Restaurer ou refaire ? Une étude sur White Rock Line et son devenir by Marie-Hélène Breuil, Agathe Houvet, Marie-Emmanuelle Meyohas

“…In addition, the feasability and costing of the operations on work comprising 18 tonnes of stone 40 metres in length was necessary. This study used a sample of around ten original stones and the same number of newly harvested ones, with cleaning tests followed by « laboratory » experiments on the persistance and traces of the active products.…”
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Jackstone in the Kidney: An Unusual Calculus by Serozsha Goonewardena, Umesh Jayarajah, Sanka Nalinda Kuruppu, Manoj Hilary Fernando

“…Jackstones are stones in the urinary tract that have the characteristic appearance resembling six-pointed toy jacks. …”
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Kola Peninsula Neolithic by Evgeniy M. Kolpakov, Alevtina M. Kiseleva, Anton I. Murashkin, Vladimir Ya. Shumkin

“…The stone inventory includes leaf-shaped and rhombic-shaped tanged points, leaf-shaped and angle knives, axes and adzes. …”
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Ameliorative Potential of Tamarindus indica on High Fat Diet Induced Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Rats by Suja Rani Sasidharan, Joshua Allan Joseph, Senthilkumar Anandakumar, Vijayabalaji Venkatesan, Chandrasekharan Nair Ariyattu Madhavan, Amit Agarwal

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Longtime behavior of one-dimensional biofilm models with shear dependent detachment rates by Fazal Abbas, Rangarajan Sudarsan, Hermann J. Eberl

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Florida Peach and Nectarine Varieties by Ali Sarkhosh, Mercy Olmstead, Jose Chaparro, Pete Andersen, Jeff Williamson

“… The Florida stone fruit breeding program began in 1952, under the direction of Dr. …”
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Florida Peach and Nectarine Varieties by Ali Sarkhosh, Mercy Olmstead, Jose Chaparro, Pete Andersen, Jeff Williamson

“… The Florida stone fruit breeding program began in 1952, under the direction of Dr. …”
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Percutaneous Dissolution of Gallstones using Methyl Tert-Butyl Ether by Johnson L Thistle, Bert T Petersen, Claire E Bender, Andrew J Leroy, Timothy M Ridgway

“…Large bore percutaneous fragmentation and extraction methods require general anesthesia but are applicable to pigment stones.…”
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Spontaneous ureteral rupture: A rare case report and review of literature by Anass El Alaoui, MD, Abdelghani Ouraghi, MD, Hemdellah Debbe Salem, MD, Anouar El Moudane, MD, Ali Barki, MD

“…Spontaneous rupture of the ureter is a very rare condition from ureteral obstruction especially if it is a small stone located distally. A 67-year-old man with abdominal pain associated with vomiting, Caused by a ureteral rupture due to a 5 mm obstructing stone at the vesicoureteral junction. …”
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The Association of Metabolic Syndrome and Urolithiasis by Yee V. Wong, Paul Cook, Bhaskar K. Somani

“…There has been an increasing prevalence of kidney stones over the last 2 decades worldwide. Many studies have indicated a possible association between metabolic syndrome and kidney stone disease, particularly in overweight and obese patients. …”
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ASSESSMENT OF PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SWEET CHERRY FRUITS: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF SIX DISTINCT CULTIVARS by Ioana-Florina Hulujan, Orsolya Borsai, Viorel Mitre, Constantin Toader, Maria-Evelina Bordean, Alexandru-Daniel Costin, Mirela Irina Cordea

“…The quality parameters determined were fruit length, width and thickness, the shape index; fruit and stone weight to calculate pulp-stone ratio; fruit firmness; total soluble solid content, fruit water content and pH. …”
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Correlation Between the Grade of Hydronephrosis with Surgical Outcomes After Ultrasound-guided Supine Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy: A Retrospective Observational Study by Tiopan NAPITUPULU, Yosua HARDJA, Martin SUSANTO, Grace Dumamawarni HUTAHAEAN, Ika RIANTRI, Hendra SUTAPA, Yusuf RACHMAN, Andre Marolop Pangihutan SIAHAAN

“…Objective: The preferred therapy for staghorn stones and large kidney stones is percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL). …”
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Le camp légionnaire romain de Mayence/Mogontiacum (Allemagne) : nouveaux résultats sur l’enceinte et la chronologie by Daniel Burger-Völlmecke

“…On this side of the fortress no defensive ditch existed at any time during the stone phases. In stone phase 2 the existing defensive ditch was filled in and a new one (Va) was dug. …”
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Developing Seismic Risk Prediction Functions for Structures by Naveed Ahmad, Qaisar Ali, Muhammad Adil, Akhtar Naeem Khan

“…The paper presents the development of a nonlinear static displacement-based methodology for seismic risk assessment and loss estimation of stone masonry building stock of Pakistan. Experimental investigation of one-third scaled model, tested on shake table, is performed in order to obtain lateral strength and drift limits for stone masonry and develop damage scale for performance-based assessment. …”
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Endoscopic Management of Large Vesical Calculus by Osama Kalim Shaikh, Shakeel Haseeb Uddin Siddique, Muhammad Umar, Ahsan Rehman, Habibullah Muhammad Akbar

“…Vesical calculi are the most commonly observed lower urinary tract stones. Traditionally, large vesical calculi (>4 cm) have been managed via open surgical procedures like cystolithotomy. …”
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The Regularity of the Site of Impaction in Recurrent Gallstone Ileus: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Reported Cases by Nasser A. N. Alzerwi, Bandar Idrees, Saeed Alsareii, Yaser Aldebasi, Afnan Alsultan

“…The region in which the stone was found in RGSI and IGSI was similar in most cases p=0.002. …”
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The Clinical Investigation of Disparity of Utility Values Associated with Gallstone Disease: A Pilot Study by Chung-Te Hsu, Yi Liao, Jorn-Hon Liu, Tao-Hsin Tung

“…A total of 120 outpatient clinics participants (30 subjects with no gallstone disease, 30 subjects with single stone, 30 subjects with multiple stones, and 30 subjects with cholecystectomy) evaluated utility values from January 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006. …”
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Mirizzi Syndrome with Cholecystobiliary Fistula: Observation of Development from Asymptomatic Cholecystolithiasis to Surgery by Hiroyuki Sugo, Yuuki Sekine, Naoki Iwanaga, Shigefumi Neshime, Michio Machida

“…Diagnostic abdominal computed tomography (CT) had revealed a 1.9 cm radiopaque stone, and thereafter, the patient had been monitored by imaging alone. …”
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Diagnosis of Distal Cholangiocarcinoma after the Removal of Choledocholithiasis by Yasuhiro Ito, Takeshi Kenmochi, Tomohisa Egawa, Shinobu Hayashi, Atsushi Nagashima, Yuko Kitagawa

“…All patients in Group A had gall bladder stones, compared with 7 patients (19%) in Group B (P<0.01). …”
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Gallstone Dislodgement in the Airway during ERCP: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Hisham Hurreiz, Amira Babikir, Edward Black

“…She was evaluated, and her management plan included a referral for an ERCP to extract the impacted common bile duct stones. Upon retrieval of the gallstone, it fell out the basket and lodged into the airway which was confirmed on bronchoscopy and successfully retrieved. …”
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