Post operative wound infection is considered as a surgeon’s nightmare. Before the mid 19 century, surgical patients commonly developed post operative purulent discharge from their incisions, followed by overwhelming sepsis, and often death. It was not until the late 1860s, after Joseph Lister introduced the principles of antisepsis that postoperative infections morbidity decreased substantially...

Osteoradionecrosis is a severe debilitating complication; it may occur from radiotherapy to the bones. It is a dental surgeon's nightmare as it may be long standing and difficult to manage. Osteoradionecrosis is characterised by hypoxia, hypocellularity and hypovascularity of the affected tissue. This paper reviews osteoradionecrosis in relation to dental treatment.

Oculus rift: Virtual reality (VR) is a burgeoning field that has the inherent potential of manipulating peoples mind with a superlative 3D experience. Oculus rift is one such application that assists in achieving the same. With the fleeting enhancements in VR it now seems very feasible to provide the user with experiences that were earlier thought to be merely a dream or a nightmare.

Dolly the cloned sheep marked both an icon of scientific possibility and a potential ethical nightmare. Researchers in related fields of stem cell research need to learn the lessons and the right vocabulary if they are to make progress in their fields.

Abstract Introduction Many people suffer from recurring nightmares that induce fear in their dreams and incur lasting psychological effects. One possible solution to alleviate these might be wake up directly them. Though we typically think of sleep as an “off” state where the sleeper is unable make decisions, one exception lucid dreaming. In dreams, dreamer aware dream can perform deliberate ac...

STUDY OBJECTIVES To identify risk factors for experiencing nightmares among the Finnish general adult population. The study aimed to both test whether previously reported correlates of frequent nightmares could be reproduced in a large population sample and to explore previously unreported associations. DESIGN Two independent cross-sectional population surveys of the National FINRISK Study. ...

Caterpillar, Nightmare, and Teacup are cluster AU siphoviral phages isolated from enriched soil on Arthrobacter sp. strain ATCC 21022. These genomes are 58 kbp long with an average G+C content of 50%. Sequence analysis predicts 86 to 92 protein-coding genes, including a large number of small proteins with predicted transmembrane domains.

87-0792/$ see front matter Q 200 i:10.1016/j.smrv.2005.06.001 Abbreviations DSM-IV-TR, Diagnos r Mental Disorders, edition IV, tex hearsal Therapy; LDT, Lucid Dreami pid Eye Movement; PTSD, Posttraum pid Eye Movement. * Corresponding author. Tel.: C31 3 3 4718. E-mail address: v.i.spoormaker@fs Summary The DSM-IV-TR definition of nightmares—extremely frightening dreams from which the person wak...