Congenital diaphragmatic herniae (CDH) with associated intrathoracic ectopic kidneys Gift are rare congenital anomalies, with a reported incidence of only 0.25%.The authors report a case of a 24-day-old baby girl who was diagnosed with a left-sided CDH on a chest X-ray taken for pneumonia.Computed tomography scan showed CDH hernia, containing small
Curses as a genre of Lezghi and Kumyk folklore
The article analyzes folk curses that have an emotional charge and relate to abusive language.Most often they are psychological or domestic in nature.Mostly, this kind of curse is pronounced unconsciously during a domestic quarrel or other conflict.They can be considered as a communicative, imperative and expletive formula.The purpose of the study
Source Resizing and Improved Power Distribution for High Available Island Microgrid: A Case Study on a Tunisian Petroleum Platform
A microgrid is a small-scale smart network that contains distributed resources and loads and serves several technical, economic, and environmental aims.In this kind of power system, the energy generated by different sources is often collected in an adequate bus system (ac or dc busses) and transported to loads across a distribution system.In case o
Blood and urinary cytokine balance and renal outcomes at orthopaedic surgery
BackgroundIn patients undergoing orthopaedic trauma surgery, acute kidney injury (AKI) can develop post-operatively and is a major cause of increased mortality and hospital stay time.Development of AKI is associated with three main processes: inflammation, ischaemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) and hypoperfusion.In this study, we investigated whether r
Evidence for long-term association of virion-delivered HBV core protein with cccDNA independently of viral protein production
Background & Aims: HBV persists in the nucleus of infected hepatocytes as a covalently closed circular DNA (cccDNA) episome that constitutes the template for Breathing Aids viral RNA and protein synthesis.Both HBx and HBc (core) viral proteins associate with cccDNA but, while HBx is required for viral transcription, the role of HBc is still unc