Conservation genetics of insular **Podarcis** lizards using partial cytochrome b sequences

Sequence data derived from a 306 bp fragment of mitochondrial cytochrome b and molecular variance estimates were used to investigate the genetic population structure of the endangered and endemic lizard Podarcis atrata of the Columbretes archipelago (Mediterranean, Spain). Our results show a very high and significant among-population genetic differentiation. FST values and phylogenetic analyses confirm the evolutionary distinctiveness of P. atrata populations, suggesting that the populations of these islands deserve special protection measures. The populations of the two islands Columbrete Grande and Mancolibre are less differentiated than those of Foradada and Lobo, and seem to have retain…

Very Early Presentation of Extrahepatic Portal Vein Obstruction Causing Portal Hypertension in an Infant: Uncertainties in the Management and Therapeutic Limitations

Extrahepatic portal vein obstruction, although rare in children, is a significant cause of portal hypertension (PHT) leading to life-threatening gastrointestinal bleeding in the pediatric age group. PHT may also lead to other complications such as hyperesplenism, cholangyopathy, ascites, and even hepatopulmonary syndrome and portopulmonary hypertension that may require organ transplantation. Herein we report the case of an asymptomatic 11-month-old infant wherein a hepatomegaly and cavernous transformation of the portal vein was detected by liver ultrasound. Neither signs of thrombosis in arteriovenous system, nor affectation of biliary tract were identified in the magnetic resonance imagin…

Lack of seasonal changes in mitochondrial DNA variability of a Drosophila subobscura population

Restriction site analysis of mtDNA of 550 isofemale lines corresponding to different seasonal samples of a single geographic population of Drosophila subobscura was carried out. The distribution pattern of haplotypes was similar to that observed for the entire range of the species on the European continent: two haplotypes were equally and highly frequent, and a set of sporadic haplotypes were almost never present in more than one seasonal sampling. No statistically significant evidence was found for between-population heterogeneity across time, and the mean within-population variation was similar to other mtDNA restriction site analyses previously reported for D. subobscura populations. The…

Outcome of Root Canal Treatments Provided by Endodontic Postgraduate Students. A Retrospective Study

The aim of this study was to assess the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative factors that influenced complete periapical healing in teeth that underwent primary root canal treatment (RCT), in patients treated by postgraduate students in endodontics. Factors were retrieved and compared with the periapical status during the follow-up visit. Healing was considered as the absence of clinical and radiological symptoms. Variables significantly associated by the chi-squared test were included in a logistic regression model (LRM). Preoperative factors associated with healing were: American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) status (p = 0.01)

Evidence from mtDNA RFLP analysis for the introduction of Fundulus heteroclitus to southwestern Spain

Restriction analysis of mitochondrial DNA confirmed the taxonomic status of a southwestern Iberian Peninsula population of Fundulus heteroclitus and its probable origin in North America.

Recommendations for perioperative antiplatelet treatment in non-cardiac surgery. Working Group of the Spanish Society of Anaesthesiology-Resuscitation and Pain Therapy, Division of Haemostasis, Transfusion Medicine, and Perioperative Fluid Therapy. Update of the Clinical practice guide 2018