Analysis of the impact of external factors on the occurrence of morphological lesions in cases of death from hypothermia.

The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of macroscopic morphological lesions typical of death from hypothermia and to show their correlation with such factors as blood alcohol level, air temperature, age and number of layers of clothing. The analysis was performed based on protocols of autopsies performed in the years 1995-2009. The sample comprised 124 persons with a diagnosis of death from hypothermia.

Expression of metallothionein I/II and Ki-67 antigen in various histological types of basal cell carcinoma.

Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most frequent skin cancer, with many different histological subtypes. Recent studies have investigated the expression of proliferative markers, but little is known about the expression of metallothioneins (MT) in different histological subtypes of this cancer and their impact on proliferation intensity in BCC. In this study, we examined MT-I/II expression by immunohistochemistry in 58 different histological subtypes of BCC (38 nodular, six adenoid, eight infiltrative, and six metatypic cases) and correlated its expression with tumor size and Ki-67 proliferation rate.

[MORS--the stationary model centre of sociopsychiatric rehabilitation for youths--the program and evaluation].

Introduction: The psychosocial consequences of psychosis in the youth are educational negligence's, poor peer relations and difficulties in achieving life independency. MORS--the Stationary Model Centre of Sociopsychiatric Rehabilitation was created for overcoming these problems.

Aim: To present the programme of rehabilitation and its effects in MORS.