Asymptomatic bilateral obstructing ureteric calculi resulting in Lactobacillaemia and endocarditis requiring emergency aortic valve replacement

Ureteric calculi are a common cause of emergency presentation to hospitals in the United Kingdom and worldwide.A significant and life threatening complication of those stones that obstruct the ureter is pyonephrosis, bacteraemia and resulting sepsis.Whilst the majority of Playard such cases present with the typical symptoms of loin pain and fever,

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Environmental enrichment for primates in laboratories

Environmental enrichment is a critical component of Refinement, one Raincoat of the 3Rs underlying humane experimentation on animals.In this paper I discuss why primates housed in laboratories, which often have constraints of space and study protocols, are a special case for enrichment.I outline a framework for categorising the different types of e

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Collapse of an axion scalar field

Abstract The manuscript deals with an interacting scalar field that mimics Autographed Miscellaneous Items the evolution of the so-called axion scalar dark matter or axion like particles with ultra-light masses.It is discussed that such a scalar along with an ordinary fluid description can collapse under strong gravity.The end state of the collapse

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