PURPOSE To describe CT characteristics of primary pancreatic lymphoma (PPL), a rare disease with features in common with adenocarcinoma. MATERIALS AND METHODS Fourteen patients were enrolled. CT: unenhanced scan, contrast-enhanced pancreatic and venous phases. Image analysis: tumour location; peri-pancreatic vessel encasement; necrosis; enlarged lymph nodes; fat stranding; enlarged bile duct ...

Annual bluegrass ( Poa annua ) is a turfgrass species prone to winterkill-induced damage such as from ice encasement stress. This research aimed determine whether different levels of soil volumetric water content (SWC) influence cold acclimation and recovery encasement. was exposed 8%, 12%, 20% SWC treatments during in growth chambers. After acclimation, plants were subjected by misting at –3 °...

The bearing capacity and deformation characteristics of floating stone columns were complicated are not thoroughly understood. In the present study, a series experimental model tests under vertical plate loading was performed. This study investigated influence geogrid encasement on behavior provided valuable insight into load-displacement behavior, bulging deformation, load transfer mechanism, ...

Endospore formation by Bacillus subtilis is a complex and dynamic process. One of the major challenges of sporulation is the assembly of a protective, multilayered, proteinaceous spore coat, composed of at least 70 different proteins. Spore coat formation can be divided into two distinct stages. The first is the recruitment of proteins to the spore surface, dependent on the morphogenetic protei...

The peroneal tubercle is an osseous structure on the lateral side of the calcaneus present in 90% of individuals. Hypertrophy of the peroneal tubercle resulting in stenosing peroneal tenosynovitis has been well described in the literature. Repair of this condition involves operative treatment to remove the hypertrophied peroneal tubercle and repair any resulting tendon pathology. The authors re...

The downy mildew pathogen Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis (Hpa) is a filamentous oomycete that invades plant cells via sophisticated but poorly understood structures called haustoria. Haustoria are separated from the host cell cytoplasm and surrounded by an extrahaustorial membrane (EHM) of unknown origin. In some interactions, including Hpa-Arabidopsis, haustoria are progressively encased by ho...

Geosynthetic encased stone columns are often designed using the conventional framework of saturated soils ignoring influence in-situ unsaturated soil conditions. This article evaluates performance with and without geosynthetic encasement extending mechanics ofunsaturated soils. The focus numerical simulations was directed towards understanding matric suction on confining support offered by surr...

An accurate description of the load transfer behaviors geosynthetic-encased stone column (GESC) is great importance for revealing bearing capacity GESC. Static tests and shake table model were performed to characterize static dynamic composite foundation reinforced by Under loading, conducted on a fully (FGESC), partially (PGESC) traditional (TSC). The influence length stiffness encasement colu...