AIMS The purpose of this study was to identify the risk factors for major adverse events of VATS (Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery) lobectomy for primary lung cancer. METHODS 1806 Patients (1032 males, 57.1%) planned to undergo VATS lobectomy for stage IA-IIIA lung cancer from July 2007 to June 2012. The Thoracic Morbidity and Mortality Classification TM&M system was used to evaluate the prese...

Context. The 2004 December 27 giant flare from SGR 1806-20 produced a radio nebula that was detectable for weeks. It was observed at a wide range of radio frequencies. Aims. To investigate the polarized signal from the radio nebula at low frequencies and to perform precise total intensity measurements. Methods. We made a total of 19 WSRT observations. Most of these were performed quasi simultan...

Recent follow-up observations of the December 27 giant flare of SGR 1806-20 have detected a multiplefrequency radio afterglow from 240 MHz to 8.46 GHz, extending in time from a week to about a month after the flare. The angular size of the source was also measured for the first time. Here we show that this radio afterglow gives the first piece of clear evidence that an energetic blast wave swee...

The giant flare observed on Dec. 27 2004 from SGR 1806–20 has revived the idea that a fraction of short (<2 s) Gamma Ray Bursts (GRB) is due to giant flares from Soft Gamma Ray Repeaters located in nearby galaxies. One of the distinguishing characteristics of these events is the thermal (black body) spectrum with temperatures ranging from ∼50 to ∼180 keV, with the highest temperature observed f...

An outbreak of measles occurred among adolescents in Corpus Christi, Texas, in the spring of 1985, even though vaccination requirements for school attendance had been thoroughly enforced. Serum samples from 1806 students at two secondary schools were obtained eight days after the onset of the first case. Only 4.1 percent of these students (74 of 1806) lacked detectable antibody to measles accor...

The systematic study of forensic toxicology dates from the end of the eighteenth century. It arose as a branch of forensic medicine concerned with the problem of proving deliberate poisoning in criminal cases. It was often very difficult to distinguish symptoms produced by many common poisonous plants like belladonna (deadly nightshade) and henbane from those of certain diseases. Medicines also...

Recent follow-up observations of the 2004 December 27 giant flare of SGR 1806 20 have detected a multiplefrequency radio afterglow from 240 MHz to 8.46 GHz, extending in time from a week to about a month after the flare. The angular size of the source has also been measured for the first time. Here we show that this radio afterglow provides the first clear evidence of an energetic blast wave sw...

Coronado A. 2006. Ixodiphagus hookeri Howard, 1907 (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) in the brown dog tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus Latreille, 1806 (Acari: Ixodidae) in Venezuela. Entomotropica 21(1):61-64. Nymphs of the ixodid tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus were found naturally infected by the tiny wasp Ixodiphagus hookeri. The parasitism resulted in the death of the host ticks, as cause of ingestion o...

On December 27, 2004, a giant flare from SGR 1806−20 was detected on earth. Its thermal spectrum and temperature suggest that the flare resulted from an energy release of about 10 erg/sec close to the surface of a neutron star in the form of radiation and/or pairs. This plasma expanded under its own pressure producing a fireball and the observed gamma-rays escaped once the fireball became optic...

On December 27, 2004, a giant flare from SGR 1806−20 was detected on earth. Its thermal spectrum and temperature suggest that the flare resulted from an energy release of about 1047 erg/sec close to the surface of a neutron star in the form of radiation and/or pairs. This plasma expanded under its own pressure producing a fireball and the observed gamma-rays escaped once the fireball became opt...