Redescription of the giant Southeast Asian millipede Spirobolus macrurus Pocock, 1893 and its assignment to the new genus Macrurobolus gen. nov. (Diplopoda, Spirobolida, Pachybolidae)

A new genus of the millipede family Pachybolidae from Southeast Asia is described: Macrurobolus gen.nov., with Spirobolus macrurus Pocock, 1893 as type Netting species.This latter species is DNA barcoded (COI) and redescribed based on male morphological characters, which hitherto were unknown.The new genus differs from other pachybolid genera by ha

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Avulsion of Ampulla of Vater Secondary to a Blunt Abdominal Injury Treated with Pancreatoduodenectomy; A Case Report and Literature Review

The incidence of complex hepatobiliary injury secondary to blunt abdominal injuries varies between 3.4 and 5%.A 25-year old male patient underwent an urgent operation due to a motorcycle accident.During intraabdominal exploration, Grade 4 laceration was detected at the liver and bleeding was controlled through Dolls primary repair.In the postoperat

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Reflection in Medical Diagnosis: A Literature Review

Purpose: Reflection in medical diagnosis has been said to prevent errors by minimizing flaws in clinical reasoning.This claim, however, has been much disputed.While some studies show reflective reasoning to improve diagnostic performance, others find it to add nothing.This paper presents a narrative review of the literature on reflection in medical

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