Actinomycosis is an infection caused by Actinomyces israelii and mainly affects cervicofacial areas. In women, other regions, such as the chest, abdomen, and pelvic cavity can involve actinomycosis. Actinomycosis lesions in the oral cavity can cause pain, swelling, induration, pus discharge, and discomfort similar to other benign or malignant pathologies. This condition can mimic lingual cancer, such as squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), which is highly invasive with a poor prognosis. It is necessary to distinguish actinomycosis from SCC and other malignancies to choose the proper treatment. The current study presents a patient with a suspicious lingual mass for SCC diagnosed as actinomycosis after partial glossectomy and pathological studies.

This experimental study focuses on the behavior of heated reinforced concrete beams. Four types of concrete mixtures were used for the tested self-compacting concrete beams. A total of 72 reinforced concrete beams and 72 standard cylindrical specimens were tested. The compressive strength under uniaxial loading at 23oC ranged from 30 to 45 MPa. The specimens were exposed to different temperatures. The test parameters of interest were the compressive strength and the temperature of the specimens. The effect of changes in the parameters was examined so as to control the behavior of the tested concrete and that of the reinforced concrete beam. The results indicated that flexibility and compressive strength of the reinforced concrete beams decreased at higher temperatures. Furthermore, heating beyond 400oC produced greater variations in the structural behavior of the materials in both the cylindrical samples and the reinforced concrete beams.

In a previous paper, pressure drop, flooding and mass-transfer characteristics of a novel pilot-scale distillation column called spinning cone column (SCC) were presented. Here, we present the result of comparison of mass-transfer efficiencies of SCC and structured packing. Comparison of SCC and structured packing mass-transfer characteristics show that the gas and liquid-side height of transfer units (HTUs) of the SCC are on the average 20% and 50% lower than the corresponding values for structured packing respectively. This in turn results in lower HETPs of the SCC for practical applications. Predicted HETPs in ethanol distillation using SCC are 30% lower than those of structured packing. Predicted HETPs for fusel oil and orange oil distillations are also 45% and 35% lower respectively than the experimental values obtained for structured packing. From these results, it is concluded that SCCs are more efficient with respect to mass-transfer than this particular structured packing, but to draw a general conclusion, more specific data on pressure drop per NTS, and liquid hold-up and residence time of the two columns should be available.

Self-consolidating concrete (SCC) has been used increasingly over the last two decades, especially in the pre-cast concrete industry because of its ability to consolidate without vibration even in congested areas. The development of SCC mixture design has been driven mostly by private companies who desired to utilize SCC's advantages and consequently there exists limited public information regarding the performance of SCC mixtures.The present study has attempted to present an experimental study on fresh and hardened properties of SCCs containing Volcanic Pumice (VP) as natural pozzolans which was used for both cement and filler replacements, in comparison with ordinary SCC mixture, SCCs containing Silica Fume (SF) and conventionally vibrated concrete mixture. Properties such as slump-flow, J-ring, L-box, V-funnel and sieve segregation resistance were investigated for fresh concrete and tests such as compressive strength, water and chloride-ion permeability and capillary water absorption at various days were performed for hardened concrete. The results indicate that natural pozzolanic materials such as VP can be used to produce SCCs. In addition, the results prove that natural pozzolans have enhanced the mechanical properties and durability of SCC and reduced the chloride penetration, significantly.

An eight-year-old, female holstein cow, weighting 457 kg was presented with a 7.5×5×8 cm plaque on the surface of the vagina. The mass was removed surgically and Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC). Immunohistochemically, positivity for AE1/AE3, CK5/6, CK8 and PCNA revealed that this tumor was originated from keratinocytes and high grade. Therefore Immunohistochemistry can help the clinicians in Prognosis and Treatment of referred Cases.