Metastatic melanoma with unknown primary [MUP] is a rare presentation. MUP with palpable lymphadenopathy without an identifiable primary or distant metastasis are a subgroup of this rare entity. MUP with nodal involvement most commonly involves axillary lymph nodes followed by inguinal and cervical lymph nodes. Immunohistochemistry (IHC) plays an important role in establishing the diagnosis in ...

We investigated whether song types function as fundamental units of song variation in song sparrows, Melospiza melodia. As the size of a male song sparrow's repertoire increases, so does the mean similarity of his song types, as measured by the sharing of minimal units of production (MUPs). It follows that if MUP similarity is important perceptually, then small repertoires (of dissimilar song t...

Recognition of individuals by scent is widespread across animal taxa. Though animals can often discriminate chemical blends based on many compounds, recent work shows that specific protein pheromones are necessary and sufficient for individual recognition via scent marks in mice. The genetic nature of individuality in scent marks (e.g. coding versus regulatory variation) and the evolutionary pr...

INTRODUCTION The needle electromyography (EMG) serves to supply additional information in patients with suspected neuromuscular disorders. We aimed to provide motor unit potential (MUP) data by concentric needle EMG in the erector spinae (ES) in comparison with biceps brachii (BB) and lateral vastus (LV). METHODS Electromyography MUP data (n) were obtained in ES (517), BB (539), and LV (627) ...

This study was done to assess the percentage of abnormality in additional nerve conduction techniques after normal median distal latency (routine) in mild carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). Bilateral nerve conduction studies were carried out in 116 consecutive symptomatic CTS patients (153 hands). Mild cases were based on normal routine (< 3.7 ms, peak-measured, 14 cm) and at least one technique abn...

Objective: The Northern Territory (NT) Government introduced a minimum unit price (MUP) of $1.30 per standard drink (10g pure alcohol) explicitly aimed at reducing the consumption cheap wine products from October 2018. We to assess impact NT MUP on estimates beverage-specific population-adjusted alcohol using wholesale supply data. Methods: Interrupted time series analyses were conducted examin...

BACKGROUND Mass media influence public acceptability, and hence feasibility, of public health interventions. This study investigates newsprint constructions of the alcohol problem and minimum unit pricing (MUP). METHODS Quantitative content analysis of 901 articles about MUP published in 10 UK and Scottish newspapers between 2005 and 2012. RESULTS MUP was a high-profile issue, particularly ...

BACKGROUND Most studies investigating the role of residential mouse allergen exposures in asthma have focused on inner-city populations. OBJECTIVE We examined whether elevated mouse allergen levels were associated with occupants' asthma status in a nationally representative sample of U.S. households. METHODS Data for this study were collected as part of the National Survey of Lead and Aller...

BACKGROUND We estimate the effect on light, moderate and heavy consumers of alcohol from implementing a minimum unit price for alcohol (MUP) compared with a uniform volumetric tax. METHODS We analyse scanner data from a panel survey of demographically representative households (n = 885) collected over a one-year period (24 Jan 2010-22 Jan 2011) in the state of Victoria, Australia, which inclu...

OBJECTIVES To compare the performance of the automated Vitek 2 system, the disc diffusion method and a home-made mupirocin screen agar (MSA) to detect mupirocin resistance in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates. METHODS A total of 125 MRSA isolates were tested. The level of mupirocin resistance was determined by agar dilution and Etest techniques (gold standard), by th...