In embolization procedures of the external carotid artery (ECA) system, it is ideal to selectively embolize only the involved feeding branch or branches. This usually requires superselective catheterization , which can be difficult. The catheter diameter may approximate vessel diameter closely enough to reduce flow. Vessel spasm may be generated by catheterization attempts. Spasm may lead to re...

Citation: Shen Y, Xiang Y, Xu E, Ge X and Li Z (2018) Major Co-localized QTL for Plant Height, Branch Initiation Height, Stem Diameter, and Flowering Time in an Alien Introgression Derived Brassica napus DH Population. Front. Plant Sci. 9:390. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00390 Major Co-localized QTL for Plant Height, Branch Initiation Height, Stem Diameter, and Flowering Time in an Alien Introgressi...

Here we denote a diameter six tree by (c; a1, a2, . . . , am; b1, b2, . . . , bn; c1, c2, . . . , cr), where c is the center of the tree; ai, i = 1, 2, . . . ,m, bj, j = 1, 2, . . . , n, and ck, k = 1, 2, . . . , r are the vertices of the tree adjacent to c; each ai is the center of a diameter four tree, each bj is the center of a star, and each ck is a pendant vertex. Here we give graceful lab...

The relationship between branch diameter and leaf size has been widely used to understand how vegetative resources are allocated in plants. Branching architecture influences reproductive allocation as well, but fewer studies have explored this relationship at broad phylogenetic or ecological scales. In this study, we tested whether pollen-producing and seed-producing cone size scales with branc...

Indications for resection of branch duct intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs) remain controversial because of their low tendency to be malignant. Surgical resection should be recommended if any factors indicating malignancy are present. However, preoperative differentiation between benign and malignant tumors is very difficult, especially in cases of branch duct IPMNs. We herein rep...

We compared microsporogenesis and flower development in Eucalyptus urophylla × E. tereticornis. In this study, although microsporogenesis and cytokinesis occurred simultaneously during meiosis of pollen mother cells, we observed a strong asynchronism in different anthers from a flower bud. The developmental period of microsporogenesis in anthers originated from the long thrum before the short t...