hairball in a urethral diverticulum has rarely been reported. these hairballs are usually formed in the diverticulum coated with a hair bearing epithelium and can lead to urinary obstruction or infection. using laser is a safe way to ablate such stones.

Gabriel Taubin Brown University Holly Rushmeier, who’s served as associate editor in chief (AEIC) for special issues since 2007, has recently been appointed co-editor in chief of Eurographics’ Computer Graphics Forum, effective May 2010. Owing to her increased responsibilities and numerous other commitments, Holly has decided she’ll be unable to continue serving effectively in her current CG&A ...

Monilinia laxa is a fungus that causes brown rot in stone fruit. Immature green fruits the first stage of fruit development (stage I) are generally susceptible. To investigate relationship between physical characteristics immature and susceptibility to M. laxa, we characterized progeny, derived from clone wild peach (Prunus davidiana) crossed with two commercial nectarines persica) varieties, t...