There is poor agreement between the subjective and quantitative adjudication of aneurysm wall enhancement.

Background And Purpose: The determination of Aneurysm wall enhancement (AWE) by human readers on visual inspection alone is subjective and prone to error. A three-dimensional (3D) method for quantifying the aneurysm wall's signal intensity (SI) enables objective determination of AWE. Inter-reader agreement and agreement between subjective and objective determination of AWE were assessed in this study.

Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Bipolar Disorder: How Feasible Is This Pairing?

Bipolar disorder is a psychiatric disorder that affects a significant part of the world's population; however, its diagnosis is difficult, mainly because of the lack of biomarkers and objective tests that aid the clinical evaluation. Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) is a tool that is relatively unused in the medical field. Its application arises from conventional magnetic resonance, and allows non-invasive, , the study of various metabolites and compounds in the human brain.

Comparative Life History Parameters of Three Stink Bug Pest Species.

California pistachios are threatened by several stink bug species (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), including the native Thyanta pallidovirens (Stål) and Chlorochroa uhleri (Stål), as well as the invasive Nezara viridula (L.). In pistachio, control tactics often target specific life stages, which makes knowledge about life histories fundamental to successful IPM programs.

A Case of Disabling Urinary Frequency and Pelvic Pain Due to Postoperative Uterine Adhesions.

Introduction: Dense lower abdominal adhesions are known to cause urinary frequency by restricting expansion of the bladder. However, since preoperative diagnosis of adhesions has been difficult and there are multiple other causes of urinary frequency, such patients may go undiagnosed. With the improving resolution of ultrasound, ever smaller pathologic structures may be visualized, particularly if they are considered in the differential diagnosis.

Advocating for sexual rights at the UN: the unfinished business of global development.

Twenty years ago, governments agreed that the right to have control over and decide freely and responsibly on all matters related to one's sexuality, free from coercion, discrimination and violence, is a fundamental human right. Since then, many aspects of sexual rights have been agreed by consensus at the global level, but the term "sexual rights" itself continues to be removed from negotiated outcomes and left out of international agreements, often at the last stages of negotiations. This commentary represents our point of view on the unfinished business of the UN with regards to the fight for sexual rights.

Deaths due to motorcycle accidents and their association with variables related to social reproduction in a northeastern Brazilian state.

The objective of this article was to identify the association between motorcycle deaths and variables related to Samaja's theory of social reproduction in the period 2000-2005 in the state of Pernambuco. An ecological, case-control study was carried out, with municipalities as the unit of analysis. Cases were defined as the 20% of municipalities with the highest local empirical Bayesian coefficients for mortality due to motorcycle accidents, and controls as the 40% with the lowest coefficients.

Large epidermal inclusion cyst presenting as a pelvic mass.

Introduction: Epidermal inclusion cysts are common discrete nodules often formed in areas of previous trauma or surgery. A literature review indicated that large epidermal inclusion cysts of the pelvis are extremely rare. Accordingly, we present a case of a woman with a large pelvic epidermal inclusion cyst of the vaginal cuff, along with imaging studies and a review of the literature.

Life history parameters of Chinavia hilaris (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), a stink bug injurious to pistachios in California.

Life history parameters were established under controlled laboratory conditions for the green stink bug, Chinavia hilaris (Say) (= Acrosternum hilare), to improve pest control in pistachios in California. Parameters measured and calculated included survival and development at seven constant temperatures (ranging from 15 to 35 degrees C), development time, upper and lower development thresholds, thermal constants, fecundity, generation time, net reproductive rate, and intrinsic rate of increase. C.

Conformations of diester triphenylphosphonium ylides with an ylidic ester or keto and ester ylidic groups.

The structures of three related keto diester and diester ylides, namely diethyl 3-oxo-2-(triphenylphosphoranylidene)glutarate, C(27)H(27)O(5)P, (I), diethyl 3-oxo-2-(triphenylphosphoranylidene)glutarate acetic acid monosolvate, C(27)H(27)O(5)P·C(2)H(4)O(2), (II), and diethyl 2-(triphenylphosphoranylidene)succinate, C(26)H(27)O(4)P, (III), are presented. The syn-keto anti-ester conformations in the crystalline keto diesters are governed by electronic delocalization between the P-C and ylidic bonds and an acyl group, and by intra- and intermolecular interactions. There are also intramolecular attractive and repulsive interactions of different types (C-H.

Spatial study of mortality in motorcycle accidents in the State of Pernambuco, Northeastern Brazil.

Objective: To analyze the spatial distribution of mortality due to motorcycle accidents in the state of Pernambuco, Northeastern Brazil.

Methods: A population-based ecological study using data on mortality in motorcycle accidents from 01/01/2000 to 31/12/2005. The analysis units were the municipalities.

The systematics of Zoochlorella revisited employing an integrative approach.

Symbiosis of green algae with protozoa and invertebrates has been studied for more than 100 years. Endosymbiotic green algae are widely distributed in ciliates (e.g.

Favoured conformations of methyl isopropyl, ethyl isopropyl, methyl tert-butyl, and ethyl tert-butyl 2-(triphenylphosphoranylidene)malonate.

The conformations of organic compounds determined in the solid state are important because they can be compared with those in solution and/or from theoretical calculations. In this work, the crystal and molecular structures of four closely related diesters, namely methyl isopropyl 2-(triphenylphosphoranylidene)malonate, C(25)H(25)O(4)P, ethyl isopropyl 2-(triphenylphosphoranylidene)malonate, C(26)H(27)O(4)P, methyl tert-butyl 2-(triphenylphosphoranylidene)malonate, C(26)H(27)O(4)P, and ethyl tert-butyl 2-(triphenylphosphoranylidene)malonate, C(27)H(29)O(4)P, have been analysed as a preliminary step for such comparative studies. As a result of extensive electronic delocalization, as well as intra- and intermolecular interactions, a remarkably similar pattern of preferred conformations in the crystal structures results, viz.

Historical review of attempts to decrease subjectivity in species identification, with particular regard to algae.

The goal of a taxonomist should be to contribute to the construction of a framework that expresses interrelationships among taxa and provides pegs to which information from all possible sources may be attached. It is essential that this information be attached to the correct peg. Throughout the history of taxonomy, attempts have been made to reduce the subjectivity involved in determining the correct peg.

Severe hypercalcemia in a lactating woman in association with moderate calcium carbonate supplementation: a case report.

Background: Lactation results in dramatic bone resorption and decreased urinary calcium excretion due to rapidly falling estrogen levels and probably increased levels of parathyroid hormone-related protein.

Case: A healthy, 36-year-old woman developed severe hypercalcemia several days after beginning breast-feeding her second child. During and after this pregnancy, she supplemented a high calcium diet with moderate amounts of calcium carbonate in an attempt to avoid an osteoporotic fracture that occurred while she was breast-feeding her first child.

Diagnosis of a small, androgenizing Brenner cell tumor in a postmenopausal woman aided by laparoscopic salpingo-oophorectomy. A case report.

Background: Rapidly progressive hirsutism or virilization in the postmenopausal woman raises the suspicion of an androgen-secreting tumor. Hormonal testing and imaging studies usually rule out an adrenal tumor. However, small, androgenizing ovarian tumors may not be detectable by imaging studies.

Laparoscopic removal of a symptomatic rudimentary uterine horn in a perimenarchal adolescent.

An adolescent patient with a symptomatic, noncommunicating, rudimentary uterine horn is described. Diagnosis was suggested by ultrasonography and treatment was by laparoscopic resection. A review of other pediatric cases as well as the adult literature gives evidence that laparoscopic resection is worth considering in such cases.