Gastric stump carcinoma following Billroth II resection for peptic ulcer disease. Comparison with cancer in non-operated stomach

40 gastric stump carcinomas have been investigated. The results are compared with 72 gastric carcinomas without preceding Billroth II resection. The aim of this study was to contribute to our knowledge about the pathogenesis of gastric stump carcinoma. The mean age of patients with gastric stump carcinoma and with carcinoma without preceding Billroth II resection is identical. The age distribution, too, is similar in both groups. Furthermore the time of the Billroth II resection for benign peptic ulcer shows no correlation with the appearance of the gastric stump carcinoma, which suggests that there is no constant time lag between Billroth II resection and stump carcinoma. The histological investigation of the tumor-free gastric mucosa shows similar alterations in the two groups compared. Intestinal metaplasia and cystic dilatation seems to be more common in the gastric mucosa after Billroth II resection as compared with the non-tumorous mucosa of patients without preceding Billroth II resection. But the grade of nuclear atypia in non-tumorous mucosa is identical in both groups. Interestingly enough, the frequency of the main types of gastric cancer, intestinal carcinoma and diffusely infiltrating carcinoma is very similar. Thus, both the epidemiological and histological data seem to indicate that the pathogenesis of gastric carcinoma is very similar to that of gastric carcinoma without preceding gastric surgery. The Billroth II resection does not seem to be a main factor in pathogenesis, but may have co-factorial significance

Hiding a Second Appearance in a Physical Relief Surface

Abstract. We present a novel information hiding process that couples geometrical modeling with automated 3D fabrication for creating hiddenappearance reliefs. Our relief surface produces a first grayscale appearance visible by simple direct illumination and a second grayscale appearance ensured to be visible when the relief is lit by a digital projector with a specifically designed pattern and from a particular direction. The two appearances/images can be different yet embedded in the same physical relief. Since the second appearance appears only on demand, it could be used to hide a second image, a company logo, or a watermark image, for instance. Our novel method calculates a relief surface that maintains the properties needed for producing a second (hidden) appearance while also ensuring the first appearance is visible under normal direct illumination. Our experiments show that our method robustly produces reliefs with two arbitrary desired appearances

Digital adaptive control 1988 Report on project

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Infectious Agent and Immune Response Characteristics of Chronic Enterocolitis in Captive Rhesus Macaques

Chronic enterocolitis is the leading cause of morbidity in colonies of captive rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). This study's aim was to identify the common enteric pathogens frequently associated with chronic enterocolitis in normal, immunocompetent rhesus monkeys and to elucidate the influence of this clinical syndrome on the host immune system. We analyzed the fecal specimens from 100 rhesus macaques with or without clinical symptoms of chronic diarrhea. Retrospective analysis revealed an increased incidence of Campylobacter spp. (Campylobacter coli and Campylobacter jejuni), Shigella flexneri, Yersinia enterocolitica, adenovirus, and Strongyloides fulleborni in samples collected from animals with chronic diarrhea (P < 0.05). The presence of additional enteric pathogens, such as Escherichia coli, carrying the eaeA intimin or Stx2c Shiga toxin virulence genes, Balantidium coli, Giardia lamblia, Enterocytozoon bieneusi, and Trichuris trichiura was found in all animals regardless of whether diarrhea was present. In addition, the upregulation of interleukin-1α (IL-1α), IL-3, and tumor necrosis factor alpha cytokine genes, accompanied by an increased presence of activated (CD4(+) CD69(+)) T lymphocytes was found in gut-associated lymphoid tissues collected from animals with chronic enterocolitis and diarrhea in comparison with clinically healthy controls (P < 0.05). These data indicate that chronic enterocolitis and diarrhea are associated, in part, with a variety of enteric pathogens and highlight the importance of defining the microbiological status of nonhuman primates used for infectious disease studies. The data also suggest that chronic colitis in rhesus macaques may have potential as a model of inflammatory bowel disease in humans