Unpredictable spillovers among water uses? An analysis of agricultural, industrial, and household uses of water in the Balkans.

In times of water shortage, it becomes increasingly relevant for policymakers to understand the existing relationships between different types of water use, so as to encourage efficient water management. This article makes use of yearly data on agricultural, industrial, and household water use in the Balkan countries of Bulgaria, Romania, and Serbia. It does so to identify the potential interactions among these three categories of water use.

The role of nuclear medicine in the diagnosis of spondylodiscitis.

Background: The diagnosis of spondylodiscitis can be difficult, because the patients history, subjective symptoms and physical findings are often inconclusive, particularly in the early stages.

Aim: To perform an overview on the role of nuclear medicine procedures with single photon emission tomography (SPET) and positron emission tomography (PET) tracers in the diagnosis of spondylodiscitis.

Materials And Methods: A literature review about bone scintigraphy, Gallium-67-citrate scintigraphy, labeled leukocytes scintigraphy and PET was performed.

Dopamine transporter binding in depressed patients with anhedonia.

Central dopaminergic dysfunction has been widely proposed as a common neurobiological correlate of the psychopathological expression of anhedonia. The dopamine transporter (DAT) is a predominantly presynaptic receptor that may play a critical role in the pathophysiology of dopaminergic transmission. The aim of our study was to evaluate DAT binding in a population of depressed patients with anhedonia.

Diagnostic approach to a rare case of osteoid osteoma of the astragalus.

A rare case of osteoid osteoma of the ankle of the left foot is discussed. Standard X-ray and MRI were negative. Triphasic bone scintigraphy followed by CT were performed.