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First report of intraguild predation in scorpions (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from Turkey
Get PDFScorpions are predators of a wide range of invertebrates even including other scorpions. Larger species commonly prey on smaller species or juveniles. Here, we report three cases of intraguild predation of Mesobuthus mesopotamicus (Penther, 1912) and Compsobuthus matthiesseni (Birula, 1905) by Hottentotta saulcyi (Simon, 1880) (Scorpiones: Buthidae) in Şırnak Province, Turkey. These are the first cases reporting antagonistic interactions among scorpions in Turkey
Succenturiate Placental Lobe Abruption: a placental pathology complicating a dangerous delivery
Get PDFThe development of a placenta is a complex process that occurs without a clinically significant issue in most pregnancies. At times, however, the process develops in a way that isolates an island of placental tissue away from the main body, connected only by unprotected vasculature within the amniotic membranes. The vessels of this succenturiate lobe of the placenta are vulnerable both to compression or laceration, threatening the antepartum period with poor weight gain or the peripartum period with fetal distress, hemorrhage or retained products of conception. A majority of the time, this pathology is undiagnosed until recognized innocuously following delivery of the placenta. A placental abruption is a premature separation of the placenta from the uterus that can result in painful bleeding and fetal distress. This increased distress of mother or baby from continued blood loss usually necessitates delivery either vaginally, if stability is maintained, or by cesarean if it isn’t. The amount of distress correlates to where and how much of the placenta is affected. While succenturiate lobes of the placenta and placental abruptions are not routinely associated with each other, the abruption of only the succenturiate lobe of the placenta in this instance minimized the severity to the fetus, by allowing the main body of the placenta to remain intact. As the bleeding coagulated at the lobe, maternal well-being was maintained allowing enough time to complete a vaginal delivery
Biopower, Biopolitics and Pandemic Vulnerabilities: Reading the Covid Chronicles Comics
Get PDFThis essay examines Covid Chronicles: A Comics Anthology from the perspective of biopower and biopolitics. It contends that, on the one hand, the comics capture individual suffering and collective trauma of the pandemic; on the other hand, these comics draw attention to the role the state plays in regulating bodies to be monitored, governed and, in some cases, deemed disposable
A Case of Metastatic Melanoma Presenting as a Small Bowel Obstruction
Get PDFSmall bowel obstructions are most commonly caused by adhesion. Less common causes arise from malignant pathology. Here we present a relatively rare case of a small bowel obstruction due to malignant melanoma. Melanoma involving the gastrointestinal tract is relatively rare with most cases occurring as metastatic spread from a cutaneous primary. The treatment typically requires a surgical resection or palliative bypass. When a patient presents with a small bowel obstruction but without prior abdominal surgeries or hernias a malignant obstruction must be on the differential
Complications and Hospital Admissions among Pregnant Women with Substance Abuse
Get PDFIntroduction
In recent times, there has been an increase in drug abuse in the general population and in women of reproductive age. Our objectives were to identify, classify, and describe the spectrum of complications, the average number of admissions, and the length of hospital stay among pregnant women with substance abuse. The aim was to understand complication prevalence better to improve management in this ever-growing population.
Methods
A retrospective chart review was conducted of pregnant women ages 18-45 with a history of substance abuse from 2013-2018 in the tri-state area of West Virginia, Ohio, and Kentucky. We collected the following data: demographics, medical history, specific substances abused, inpatient admission dates and diagnoses, and delivery information. A total of 411 patients met the inclusion criteria, comprising 525 pregnancies.
Results
Out of 525 pregnancies, 71.6 % used buprenorphine (i.e., Subutex), 43.4% used opiates (excluding heroin), and 35% of patients used heroin. Out of the 525 pregnancies, there were 714 inpatient antepartum admissions. Of these, 376 were admissions due to withdrawal symptoms (52.7%). A total of 263 pregnancies had at least one admission for withdrawal, drug abuse, overdose, or buprenorphine/methadone conversion (50%). The average hospital stay for withdrawal admissions was 3.4 days (SD). There were 62 admissions for infectious causes, 24 due to pyelonephritis (38.7%).
Conclusion
The findings highlight multiple areas for future studies and areas for quality improvement in managing this population
The Christian Sermon and the Native American in Twentieth Century Oklahoma: An Examination of the Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference and its Continued Role in Native American Assimilation and Annihilation
No full textThe land that is now called Oklahoma has been occupied and used by Native American people since the end of the last ice age.[1] From ancient Folsom, Clovis, and Dalton peoples to the proud Native American tribes that exist within its boundaries today, Oklahoma has played an important role in the story of Native American people. Since 1830, however, the story of Native Americans in Oklahoma has changed from one of thriving to one of surviving. Part of that change in plot is due to the forced Christianization of Native American people by Christian colonizers by any means necessary. This work was first taken on by the many Christian missionaries that moved into what was then called Indian Territory. These missionaries, from many backgrounds and denominations, along with their modern counterparts, have made it possible for the United States government to continue to take away from the Native American people until they have nothing left to give; nothing left but their souls. The Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference (OIMC) was officially formed by the United Methodist Church in 1972.[2] Since that time, the OIMC has operated with the purpose of reaching “Indian persons with the Good News of Jesus Christ through the United Methodist witness.”[3]This paper is an examination of the use of the sermon as a weapon of violence against Native American heritage and spirituality in the name of God.
[1] Charles Robert Goins and Danney Goble, Historical Atlas of Oklahoma, (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2006), 35.
[2] http://www.umc-oimc.org/resources/about-us/
[3] http://www.umc-oimc.org/resources/about-us
Report of thanatosis in the Central American scorpions \u3cem\u3eTityus ocelote\u3c/em\u3e and \u3cem\u3eAnanteris platnicki\u3c/em\u3e (Scorpiones: Buthidae)
Get PDFThanatosis, or tonic immobility, is a behavior where animals adopt a motionless posture after a physical contact or very close proximity of a predator. This behavior has been described in a wide range of taxa, from invertebrates to vertebrates. For scorpions, tonic immobility has been reported in two buthids, Tityus pusillus and Tityus cerroazul, one hormurid, Liocheles australasiae, and one scorpiopsid, Scorpiops jendeki. Here we report other cases of this thanatosis for two buthid scorpions from lower Central America: Tityus ocelote and Ananteris platnicki. Thanatosis in these species were observed in wild, but was better documented in the laboratory. After human handling, several individuals for both species rolled over and laid on their back, adopting a distinctive rigid position, where they did not respond to external mechanical stimuli. As tonic immobility might be associated with other defense strategies, such as cryptic colorations, it is hypothesized that this behavior is used as a strategy in both species only if there is physical contact that simulated by a predator. On the other hand, the observations of thanatosis we reported here and the ones reported in other Tityus scorpions suggest that this behavior may have a phylogenetic basis in American buthids and that it could be more widespread than initially thought. However, more observations of tonic immobility in buthids would allow the evaluation of this hypothesis