Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC)’ references a collection of malignant lesions located across several sites within the upper aerodigestive tract. Traditionally, the majority of HNSCCs arise within the oral cavity and larynx, resulting from the field cancerization effects of tobacco and alcohol exposure. However, over the last three decades, the incidence of cancers in the oropharyn...

We present the frailtyHL package for fitting semi-parametric frailty models using hlikelihood. This package allows lognormal or gamma frailties for random-effect distribution, and it fits shared or multilevel frailty models for correlated survival data. Functions are provided to format and summarize the frailtyHL results. The estimates of fixed effects and frailty parameters and their standard ...

In this talk, I discuss the general theory of neutrino oscillation experiments, putting special emphasis on the momentum distribution of the incoming neutrino beam. Then I discuss recent neutrino oscillation experiments, viz., LSND, KARMEN and CHOOZ. Experiments foreseeable in the near future have also been discussed at the end.

Occupational health practice in the military is challenging and also an important facet of the overall healthcare service delivery. This paper describes how it enhances the operational readiness of the Republic of Singapore Navy during peacetime and operations, the organisational framework of occupational health services and the foreseeable challenges.

evolve in sophistication, accuracy, reliability and cost-effectiveness, consequent to efforts described by Mischak et al. [11]. Concurrently. evaluation approaches to renal biopsy tissue will also expand beyond mere histological assessment [12]. However, for the foreseeable future ‘liquid’ biopsy will be complementary to rather than substitutes for ‘needle’ kidney biopsy in many diseases confro...

Much recent empirical research has explored the influence of moral evaluations on judgments about the intentionality of foreseeable side-effects of actions. Research on this ‘Side-Effect effect’ (also called the ‘Knobe effect’) has relied almost exclusively on vignette-based surveys, which have serious limitations when used in isolation. We present a novel behavioral methodology that tests the ...

Drug addiction is a chronic brain disorder characterized by withdrawal symptoms that occur during drug abstinence and a high tendency of relapse. Compared with the currently available pharmacological interventions, acupuncture therapy has the potential to help drug addicts stay away from drugs without major adverse side effects. It has taken decades of research to optimize the parameters of ele...

— Wireless commication and networking is experiencing a dramatic growth, and all indicators point to an extension of this growth in the foreseeable future. This paper reflects on the demands and the opportunities offered with respect to the integrated implementation of these applications in the " systems-on-a-chip " era.

Today and for the foreseeable future, it appears that we will confront continual challenges and almost overwhelming change that could easily disillusion and distract us from our primary purpose of patient care. To avoid that possibility and to ensure our continuing journey to excellence, let us remember and teach: It is always a matter of priorities.