An 18-year-old girl with no psychiatric history presented with abdominal pain. Four months previously she had given birth to a healthy baby. On palpation, a painful abdominal mass was identified in the epigastric region, and gastrotomy was performed. A J-shaped hair-wool ball and two large pieces of sheep's wool were removed. No history of trichotillomania was reported.

a  facile  effective  stirring  aging  at  room  temperature  prior  to  conventional  hydrothermal treatment was employed in the template-free synthesis of micro- and nano-crystalline sodalites with  two  different  initial  gel  compositions.  the  effect  of  initial  si/al  molar  ratio,  naoh concentration and stirring aging time were investigated on the morphology and particle size of the...

IF both fornices are exposed to view when lookingfrom the side, the assistant has efficiently managed the lids and the eyebrow and vitreous should not escape. This" is the test. The surgeon should satisfy himself in this respect before opening the eye-ball. Exposure of the fornices is easy when the globe is shrunken and in patients of slender constitution. It is sometimes impossible with promin...

Gold nanostructures, particularly Au nanoparticles (NPs) have attracted significant scientific and technological interest due to their physical properties and applications in electronics, optics, catalysis, biology, and sensing. The sizes, shapes, and surface features of Au NPs constitute the fundamental parameters affecting their properties and applications. Accordingly, broad research efforts...

The felting propensity of different animal fibers, particularly alpaca and wool, has been examined. The Aachen felting test method was employed. 1 g of each type of fiber was soaked in 50 ml of wetting solution and agitated in a dyeing machine to make felt balls. The diameter of each ball was measured in nine directions and the ball density was calculated in g/cm3; the higher the density value ...

A 25-year-old Uzbek male presented with right upper abdominal pain for 20 days. On radiologic studies, a huge cystic mass was noticed in the right liver which was suspected as parasitic. The patient received right hepatic segmentectomy (segment 7), and the surgically resected mass was confirmed as cystic echinococcosis (CE), measuring 10.5 cm in its diameter. The inner surface of the cyst was b...