Ecofriendly synthesis of pyrano[2,3-d]pyrimidine derivatives and related heterocycles with anti-inflammatory activities.

A versatile, efficient, clean, and facile method was used for the synthesis of pyrano[2,3-d]pyrimidine derivatives by the one-pot three-component condensation reaction of thiobarbituric acid and malononitrile with p-chlorobenzaldehyde, using Fe O or ZnO or Mn O as nanostructure catalysts. The catalyst could be easily recovered using an external magnet and reused for six cycles with almost a consistent activity. A series of polyheterocyclic compounds containing five and/or six rings fused with each other was designed.

Factors Influencing Mating Behavior and Success in the Red Palm Weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Olivier (Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae).

The effects of body size, age, feeding and mating status, conspecific volatiles from live adults, synthetic aggregation pheromone, and a pheromone synergist, ethyl acetate, on the mating behavior of red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Olivier, were investigated. To evaluate these factors, variables such as mating latency, frequency and duration, and refractory period were assessed. While both, body size and age, influenced the mating behavior, the latter showed a stronger effect.

Pelvic floor dysfunction: assessment with combined analysis of static and dynamic MR imaging findings.

Purpose: To prospectively analyze static and dynamic magnetic resonance (MR) images simultaneously to determine whether stress urinary incontinence (SUI), pelvic organ prolapse (POP), and anal incontinence are associated with specific pelvic floor abnormalities.

Materials And Methods: This study had institutional review board approval, and informed consent was obtained from all participants. There were 59 women: 15 nulliparous study control women (mean age, 25.

Anatomy of the urethral supporting ligaments defined by dissection, histology, and MRI of female cadavers and MRI of healthy nulliparous women.

Objective: There has been no uniformity of opinion concerning the structures supporting the female urethra. Therefore, the aims of this prospective study were to define precisely the female urethral support structures at cadaveric anatomic dissection and histologic examination and to determine which of these structures can be detected on MRI of cadaveric specimens and of healthy volunteers.

Subjects And Methods: Dissection of seven formalin-preserved cadavers (age at death, 25-50 years; no parity history available) was performed by a professor of anatomy to explore the anatomy of the urethral supporting ligaments and was followed by MRI of the cadaveric specimens with ligamentous markers in place and then by histologic analysis of the dissected ligaments.

Gastrocystoplasty in patients with an areflexic low compliant bladder.

Aim: This study was performed with the aim of evaluating gastrocystoplasty as a method of management of patients with an areflexic low compliant bladder.

Patients And Methods: We performed gastrocystoplasty in 30 patients (19 males and 11 females) with an areflexic low compliant bladder. The mean age of the patients was 23.

Laparoscopic radical cystectomy with orthotopic neobladder.

Purpose: We report our technique of laparoscopic radical cystectomy in nine patients. Diversion was achieved by a modified Camey II orthotopic neobladder (the Y bladder) performed by a minilaparotomy in three cases and laparoscopically in the last six cases.

Patients And Methods: There were eight men with muscle-invasive transitional-cell carcinoma and one woman with verrucous squamous-cell carcinoma of the bladder.

Healing of globulomaxillary cyst after non-surgical endodontic treatment--"case report".

A case of 23-years-old male patient who was referred from an oral surgeon for endodontic treatment of his maxillary left central, Lateral incisors and canine. The patient had a pear-shaped radiolucent lesion between the roots of the lateral incisor and canine, with the widest part of the lesion encroaching over the apices of the involved teeth. All of the three teeth with intact crowns and no history of trauma, and having a healthy vital pulps.

Disorders of bladder function in spinal cord disease.

Successful management of bladder function mandates a thorough knowledge of the neuroanatomy and physiology of micturition. Accurate urodynamic diagnosis of the exact vesicourethral dysfunction is a key to successful management. The primary concern for the urologist is preservation of renal function, taking into account the social needs of the patient.

Distributed processor for noninvasive blood flow analysis.

High-resolution ultrasound imaging of peripheral arteries offers a powerful technique for screening of potential stroke victims. However, the technique becomes inaccurate in cases of low-grade stenosis and the presence of noncalcified plaque. In these cases Doppler flow measurement can be used to augment the imaging system to arrive at a more accurate diagnosis.

Bilharziasis survey in south-western Asia; covering Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Sa'udi Arabia, and Syria: 1950-51.

This paper describes a limited survey of bilharziasis and its vectors carried out during 1950 and 1951 in some countries of south-western Asia. Lack of time and of full facilities prevented the survey from being as comprehensive and systematic as would have been wished, but enough data were obtained to provide a general estimate of the situation.Information already available from the literature was supplemented by collecting unpublished records, questioning the inhabitants, examining random samples of stools and urine, and investigating rivers, wells, and springs.