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Recurrent Para-Infectious Third Nerve Palsy with Cisternal Nerve Enhancement on MRI

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

To the Editor: We have examined a child with recurrent unilateral third cranial nerve palsy in whom magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrated acute enhancement of the cisternal portion of the affected nerve. The first episode occurred in April, 2001, when the patient was 11 months old. Two weeks after hospitalization for viral pneumonitis, he developed complete right-sided ptosis and paresis of the extraocular muscles innervated by the third cranial nerve. The right pupil was 5 mm and sluggish; the left pupil was 3 mm and briskly reactive. The remainder of his neuro-ophthalmologic examination and cerebrospinal fluid analysis was normal. MRI showed enhancement of the oculomotor nerve at its exit from the brainstem (Fig. 1a). After 3 days of intravenous methylprednisolone, the ptosis dramatically improved; after 2 months, the ophthalmoplegia and pupillary abnormalities had resolved. Repeat MRI was normal (Fig. 1b).FIGURE 1.: A. Axial T1 MRI reveals enhancement of the cisternal portion of the right third cranial nerve. B. Axial T1 MRI 2 months after onset of right third cranial nerve palsy shows complete resolution of the enhancement.The patient received no further medical treatment apart from that for amblyopia. In July 2003, at the age of 39 months, he developed a recurrent pupil-involving right third cranial nerve palsy following an acute viral gastroenteritis. Examination showed complete ptosis and paresis of the muscles innervated by the right third cranial nerve. The right pupil was 7 mm and sluggish, and the left pupil was 4 mm and briskly reactive to light. The remainder of the neuro-ophthalmologic examination was normal. Repeat MRI showed enhancement of the right third cranial nerve in a region identical to that implicated in the first episode (Fig. 2). After 2 weeks of therapy with oral prednisolone, 5 mg three times daily, the ptosis and ophthalmoplegia slightly improved. Two months later, there was minimal ptosis and the ophthalmoplegia had completely resolved.FIGURE 2.: Axial T1 MRI during the second episode, occurring 2 years after the first, shows recurrent enhancement of the cisternal portion of the right third cranial nerve.Although postviral cranial neuropathies most commonly affect the sixth cranial nerve, involvement of the third cranial nerve has been reported (1–6). MRI shows enhancement of the cisternal portion of the nerve. Similar enhancement occurs in ophthalmoplegic migraine (7–9), neuroma (10), and meningitis (5). To our knowledge, this is the first report of recurrent para-infectious third cranial nerve palsy. Acknowledgment Supported in part by an unrestricted grant from Research to Prevent Blindenss, New York, New York.
Sex and Suicide

Field: Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)

Research Article| March 01 1992 Sex and Suicide Cornel West Cornel West Cornel West is a professor at Princeton University. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Black Sacred Music (1992) 6 (1): 250–252. https://doi.org/10.1215/10439455-6.1.250 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Cornel West; Sex and Suicide. Black Sacred Music 1 March 1992; 6 (1): 250–252. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/10439455-6.1.250 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search Books & JournalsAll JournalsBlack Sacred Music Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. Copyright © 1992 by Duke University Press1992 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.
Medial Versus Lateral Approach for Laparoscopic Colectomy in Colorectal Cancer Surgery

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

Abstract Background : Colorectal cancer is considered the 3 rd common malignancy worldwide responsible for 9% of all cancer incidence. Currently laparoscopy is widely practiced in colorectal cancer surgery. It is related to the surgeon's experience to do either lateral-to-medial or medial-to-lateral approach. The two laparoscopic approaches are currently practiced and there are conflicts of superiority of this over that and vice versa. We aimed to show the superiority of one procedure over the other regarding short-term outcomes. Patient and Methods: This is a prospective randomized study of laparoscopic colorectal surgery. One hundred patients were included in this study.Patients were divided to 2 equal groups medial to lateral (M-L) and lateral to medial group (L-M), 50 patients each. The study was conducted from Feb 2017 to May 2021 in Menoufia university hospital, in the general surgery department.The study endpoint was: The feasibility, technical efficacy, operative time, vascular or ureteric injury and other complications of both techniques. We collected data according to patient demographics, technique of laparoscopic mobilization, surgery duration, hospital stay, operative and post-operative complications and lymph node retrieval. Results : One hundred patients with comparable demographics criteria had laparoscopic colorectal cancer surgery. Sixty-one patients were males (61%) and 39 patients (39%) were females. Fifty patients (50 %) were performed using M-L technique and the other 50 patients (50.0%) were operated upon using the L-M approach. Lateral approach had an average 10±3 (4–22) lymph nodes with specimen compared to 17±4 (9–31) in the medial approach. There was no statistically significant difference in the major complication rate (Clavien-Dindo IV) between the two approaches. M-L approach showed significant shorter operative time than L-M approach in anterior resection and Rt hemicolectomy in favor of M-L approach p<0.05. L-M approach showed a significant higher rate of conversion to open surgery and injury to the ureter and gonadal vessels. p<0.05. Patients in the M-L approach had a mean hospital stay of 5±1 days (range 3–52) compared to 5± 2 days (range 3–56) in the L-M approach. P >0.05 Conclusion : Both approaches were feasible for colon cancer surgery. Laparoscopic M-L approach was found technically easier, and had less surgery related complications than the L-M approach.
Real Bout Fatal Fury: (IT) scakko84 vs(IT) mrcdev01 - 2021-01-08 22:34:25

Field: Computer Science (Physical Sciences)

(IT) scakko84 vs (IT) mrcdev01 - 2021-01-08 22:34:25 Fightcade replay id: 1610145265664-6814 scakko84: Terry, mrcdev01: Terry - 0:00:16 Terry vs Terry For more videos check out: https://fightcadevids.com
A programmable digital delay

Field: Engineering (Physical Sciences)

This note describes the design of a programmable digital delay. An analogue signal (0-30 kHz) is digitized by a sample-and-hold plus 14-bit analogue-to-digital converter and the resulting digital data is stored in digital random access memory whose address is supplied by the parallel output of programmable binary down counters. The stored digital samples are reconstructed (after a programmable delay) in analogue form by a digital-to-analogue converter, so that the reconstructed signal is a time-delayed version of the original analogue input signal. The amount of memory used, as well as the sampling rate, determines the maximum possible delay.
Analysis of the occurrence of laughter in meetings

Field: Computer Science (Physical Sciences)

Automatic speech understanding in natural multiparty conversation settings stands to gain from parsing not only verbal but also non-verbal vocal communicative behaviors. In this work, we study the most frequently annotated non-verbal behavior, laughter, whose detection has clear implications for speech understanding tasks, and for the automatic recognition of affect in particular. To complement existing acoustic descriptions of the phenomenon, we explore the temporal patterning of laughter over the course of conversation, with a view towards its automatic segmentation and detection. We demonstrate that participants vary extensively in their use of laughter, and that laughter differs from speech in its duration and in the regularity of its occurrence. We also show that laughter and speech are quite dissimilar in terms of the degree of simultaneous vocalization by multiple participants, and in terms of the probability of transitioning into and out of vocalization overlap states. Index Terms: laughter, vocal interaction, multiparty meetings, Markov models.
Stimulating effects of snow cover on gaseous nitrogen emissions are intensified by biological soil crusts

Field: Environmental Science (Physical Sciences)

Winter weather patterns are changing due to global climate change, which impacts the soil nitrogen cycle and greenhouse gas flux in these ecosystems, particularly the snow cover in temperate deserts. Biological soil crusts are important soil communities of the desert ecosystem and are sensitive to environmental changes. However, knowledge of the responses of gaseous nitrogen emissions from biological soil crusts to changes in snow cover is limited. In this study, the effects of snow cover on gaseous nitrogen emissions and the abundance of nitrifier (amoA) and denitrifier (narG, nirS, nirK, nosZ) genes were investigated in three snow cover treatments (snow removal, ambient snow, and increased snow depth). Snow cover significantly affected N2O and NO emissions from bare sand and biological soil crusts in winter. The abundance of denitrifier genes in bare sand and biological soil crusts and the abundance of nitrifier genes in moss crust increased with the depths of snow addition. N2O emissions increased with the successional stages of biological soil crusts during the winter. Both N2O and NO emissions from bare sand and biological soil crusts peaked in the freeze–thaw period (March) and were lowest in mid-winter (January). The emissions of N2O increased with increasing the abundance of amoA, nirK and nosZ genes. Our findings show that N2O emissions generally increased with increasing snow cover through their effects on nitrogen cycle related functional microbial groups. These effects were regulated by the types of biological soil crust, which can increase the effect of snow cover in winter.
Orthodontic Management of an Adult Crouzon Syndrome: A Case Report

Field: Dentistry (Health Sciences)

Crouzon syndrome(CS) is the most common craniosynostosis condition.This report presents a rare case of a 25-year-old male CS patient referred for orthodontic treatment with the chief complaint of severe irregularities in the arrangement of teeth and abnormal facial appearance.The clinical,cephalometric features and initial orthodontic management of this patient are discussed
Vasomodulation by Skeletal Muscle–Derived Nitric Oxide Requires α-Syntrophin–Mediated Sarcolemmal Localization of Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase

Field: Neuroscience (Life Sciences)

Neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) is abundantly expressed in skeletal muscle where it associates with the dystrophin complex at the sarcolemma by binding to the PDZ domain of α-syntrophin. Nitric oxide (NO) produced by skeletal muscle nNOS is proposed to regulate blood flow in exercising muscle by diffusing from the skeletal muscle fibers to the nearby microvessels where it attenuates α-adrenergic vasoconstriction. In the present study, we hypothesized that sarcolemmal localization of nNOS is a critical determinant of the vasoregulatory effect of skeletal muscle–derived NO. To test this hypothesis, we performed experiments in α-syntrophin null mice and in transgenic mice expressing a mutated α-syntrophin lacking the PDZ domain (ΔPDZ), both of which are characterized by reduced sarcolemmal nNOS. We found that modulation of α-adrenergic vasoconstriction was greatly impaired in the contracting muscles of the α-syntrophin null mice and transgenic ΔPDZ mice compared with wild-type mice and transgenic mice expressing full-length α-syntrophin. These in vivo mouse studies highlight the functional importance of appropriate membrane targeting of nNOS by the dystrophin-associated protein α-syntrophin and may have implications for the development of potential gene therapy strategies to treat muscular dystrophy or other muscle-related diseases.
Central pontine myelinolysis following pediatric living donor liver transplantation: A case report and review of literature

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

Abstract CPM is one of the most serious neurological complications that can occur after OLT and is characterized by symmetrical demyelinization in the basis pontis. The etiology of CPM remains unclear, although the rapid correction of the serum sodium and CNI concentrations may be associated with the development of CPM . With recent advances in MRI technology, early diagnosis of CPM has become possible. Here, we present the case of a five‐yr‐old female who developed CNI ‐associated CPM after undergoing LDLT . A decreased level of consciousness and dysphasia was noted one wk after LDLT , and MRI revealed findings compatible with a diagnosis of CPM . The patient fully recovered from the neurological deficits related to CPM following the switch from the CNI to sirolimus. We propose MRI to be promptly considered for patients with abnormal neurological findings, together with the substitution of CNI with an mTOR inhibitor as a management regimen for CNI ‐related CPM .
[Transurethral thermotherapy with microwaves in symptomatic prostatic benign hypertrophy: comparison between the high-energy (2.5) protocol and the standard protocol (2.0)].

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

Our results indicate that transurethral microwave thermotherapy is a safe and effective procedure which improves objective and subjective parameters. Better outcomes were obtained with long session times (2H) and overall higher energy (2.5) input, which may be explained by the creation by cavities within the prostate, but at the cost of increased morbidity. However, TUMT can still be delivered as an anesthesia-free and outpatient non-surgical alternative treatment for BPH.
Weld Geometry, Mechanical Properties, Microstructure and Chemical Composition of AA6063 in Tungsten Inert Gas Welding with Intermittent Controlled Wire Feeding Method

Field: Engineering (Physical Sciences)

In this study, AA 6063 aluminum was joined using Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) welding with a butt joint. The ER-5356 filler metal feeding method is used intermittently to find its effect on weld geometry, mechanical properties, microstructure, and chemical composition. The dimensions of the specimens used in this study were 120 mm × 50 mm, with a thickness of 3 mm. The ratio used is the configuration of the feed time and delay time. The length ratio of wire filler is varied from a ratio of 4 to 6. The top bead width and back bead width decreased by 17.66% and 40.33%, respectively. At a ratio of 6, it has the largest cross-sectional area of 295.37 ± 27.60 mm2. The results show that the general tensile strength was proportional to the ratio, but the difference was not significant, only around ±8 MPa. The microstructure formed in each weld has different characteristics; conversely, grains with a relatively coarse structure have decreased hardness values. The chemical composition test shows that the length ratio of filler metal feed directly correlates with magnesium’s average weight content, where the weight content of magnesium value tends to be homogeneous in all areas of weld metal (WM).
Electrophysiological investigation of the mechanism of action of xenon on ion-channels and determination of the neuroprotective potential of xenon in an in vivo model of traumatic brain injury

Field: Neuroscience (Life Sciences)

Xenon is a general anaesthetic gas with neuroprotective properties. Inhibition of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor glycine co-agonist site has been shown to mediate xenon neuroprotection against ischemic injury in vitro. Site-directed mutagenesis was used to produce point mutations in the GluN1 subunit of rat NMDA receptors. These were then expressed in HEK293 cells and the responses of mutant GluN1/GluN2A receptors to glycine and anaesthetics assessed using patch-clamp electrophysiology. Two mutations of the phenylalanine 758 site were found to eliminate xenon binding to the receptor without altering glycine affinity or the binding of sevoflurane and isoflurane. These selective mutations will allow for knock-in animals to be used to dissect the mechanism(s) underlying xenon neuroprotection and anaesthesia in vivo. The ability of the other noble gases (helium, neon, argon, and krypton) to influence two known molecular targets of xenon – the NMDA receptor and the TREK-1 channel – was also assessed using patch-clamp electrophysiology. These were found to have no influence on either NMDA receptors or TREK-1 channels. Finally, xenon’s neuroprotective efficacy against traumatic brain injury (TBI) in vivo was assessed using the rodent controlled cortical impact model of TBI. Focal contusion injury was administered to male C57 mice and animals administered either 75% xenon or control treatment for three hours. Xenon-treated animals performed better in functional tests and displayed favourable outcomes in brain histology, as compared to control animals. This data provides the first evidence of a neuroprotective effect for xenon against TBI in vivo.
Cultural proximity in TV entertainment: An eight-country study on the relationship of nationality and the evaluation of U.S. prime-time fiction

Field: Social Sciences (Social Sciences)

Abstract In previous research, cultural proximity has been operationalized by ‘hard facts’ such as geographical distance, the exchange of goods or persons (tourists and immigrants) and the similarity of political systems. This article will try to complement current work in the field by suggesting a new operationalization derived from Hofstede's (1991) cultural dimensions. A survey was conducted in eight countries with a student sample (N = 325) to find out if international audiences which resemble each other in terms of Hofstede's (1991) cultural dimensions have similar attitudes towards U.S. prime-time fictional programming. The results show that Hofstede's four cultural dimensions significantly differentiate between the U.S.A., Asian and European countries in a student population. However, operationalizations based on geographical distance allow a better differentiation between nation-states in terms of how they evaluate U.S. fiction. It will be discussed whether cultural dimensions in general are able to measure cultural proximity.
Loss analysis of laser-fiber coupling and fiber combiner, and its application to wavelength division multiplexing

Field: Engineering (Physical Sciences)

The combination of index-guided laser diodes and wavelength-independent multiplexers is shown to be the best choice for wavelength-division-multiplexing (WDM) systems. Such a transmitter end of a four-channel WDM system will only cause an insertion loss of 1.5 dB or less (laser-fiber coupling plus multiplexer), which is hard to obtain with wavelength-selective multiplexing. In the case of gain-guided lasers it will depend on the number of channels and wavelength separation whether or not wavelength-independent multiplexing is preferable. To include all types of laser diode we had to extend laser-fiber coupling theory to astigmatic laser diodes. The surprisingly simple exact relations based on Gaussian beam analysis show that the usual gain-guided lasers (astigmatism of ~20 microm) are not able with symmetric lenses to launch more than ~20% of their power into a single-mode fiber, whereas an index-guided laser with the same far-field divergence couples ~85%.
Spray Modeling System

Field: Computer Science (Physical Sciences)

Spray Modeling System is a real-time interactive 3D modeling system that shaves and swells objects by spraying virtual particles onto their surfaces. Users can make holes and fill them with the same spraying operation. This system achieves the simple but realistic modeling environment by following the real method called Sand Blast. More sensuous operations are available with a data tablet. So many people, especially beginners of 3D modeling, can use the system easily. Object surfaces are described with triangles. The triangles are subdivided or reduced automatically. The hole is displayed with the stencil buffer during a continuous operation and surface topology is changed just af-ter the operation. Front-list and Polygon-list, which are introduced in the system, subdivide the object space in order to accelerate shaving surfaces and making holes. These techniques achieve real-time 3D modeling on standard PCs. The performance of the system is confirmed with computer experiments.
On the Kinetic Mechanism of Phospholipase D fromStreptomycesSP. In an Emulsion System

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Life Sciences)

AbstractThe kinetic constants of the transphosphatidylation reaction between a phospholipid (phos phatidylcholine) and a nucleophile (3-dimethylamino-1-propanol), catalyzed by phospholipase D from Streptomyces PMF in a water-ethyl acetate emulsion system, have been determined. The Km of the phospholipid was 16.6mM, the Km for the nucleophile 1.3 M and the catalytic constant 1.5 × 105min−1 at pH 5.6 and 25°C. The kinetic pattern was consistent with a ping-pong mechanism modified by a hydrolytic branch. Furthermore, by studying the intermediate partitioning between competing acceptors, it was found that transphosphatidylation hydrolysis of different phospholipids occurred through the formation of a common intermediate. These results support the view that phospholipase D-catalyzed reactions take place through the formation, as the first step, of a phosphatidyl-enzyme intermediate. Finally, experiments carried out at different concentrations of phospholipase D showed the phenomenon of inter-facial saturation by the enzyme, thus suggesting that only the phospholipase D located at the interface of the water-organic solvent emulsion was active.Key Words: Phospholipase DStreptomycesTransphosphatidylationKinetic constantsInterfacial saturationEmulsion system
Bidirectional hierarchical quantum teleportation based on an eight-qubit entangled state

Field: Computer Science (Physical Sciences)

Abstract This article proposes an asymmetric bidirectional hierarchical quantum teleportation protocol, which is based on a quantum channel composed of a maximum of eight-qubit entangled state. With this method, Alice can transmit an unknown single-qubit state to Bob, meanwhile, Bob can transmit an arbitrary unknown two-qubit quantum state to Alice. As a sender with high authority, Bob can send any unknown two-qubit quantum state to Alice only under the sole control of the controller Charlie; Alice, as a sender with low-level permissions, if Bob intends to receive the unknown single-qubit quantum state sent by Alice, he must get the permission and assistance of Charlie and David to complete the communication.
Prevention of Aspirin-Induced Gastric Ulceration in Rats by α-Methyldopa and Disulfiram

Field: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (Life Sciences)

Aspirin at the dose of 200 mg/kg, administered orally, produced gastric mucosal ulceration in 100% of rats after 4 h. Pretreatment of animals with α-methyldopa at the doses of 25 and 50 mg/kg and/or disulfiram at the doses of 100, 200 and 400 mg/kg, significantly reduced the percentages of rats with gastric ulcerations. It is suggested that the sympathetic nervous system may play a part in the pathogenesis of aspirin-induced gastric ulceration in rats.