In radiosurgery a moving beam of radiation is used as an ablative surgical instrument to destroy brain tumors. Classical radiosurgical systems rely on rigid skeletal xation of the anatomic region to be treated. This xation procedure is very painful for the patient and limits radiosur-gical procedures to brain lesions. Furthermore, due to the necessity of rigid xation, radiosurgical treatment wi...

in this investigation an attempt has been made to study the species composition, distribution and seasonal fluctuation of acarine community (arachnida: acari) in two undisturbed and well-vegetated plots located within padmaja naidu himalayan zoolo-gical park, darjeeling, india. the study continued for three consecutive years (january to december 1999–2001) revealed the presence of 10 acarine ge...

Cervical spinal tuberculosis is a rare variant of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis. We present the case of Vietnamese woman, aged 48, who was admitted to the Department of Neurosurgery because of a cervical spine (C7) compression fracture. Several months earlier, the patient complained of neck pain and numbness of the hands. On physical examination, the woman was subfebrile and complained of pain o...

A 77−year−old woman was admitted be− cause she had been passing tarry stools for 1 week. She had a past medical history of hypertension, coronary artery disease, and uremia requiring dialysis. Following negative upper endoscopy and colonosco− py examinations, she underwent double− balloon enteroscopy. Several blood clots were found in the jejunum and a source of active bleeding was found after ...

MONASH medical researchers are developing a promising new technique for the diagnosis and early detection of vascular disease of the lower limbs 8 painful and debilitating condition caused by impaired blood flow as a result of rrowing of the arteries. About 25 per cent of people with this condition may benefit from some form of sur­ gical "plumbing" (a by-pass operation or sur­ gery of the end-...

UNLABELLED Sinus tract formation is common in a wide variety of wounds and can be difficult to manage. Nonsurgical techniques for treating sinus tracts have generally been disappointing, though many nonsur- gical options have been explored including dermal matrix injection, platelet-derived growth factors, fibrin sealant, and phenytoin. This case series explores the treatment of nonhealing chr...

Since 1 965 , thal idomide has been used in a l leviat ing the signs and symptoms of a major medical complicat ion of lepromatous leprosy, erythema nodosum lepro­ sum (EN L) . I H istologically, the hal lmarks of E N L lesions are vascul i t i s or vascular necrosis , oedema and inflammation with infil trates of neutrophi l s affect ing the entire dermis and subcutaneous fat . 2 The factor or f...

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is often linked to neuropsychological deficits, G t f e w studies have examined BPD or its features and concomitant neuropsychol&gical dysfunction in childhood. This study examined children with borderline features (n = 21) using the Coolidge Personality and Neuropsychological Inventory for Children and compared them to controls (n = 21) with features of at...

The article is devoted to a comparative analysis of the interpretations concepts related process introducing information technologies and systems, namely: “informatization”, “digitalization” “digital transformation”. A critical assessment various approaches definitions above terms given. relevance study confirmed by fact that despite rapid penetration communication into all spheres human life a...

In z.n address to inaugurate the invertebrate exhibit at the National Zoo, Washington, DC on Mav 7, 1987, E.O. Wilson called insects "the little things that run the world" (Wilson 1987a). In terris of their diversity, distribution, and abundance, insects are unrivaled as a global ecolo,gical and evolutionary force. "It needs to be repeatedly stressed that invertebrates as a whole are even more ...