Insects have evolved an astonishing array of defences to ward off enemies. Well known and widespread is the regurgitation of oral secretion (OS), fluid that repels attacking predators. In herbivores, the effectiveness of OS has been ascribed so far to the presence of deterrent secondary metabolites sequestered from the host plant. This notion implies, however, that generalists experience less p...

Transl Androl Urol 2014;3(3):255 www.amepc.org/tau Several theories exist regarding the pathogenesis of urinary calculi, and the early incipient events leading to calculus formation remain the most controversial. The authors detail a theory by which microscopic Randall plaques (RP) lead to calcium oxalate calculi in idiopathic calcium oxalate stone formers (1). Outlined is a process by which RP...

Sesha would never live a normal life. . . . The worst fear was that her handicap involved her intellectual faculties. . . . Yet . . . it never even occurred to me to . . . think of her in any other terms than my own beloved child. She was my daughter. I was her mother. That was fundamental. . . . We didn’t yet realize how much she would teach us, but we already knew that we had learned somethin...

Researchers are interested in researching this order to find out: The Contribution of Islam Western Civilization. This study aims determine the results indicate that Islamic civilization West, history development Islam, experienced ups and downs periodization, which Harun Nasution divided into five periods, namely: (1) Classical (2) Disintegration (3) Middle Ages (4) Three Great Kingdoms (5) Mo...

Introduction The geography of medicine considers disease patterns in different parts of the world [1]. For this reason, it was found of interest to compare the prevalence of Paget’s disease of the breast in the Ibos of West Africa and in the Hebrews of the Middle East. The choice was made on three grounds. Firstly, I had previously published on the Paget cell with reference to its historical at...

REPORTS on studies of lung cancer have originated chiefly in western countries where heavy industry has reached a high stage of development and where the smoking of tobacco is very freely indulged in. It was therefore thought that a study of the features of bronchial carcinoma in Ceylon, a non-industrial country where the customs and habits of people differ from those of the west, might be help...