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    Parentage of Hydatidiform Moles

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    We were presented with the STR (short tandem repeat) profiles from two separate paternity trios. Each trio consisted of a mother, an alleged father, and products of conception (POC) that contained a hydatidiform mole but no visible fetus. In both cases, antecedent pregnancies had followed alleged sexual assaults. Mole classification and pathogenesis are described in order to explain the analyses and statistical reasoning used in each case. One mole exhibited several loci with two different paternal alleles, indicating it was a dispermic (heterozygous) mole. Maternal decidua contaminated the POC, preventing the identification of paternal obligate alleles (POAs) at some loci. The other mole exhibited only one paternal allele/locus at all loci and no maternal alleles, indicating it was a diandric and diploid (homozygous) mole. In each case, traditional calculations were used to determine paternity indices (PIs) at loci that exhibited one paternal allele/locus. PIs at mole loci with two different paternal alleles/locus were calculated from formulas first used for child chimeras that are always dispermic. Combined paternity indices in both mole cases strongly supported the paternity of each suspect.Peer Reviewedhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/155886/1/jfo14291.pdfhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/155886/2/jfo14291_am.pd

    The Directness and Oppositional Intensity of Conflict Expression

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    How the difference in expression of conflicts directly influences the people's experience and reactions is discussed. The findings show that oppositional intensity and directness are universal dimension dimensions that characterize conflict expression. However, the disputants' cultural context and characteristics will influence how conflict is expressed and perceived.TradeAcademi

    [The effect of low-dose hydrocortisone on requirement of norepinephrine and lactate clearance in patients with refractory septic shock].

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