Ling Zhao,1 Wei Wang,1 Jiwen Zhong,1 YaYun Li,1 YanZi Cheng,1 Zhenjiao Su,1 Wei Zheng,1 Xiang-Dong Guan2 1Department of Critical Care Medicine, Zhuhai People’s Hospital, Zhuhai, Guangdong, 2Department of Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China Purp

The successful establishment of a species in a given habitat depends on the ability of each of its developing stages to adapt to the environment.In order to understand this process we have studied the adaptation of a euryhaline fish, the sea-bass Dicentrarchus labrax, to various salinities during its ontogeny.The expression and localization of Aqua

Aim.Downhill varices are not so safe as thought and can lead to life-threating or mortal bleeding complication, even if rare.In order to draw attention to this topic, we analysed 129 patients.Materials and Methods.We evaluated the electronic endoscopy data records of all patients undergoing upper gastrointestinal endoscopy over a nine-year period f