Plantations with fast growing exotic tree species can negatively affect native plant species diversity and promote the spread of alien species.Mediterranean Chile experienced major landscape changes with a vast expansion of industrial plantations of Pinus radiata in the past.However, with increasing knowledge of biodiversity effects on ecosystem se
Introduction: Adiposity and excessive weight are on the rise in western industrialized countries.In cases where conservative measures fail and surgical interventions are not (yet) desired, gastric balloon therapy has proven to be a safe and reversible endoscopic method.Methods: Aside from weight progression under gastric balloon therapy and by usin
INTRODUCTION: There are innumerable things we use in our household on day-to-day basis.Many things that we use at home from cleaning products to cosmetics are toxic when we are not careful about them.OBJECTIVES: The study is carried out to assess and to compare the awareness and attitude of medical and nonmedical students toward household poisons a
Objectives: To improve the smear microscopy for detection of acid-fast In Ground Liner bacilli (AFB) in fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) of lymph node using the bleach method and also to compare this with cytological diagnosis and the conventional Ziehl-Neelsen (ZN) method.Study Design: In 99 consecutive patients with clinical suspicion of tu
Progeny of the flesh fly Sarcophaga bullata exposed to short day length show a maternal effect that prevents the expression of pupal diapause.Although ecological aspects of this effect are well studied, not enough is known about the molecular mechanisms underlying this maternal effect.In this study, two-dimensional electrophoresis was performed to