Predators regulate communities through top-down control in many ecosystems. Because most studies of top-down control last less than a year and focus on only a subset of the community, they may miss predator effects that manifest at longer timescales or across whole food webs. In southeastern US salt marshes, short-term and small-scale experiments indicate that nektonic predators (e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFibroma of the tendon sheath (FTS) is an uncommon benign soft tissue tumor of the tendon sheath. Clinical and radiological features are not distinctive enough to clinch the diagnosis preoperatively. FTS occurs mostly around small joints such as the fingers, hands, and wrist.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Isthmoceles are a growing clinical concern.
Objectives: To evaluate the accuracy of diagnosis of isthmoceles by imaging and to correlate the dimensions with clinical symptoms and histopathology.
Materials And Methods: Prospective study of women (n=60) with ≥1 C-section undergoing hysterectomy.