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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
A Randomized Study Comparing the Effectiveness of Methylene Blue Dye with Lymphazurin Blue Dye in Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for the Treatment of Cutaneous Melanoma.
BACKGROUND: Radioactive colloid with a gamma probe is the most effective method of identifying sentinel lymph nodes (SLN). Nevertheless, since vital ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Synthesis and Chemical Characterization of Hydrocarbons with a 6,9,11-, 3,6,9,11-, or 1,3,6,9-Polyene System, Pheromone Candidates in Lepidoptera.
Lepidopteran Type II sex pheromones are mainly composed of 6,9-dienes, 3,6,9-trienes, and their epoxy derivatives, which are biosynthesized from linoleic and linolenic acids by the species in some families ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Navigational Strategies Used by Insects to Find Distant, Wind-Borne Sources of Odor.
Insects locate many resources important to survival by tracking along wind-borne odor plumes to their source. It is well known that plumes are patchy distributions of high concentration packets of odor interspersed with clean ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Central Processing of Natural Odor Mixtures in Insects.
In nature, virtually all olfactory stimuli are mixtures of many single odorants. Behavioral experiments repeatedly have demonstrated that an animal\'s olfactory system is capable of discriminating behaviorally relevant from irrelevant odor mixtures. However, the sensory mechanisms that underlie ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Manipulating Beaver (Castor canadensis) Feeding Responses to Invasive Tamarisk (Tamarix spp.).
To evaluate methods for promoting consumption of tamarisk plants by beavers (Castor canadensis), we determined the feeding responses by captive beavers to diets that contained tannins and sodium chloride (hereafter referred to as tamarisk diet). ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Mating Disruption of Paralobesia viteana in Vineyards Using Pheromone Deployed in SPLAT-GBMtrade mark Wax Droplets.
A paraffin wax formulation releasing pheromone for mating disruption of insects was tested during 2005 and 2006 in Vitis labrusca vineyards infested by grape berry moth, Paralobesia viteana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). In ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Differential Levels of Insect Herbivory in the Field Associated with Genotypic Variation in Glucosinolates in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Glucosinolates are commonly found in Arabidopsis thaliana and its crucifer relatives, which are known for their role in defense against insect herbivory. In a common garden experiment, we assessed ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Mating Disruption of Citrus Leafminer Mediated by a Noncompetitive Mechanism at a Remarkably Low Pheromone Release Rate.
The citrus leafminer, Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), is a worldwide pest of citrus. A season-long investigation was conducted that evaluated mating disruption for this pest. Effective disruption of ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Potato, Solanum Tuberosum, Defense Against Colorado Potato Beetle, Leptinotarsa Decemlineata (Say): Microarray Gene Expression Profiling of Potato by Colorado Potato Beetle Regurgitant Treatment of Wounded Leaves.
Colorado potato beetle (CPB) is a leading pest of solanaceous plants. Despite the economic importance of this pest, surprisingly few ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Absence of Prognostic Value of Nuclear Shape Factor Analysis in Colorectal Carcinoma: Relevance of Interobserver and Intraobserver Variability.
PURPOSE: Several retrospective studies, including our previous investigation, have shown a prognostic value of nuclear shape factor in colorectal carcinomas. This prospective study was designed to assess the ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Clinical and Morphologic Correlation after Stapled Transanal Rectal Resection for Obstructed Defecation Syndrome.
PURPOSE: The clinical and morphologic outcome of patients with obstructed defecation syndrome after stapled transanal rectal resection was prospectively evaluated. METHODS: Twenty-four consecutive patients (22 women; median age, 61 (range, 36-74) years) who ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Effects of High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation on Oleic Acid-Induced Lung Injury in Sheep.
High-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV) is a possible mechanical method for open lung strategies. The aim of this study was to examine whether HFOV has a beneficial effect on oleic acid-induced lung injury, with emphasis ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori Seropositivity Among Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery: A Preliminary Study.
BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to compare the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori (HP) seropositivity in patients undergoing bariatric surgery with that of the general population. METHODS: H. pylori serologies, tested by ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Oncoplastic Breast Surgery: A Global Perspective on Practice, Availability, and Training.
Oncoplastic surgery is the seamless joining of the extirpative and reconstructive aspects of breast surgery that is performed by a single surgeon. A symposium was held at ISW 2007 in Montreal with a prearranged aim ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Graduate Education in General Surgery and Its Related Specialties and Subspecialties in the United States.
Each year, approximately 1,000 graduating medical students enter training in general surgery and its related specialties and subspecialties in the United States. Traditionally, residents who want to practice vascular surgery, plastic ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
The Effects of Sildenafil Citrate on Ischemic Colonic Anastomotic Healing in Rats: Its Relationship Between Nitric Oxide and Oxidative Stress.
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of sildenafil citrate on normal and ischemic colon anastomosis in the rat model by measuring ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
From Hippocrates to Tissue Engineering: Surgical Strategies in Wound Treatment.
The history of wound treatment has been virtually the history of surgery for many centuries and also is a history of alliance and conflicts between the physician and nature. The Hippocratic statement about natura medicatrix has ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Preoperative Prediction of the Location of Parotid Gland Tumors using Anatomical Landmarks.
BACKGROUND: The location of the parotid gland tumor can affect the duration and difficulty of operation. Therefore, accurate preoperative evaluation of tumor location can affect surgical outcomes. METHODS: Results in 100 patients with parotid ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Biliary parasitic diseases including clonorchiasis, opisthorchiasis and fascioliasis.
Parasitic infection of the biliary tree is caused by liver flukes, namely Clonorchis sinensis and Opisthorchis viverrini. These flukes reside in the peripheral small bile ducts of the liver and produce chronic inflammation of the bile duct, bile ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Transitional cell carcinoma of upper urinary tract vs. benign lesions: distinctive MSCT features.
The transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the upper urinary tract is relatively uncommon. The clinical presentation of TCCs and many other diseases of the upper urinary tract are nonspecific, and most of these ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
The evaluation and management of obscure and occult gastrointestinal bleeding.
Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is a common clinical presentation increasing in an aging population, frequently requiring hospitalization and emergent intervention, with significant morbidity, mortality, and costs. It may manifest overtly as hematemesis, melena, or hematochezia, or as ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Effect of soft laser and bioactive glass on bone regeneration in the treatment of infra-bony defects (a clinical study).
This study aimed to investigate the influence of low-power 830 nm gallium-aluminium-arsenide (GaAlAs) laser [continuous wave (CW) 40 mW and fluence 4 J/cm(2), with total energy density ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Histopathology and laser autofluorescence of ischemic kidneys of rats.
The purpose of this research was to evaluate the severity of renal ischemia/reperfusion injury as determined by histology and by laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) with excitation wavelengths of 442 nm and 532 nm. Wistar rats (four groups of ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Sinusitis: a possible link with adalimumab.
The experience with anti-TNF agents is relatively short; and with time, we are learning more about the frequency of occurrence of different adverse events as the original trials were either too small or too brief. We report a case series ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Macroevolution via secondary endosymbiosis: a Neo-Goldschmidtian view of unicellular hopeful monsters and Darwin\'s primordial intermediate form.
Seventy-five years ago, the geneticist Richard Goldschmidt hypothesized that single mutations affecting development could result in major phenotypic changes in a single generation to produce unique organisms within animal populations ...
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