A 27-year-old man who was intoxicated came to the emergency department after he accidentally shot himself in the abdomen with a .25 caliber pistol. The physical examination revealed an entry wound in the right midabdomen and surrounding powder burns on the skin. No exit wound was found. The patient was in stable condition . After a laparotomy for repair of small bowel and mesentery, the patient...

A 21-year-old male suffering from severe throat pain after being hit by a bullet in Syria claimed that he was shot through his eye and that the bullet subsequently descended behind his throat. Even though the first medical report stated that this course is implausible, meticulous workup provided evidence that the bullet might have entered the parapharyngeal space in a more cranial position than...

Comments in Bullet 1 The reviewer indicated that it would be more interesting if authors could present results on the outcome of deliveries conducted by TBAs and those conducted in hospitals. The reviewer assumed that MICS has this information as well. Response to comments Bullet 1 Data on outcome of deliveries was not collected in the Iraq MICS. Comments in Bullet 2 The reviewer suggested that...

Bernardo Ratilal Rua Tristão Vaz, n.31 3. esquerdo 1400-350 Lisbon/Portugal. E-mail: [email protected] Figure 1: CT scan showing a bullet in the deep left occipital lobe. Figure 2: CT scan at the third day showing a backwards migration of the bullet, located adjacent the inner table of the left occipital vault. An eighteen-year-old girl presented a left occipital gunshot wound. At admission, s...

We cloned a cDNA fragment encoding a feline homologue of L-selectin (CD62L). The extracellular region of the feline CD62L fragment contained a calcium-dependent (C-type) lectin domain, an epidermal growth factor-like domain, and two Sushi/CCP/SCR domains. The flow cytometric analysis confirmed that the feline CD62L molecule, which was expressed 293T cells, retained an epitope recognized by an a...

Coronal fractures of the anterior teeth are a common form of dental trauma. If the original tooth fragment is retained following fracture, reattachment of the fractured fragment to the remaining tooth can provide better and long-lasting esthetics, improved function, a positive psychological response and is a faster and less complicated procedure. This paper reports on two coronal tooth fracture...

We show that optical light bullets can coexist with double bullet complexes in nonlinear dissipative systems. Coexistence occurs for a relatively large range of the system parameters, and is associated with either marginal stability or bistable existence of the two dissipative soliton species. In the case of marginal stability, spontaneous transformations of single bullets into double bullet co...

We have used purified proteolytic fragments of von Willebrand factor (vWF) to characterize three related functional sites of the molecule that support interaction with platelet glycoprotein Ib, collagen, and heparin. A fragment of 116 kDa was found to be dimeric and consisted of disulfide-linked subunits which, after reduction and alkylation, corresponded to the previously described 52/48-kDa f...

This paper unearths the contribution of lexical cohesion to the textuality and overall meaning of Malcolm X’s speech 'The Ballot or the Bullet'. Drawing on Halliday and Hasan’s (1976) and Hoey’s (1991) theory of cohesion, specifically lexical   cohesion, whose main thrust is the role of lexical items in not only contributing to meaning but also serving as cohesive ties, the paper discusses how ...

Coronal fractures of permanent dentition are the most frequent type of dental injury. If the original tooth fragment is retained following fracture, the natural tooth structures can be reattached using adhesive protocols. The development and use of fiber-reinforced composite root canal posts make possible the reattachment of the crown esthetically. This case report presents a clinical technique...