Pancreas transplantation is a surgical treatment for diabetes mellitus. More than 23,000 pancreas transplants have now been reported to the International Transplant Registry (IPTR). Early diagnosis and therapy for graft-related complications are essential for graft survival. Radiologists must therefore understand the surgical procedure and the potential complications. During the course of this ...

PERFORATION OF THE NASAL SEPTUM MAY HAVE MULTIPLE CAUSES traumatic, iatrogenic, infectious, degenerative, overuse of vasoconstrictors, abuse of cocaine and more recently chemotherapy agents. Perforations are also classified according to their size and type of cartilaginous or osteocartilaginous deficit, as well as location (front, middle and rear). Many surgical techniques have been proposed to...

human infection with avian influenza a h7n9 virus has emerged in china with high morbidity rates. patients usually present with severe and rapidly progressive pneumonia. therefore, radiological findings are important to diagnose and evaluate disease severity. the clinical characteristics of three new cases of h7n9 virus infection were analyzed, especially the radiological findings, and previous...

We predicted that adopting a performance-approach vs. performance-avoidance goal would lead to physiological responses characteristic of psychological states of challenge vs. threat appraisals, respectively. Furthermore, we predicted that these states would mediate the effects of goals on performance. Twenty-seven undergraduate females performed a task described as identifying either exceptiona...