Atypical presentation of visceral leishmaniasis from non-endemic region

A case of atypical and acute presentation of visceral leishmaniasis from non-endemic region, characterised by exudative pleural effusion and hepatitis is reporte

Secondary abdominal pregnancy following rupture of bicornuate uterus in early third trimester: a case report and review of literature

Rupture uterus in a nulliparous woman is generally associated with mullerian anomalies and can present with acute obstetric emergency. It is a rare event and generally occurs in first or second trimester. Rupture of rudimentary horn in third trimester is extremely rare and can have adverse outcome for both mother and foetus. We describe a 24 years old primigravida patient with 28 weeks of gestation who came to casualty in gasping condition. She was having acute abdominal pain and distension with circulatory shock. Patient was immediately intubated and resuscitative measures started in casualty. Clinical and ultrasound findings suggestive of abdominal pregnancy and possibility of rupture of one horn of bicornuate uterus with haemoperitoneum. As patient was very critical resuscitative measures started and immediate laparotomy revealed abdominal pregnancy with dead foetus and ruptured right rudimentary horn with part of placenta adherent to omentum which was excised along with excision of rudimentary horn and placenta. Timely laparotomy with aggressive resuscitative measures saved the patients life. This case is extremely rare presentation of abdominal pregnancy in early third trimester and highlights the importance of early diagnosis of abdominal pregnancies and its timely management

Critical Race Theory and the Cultivation, Mentorship and Retention of Black Women Faculty

In this research, critical race theory as a framework is explored in order to understand the paradigm at work within institutions of higher education in relation to the cultivation, mentorship, and retention of Black female faculty using the methodology of duoethnography

On the Equality of Sharp and Germ - Fields for Gaussian Processes and Fields

2000 Mathematics Subject Classification: 60G15, 60G60; secondary 31B15, 31B25, 60H15We investigate the relationship between the sigma-field and the infinitesimal or germ sigma-field

A note on the Gauss decomposition of the elliptic Cauchy matrix

Explicit formulas for the Gauss decomposition of elliptic Cauchy type matrices are derived in a very simple way. The elliptic Cauchy identity is an immediate corollary.Comment: 5 page

Alterations in prefrontal-limbic functional activation and connectivity in chronic stress-induced visceral hyperalgesia.

Repeated water avoidance stress (WAS) induces sustained visceral hyperalgesia (VH) in rats measured as enhanced visceromotor response to colorectal distension (CRD). This model incorporates two characteristic features of human irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), VH and a prominent role of stress in the onset and exacerbation of IBS symptoms. Little is known regarding central mechanisms underlying the stress-induced VH. Here, we applied an autoradiographic perfusion method to map regional and network-level neural correlates of VH. Adult male rats were exposed to WAS or sham treatment for 1 hour/day for 10 days. The visceromotor response was measured before and after the treatment. Cerebral blood flow (CBF) mapping was performed by intravenous injection of radiotracer ([(14)C]-iodoantipyrine) while the rat was receiving a 60-mmHg CRD or no distension. Regional CBF-related tissue radioactivity was quantified in autoradiographic images of brain slices and analyzed in 3-dimensionally reconstructed brains with statistical parametric mapping. Compared to sham rats, stressed rats showed VH in association with greater CRD-evoked activation in the insular cortex, amygdala, and hypothalamus, but reduced activation in the prelimbic area (PrL) of prefrontal cortex. We constrained results of seed correlation analysis by known structural connectivity of the PrL to generate structurally linked functional connectivity (SLFC) of the PrL. Dramatic differences in the SLFC of PrL were noted between stressed and sham rats under distension. In particular, sham rats showed negative correlation between the PrL and amygdala, which was absent in stressed rats. The altered pattern of functional brain activation is in general agreement with that observed in IBS patients in human brain imaging studies, providing further support for the face and construct validity of the WAS model for IBS. The absence of prefrontal cortex-amygdala anticorrelation in stressed rats is consistent with the notion that impaired corticolimbic modulation acts as a central mechanism underlying stress-induced VH

Analisis Pengaruh Return on Asset, Net Profit Margin, Earning Per Share Terhadap Return Saham Pada Perusahaan Perbankan Yang Terdaftar Di Bei

This study aims to analyze the influence of Return on Assets (ROA), Net Profit Margin (NPM) and Earnings per Share (EPS) to towards stock return on banking companies listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange. The independence variables in this research are Return on Asset (ROA), Net Profit Margin (NPM), Earning per Share (EPS) and stock return as dependent variable. The samples in this research is 21 banking companies listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange in the study period 2008-2012. The sampling technique used was purposive sampling technique. The analysis technique used in this research is the analysis of panel data (pooled data) by using analytical methods Random Effects Model (REM). The results of this research show that Return on Assets (ROA), Net Profit Margin (NPM) and Earnings per Share (EPS) either partially or simultaneously had no effect to the banking company's stock return are listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange