Pseudoachondroplasia associated with os odontoideum and retro-odontoid mass: case-based update.

Purpose: Pseudoachondroplasia is a rare skeletal dysplasia caused by a mutation in the COMP gene. Infants with pseudoachondroplasia present with rhizomelic dwarfism. Pseudoachondroplasia can resemble achondroplasia, which also presents with a phenotype of rhizomelic dwarfism.

Uncomplicated linear skull fractures in the paediatric population: a retrospective observational study in a UK Major Trauma Centre.

Purpose: National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines advise that paediatric patients with linear skull fractures do not require admission in the absence of intracranial injury. Despite this, a period of inpatient neuro-observation has become the standard advice and practice in the UK for fear of deterioration. Our experience is that these children rarely deteriorate or require neurosurgical intervention.

Synthesis and characterization of ceramic refractories based on industrial wastes.

The possibility of reusing ceramic roller waste to produce cordierite and mullite refractories was investigated. Five batches were designed using wastes representing ceramic roller waste, magnesite, and silica sand, shaped and fired at 1300 °C/2 h, and one batch was selected at 1200 °C. The chemical composition and precipitated phases of the used raw materials and the fired batches were analyzed using XRF and XRD techniques, respectively.

Effect of urea-treated rice straw, mixed with faba bean straw, on nutrient digestibility, blood metabolites and performance of growing lambs.

The present study aimed to use poor quality roughages, such as rice and faba bean straw, treated with or without urea, and their impacts on digestibility, rumen fermentation, some blood parameters, and growth performance of lambs. Twenty crossbred male lambs (/ Finland ×¾ Ossimi, 25±1.13kg live body weight) were chosen and divided into four groups.