Gastro-esophageal reflux (GER) is one of the common problems of neonatal intensive care units. Although this condition does not always need to be treated, it occasionally causes clinically serious consequences. Initial management is medical; however, in some cases surgery might be required. A premature neonate with birth weight of 1370 grams was managed in our ICU. The patient was mechanical ve...

Hydroclimatic variability in the tropical Pacific reflects large-scale ocean-atmosphere processes that imprint on global climate, but hydroclimate over last millennium remains uncertain. Here we present a multi-proxy reconstruction from lacustrine sediment record Kiritimati Atoll spans millennium. A lake salinity δ2H values of total lipid extracts, combined with changes mineralogy and stable is...

1 Department of Political Science, University of California, San Diego, CA 92093, USA. 2 Mechanical Engineering Research Institute and Division of Web Science and Technology, KAIST, Daehak-ro, Dajeon 305-701, Korea. 3 School of Economics and Trade, Kyungpook National University, 1370 Sankyuk-dong, Buk-gu, Daegu 702-701, Korea. 4 Department of Political Science and International Relations, Seoul...

A partial wave analysis is presented of J/ψ → φππ and φKK from a sample of 58M J/ψ events in the BES II detector. The f0(980) is observed clearly in both sets of data, and parameters of the Flatté formula are determined accurately:M = 965± 8 (stat) ±6 (syst) MeV/c, g1 = 165± 10± 15 MeV/c, g2/g1 = 4.21± 0.25± 0.21. The φππ data also exhibit a strong ππ peak centred at M = 1335 MeV/c. It may be f...

A partial wave analysis is presented of J/ψ → φππ and φKK from a sample of 58M J/ψ events in the BES II detector. The f0(980) is observed clearly in both sets of data, and parameters of the Flatté formula are determined accurately:M = 965± 8 (stat) ±6 (syst) MeV/c, g1 = 165± 10± 15 MeV/c, g2/g1 = 4.21± 0.25± 0.21. The φππ data also exhibit a strong ππ peak centred at M = 1335 MeV/c. It may be f...

OBJECTIVE Colonic mucosal pseudolipomatosis is rare, and its pathogenesis is controversial. A number of mechanisms, including mechanical injury during an endoscopic procedure or chemical injury by disinfectant, seem to contribute to its pathogenesis. MATERIAL AND METHODS This retrospective study examined the colonic biopsies of 1370 patients. These biopsies were preserved at the Department of...