In the years 2006-2008, the authors investigated a breeding population of Little Owl, Athene noctua, in an urbanized area of NW Lombardy (Varese province).They employed the playback method along 5 transects with 36 points of emission: they obtained an overall response rate of 33.6%, with luce chandelier a mean density of breeding pairs of 0.5/km2,
Pulmonary arteriovenous fistula (PAVF) is abnormally dilated vessels that provide a right-to-left shunt between pulmonary artery and pulmonary vein and is clinically divided into simple and complex type.Here, we report four cases of surgically resected sporadic PAVFs presenting various clinical and histologic spectrums.Cases 1 (a 57-old-female) and
Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is known to require continuous clinical care and management that consumes significant health-care resources.These costs are not well understood, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.Objective: The aim of this study was to estimate the direct medical costs associated with T2DM in the South Afri