We describe a case of radiofrequency ablation of ventricular premature contraction (VPC) originating from the left ventricular outflow tract after transcatheter aortic valve replacement. The VPC origin was the native aortic valve annulus between the left and right coronary cusps. Radiofrequency ablation was successfully performed by manipulating the ablation catheter from the gap between the si...

Immigrant fertility and the realization of intentions are two topics considerable interest in contemporary demographic research. Yet very few studies have explored relationship between intended actual among immigrants their children. Using data from Norwegian Swedish Generations Gender Surveys, this article analyzes how both positive negative short-term stated by men women at Wave 1 2007/08 (No...

Previous studies have found that birth order is an important predictor of later life health, including hospitalisation for alcohol use. We examine the relationship between and alcohol-related mortality in two national contexts, within native families who differ on ethnic origin. study association after age 17, using Finnish register data cohorts born 1953−1999 Swedish 1940−1999. apply Cox propo...

This paper presents the final results of an acoustic study of ethno-phonetic differentiation among native varieties of English spoken in Montreal, Canada. The preliminary results, published in Boberg (2004), gave a tentative picture of phonetic differentiation among the three largest ethnic groups in the Montreal English speech community: people of British/Irish, Italian and Ashkenazi Jewish et...

A continuous sequence of 20,374 bp has been produced corresponding to an equivalent region of the mitochondrial genome of the fern Asplenium nidus. The information content of this sequence includes: several segments from chloroplast origin, three tRNA genes of probable native type, a couple of inverted repeats, three protein genes and a seg-

BACKGROUND Spain has become a principal destination for immigrants and delivery is the major reason for hospitalization in this population. However, research about inequities between native and immigrant women regarding the quality of the care received during pregnancy and delivery is still scarce. One of the indicators used to evaluate the quality of the obstetric care is the rate of caesarean...

The most rapidly expanding habitat globally is the urban habitat, yet the origin and life histories of the populations of native species that inhabit this habitat remain poorly understood. We use DNA barcoding of the COI gene in the widespread native pest ant Tapinoma sessile to test two hypotheses regarding the origin of urban populations and traits associated with their success. First, we det...

African-derived mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) have been described in South American and Caribbean native cattle populations, which could have been introduced into America from Iberia or by direct importation from Africa. However, the similarity among described haplotypes is not known. We examined mtDNA variation in Guadeloupe Creole and Spanish cattle in an attempt to identify African-derived mtDNA...

1 Tests of the relationship between resident plant species richness and habitat invasibility have yielded variable results. I investigated the roles of experimental manipulation of understorey species richness and overstorey characteristics in resistance to invader establishment in a floodplain forest in south-western Virginia, USA. 2 I manipulated resident species richness in experimental plot...

Background Immigrants from certain low- and middle-income countries are more prone to cancers attributed to viral infections in early life. Cervical cancer is caused by human papillomavirus but is highly preventable by regular screening. We assessed participation among immigrants in a population-based cervical screening programme and identified factors that predicted non-adherence within differ...