A recent epidemic of malaria in the highlands of Bolivia and establishment of multiple Anopheles species mosquitoes in the highlands of Ecuador highlights the reemergence of malaria in the Andes Mountains in South America. Because malaria was endemic to many highland valleys at the beginning of the 20th century, this review outlines the 20th century history of malaria in the highlands of Ecuado...

I t has been said that there are two types of people in the world: those that think there are two types of people and those who do not. If I were not disbarred by the contradiction, I would belong to the second group. This applies to my view of health inequalities—both to the problem and its solutions. Health inequalities are not confined to differences in health between rich and poor; health f...

In the fall of 2001, Bacillus anthracis spores were spread through letters mailed in the United States. Twenty-two people are known to have been infected, and five of these individuals died. Together with the September 11 attacks, this resulted in a reevaluation of the risks and benefits of life science research with the potential for misuse. In this editorial, we review some of the results of ...

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsc.2014.07.001 1369-8486/ 2014 Published by Elsevier Ltd. q The conference from which this special section derives was supported by a Wellcome Trust Award [grant 088708]. The editors would like to thank the ‘Tran Pregnancy Since 1900’ conference participants, the ‘Generation to Reproduction’ project at the University of Cambridge—and especially Nick Hopwood—for he...

We examined changes in several independent intensity indices of four major tropical monsoonal circulations for the period 1950–1998. These intensity indices included observed land surface precipitation and observed ocean surface pressure in the monsoon regions as well as upperlevel divergence calculated at several standard levels from the NCAR/NCEP reanalysis. These values were averaged seasona...

a r t i c l e i n f o The Arctic hydrological cycle throughout the Holocene is analyzed based on the results of transient simulations with the coupled atmosphere-ocean circulation model ECHO-G. The results suggest a ~ 2% increase of mid-Holocene to preindustrial Arctic river discharges for the Eurasian continent. However, rivers of the North America Arctic realm show a moderate runoff decline o...

N. A. Krivova, Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung, Max-Planck-Str. 2, 37191 Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany ([email protected]) S. K. Solanki, Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung, Max-Planck-Str. 2, 37191 Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany T. Wenzler, Hochschule für Technik Zürich, CH-8004 Zürich, Switzerland B. Podlipnik, Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung, Max-Planck-Str. ...

Mário Corino de Andrade described in 1952 in the journal “Brain” the first form of an hereditary amyloidosis, Famlial Amyloidotic Polyneuropathy, FAP affecting the peripheral nervous system, also known as Andrade ́s disease. In 1939 Andrade observed different patients complaining of loss of sensitivity to temperature and pain. These symptoms affected other families in the area, namely fisherman ...

BACKGROUND Shah-Waardenburg syndrome is Waardenburg syndrome associated with Hirschsprung's disease. CASE CHARACTERISTICS A 10-day-old full-term male neonate of Waardenburg syndrome presented with constipation since birth along with features of small bowel obstruction. OBSERVATION Exploratory laparotomy revealed distended proximal jejunal and ileal loops along with microcolon; an ileostomy ...