BACKGROUND: Historically, respiratory infections have had a significant impact on U.S.military missions.Deployed troops are particularly at high risk due to close living conditions, stressful work environments and increased exposure to pathogens.To date, there are limited data available on acute respiratory illness (ARI) among troops deployed in su
The rectus abdominis muscle (RAM) is a workhorse flap to fill or repair abdominal defects.A drawback of an open RAM harvest is donor site morbidity, and minimally invasive techniques for flap harvesting have been previously proposed but involve vertical division of the rectus fascia.We present MCT a case of a 52-year-old woman with a recurrent rect
There is a growing consensus that knowledge creation at universities and other research institutions is the engine of the economy and society.Industry-academia collaborations began in earnest with the enactment of the Bayh-Dole Act in the U.S.in 1980, and in Japan, technology transfer organizations (TTOs) have been established nationwide in anticip
The race to develop safe and effective SARS-COV-2 vaccines has moved with GINKOGIN unprecedented speed.There are now multiple vaccines that have received emergency use authorization from the United States Food and Drug Administration and a host of candidates positioned for approval worldwide.Attention has now turned to allocation, distribution and
The role of post-migration living difficulties (PMLD) on somatization was studied in 101 first generation immigrants visited in primary care.Premigratory traumas and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were also assessed.About one third of patients somatized.Sociodemographic variables were similar in somatizers and non-somatizers.Premigratory tra