Foreign-body ingestion and its complications are widely reported and discussed in literature.However, ingested foreign body causing a large-bowel perforation is extremely rare.We present a case of a 49-year-old man who presented to us with complaints of abdominal pain, abdominal distension, fever and obstipation.The patient gave a history of accide
The Huangshui River Basin, an important upstream tributary of the upper reaches of the Yellow River, serves as the political, economic, and cultural center of Qinghai Province, and is also a region with a high incidence of geological disasters.Within this basin, various types of disasters occur frequently, resulting in significant economic losses a
The poultry sector is considered to be one of the most industrialized sectors of livestock production.Although the livestock sector contributes the 14.5% of total anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, less attention has been paid in the respective emissions of the poultry sector compared to other farmed animals such as ruminants.The aim of
Abstract Background Orchids produce a colorless protocorm by symbiosis with fungi upon seed germination.For mass production of orchids, the prevailing approaches are both generation of protocorm-like bodies (PLBs) from callus and multiplication of adventitious buds on inflorescence.However, somaclonal variations occur during micropropagation.Result
To date, limited and inconsistent evidence exists regarding racial discrimination and risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD).Cross-sectional observational study of 1005 US-born non-Hispanic black (n = 504) and white (n = 501) participants age 35-64 randomly selected from community health centers in Boston, MA (2008-2010; 82.4% response rate), using 3