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Mpox in Pregnancy — Risks, Vertical Transmission, Prevention, and Treatment
Mpox in PregnancyThe alarming surge in human-to-human transmission of mpox and the known association with adverse obstetrical outcomes highlight the urgent need for data on infection during pregnancy.
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Redeeming the redeemer: Representations of an indigenous Christ in James K. Baxter’s ‘The Maori Jesus’, Patricia Grace's Potiki and Moetai Brotherson’s Le Roi absent
In one of his best-known poems, 'The Maori Jesus', James K. Baxter recounts the misadventures of the eponymous Christ figure in and around Wellington city. Although he walks on water and is clearly possessed of supernatural powers such as the ability to make the sun shine or the ground shake, he is also very much a social outsider and a victim of the forces of order. His twelve disciples are equally marginalised, drawn from the fringes of society and / or specifically represented as likely to be in conflict with organised religion: among them is a cleaner of toilets, joined by an unsuccessful call-girl 'who turned it up for nothing', a 'sad old quean', an alcoholic priest ‘going slowly mad’ and a housewife 'who had forgotten the Pill'.
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Bugged-out insects
Explores a variety of unusual insects, including locusts, army ants, and scarab beetles, and examines their biological make-up, environment, and behavior.
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Efficacy of simultaneous pericranial and nasoseptal “double flap” reconstruction of anterior skull base defects after combined transbasal and endoscopic endonasal approaches
BackgroundThe “double flap” reconstruction technique, comprised of a simultaneous vascularized pedicled pericranial flap (PCF) and pedicled nasoseptal flap (NSF), can be used to repair anterior skull base defects after a combined cranionasal or transbasal-endoscopic endonasal approach (EEA) has been performed to remove malignant anterior skull base tumors. The use of two vascularized flaps may potentially decrease the incidence of post-radiation flap necrosis and postoperative cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks after radiation therapy.MethodsWe conducted a retrospective review of a prospective skull base database on patients who underwent the double flap reconstruction technique after a combined transbasal-EEA approach. Data collected for each patient included demographics, method of tumor resection and repair, complications, tumor recurrence, and follow-up.ResultsNine patients who underwent a combined transbasal-EEA approach for resection of anterior skull base tumors with significant intracranial extension followed by reconstruction of the cranial base using the double flap technique. Four were men and five were women, with a mean age of 49 years (range, 15–68 years). There was no postoperative CSF leakage detected or complications of infection, meningitis, mucocele, or tension pneumocephalus after a mean follow-up of 35.7 months (range, 4.5–98 months). Seven of the nine patients underwent adjuvant radiation without flap necrosis. Local tumor recurrence was not observed in any of the patients at last follow-up; however, one patient developed distant brain metastasis.ConclusionThe simultaneous PCF and NSF double flap reconstruction is an effective technique in preventing postoperative CSF leakage and post-radiation necrosis when repairing anterior skull base defects after combined transbasal-EEA approaches. This technique may be useful in patients anticipated to undergo postoperative radiation therapy.
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Carl Linnaeus : genius of classification
Profiles the life of the eighteenth-century Swedish naturalist whose scientific naming of plants and animals provided an international language of nature.
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What's in a name?: Thanh-Van Tran-Nhut's Esprit de la renarde: Translating characters' names in historical crime fiction
This is a translation of an extract from Thanh-Van Tran-Nhut's 2009 crime novel, 'L'esprit de la renarde: Une enquete du Mandarin Tan' (Spirit of the Vixen), the fifth of eight in the Mandarin Tan series of investigations carried out in 17th-century Vietnam (then called Dai Viet). An introductory note assists in setting the scene and briefly outlining some of the translation challenges for the text, notably the range of names used in the original. These vary from the relatively exotic (Madame Liu) to the partly French (Madame Prune) and the fully French (Contemplation Retenue).
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Isaac Newton : greatest genius of science
A biography of the seventeenth-century English scientist who formulated the theory of gravity.
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Primary Care Guidelines for the Management of Persons Infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus: 2009 Update by the HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Evidence-based guidelines for the management of persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) were prepared by an expert panel of the HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. These updated guidelines replace those published in 2004. The guidelines are intended for use by health care providers who care for HIV-infected patients or patients who may be at risk for acquiring HIV infection. Since 2004, new antiretroviral drugs and classes have become available, and the prognosis of persons with HIV infection continues to improve. However, with fewer complications and increased survival, HIV-infected persons are increasingly developing common health problems that also affect the general population. Some of these conditions may be related to HIV infection itself and its treatment. HIV-infected persons should be managed and monitored for all relevant age- and gender-specific health problems. New information based on publications from the period 2003–2008 has been incorporated into this document.
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