OBJECTIVE: Nicotine dependence is the most prevalent substance abuse disorder among adult psychiatric patients and is a leading cause of death and disability. This study examines training in tobacco treatment in psychiatry residency programs across the United States. (more…)
OBJECTIVE: The authors examine the development of the psychiatrist from an adult developmental perspective, focusing on the early development and consolidation of highly adaptive clinical and other professional habits. (more…)
Neospora caninum was isolated from the brain of an apparently healthy calfborn to a seropositive cow. The calf was killed 12 hrs after birth and homogenate of its brain wasinoculated into Vero cells. (more…)
Three male specimens of the eyeworm, Oxyspirura chabaudi, were found duringthe post mortem examination of one individual of Turdus merula L. (Passeriformes). This is the firstrecord of Turdus merula as a host for O. chabaudi. (more…)
The identified mutations in the pfcrt, dhfr and dhps genes of Plasmodiumfalciparum show a very high correlation with resistance to chloroquine, pyrimethamine andsulfadoxine, the drugs that are still used as malaria chemoprophylaxis or treatment. We undertook amolecular screening of 82 Polish P. falciparum isolates, mainly imported from different countries ofsub-Saharan Africa to assess their molecular drug-resistance profiles. (more…)
Between May and September 2006, 640 specimens of the rabbitfish Siganusrivulatus Forsskal (Teleostei, Siganidae) were examined for infections with intestinal helminths.These fishes were caught in the Red Sea off the coast of Sharm El-Sheikh, South Sinai, Egypt,examined in a field laboratory and separated into three size groups of regular length intervals.Only three species of helminths were recovered: (more…)
Brasilochondria riograndensis Thatcher et Pereira, 2004 (Copepoda,Chondracanthidae) is redescribed based on newly collected material from the branchial cavity offlounder, Paralichthys orbignyanus (Valenciennes, 1842), from the coasts of Buenos Aires Province,Argentina. A number of details were overlooked and some appendages were misidentified in originaldescription and are included herein. (more…)
Brasergasilus bifurcatus sp. nov. (Copepoda, Ergasilidae, Abergasilinae) isdescribed. Specimens of the new species were collected from the gills and nasal fossae of theserrasalmid fishes, known as “piranhas”, Pygocentrus piraya (Cuvier, 1819) and “pirambebas”,Serrasalmus brandtii (Lutken, 1875). (more…)
