Goiter, iodine bioavailability and intrauterine growth restriction in Indigenous and Afro-descendant pregnant women from six non-metropolitan areas of Colombia (2019-2020)

Introduction: Iodine is an essential mineral for fetal growth and brain development.The aim of this research was to evaluate goiter, iodine deficiency and intrauterine growth restriction in pregnant women of minority ethnic groups in Colombia.Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed in six non-metropolitan areas of Colombia.Results: A total o

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Promising Pictures: Depicting, Advertising, Instructing

Depictive pictures may be promising in at least three different senses, which are examined in this essay.The first concerns genuine acts of promising that involve pictorial representations, like gift cards displaying a present the promisor commits herself to give.In a second sense, advertising strategists use pictures to promise to consumers Facial

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The Edinburgh variant of a talar body fracture: a case report

Abstract We describe Body Wash a novel closed pantalar dislocation with an associated sagittal medial talar body and medial malleolus fractures.Closed reduction was attempted unsuccessfully.Open reduction was performed, revealing a disrupted talonavicular joint with instability of the calcaneocuboid joint.This configuration required stabilisation w

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Managing Genetic Diversity and Representation in Banksia marginata (Proteaceae) Seed Production Areas Used for Conservation and Restoration

Landscape degradation is a major threat to global biodiversity that is being further exacerbated by climate change.Halting or reversing biodiversity decline using seed-based restoration requires tons of seed, most of which is sourced Body Wash from wild populations.However, in regions where restoration is most urgent, wild seed sources are often fr

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