Neurovascular variations in the proximal plantar metatarsal region of the horse.

Background: Neurovascular variation may be relevant when performing surgical techniques to the proximal plantar metatarsal region.

Objectives: To document variations in the neurovascular anatomy of the proximal plantar metatarsal region and study the relationship of the neurovascular components to each other and other structures located in this area.

Study Design: Descriptive anatomical study.

Dank or not? Analyzing and predicting the popularity of memes on Reddit.

Internet memes have become an increasingly pervasive form of contemporary social communication that attracted a lot of research interest recently. In this paper, we analyze the data of 129,326 memes collected from Reddit in the middle of March, 2020, when the most serious coronavirus restrictions were being introduced around the world. This article not only provides a looking glass into the thoughts of Internet users during the COVID-19 pandemic but we also perform a content-based predictive analysis of what makes a meme go viral.

Extracorporeal shock wave therapy improves short-term limb use after canine tibial plateau leveling osteotomy.

Objective: To determine the influence of postoperative extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) on hind limb use after tibial plateau leveling osteotomy (TPLO).

Study Design: Randomized, prospective clinical trial.

Animals: Sixteen client-owned dogs, 2 to 10 years old weighing 18 to 75 kg.

Traumatic hyphaema in children: a retrospective and prospective study of outcomes at an Australian paediatric centre.

Objective: This study aims to evaluate the presenting characteristics, management, outcomes and complications for paediatric traumatic hyphaema in Western Australia.

Methods And Analysis: A retrospective review of medical records was conducted for consecutive patients ≤16 years of age admitted for traumatic hyphaema to Princess Margaret Hospital for Children (Perth, Australia) between January 2002 and December 2013 (n=82). From this sample, a cohort whose injury occurred ≥5 years prior attended a prospective ocular examination (n=16).

Effects of environmental temperature on oviposition behavior in three blow fly species of forensic importance.

A number of factors are known to affect blow fly behavior with respect to oviposition. Current research indicates that temperature is the most significant factor. However temperature thresholds for oviposition in forensically important blow flies have not been well studied.

Microbial effects on the development of forensically important blow fly species.

Colonisation times and development rates of specific blow fly species are used to estimate the minimum Post Mortem Interval (mPMI). The presence or absence of bacteria on a corpse can potentially affect the development and survival of blow fly larvae. Therefore an understanding of microbial-insect interactions is important for improving the interpretation of mPMI estimations.

Nocturnal Oviposition Behavior of Forensically Important Diptera in Central England.

Timing of oviposition on a corpse is a key factor in entomologically based minimum postmortem interval (mPMI) calculations. However, there is considerable variation in nocturnal oviposition behavior of blow flies reported in the research literature. This study investigated nocturnal oviposition in central England for the first time, over 25 trials from 2011 to 2013.