Five willow varieties cultivated across diverse field environments reveal stem density variation associated with high tension wood abundance.

Sustainable and inexpensive production of biomass is necessary to make biofuel production feasible, but represents a challenge. Five short rotation coppice willow cultivars, selected for high biomass yield, were cultivated on sites at four diverse regions of Quebec in contrasting environments. Wood composition and anatomical traits were characterized.

[Urological surgical effect of the repair of inguinal hernia using bilateral subperitoneal prosthetic mesh].

In view of the increasing frequency of using subperitoneal bilateral prosthesis for inguinal hernia repairs, urologists should be aware of the genitourinary implications of this procedure: risk of infection due to potentially septic procedures on bladder or prostate, postoperative genitourinary complications, interval before subsequent trans-prosthetic surgical incision, operative tactical outcomes of subperitoneal pelvic fibrosis.

[Richter's syndrome with testicular localization].

Based on a case showing testicular localisation of sarcomatous degeneration in the context of the progression of chronic lymphoid leukemia (Richter's syndrome), the authors discuss the classification of intrascrotal lymphomatous conditions.