Carrying Fetuses with Neural Tube Defects, Gizele Thame, Elvira Maria Guerra-Shinohara, and Antonio Fernandes Moron ( Departamento de Saúde Materno-Infantil, Faculdade de Saúde Pública, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo-SP, Brazil CEP 05054-010; 2 Seção de Hematologia, Instituto Adolfo Lutz, São Paulo-SP, Brazil; 3 Departamento de Análises Clı́nicas e Toxicológicas, Faculdade de Ciências Farm...

Michael F. O’Neill1,2*, George M. Leigh3, You-Gan Wang4, J. Matı́as Braccini5, and Matthew C. Ives6 Agri-Science Queensland, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Maroochy Research Facility, PO Box 5083 SCMC, Nambour, Queensland, 4560, Australia School of Geographic Planning and Environmental Management, and Centre for Applications in Natural ResourceMathematics (CARM) in the School...

The 5000 series non-heat-treatable Al–Mg alloys are widely used as structural members, because of excellent combination weldability, corrosion resistance and mechanical properties. It is well known that these can become susceptible to inter-granular stress cracking. In the previous paper, authors revealed hydrogen embrittlement (HE) takes place in weld corner (fusion zone adjacent HAZ) an MIG-w...

We appreciate the article by Dr. Yousef A. Al-Turki about obesity among diabetic patients.1 The author has found a very high prevalence of obesity in diabetic patients attending a primary healthcare center in Riyadh. The prevalence of Body Mass Index (BMI) > 25kg/m2 was 76.5% in females and 61% in males. This has a definite relevance with regards to management of diabetes mellitus in these pati...