First observation of Afromorgus chinensis (boheman, 1858) (Coleoptera: Trogidae) on a rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus L., 1758) carcass and its implications in forensic entomology.

Beetles (Coleoptera) are known to constitute forensic evidence in medico-legal investigations as their presence can be used to date human remains in almost all decomposition stages. Many forensic studies focus on the successional colonization pattern of flies (Diptera); however, beetles have not so far been studied extensively for this aspect. A beetle of the genus Afromorgus Scholtz, 1986, A.

The Italian version of the Amblyopia and Strabismus Questionnaire: translation, validation, and reliability.

Objective: To develop a culturally adapted Italian version of the Amblyopia and Strabismus Questionnaire (A&SQ) Health Survey and to test its acceptability, reliability, and validity in patients with strabismus.

Study Design And Setting: The English A&SQ was translated into Italian after established cross-cultural adaptation procedures. The questionnaire was administered to 99 consecutive outpatients with strabismus and 39 normal adults and readministered after 2 weeks to 15 randomly selected patients and 26 adults with normal vision.

Dose-effect relationship of medial rectus muscle advancement for consecutive exotropia.

Purpose: To evaluate the dose-effect relationship for medial rectus muscle advancement in patients with consecutive exotropia.

Methods: Pre- and postoperative deviations 1 day and 6 months after surgery were measured by linear strabismometric method. The change in deviation (difference between preoperative and postoperative deviation at 6 months) was correlated to the surgical dose (dose-effect relationship) and the preoperative distance deviation by multiple regression analysis.

Intravitreal bevacizumab versus ranibizumab for the treatment of retinal angiomatous proliferation.

Purpose: To evaluate the effects of intravitreal bevacizumab and ranibizumab treatments in retinal angiomatous proliferation (RAP).

Methods: Fifty patients affected by RAP were randomly assigned either to intravitreal bevacizumab injection (IVBI) or intravitreal ranibizumab injection (IVRI). After a loading phase including three consecutive monthly injections, the retreatment was administered in cases of persistent RAP.

[Adenomyosis: trans-myometrial biopsy].

Myometrial biopsies were taken on 45 women less than 40 years old either by laparoscopy or laparotomy, searching for adenomyosis "in vivo". A positive response of 5 cases (11.11%) may prove adenomyosis to affect significantly young women too and not to be closely connected with the usually reported pathogenetic factors.