18F-FDG PET/CT FINDINGS IN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS COLITIS

18F-FDG PET/CT Findings in Cytomegalovirus Colitis

We present a case demonstrating the diagnostic work-up of a patient undergoing azathioprine treatment for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), diagnosed with an acute cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection and CMV colitis.An 18F-FDG positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) performed 2 weeks after debut of symptoms revealed pathological 18F-F

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Numerical Study of Frequency and Deflection Responses of Natural Fiber (Luffa) Reinforced Polymer Composite and Experimental Validation

The natural fiber (Luffa cylindrica fiber) reinforced epoxy composite has been fabricated and their structural responses (frequency and deflection) have been computed experimentally and numerically first time using the corresponding experimental elastic properties.The numerical NAIL SOLUTION responses are obtained with the help of an in-house MATLA

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BRICS-JUST AN ACRONIM?

The aim of this paper is to present the main economic developments of the most important emerging economies,brought together under the name of the BRICS, in the light of new economic and political positions which thesecountries tend to occupy in the current global context.The study is significant being a comparative presentationbetween the BRICS Gr

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The Different Meanings of Land in the Age of Neoliberalism: Theoretical Reflections on Commons and Resilience Grabbing from a Social Anthropological Perspective

Recent debates in social anthropology on land acquisitions highlight the need to go further back in history in order to analyse their impacts on local livelihoods.The debate over the commons in economic and ecological anthropology helps us understand some of today’s dynamics by looking at precolonial common property institutions and the way t

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