CASE DESCRIPTION The serum protein electrophoresis pattern (SPEP) for an 82-year-old female patient with known monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance demonstrated 2 aberrant protein bands, one in the 21 interzone (Fig. 1A, fat arrow) and one in the 12 interzone (Fig. 1A, thin arrow). The immunofixation electrophoresis (IFE) (Fig. 1B) revealed a large IgA paraprotein in the 12 interz...

Grossly visible sarcocysts were seen in the skeletal muscles of 1 of 12 13-lined ground squirrels, Spermophilus tridecemlineatus tridecemlineatus, collected in Nebraska. The tissue cyst wall was up to 5.0 microm thick and contained spikelike projections. Transmission electron microscopy of tissue cysts revealed they were similar to Sarcocystis campestris Cawthorn, Wobeser, and Gajadhar, 1983, p...

“Fat taxes” have been proposed as a way of addressing food-related health concerns. In this paper, we investigate the possible effects of “thin subsidies,” consumption subsidies for healthier foods. Empirical simulations, based on data from the Continuing Study of Food Intake by Individuals, are used to calculate the potential health benefits of subsidies on certain classes of fruits and vegeta...

The extant literature on fat taxes and thin subsidies tends to focus on the overall e ectiveness of such scal instruments in altering diets and improving health. However, little is known about the welfare impacts of scal food policies on society. This paper lls a gap in the literature by assessing the distributional impacts and welfare e ects resulting from a tax-subsidy combination on di erent...

background: progeria syndrome is a very rare genetic disorder with an incidence of 1 in 8 million live births that is probably due to autosomal dominant mutation. clinical presentations show features of premature aging, growth failure, characteristic face, alopecia, loss of subcutaneous fat and stiffness of a joint that all become apparent during the 2nd year of life. the aim of this case repor...

We examine the spinning behavior of egg-shaped axisymmetric bodies whose cross sections are described by several oval curves similar to real eggs with thin and fat ends. We use the gyroscopic balance condition of Moffatt and Shimomura and analyze the slip velocity of the bodies at the point of contact as a function of u, the angle between the axis of symmetry and the vertical axis, and find the...