54 research outputs found
Dolphins Little League Football Team
No full textMembers of the first place Dolphins in the Little League Football junior division are from left, front row, Chris Gamble, Casey Kay, Bryan Kellogg, Brad Tassainer, Derick Adams, Scott Hedges, Chad Bullard, Lance Trujillo and Shaun Colton. Second row, Neldon Smuin, David Weeks, Clark Emery, Jeff Drollinger, Craig Good, Doug Bowen, Rodney Hamson, Neldon Seitz and Quent Batty. Back row, Coach Leon Smuin and Coach Calvin Davis
A case of a co-secreting TSH and growth hormone pituitary adenoma presenting with a thyroid nodule
No full textCo-secreting TSH and growth hormone pituitary adenomas are rare. We present a case of a 55-year-old woman who presented with symptoms of neck fullness. Ultrasound revealed multiple thyroid nodules and examination revealed several clinical features of acromegaly. She was found to have a co-secreting TSH and growth hormone pituitary macroadenoma. She underwent surgical resection followed by gamma knife radiation, which resulted in complete remission of her TSH and GH-secreting adenoma
John Osby
No full textUniversity of Michiganhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/133993/1/Adams_FINAL_Thesis.doc
Restricted Parallelism and Regular Grammars
No full textTitle: Restricted Parallelism and Regular Grammars, Author: Robert D. Rosebrugh, Location: ThodeThis thesis studies the properties of k-parallel right-linear languages. An infinite hierarchy of language families is found and closure properties of these families are studied. The language families are characterised in terms of simple languages and non-deterministic generalised sequential machine mappings. In addition a characterisation of k-right-linear simple matrix languages by k-parallel right-linear languages with a control device is given.ThesisMaster of Science (MS
A case of pituitary abscess presenting without a source of infection or prior pituitary pathology
No full textPituitary abscess is a relatively uncommon cause of pituitary hormone deficiencies and/or a suprasellar mass. Risk factors for pituitary abscess include prior surgery, irradiation and/or pathology of the suprasellar region as well as underlying infections. We present the case of a 22-year-old female presenting with a spontaneous pituitary abscess in the absence of risk factors described previously. Her initial presentation included headache, bitemporal hemianopia, polyuria, polydipsia and amenorrhoea. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of her pituitary showed a suprasellar mass. As the patient did not have any risk factors for pituitary abscess or symptoms of infection, the diagnosis was not suspected preoperatively. She underwent transsphenoidal resection and purulent material was seen intraoperatively. Culture of the surgical specimen showed two species of alpha hemolytic Streptococcus, Staphylococcus capitis and Prevotella melaninogenica. Urine and blood cultures, dental radiographs and transthoracic echocardiogram failed to show any source of infection that could have caused the pituitary abscess. The patient was treated with 6 weeks of oral metronidazole and intravenous vancomycin. After 6 weeks of transsphenoidal resection and just after completion of antibiotic therapy, her headache and bitemporal hemianopsia resolved. However, nocturia and polydipsia from central diabetes insipidus and amenorrhoea from hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism persisted
Mbatha, S. 2017. U Zulu: Umlando Nobuqhawe BukaZulu (The history and heroism of the Zulu nation) [Book review]
No full textThe book basically provides a narrative account of the long history of the Zulu nation
during and after the colonial period. It focuses on the series of battles and wars fought
during the reign of King Shaka, including their encounters with the colonial forces, which
caused the displacement of many tribes and their settlement in various parts of the African
continent. The battle of Isandlwana in 1879, where the Zulu troops conquered the British
forces, is a classic example. The author attempts to paint a picture of different layers of the
struggle for colonial emancipation of the black people in general and the Zulu nation in
particular. Mbatha believes that black South Africans should be writing their own history
as they were directly impacted by colonialism. The eyewitness accounts provided by the
elders who were directly involved in colonial battles and wars should inform the writing
of such histories. The author seeks to address competing perspectives on the subject of
colonialism and its impact on the Zulu nation
SGML and Exceptions
No full textThe Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) allows users to define document type definitions (DTDs), which are essentially extended context-free grammars in a notation that is similar to extended Backus--Naur form. The right-hand side of a production is called a content model and its semantics can be modified by exceptions. We give precise definitions of the semantics of exceptions and prove that they do not increase the expressive power of SGML. For each DTD with exceptions we can construct a structurally equivalent extended context-free grammar. On the other hand, exceptions are a powerful shorthand notation--- eliminating them may cause exponential growth in the size of a DTD. z The research of the first author was supported by the Academy of Finland and the research of the second author was supported by grants from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and from the Information Technology Research Centre of Ontario. The Hong Kong University of Science ..
Initial Design to Develop a Cadastral System that Supports Digital Cadastre, 3D and Provenance for Singapore
No full textIt is challenging to design and develop a cadastral system that supports digital cadastre, 3D and provenance. Digital cadastre encodes cadastral information in digital format like LandXML, which allows for automation and returns high productivity. 3D enables capturing and representing the third dimension, which is critical for the development in both above and below the earth surface. Provenance allows the management of cadastre through lifespan. This is important in cadastral investigation and analysis for being informed how a cadastral parcel is being evolved over certain time period. The paper discusses the initial design of a new cadastral system called Cadastral Survey Management System (CSMS). The paper shares the SG LandXML, a Singapore profile of LandXML, which is designed based on the ICSM’s ePlan model, which in turn has been implemented in Australia and New Zealand. SG LandXML will consolidate the existing forms and data in different formats and to facilitate automation. By having a pre-validation mechanism at the Registered Surveyors’ (RS) Web Portal, the submissions by the surveyors through the Portal can be checked upfront before the authority’s inspection and approval. This will reduce turnaround times and speed-up the overall approval process. The fundamental of the system is the cadastral data model, which is designed based on the ISO 19152 - Land Administration Domain Model (LADM). The notion of BeginLifeSpanVersion and EndLifeSpanVersion in LADM has been adopted to design the provenance framework for the system. With the framework, every parcel when it is first submitted to the system will be date-stamped and the changes to the parcel will be captured for the parcel’s entire lifespan. This will allow the system to retrieve a parcel from its inception and to compare its changes over times. The paper also demonstrates some preliminary investigations on how different types of parcels, both 2D and 3D, can be integrated based on the notion of Level of Details from city modelling. The paper proposes methods how different types of parcels can possibly be encoded in SG LandXML to support 3D Cadastres
Candidemia Following Ureteric Stent Placement in a Patient With Type 2 Diabetes Treated With Canagliflozin
No full textA 38-year-old female patient with well-controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus treated with canagliflozin underwent ureteral stent placement for obstructive renal calculi. Ten days following ureteroscopy and ureteral stenting, she developed fevers and blood cultures grew Candida glabrata (C. glabrata). The patient was successfully treated with an extended course of broad-spectrum antibiotics and antifungal agents. The clinical presentation of candidemia is indistinguishable from bacteremia resulting in delay in diagnosis and treatment. Candiduria is commonly seen in patients with type 2 diabetes, however it rarely leads to candidemia in an otherwise healthy person following a relatively simple urologic procedure. Sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors act by its glycosuric effect and further increases the risk of genitourinary candida infection. Urologic procedures may lead to bloodstream entry of the genitourinary fungal organisms and result in life-threatening fungemia. Our case emphasizes the importance of awareness of the increased risk of potentially life threatening fungemia in patients using SGLT-2 inhibitors to avoid delay in diagnosis and treatment
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