Appearance: The reversed halo sign (also known as the atoll sign, reverse halo sign, and the fairy ring sign) is defined by central ground-glass opacity with a surrounding halo or crescent of consolidation (Fig. 1). This should not be confused with the halo sign which refers to central consolidation with a surrounding halo or rim of ground-glass opacity. Furthermore, the reversed halo sign shou...

B(20) is a "magic number" cluster with double-ring structure. Surprisingly, we also find that B(14)(2+) is a "magic number" cluster with double-ring structure, which has the largest HOMO-LUMO gap (3.31 eV) and the highest aromaticity in double-ring clusters. This double-ring B(14)(2+) cluster is energetically lower than the quasi-planar one by even ∼1.2 eV using high level ab initio calculation...

the objective of the present study was to compare single segment and double segment intacs rings in the treatment of post-lasik ectasia. in this interventional study, 26 eyes with post-lasik ectasia were assessed. ectasia was defined as progressive myopia regardless of astigmatism, along with topographic evidence of inferior steepening of the cornea after lasik. we excluded those with a history...

416 CMAJ, March 19, 2013, 185(5) © 2013 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors A27-year-old male driver in a single vehicle rollover collision was transferred to a trauma centre after stabilization and endotracheal intubation at a community hospital. He had been wearing a seat belt. Other than notation of the patient’s fluctuating score on the Glasgow Coma Scale and movement of his four ...

A double-duct sign is the combined dilatation of the common bile duct and pancreatic duct, often caused by cancer of the pancreas. We present a patient with colicky pain in the right upper quadrant of her abdomen. On radiological imaging and endosonography, she had a double-duct sign due to choledocholithiasis and no mass in the pancreatic head. A literature search was performed, which indicate...

We propose cyclic 5- and 7-ring structures with alternating single double bonds adjacent imino amino groups as candidates for switches in molecular electronics, amino-imino tautomerisation the switching mechanism. Due to C2V-symmetric transition state, molecules exhibit a symmetric double-well potential identical energies two states, which is desirable property functioning switch. Calculations ...