. case report: a 19 year old man was found dead with two empty packs of ba tablets in vicinity of his body. on autopsy examination, brownish stains along with right angle of mouth and right nostril were found. stomach was damaged with hem...

introduction: organ donation is one of the surviving procedures which can increase the life expectancy of end-stage patients. inappropriate beliefs and attitude of individuals to organ donation, their poor knowledge, and the socio-economic level are one of the most important barriers for organ donation. therefore, here knowledge and attitude levels among relatives of trauma patients regarding o...

organization of various cells lining the olfactory mucosa of puntius ticto (hamilton, 1822) were described by light as well as scanning electron microscopy. the paired olfactory chambers located antero-dorsal to the eyes and communicated outside through anterior and posterior nasal openings. the oval shaped olfactory rosette lied at the bottom of chamber and composed of 18-20 lamellae arranged ...