Case Description- In the present study, a seven-year-old German shepherd female dog was referred to Veterinary Hospital of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, with a two-week history of intermittent lameness and lumbosacral pain. Clinical Findings- On general examination, the vital parameters were within normal limits. A ventrodorsal (VD) radiograph of the pelvis and lumbosacral spine was take...

TCP sockets are an important and ubiquitous construct. In order to better understand the behaviour of programs using TCP sockets, we have developed instrumentation that transparently collects information about each socket and graphically displays it as a single, unified view. This paper will describe the instrumentation which leverages an existing tool, POET (Partial-Order Event Tracer), to dis...

ELL BEFORE THE END of the eighteenth century, a conscious and deliberate discussion about self-image, that is, the way an artist sees himself, became a matter of course. Hence Mozart could write in 1778, at age twenty-two, “I am a Composer and was born a Capellmeister. I must not and cannot bury my gift for composing that a benevolent God has bestowed upon me in such a rich measure—I may say so...

The year 2015 marks the 750th birth anniversary of the Italian poet Dante Alighieri (1265-1321). It is less known that Dante had a sound level of medical knowledge, probably derived by his academic studies. In his works, medieval notions of neuroanatomy and neurophysiology (e.g. the connection between brain and spinal cord, function of optic nerve and peripheral nerves, knowledge of vegetative ...

introduction is obviously hampered by his large knowledge and understanding of Fracastoro. He might give us a far larger book than the present volume on the learned doctor whom he would prefer to present as the passionate poet. But even the bibliographical enthusiast must be grateful for the introduction, if only for the appreciative glimpse of Dr. Osler and his professorial adviser. The work l...

Case Description- A 5-year old male German shepherd weighting 28 kg with the history of falling from the third floor 9 month previous was referred to the Small Animal Hospital. Clinical Findings- In clinical examination roughness and thickness of the skin of the palmar surface of both forelimbs were felt. The animal was using his palmar plane of both forelimbs to walk without any signs of pain ...

Case Description- In this clinical report, occurrence of a rare case of canine cutaneous inverted papilloma was discussed. A 4-year-old, intact, male German shepherd dog was presented with multiple skin lesions, located on the inguinal region near the root of penis, which have been progressively growing since two months ago. In close examination of the lesions multiple, firm, painful, and cup-s...

This qualitative study analyzes the reasons of college students for learning English as a foreign language (EFL) in Costa Rica and the reasons of high school students for learning German as a foreign language (GFL) in the US. It asks to what extent the learners’ reasons align with or deviate from neoliberal discourses that commodify foreign languages. The analysis of 27 interviews in a US high ...

An epidemiological survey undertaken in Kenya indicated that 2 previously well-established factors, namely decline in reproductive efficiency with age, and non-seasonality of canine reproductive parameters, hold true for German shepherd (GSD) bitches in Kenya. Data collection forms were distributed to randomly selected GSD breeders and information so obtained was verified using East African Ken...

Rakheli (Rachel) Hever, Reuma De Groot, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel, Email: [email protected], [email protected] Maarten De Laat, The University of Exeter, Exeter, UK, [email protected] Andreas Harrer, Ulrich Hoppe, University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany, Email: [email protected], [email protected] Bruce M. McLaren, Oliver Scheuer, Deutsches Fo...