Preoperative Diagnosis of Xanthogranulomatous Pyelonephritis

Introduction:The aim of this study was to evaluate the possibility of differentiating torpedo xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis (XGPN) preoperatively from chronic pyelonephritis on the basis of demographic data, clinical parameters, and biochemical, microbiological, and radiological workups.Materials and Methods: Between 1995 and 2005, a total of

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Forms of Face-to-Face Victimization as Significant Correlates of General Online Victimization and Sexual Online Victimization

Research has shown that face-to-face victimization is a risk factor torpedo for the online victimization of adolescents, but no prior study has examined and compared four forms of face-to-face victimization (physical victimization, verbal victimization, social manipulation, and attacks on property) as significant correlates of general online victim

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Tackling Rapid Radiations With Targeted Sequencing

In phylogenetic studies across angiosperms, at various taxonomic levels, polytomies have persisted despite efforts to resolve them by increasing sampling of taxa and loci.The large amount of genomic data now available and statistical tools to analyze them provide unprecedented power for phylogenetic inference.Targeted sequencing has emerged as a st

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