Salmonella sp. are important causes of foodborne illness, with restaurants and catered functions being commonly reported settings for outbreaks. In June 2005 an investigation commenced following reports of gastrointestinal illness in attendees at luncheons catered by an Adelaide café, as well as persons eating at the café itself. The investigation sought to determine the existence of an outbrea...

Is the Café Scientifique a fashionable by-product of a comfortable age or an indicator of the changing relationship between science and society?

We present here the European project SciCafé – networking of science cafés in Europe and neighboring countries, and the contributions of the CSDC-CafféScienza partner in Florence, Italy. © Selection and peer-review under responsibility of FET11 conference organizers and published by Elsevier B.V. PACS: 01.75.+m; 01.40.Fk; 01.10.Fv

McCune-Albright Syndrome (MAS) is a rare sporadic disease characterized by bone fibrous dysplasia, Café au lait spots and a variable association of hyperfunction endocrine disorders. There is not any certain treatment available for this syndrome, and both physical and emotional disability in these patients is still a major concern for physicians. In present report we have described a 10- year-o...

a r t i c l e i n f o The World Café has been used to develop business and organizational strategies, to enhance safety performance, to support executive education, to foster community development, and for a host of other specific applications. However, is the World Café superior to traditional strategy workshop techniques in terms of increases in participant knowledge and understanding? Up to ...

Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is classically defined by the presence of multiple café-au-lait macules as one of the diagnostic criteria. Turner syndrome (TS) can also present with café-au-lait macules along with short stature. Our patient is the fifth reported with both NF1 and TS and the first who has been on growth hormone for short stature associated with TS.

S ince the early 1960s, the notion of context has been modeled and exploited in many areas of informatics. The scientific community has debated definitions and uses for many years without reaching clear consensus [4]. Nonetheless, it is commonly agreed that context is about evolving, structured, and shared information spaces, and that such spaces are designed to serve a particular purpose. In u...

Although most conservation efforts focus on preserving biodiversity in relatively pristine ecosystems, we investigated possible conservation opportunities in human-dominated landscapes. We evaluated butterfly diversity in a tropical countryside that was converted about four decades ago from continuous forest to a mosaic of coffee farms, pasture, and forest fragments. We compared the butterfly f...

a 29- year old female with bone pain and history of precocious puberty was referred for bone scintigraphy. on physical examination café au lait macular spots were noted on her neck, buttocks and left leg. bone scan showed multiple areas of intense increased activity which was in favour of polyostotic fibrous dysplasia. considering the presence of polyostotic fibrous dysplasia, precocious pubert...