Ectopic hamartomatous thymoma (EHT) is a rare benign neoplasm of the lower neck suggesting branchial origin. Despite use of the term thymoma in the nomenclature, there is no evidence of thymic origin or differentiation. It affects middle-aged adults with a remarkable male predominance. To date less than 80 cases have been reported in the English literature. We present here two additional cases ...

Abstract A widely held rights-based view asserts that individuals should be permitted to self-designate characteristics such as race and gender. But some argue there are opinions oppose the use only of self-designation, these not ignored. Kasher Rubinstein (Logique Anal 160:385–395, 1997) demonstrated latter is equivalent accepting one or more five conditions must violated. This paper extends t...

We are interested in multimodal systems that use the following modes and modalities: speech (and natural language) as input as well as output, gesture as input and visual as output using screen displays. The user exchanges with the system by gesture and/or oral statements in natural language. This exchange, encoded in the different modalities, carries the goal of the user and also the designati...

With vast improvements in healthcare in recent decades, people are living longer but often with higher rates of morbidity and chronic illnesses. This has resulted in a higher proportion of the population who may benefit from early end-of-life 'conversation and planning', but also gives healthcare professionals more time during which these discussions are relevant, as people live longer with the...

Grapevines are among the crops that could suffer stronger effects under climate change, although effect can differ based on cultivars and location. The aim of this work was to analyse phenological response Verdejo variety compared other two white varieties (Viura Sauvignon Blanc) cultivated in Rueda Designation Origin (DO), Spain, present conditions, their potential shifts projected change scen...