A new species of early actinopterygian fishes, Moythomasia lebedevi sp.nov., is described based on numerous isolated scales occurring in Middle Devonian (Givetian, Polotskian Regional Stage) marine deposits (Goryn, Stolin and Moroch Beds) of Belarus.These scales characterize different ontogenetic stages (adult and subadult) of the fish.Few addition
Pediatric cardiac surgery is undergoing a metamorphosis, with more and more critical patients being operated in our country today.Although the principles of physiology have not changed, it is imperative that care providers continue to stay abreast with developments and newer drugs that may help modify the outcome.The team dynamics have also become
Cough is a powerful, protective expulsive behavior that assists in maintaining respiratory health by clearing foreign material, pathogens, and mucus from the airways.Therefore, cough is critical to survival in both health and disease.Importantly, cough protects the airways and lungs from both antegrade (e.g., food, liquid, saliva) and retrograde (e
Mobile genetic elements (MGEs) drive extensive horizontal transfer in the gut microbiome.This transfer could benefit human health by conferring new metabolic capabilities to commensal microbes, or it could threaten human health by spreading antibiotic resistance genes to pathogens.Despite their biological importance and medical relevance, MGEs from
Seatbelt Attachment Purpose: To report the mid-term outcomes of graft suturing in a patient with lenticule dislocation after Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK).Case Report: A 78-year old woman was found to have graft dislocation involving the nasal half of the cornea after uneventful DSAEK.Graft repositioning, refilling t