2014 B1G Composite Schedule. COLUMBUS, Ohio-The Big Ten office announced the conference schedule for the 2014 football season today, as approved by the Big Ten Directors of Athletics.
The Aspidochelone lures hapless mariners to land on its back. According to the tradition of the Physiologus and medieval bestiaries, the aspidochelone is a fabled sea creature, variously described as a large whale or vast sea turtle, and a giant sea monster with huge spines on the ridge of its back.
Definition and Etiology. Ascites is defined as the accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity. It is a common clinical finding, with various extraperitoneal and peritoneal causes (Box 1), but it most often results from liver cirrhosis. The development of ascites in a cirrhotic patient generally heralds deterioration in clinical status and portends a poor prognosis.