There is increasing evidence that proximal femoral geometry has an important role in the aetiology of hip fractures. We performed a simple radiological study to investigate the relationship between proximal femoral geometry and intracapsular and extracapsular fractures of the proximal femur. Measurements of proximal femoral geometry were made on pelvic radiographs on the contralateral hip of 50...

We propose a new age scale for the two ice cores (GRIP and GISP2) that were drilled at Greenland summit, based on accelerator mass spectrometry C dating of foraminifera in core MD95-2042 (Paleoceanography 15 (2000) 565), calibrated by means of recently obtained paired C and Th measurements on pristine corals (Marine radiocarbon calibration curve spanning 10,500 to 50,000 years BP (thousand year...

Clarias serniosus, a new Southeast Asian walking-catfish species, is described from the Bolavens Plateau in southern Laos. The new species is a member of the C. batrachus species complex, and can be distinguished from congeners in the complex in having a combination of: occipital process length 15-17 % HL, head length 28.2-28.6% SL, head width 18.5-19.2% SL, head depth 13.0-13.7% SL, distance b...

During routine cadaveric dissection for the undergraduate students in the Department of Anatomy, we noted multiple muscular variations in a middle-aged male cadaver. All the variations were seen at the back of thigh (flexor compartment) of right lower limb. An anomalous muscle of 17 cm length with average width of 1.5 cm. was inserted to the semitendinosus, a third head of biceps femoris of 6.5...

We report a new record of Eremotermes neoparadoxalis from Haryana, India. Silvestri, 1911 is highly dispersed genus epitomized by 10 species, six which have been reported in India, including E. paradoxalis Harayana. Taxonomic descriptions provided with illustrations general morphology and measurements body length, head length without mandibles, pigmentation, antennae segments, tibial spur, tars...

The energy-momentum tensor of a supersonic heavy quark jet moving through a strongly-coupled N = 4 SYM plasma is analyzed in terms of first-order Navier-Stokes hydrodynamics. We focus on the near zone “head” region close to the heavy quark where deviations from hydrodynamic behavior are expected to be large. For realistic quark velocities, v = 0.99, we find that the non-hydrodynamical head regi...

Sperm head morphology has been identified as a characteristic that can be used to predict a male's semen quality. In the present study, we have developed an automated sperm head morphology analysis (ASMA) plug-in for open-source ImageJ software (http://rsbweb.nih.gov/ij/). We describe the plug-in's functionality, and confirm its validity for sperm head morphology analysis using fish sperm. Sper...

This study was designed to compare the performance of the kits Diff-Quick, Hemacolor and Spermac for staining the spermatozoa of rainbow trout. Automated sperm morphology analysis (ASMA) was performed using two image analysis programs to determine the sperm measurements: head size (length, width, area and perimeter), shape (ellipticity, rugosity, elongation and regularity) and tail length. Diff...

[1] This project was funded by the Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK), Project code: VHAG-2042 * University of Kafkas, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Internal Diseases, 36100, Kars TURKEY ** Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Veterinary Research, 01010, Adana TURKEY *** University of Kafkas, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Departmen...

Estera Balcikonyte D.D.S., ass.prof., Institute of Stomatology, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Lithuania. Irena Balciuniene – M.D., PhD, Hab.Dr., Professor and Director of Institute of Stomatology, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Lithuania. Vidmantas Alekna PhD, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Lithuania. The President of Lithuanian Fund of Osteoporosis and of Lithuan...