Abstract.Introduction.Awake fiberoptic bronchoscopy has long been considered the criterion standard for the management of difficult airways because of large thyroid malignancies.After an unsuccessful attempt to intubate with a fiberoptic bronchoscope in the supine position, the decision to switch to Flag the left lateral position was made.We presen
Cyclic AMP-responsive element binding protein 1 (CREB1) plays multiple functions as a transcription factor in gene regulation.CREB1 proteins are also known to be expressed in several spliced isoforms that act as transcriptional activators or repressors.The activator isoforms, possessing the functional domains for kinase induction and for interactio
Background: Since 1990, Vital Statistics reports show a dramatic decline in the total fertility rates (TFRs) of American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) women in the United States.Objective: We study whether the decrease in TFRs is due to a real change in fertility for a stable population; a compositional change in who identifies as AI/AN; or a me
Globally, the major source of environmental pollution as a result of mineral exploitation and processing is acid mine drainage (AMD).AMD refers Body Oil to outflowing streams of acidic constituents from pyrite-bearing ore mines.The exposure of pyrite (FeS2) in coal waste dumps to atmospheric oxygen and water in the presence of microbial communities