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Terms modified by First Report Selected AbstractsMonozygous Twin Brothers Discordant for Photosensitive Epilepsy: First Report of Possible Visual Priming in HumansEPILEPSIA, Issue 9 2005Gerrit-Jan De Haan Summary:,Purpose: The interaction of genetic predisposition and the environment in the development of epilepsy is often discussed, but, aside from some animal reflex epilepsies, little evidence supports such interaction in the development of reflex epilepsy in humans. Methods: We describe the history of a 16-year-old boy in whom photosensitive epilepsy developed after a period of weekly exposures to high-intensity light flashes. Results: Both he and his clinically unaffected monozygotic twin were found to be photosensitive. Conclusions: This case report suggests that some genetic forms of human reflex epilepsy may be elicited by repeated environmental exposure to the appropriate stimulus, similar to some of the stimulus-induced epilepsies seen in animals. [source] First Report of Rhizoctonia solani AG-7 on Cotton in EgyptJOURNAL OF PHYTOPATHOLOGY, Issue 4 2010Kamel A. Abd-Elsalam Abstract Eighty-two isolates of Rhizoctonia solani were recorded from roots of naturally-infected seedlings of the Egyptian cotton (Gossypium barbadense L.). Anastomosis groups (AGs) of the isolates were determined by using 13 different AGs testers. Three (3.7%) of the isolates were identified as R. solani AG7, while the remaining isolates were belonging to the AG 2-1, AG4 and AG5. The identification of the three isolates was based on the frequency of the C2 reaction with the AG7 tester isolate. No fusion was observed between AG7 and isolates representing the other 13 AGs. Colonies of AG7 isolates grown on potato dextrose agar (PDA), malt yeast agar (MYA) and melt peptone agar (MPA) were brown to dark brown with aerial mycelium and sclerotia. The isolates had pitted sclerotial clusters and brownish exudates after 21 days of culturing on PDA, but without clear zonation. Pathogenicity test under greenhouse conditions revealed that AG7 caused the common symptoms of damping,off, which included seed rot, lesions on the hypocotyls and root rot. [source] Processing and Properties of TiB2 with MoSi2 Sinter-additive: A First ReportJOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY, Issue 1 2006T. S. R. Ch. The densification of non-oxide ceramics like titanium boride (TiB2) has always been a major challenge. The use of metallic binders to obtain a high density in liquid phase-sintered borides is investigated and reported. However, a non-metallic sintering additive needs to be used to obtain dense borides for high-temperature applications. This contribution, for the first time, reports the sintering, microstructure, and properties of TiB2 materials densified using a MoSi2 sinter-additive. The densification experiments were carried out using a hot-pressing and pressureless sintering route. The binderless densification of monolithic TiB2 to 98% theoretical density with 2,5 ,m grain size was achieved by hot pressing at 1800°C for 1 h in vacuum. The addition of 10,20 wt% MoSi2 enables us to achieve 97%,99%,th in the composites at 1700°C under similar hot-pressing conditions. The densification mechanism is dominated by liquid-phase sintering in the presence of TiSi2. In the pressureless sintering route, a maximum of 90%,th is achieved after sintering at 1900°C for 2 h in an (Ar+H2) atmosphere. The hot-pressed TiB2,10 wt% MoSi2 composites exhibit high Vickers hardness (,26,27 GPa) and modest indentation toughness (,4,5 MPa·m1/2). [source] Laceration injuries among workers at meat packing plantsAMERICAN JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE, Issue 5 2005Chunbo Cai MD Abstract Background Employees in meat packing experience one of the highest occupational laceration injury rates in the US. Method A retrospective study was conducted using OSHA 200 injury and illness logs and First Reports of Injury from two large US meat packing plants from 1998 to 2000. The total workers observed during the study period ranged between 2,449 and 2,682 per year. Results Laceration injury incidence rates in Plant 1 were 14.0 injuries per 200,000 person hours (per 100 workers per year) in 1998, 11.5 in 1999, and 8.3 in 2000, whereas in Plant 2 the overall incidence rate was 3.7 in 1998, 4.8 in 1999, and 3.0 in 2000. Laceration injury rates in Plant 2 were close to the expected OSHA recordable laceration injury rate in 1999 (3.0 per 100 workers per year), but Plant 1 was considerably higher. Plant 1 had a kill support department, and removed animal hides whereas Plant 2 did not. Handheld non-powered tools were the most common contact objects whereas the slaughter department had the highest number of injuries. Finger injuries from a handheld non-powered tool were the most frequent. Conclusions Findings confirm the high rate of injury from laceration in this industry and indicate hazard varies across time into shift, task being performed, and type of tool being used. Am. J. Ind. Med. 47:403,410, 2005. © 2005 Wiley-Liss, Inc. [source] First report of cottony-cushion scale (Icerya purchasi) on red berried mistletoe (Viscum cruciatum)ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH, Issue 1 2009Diego RUBIALES Abstract Cottony-cushion scale (Icerya purchasi) infestation on red berried mistletoe (Viscum cruciatum) is reported for the first time. Mistletoe is a hemiparasitic plant that was parasitizing stems of olive trees; however, I. purchasi infested only the mistletoe and not the olive. Economic implications are discussed. [source] First report of saxitoxin in Finnish lakes and possible associated effects on human healthENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY, Issue 3 2005Jarkko Rapala Abstract This study is the first report of saxitoxin in cyanobacterial blooms in Finland. Bloom samples (n = 50) were collected from Finnish freshwater sites during summer months of 2002 and 2003. These samples were screened for the presence of paralytic shellfish toxins (PSTs) using the Jellett rapid PSP screening test. Samples testing positive for PSTs (n = 7) were further analyzed with saxiphilin- and voltage-gated sodium channel [3H]-STX,binding radioreceptor assays and liquid chromatography using fluorescence and mass spectrometric analysis. The results indicated that saxitoxin (STX) was the only PST analogue in the samples and that it was present in high concentrations, as much as 1 mg L,1. Microscopic analysis revealed that 95%,100% of the phytoplankton in the positive samples consisted of Anabaena lemmermannii. The trophic status of lakes in which STX-containing blooms were found varied from oligotrophic to hypertrophic. All the lakes had high nitrogen-to-phosphorus ratios. In some instances, samples had been collected from sites where swimmers had reported adverse health effects, and in three such cases, reported adverse health effects were associated with sites from which samples testing positive for STX had been received. Symptoms of fever, eye irritation, abdominal pains, and skin rash were reported in children aged 2,10 years after exposure to the water. These were not the adverse human symptoms typical of STX poisoning; rather, they represented acute effects often reported following recreational exposure to cyanobacterial blooms. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Environ Toxicol 20: 331,340, 2005 [source] First report of the brown root rot disease caused by Phellinus noxius, its distribution and newly recorded host plants in the Amami Islands, southern JapanFOREST PATHOLOGY, Issue 3 2007N. Sahashi Summary To determine whether the brown root rot disease caused by Phellinus noxius is present in the Amami islands, which are situated near Okinawa, we conducted six field surveys from 1999 to 2005. The brown root rot disease was found in 22 tree species in 17 plant families at 25 different sites in all the islands surveyed. Sixteen of these species were newly recorded as host plants of P. noxius. The disease was more common in the low elevation plains and on hills less than 100 m above sea level than in mountainous areas. This is the first report of the brown root rot disease caused by P. noxius in the Amami Islands, Japan, and Ohshima Island is currently the northern-most distribution point of the disease in the northern hemisphere. [source] First report of canine African trypanosomosis in the UKJOURNAL OF SMALL ANIMAL PRACTICE, Issue 11 2007A. G. Gow A six-year-old neutered male Jack Russell terrier was presented two years after importation into the UK from southern Africa with severe anaemia and abdominal distension. Abdominal ultrasonography revealed the presence of hepato-splenomegaly and ascites. A diagnosis of trypanosomosis was made by blood smear examination. Shortly after admission the dog collapsed and died. PCR analysis revealed a single infection with Trypanosoma congolense savannah type. This is the first reported case of canine African trypanosomosis in Europe and suggests that chronic trypanosomosis may allow importation of the disease in apparently asymptomatic animals, even with extended quarantine periods. [source] First report of overactive detrusor in association with hypospadias detected by urodynamic screeningNEUROUROLOGY AND URODYNAMICS, Issue 1 2005Cuneyd Ozkurkcugil Abstract Aims The purpose of this study was to determine urodynamic features in hypospadic patients. Methods Thirty-seven patients with hypospadias (distal: 31, proximal: 6) underwent preoperative urodynamic study according to International Continence Society (ICS) recommendations. Statistical analysis were done for comparison between urethral obstruction and non-obstruction in patients with detrusor overactivity (DO) plus the relationship of DO with localization of hipospadias. Results Nearly 45.9% of the patients showed overactive detrusor. Urethral obstruction was found in 60.8% of the patients. The rate of DO was higher in proximal hipospadias, and urethral obstruction than distal type, and non-obstructed patients (P,>,0.005). The means overall cystometric capacity, maximum voiding detrusor pressure and maximal urinary flow measured were 132.6,± 111.14 ml (range 21,610), 72,±,53 cmH2O (range 12,181), and 7.9,±,7.1 ml/sec (range 2,30 ml/sec), respectively. Conclusions To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study ever to show that overactive detrusor is an accompanying entity in the hypospadic patients. © 2004 Wiley-Liss, Inc. [source] First report of cyromazine resistance in a population of UK house fly (Musca domestica) associated with intensive livestock productionPEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE (FORMERLY: PESTICIDE SCIENCE), Issue 7 2010Howard A Bell Abstract BACKGROUND: House fly control in livestock-rearing facilities is heavily reliant on the use of the larvicide cyromazine. While extensive use of this compound has led to the development of resistance in several countries, no elevated tolerance has so far been reported from the United Kingdom. RESULTS: Tolerance to cyromazine in larvae derived from a field strain collected at an intensive pig unit was significantly elevated over that of insects taken from a susceptible laboratory strain. Resistance factors (RFs) of 2.9 and 2.4 were returned for assays initiated with eggs and neonate larvae respectively. The RF for field strain larvae exposed from neonate increased significantly to 3.9 and 5.6 following rounds of selection at 1.0 and then 1.5 mg kg,1 cyromazine. CONCLUSION: Low-level resistance to cyromazine in UK house flies is reported here for the first time. The geographic extent of this resistance is unknown but, if widespread, may lead to control failures in the future, and indicates that careful stewardship of this compound in the United Kingdom is now required. © Crown copyright 2010. Reproduced with permission of Her Majesty's Stationery Office. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source] Acute lymphoblastic leukemia in a patient with chronic granulomatous disease and a novel mutation in CYBB: First reportAMERICAN JOURNAL OF HEMATOLOGY, Issue 1 2005Baruch Wolach Abstract We report for the first time a child with chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) who developed acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). The diagnosis of CGD was made at the age of 4 months, by studies of his neutrophil functions. The superoxide production of the cells was negligible, as was the bactericidal activity. He was found to have a deficiency of the gp91phox subunit of the leukocyte NADPH oxidase, with the X-linked inheritance of the disease. DNA analysis revealed a C nucleotide insertion between C1028 and T1029. This insertion has not been described before and causes a frameshift and a premature stop codon at amino-acid position 347. The mother was found to be a carrier of this mutation. At the age of 16 months, the patient developed T-cell ALL. He was treated for 2 years, and today, 10 years since the diagnosis, he is disease-free. During the course of ALL and later, he suffered from recurrent severe pyogenic infections, but careful detection of the etiological agent and promptly instituted specific treatment resulted in his complete recovery. Although primary immune deficiencies have been reported to have an increased tendency to develop malignancies, until now there have been no reports of CGD patients with ALL. Am. J. Hematol. 80:50,54, 2005. © 2005 Wiley-Liss, Inc. [source] First report of tobacco as a natural host of Euphorbia mosaic virus in CubaPLANT PATHOLOGY, Issue 4 2010E. Fiallo-Olivé No abstract is available for this article. [source] First report in Korea of powdery mildew of Matricaria chamomilla caused by Golovinomyces cichoracearumPLANT PATHOLOGY, Issue 4 2010M. J. Park No abstract is available for this article. [source] First report of Chrysoporthe cubensis from Eucalyptus in GhanaPLANT PATHOLOGY, Issue 4 2010J. Roux No abstract is available for this article. [source] First report of Inonotus rickii causing canker and decay on Hevea brasiliensis in ChinaPLANT PATHOLOGY, Issue 4 2010Y. C. Dai No abstract is available for this article. [source] First report of Botryosphaeria dothidea associated with dieback of aspen (Populus tremula) in ItalyPLANT PATHOLOGY, Issue 4 2010F. M. Grasso No abstract is available for this article. [source] First report of Hop stunt viroid infecting citrus orchards in JamaicaPLANT PATHOLOGY, Issue 2 2010S. Bennett No abstract is available for this article. [source] First report of Xanthomonas hortorum pv. pelargonii causing bacterial blight of geranium in TurkeyPLANT PATHOLOGY, Issue 2 2010M. Mirik No abstract is available for this article. [source] First report of the quarantine pathogen Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni on apricot and plum in SwitzerlandPLANT PATHOLOGY, Issue 2 2010J. F. Pothier No abstract is available for this article. [source] First report of Holocryphia eucalypti on Eucalyptus grandis in UgandaPLANT PATHOLOGY, Issue 2 2010J. Roux No abstract is available for this article. [source] First report of powdery mildew on Echeveria agavoides in IndiaPLANT PATHOLOGY, Issue 6 2009P. Baiswar No abstract is available for this article. [source] First report of Tobacco ringspot virus on Sophora microphylla, a native tree of New ZealandPLANT PATHOLOGY, Issue 4 2009L. I. Ward No abstract is available for this article. [source] First report of Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. poinsettiicola, the bacterial leaf spot pathogen on Euphorbia pulcherrima in AustriaPLANT PATHOLOGY, Issue 4 2009R. A. Gottsberger No abstract is available for this article. [source] First report of ,Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus' associated with Huanglongbing in CubaPLANT PATHOLOGY, Issue 2 2009Y. Martínez No abstract is available for this article. [source] First report of powdery mildew of Madagascar periwinkle caused by Eryisphe sp. in JapanPLANT PATHOLOGY, Issue 2 2009K. Watanabe No abstract is available for this article. [source] First report of pomegranate stem scab caused by Botryosphaeria dothidea in ChinaPLANT PATHOLOGY, Issue 2 2009H. X. Liu No abstract is available for this article. [source] First report of Tulip virus X in New ZealandPLANT PATHOLOGY, Issue 6 2008L. I. Ward No abstract is available for this article. [source] First report on the association of a 16SrII phytoplasma with sesame phyllody in PakistanPLANT PATHOLOGY, Issue 4 2008K. P. Akhtar No abstract is available for this article. [source] First report of a ,Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris'-related strain associated with little leaf disease of Helianthus debilis in Florida, USAPLANT PATHOLOGY, Issue 4 2008N. A. Harrison No abstract is available for this article. [source] First report of Phytophthora nicotianae causing blight of Dendrobium candidum in Zhejiang province, ChinaPLANT PATHOLOGY, Issue 2 2008J.-Z. Zhang No abstract is available for this article. [source] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||