388 research outputs found
Abdominopelvic Splenosis—An Unusual Cause of Tenesmus
Splenosis is a rare condition defined as seeding and autotransplantation of splenic tissue, typically after blunt
abdominal trauma (e.g. from road traffic collision). Sites of splenosis ranging from intrathoracic to intrapelvic have
been reported, and symptoms vary greatly depending on the site and size of lesions. We present the use of Tc-99m
sulphur colloid SPECT/CT in diagnosing a case of multiple abdominopelvic splenosis as the cause of new-onset
tenesmus and constipation, which was initially thought to be due to colorectal malignancy, 47 years following the
initial abdominal trauma
Teaching Tip: developing an intercollegiate Twitter forum to aid student exam study and the development of digital professionalism
#VetFinals has been developed as a novel online Twitter teaching event designed to support intercollegiate veterinary teaching using social media. Previous studies in other fields have suggested that Twitter use within universities may have benefits for undergraduate education. This “teaching tip” paper describes a project using Twitter to host online exam study sessions. The project has been a highly successful collaborative effort between the Royal Veterinary College and Nottingham Veterinary School in the UK. Over 4 years, the #VetFinals project has developed into a long-term, self-sustaining enterprise. This initiative provides a semi-structured means for student exam preparation with direct real-time input from a faculty member. It also creates a network of peers both horizontally across institutions and vertically throughout year groups. Based on similar initiatives in other disciplines, an anticipated outcome of this project was to contribute to student online professionalism. This could help address the veterinary community's recently highlighted problems with professional conduct and appropriate use of social media. Analysis of the success of this endeavor will be available in a future publication
BICEP2 / Keck Array VIII: Measurement of gravitational lensing from large-scale B-mode polarization
We present measurements of polarization lensing using the 150 GHz maps which
include all data taken by the BICEP2 & Keck Array CMB polarization experiments
up to and including the 2014 observing season (BK14). Despite their modest
angular resolution (), the excellent sensitivity (K-arcmin) of these maps makes it possible to directly reconstruct the
lensing potential using only information at larger angular scales (). From the auto-spectrum of the reconstructed potential we measure an
amplitude of the spectrum to be (Planck
CDM prediction corresponds to ), and reject
the no-lensing hypothesis at 5.8, which is the highest significance
achieved to date using an EB lensing estimator. Taking the cross-spectrum of
the reconstructed potential with the Planck 2015 lensing map yields
. These direct measurements of
are consistent with the CDM cosmology, and with
that derived from the previously reported BK14 B-mode auto-spectrum (). We perform a series of null tests and consistency
checks to show that these results are robust against systematics and are
insensitive to analysis choices. These results unambiguously demonstrate that
the B-modes previously reported by BICEP / Keck at intermediate angular scales
() are dominated by gravitational lensing. The
good agreement between the lensing amplitudes obtained from the lensing
reconstruction and B-mode spectrum starts to place constraints on any
alternative cosmological sources of B-modes at these angular scales.Comment: 12 pages, 8 figure
Memories from VII World Congress of Music Therapy, Vitoria Gasteiz, 1993
Some of the participants share their memories and photos from the VII World Congress of Music Therapy, held in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain in 1993
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