The Chinese Wall security policy is a well known information control policy used in the commercial world to specify control over information when connicts of interest arise. A trace-based information ow control model for the Chinese Wall security policy is presented. This model is enhanced to permit connict time frames for obtained information and revocation of access rights to a particular dat...

We present a case of a twin pregnancy in which one fetus developed a rapidly growing unilateral intrathoracic tumor. While a cystic adenomatoid malformation was suspected in the ultrasound scan, the magnetic resonance scan suggested a pulmonary blastoma or a bronchioalveolar carcinoma. Postnatal chest radiography and contrast-enhanced computed tomography of the affected newborn were performed, ...

An 82-year-old Japanese man, who presented with a fever and abdominal pain, was admitted to our hospital. According to enhanced computed tomography images, the probable diagnosis was abdominal aortic mycotic aneurysm. Eight sets of blood cultures obtained from the patient were negative. Despite administering treatment with vancomycin and ceftriaxone, the aneurysm progressively enlarged. He unde...

AIMS The assessment of the distribution and activity of vessel wall inflammation is clinically important in patients with Takayasu arteritis. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a useful tool, but the clinical utility of late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) in Takayasu arteritis has yet to be determined. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the utility of LGE in assessing vessel wall infla...

Article points 1. Gastroparesis associated with diabetes is a severe form of autonomic neuropathy. Symptoms include a feeling of fullness when eating, vomiting weight loss, heartburn, erratic blood glucose levels and spasms of the stomach wall. 2. Diagnosis of gastroparesis is usually made on clinical history and confirmed with gastric emptying studies and a gastroscopy. Gastroparesis is diagno...