Unusual presentation of late recurrence renal malignancy

Introduction: Late recurrence of renal cell carcinoma is rare and mostly of clear cell histology. The objective of our study was to report our case of late recurrence of papillary RCC.Observation: Seventy year old female patient was presented to our department, more than 7 years post radical nephrectomy for moderate risk RCC. The presentation was persistent localized abdominal pain and proved by immunohistochemistry to be a metastatic papillary RCC.Conclusion: Any symptomatic patient, with history of previous radical nephrectomy, should have recurrent cancer considered in his differential diagnosis

Magnetic Treatment Of Salted Irrigation Water And Seeds: Its Effects On Vegetable Crop Yield And Nutrition Value Of Spinach (Spinacia Oleracea L)

Pot experiment was conducted in Qalin Center, Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate, Egypt under the natural conditions of greenhouse during the two growing winter seasons of 2020/21 and 2021/22. The experiment aims to evaluate the effect of two magneto-priming seed treatments (Un-magnetized seeds (U-MS) and magnetized seeds (MS), two magnetized water (Un-magnetized water (U-MW) and magnetized water (MW) under two levels of irrigation water salinity stresses (2500 and 5000 ppm) on seedling emergence, vegetative growth and productivity of spinach plants. The eight treatments laid out in completely randomized design (CRD) with three replications. Results show that sowing magnetized spinach seeds and irrigation pots with magnetized saline water (2500 or 5000 ppm) significantly out-performed sowing un-magnetized spinach seeds and irrigated with un-magnetized water for all tested vegetative growth parameters at the age of 15, 30, 45, and 55 days. Regarding magnetized seed treatment, the magnetized seed treatments significantly surpassed the untreated seed in all recorded leaves growth parameters (i.e., leaves numbers plant-1, leave length (cm), leave width (cm) and Leave Area (LA; cm2)), plant growth parameters (i.e., plant height (cm), plant fresh and dry weight in gram), root growth parameters (root length and width (cm), root fresh and dry weight in gram) and total chlorophyl (spam) at the age of 15, 30, 45, and 55 days. The percent of improvement, ranged from 2.95 to 20.92% in leaves growth parameters, 8.80-20.45% in plant growth, 13.21-17.18% in root growth and 4.40-4.82% in total chlorophyl in leaves. Similar positive effects were recorded under magnetized water compared to untreated water treatments. Where the positive effects, ranged from 3.17 to 39.96% in leaves growth parameters, 3.88-24.81% in plant growth, 27.77-66.01% in root growth and 1.95-6.48% in total chlorophyl in leaves at the age of 15, 30, 45, and 55 days. As well as both factors (magnetized seed or water) caused positive effects on nutrition value of  Spinach leaves. Results also show that, the magnetized treatments (seeds and water; T4) under 2500 or 5000 ppm salinity level significantly improved all the above-mentioned parameters compared to untreated treatment (T1) at 15, 30, 45 and 55 days. Under the conditions of this experiment, the results suggest applying irrigation with magnetized water and seeds can be recommended for reducing salinity stress which reflected in improvement productivity of spinach crops

Nuclear Shape Transition, Triaxiality and Energy Staggering of gamma Band States for Even-Even Xenon Isotopic Chain

The positive-parity states of even-even Xe nuclei are investigated within the framework of modified O(6) limit of the interacting boson model (IBM1). The effective three-body interaction [QQQ] where Q is the IBM O(6) quadrupole operator is introduced to exhibit the triaxiality nature. The shape of nuclear surface is described by the deformation parameters beta, gamma by using the intrinsic coherent state. The potential energy surfaces (PES) of the transition U(5)-Triaxiality-O(6) are calculated and analyzed and the critical phase transition points are identified. For each nucleus a fitting procedure is adopted to get the best model parameters by fitting some selected calculated energy levels and B(E2)transition rates ratios with experimental ones. These ratios are analyzed because they serve as effective order parameters in the shape phase transition. The nuclei in Xe isotopic chain evolve from spherical vibrator U(5) to gamma-soft rotor O(6) by increasing the boson number from N=3 (heavy isotope 132Xe) to N=10 (light isotope 120Xe) and the isotope 126Xe represent the critical nucleus. The nucleus 128Xe has triaxial nature. To deal with high spin states in gamma band in 118- 128Xe isotopic chain to investigate and exhibit the odd-even spin energy staggering, we introduce the two parameters collective nuclear softness rotor model (CNS2). Three different staggering indices depending on the dipole transitions linking the two families of spins and the quadrupole transitions within each spin family are considered. Strong odd-even spin energy staggering has been seen. As a link between the IBM and CNS2 models we observed that the energy difference between the gamma-band and ground state band normalized to decreases with increasing the mass numberComment: 20 pages,4 tables, 7 figures and 59 reference

Information technology in the British and Irish undergraduate accounting degrees

Using an online questionnaire and a series of semi-structured interviews, this study seeks the perceptions ofaccounting educators and professional accounting bodies in the UK and Ireland on the status quo of technologicaldevelopments within accounting curricula and the factors influencing this status quo. Findings suggest a fairlywidespread view that technological developments represent an important area that should be covered acrossaccounting curricula, to expose changes in the marketplace and to enhance the employability of graduates.However, it is still a peripheral component in accounting curricula, with no clear agenda for change. Professionalaccounting bodies seem to play a hegemonic inhibiting role through accreditation requirements although otherinhibitors were reported such as lack of competent/interested staff and lack of time/space in already overloadedsyllabi

Annealing Effects on Structural and Optical Properties of Ge10Sb30Se60 Thin Film

The optical constants of as-prepared and thermally annealed Ge10Sb30Se60thin films were determined. Effect of heat treatment on the structure and optical properties of Ge10Sb30Se60 thin films in the range between the glass transition and crystallization temperature have been investigated. The glass transition and crystallization temperature of the synthesized sample was measured by non- isothermal DSC measurements. The microstructure and optical properties of these films were characterized by UV-VIS spectrum, scanning electron microscope (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The optical band gap for as-prepared and annealed films have been calculated using Taucs low from the optical transmission and reflection spectra. The results indicate that the optical band gap Eopt increases when the annealing temperature (Ta) is lower than the glass transition temperature (Tg), while decreases with further increase of Ta. The XRD studies show that the as-prepared film is amorphous in nature, but the crystalline improved with increasing the annealing temperature. Furthermore the particle size and crystalline increases while the dislocation and strains decreases with increasing the annealing temperature. Thermal annealing was found to be accompanied by structural effects, which in turn, lead to change in the optical constants. The obtained results were explained in terms of the Mott and Davis model for amorphous materials and amorphous to crystalline structure transformations

Capability of the Invasive Tree Prosopis glandulosa Torr. to Remediate Soil Treated with Sewage Sludge

Sewage sludge improves agricultural soil and plant growth, but there are hazards associated with its use, including high metal(loid) contents. An experimental study was conducted under greenhouse conditions to examine the effects of sewage sludge on growth of the invasive tree Prosopis glandulosa, as well as to determine its phytoremediation capacity. Plants were established and grown for seven months along a gradient of sewage sludge content. Plant traits, soil properties, and plant and soil concentrations of N, P, K, Cd, Pb, Cu, Ni, Zn, Cr, Co, As, and Fe were recorded. The addition of sewage sludge led to a significant decrease in soil pH, and Ni, Co, and As concentrations, as well as an increase in soil organic matter and the concentrations of N, P, Cu, Zn, and Cr. Increasing sewage sludge content in the growth medium raised the total uptake of most metals by P. glandulosa plants due to higher biomass accumulation (taller plants with more leaves) and higher metal concentrations in the plant tissues. P. glandulosa concentrated more Cd, Pb, Cu, Zn, and Fe in its below-ground biomass (BGB) than in its above-ground biomass (AGB). P. glandulosa concentrated Ni, Co, and As in both BGB and AGB. P. glandulosa has potential as a biotool for the phytoremediation of sewage sludges and sewage-amended soils in arid and semi-arid environments, with a potential accumulation capability for As in plant leaves