Guidelines for specialized nutritional and metabolic support in the critically-ill patient. Update. Resumen La pancreatitis aguda grave es una patología que cursa con complicaciones locales y sistémicas que condicionan una situación de estrés altamente catabólica, hipermeta-bólica e hiperdinámica con marcada morbimortalidad. En la última década, el soporte nutricional se ha con-vertido en uno d...

GUPPIES REPRODUCE FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE Humans can be forgiven for assuming that successful reproduction requires both partners to be alive. Amazingly, this isn’t the case for the Trinidadian guppy. Under laboratory conditions, female guppies are able to store sperm for up to a year, potentially allowing them to produce offspring even if the males are no longer around. However, several other st...

Thirty years ago, a young girl was found decapitated. Her identity remains unknown, and neither her head nor her killer have been found. Until recently, the location of her grave was lost, preventing any efforts to identify her using modern forensic techniques. This paper presents a case study on the use of burial photos to accurately and precisely determine the location of the lost grave. We h...

The rates of child maltreatment and family violence are such that these problems are increasingly recognized worldwide as significant public health problems. In Canada, over the last 15 years, studies have allowed us to follow the development of indicators of child abuse and neglect. The most recent Canadian incidence study showed that 14 children in 1,000 were identified as victims following a...