First draft genome assembly of the Argane tree ( ).

The Argane tree ( L. Skeels) is an endemic tree of mid-western Morocco that plays an important socioeconomic and ecologic role for a dense human population in an arid zone. Several studies confirmed the importance of this species as a food and feed source and as a resource for both pharmaceutical and cosmetic compounds.

Soil legacy data rescue via GlobalSoilMap and other international and national initiatives.

Legacy soil data have been produced over 70 years in nearly all countries of the world. Unfortunately, data, information and knowledge are still currently fragmented and at risk of getting lost if they remain in a paper format. To process this legacy data into consistent, spatially explicit and continuous global soil information, data are being rescued and compiled into databases.

[Metastatic pure testicular seminoma of the skin].

Seminomas are germinal tumors from testicular cells in men. Cutaneous metastasis are very rare. The authors report the case of a 56-year-old male patient admitted for treatment of an enlarged left testicular mass.

[Section of intravesical TVT tape by a suprapubic trocar].

Since its first description in 1995, treatment of female urinary incontinence by TVT has become a routine procedure. The ascending retropubic approach can lead to a number of complications. Bladder trauma is observed in 2% to 20% of cases depending on the series.

[Bipolar loop resection of a bladder tumour in a pregnant woman].

The authors report the case of a three-month pregnant woman, in whom a bladder tumour was discovered incidentally by ultrasound, raising the question of the possible foetal repercussions of using an electric scalpel in cutting mode. The bladder tumour was resected using a bipolar electric scalpel and irrigation was performed with physiological saline. No intraoperative or postoperative foetal repercussions were observed.

[Acute pelvic pain of vascular origin and Von Recklinghausen disease].

Von Recklinghausen disease usually involves the large vessels. Involvement of the pelvic vessels has not been previously reported in the literature. The authors report the case of a man presenting with acute pelvic pain secondary to rupture of an aneurysm of the internal obturator artery, in a context of Von Recklinghausen disease.

Laparoscopic adhesiolysis for infertile patients with pelvic adhesive disease.

Thirty patients with secondary infertility were subjected to laparoscopic adhesiolysis during the period January 1986 to February 1987 at Al-Azhar Endoscopy and Microsurgery Unit. Second look laparoscopy (SLL) was performed after a period of 9-12 months. At laparoscopy, pelvic adhesive disease was staged according to the severity of the disease and compared with the finding at SLL.

Contraception during lactation.

Seven hundred and seventy-two lactating mothers were studied from delivery for 1 year to select the best contraceptive method (oral drug, injected drug, or IUD) which did not affect lactation. Ten groups of mothers were studied, including 234 control subjects. The injectable progestational contraceptives caused an improvement in the amount of milk and its protein concentration, whereas the IUCDs did not influence the lactation pattern.

The benefit of lactation amenorrhea as a contraceptive.

A group of 148 lactating women who delivered normally at El-Galaa Hospital, Cairo, were followed up monthly for 1 year to study the pattern of lactation amenorrhea, the return of menstruation and ovulation, and the incidence of pregnancy. By the end of the sixth week postpartum, only 1.3 percent of the women had begun menstruating; the percentage gradually increased to 60.