Fire has become a common feature in tropical drained peatlands, and it may have detrimental impacts on the overall biodiversity of the forest ecosystem. We investigated the effect of fire on termite and ant assemblages and the importance of remnant forest in restoring species diversity in fire-impacted tropical peat swamp forests. The species loss of both termites and ants was as high as 50% in...

OBJECTIVE Vestibular schwannomas (VSs) are benign, slowly growing tumors. The management strategy, however, remains unclear for both primary VS and remnant VS after subtotal or partial resection. In this study, we analyzed the radiographical tumor growth to elucidate factors possibly predicting growth or regrowth of their tumors. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed the data of 76 patients wit...

BACKGROUND Remnant cholesterol has been defined as the cholesterol present in triglyceride-rich remnant lipoproteins. Elevated levels of remnant cholesterol have been associated with increased cardiovascular risk. Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in very young individuals (≤40 years) represents a rare disease with a typical risk factor profile and a lipid phenotype that is characterized by a p...

Acute gastric remnant dilation is a rare postoperative complication of laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB) occurring in 0–0.8% of cases [1–7]. It is usually associated with jejunojejunostomy obstruction or gastric remnant ulcer formation. The typical presenting symptoms include left upper quadrant abdominal pain, hiccups, and persistent tachycardia. It is managed by gastrostomy tube d...

Recently, a remnant-preserving anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction technique has been developed. However, the preoperative condition of remnant ACL is occasionally difficult to evaluate by magnetic resonance imaging. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the accuracy of pre-operative visualization of remnant ACL using three-dimensional computed tomography (3D-CT). The remnant ACL...

BACKGROUND Increased nonfasting remnant cholesterol, like increased LDL cholesterol, is causally associated with increased risk for ischemic heart disease (IHD). We tested the hypothesis that extreme concentrations of nonfasting remnant and LDL cholesterol are equal contributors to the risk of IHD, myocardial infarction (MI), and all-cause mortality. METHODS We compared stepwise increasing co...

I wish to comment on the limitations of an automated remnant lipoprotein cholesterol (RemL-C) assay reported in Clinical Chemistry (1 ). Remnants are lipoprotein particles produced after newly formed triglyceride-rich lipoproteins (TRLs) of either hepatic or intestinal origin enter the plasma space and undergo lipolysis via the action of lipoprotein lipase in the capillary bed. During this proc...

A few cases of laparoscopic surgery for urachal remnant in children has been reported in English literature. With recent developments in minimal invasive surgery, laparoscopic approach for urachal remnant in adulthood is recommended by some laparoscopic surgeons because of its technical feasibility and safety as well as cosmesis. Recently we experienced a case of complicated urachal remnant in ...

The supernova remnant N157B (30 Dor B, SNR 0539-69.1, NGC 2060), located in the Tarantula Nebula of the Large Magellanic Cloud, has long been considered a possible Crab-like remnant. This hypothesis has been confirmed, quite spectacularly, with the discovery of PSR J0537−6910, the remarkable 16 ms X-ray pulsar in N157B. PSR J0537−6910 is the most rapidly spinning pulsar found to be associated w...

We discuss a concept of off-centred cavity supernova explosion as applied to neutron star/supernova remnant associations and show how this concept could be used to preclude the anti-humane decapitating the Duck (G 5.4−1.2 + G 5.27−0.9) and dismembering the Swan (Cygnus Loop), as well as to search for a stellar remnant associated with the supernova remnant RCW86.