Salinity tolerance of grafted watermelon seedlings.

In order to evaluate the salinity tolerance of grafted watermelon, two sets of experiments were conducted in a growing chamber where 'Esmeralda' varieties were grafted onto interspecific squash (Cucurbita maxima Duch. × Cucurbita moschata Duch.) and Lagenaria siceraria rootstocks.

[Uterine anomalies in women with recurrent pregnancy loss].

Introduction: One percent of couples trying to have children are affected by recurrent miscarriage. These pregnancy losses have different pathogenetic (genetic, endocrine, anatomic, immunologic, microbiologic, haematologic and andrologic) backgrounds, but recurrent miscarriage remains unexplained in more than half of the affected couples.

Aim: To explore risk factors for recurrent pregnancy loss the authors studied the incidence of anatomic disorders of the uterine cavity occur in Hungarian women with recurrent miscarriage.

How I quit being a "mental patient" and became a whole person with a neurochemical imbalance: conceptual and functional recovery from a psychotic episode.

This article describes the descent into psychosis of the author and his recovery, both mental and cognitive. It discusses the problems of stigma that the author overcame as he searched for a new identity as a person given a label. In discussing recovery, the article contrasts traditional mental health services with the PACT model described by Allness and Knoedler (1998).