OBJECTIVE To compare the efficacy of proton pump inhibitor vs. ranitidine bismuth citrate (RBC) with two antibiotics for 1 week in Helicobacter pylori eradication. METHODS Randomized trials comparing 1-week regimens with (i) proton pump inhibitor plus two antibiotics [clarithromycin (C) and amoxycillin (A) or a nitroimidazole (N)]; or (ii) RBC plus the same antibiotics. Eradication was confir...

previous studies have reported the efficacy of baclofen in the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux diseases (gerd). the objective of present study is to evaluate the effect of co-administration of omeprazole 20 mg/d plus sustained release baclofen (sr baclofen) vs omeprazole 20 mg/d plus placebo on alleviation of symptoms in patients with a diagnosis of gerd. a prospective, double blind, place...

We present an algorithm that checks the duality of a pair of monotone Boolean expressions in disjunctive normal form in polynomial time plus O(log n/ log logn) nondeterministic guesses, where n is the size of the input, thus improving a previous result of Kavvadias and Stavropoulos [IPL, 85(1):1–6, 2003] and Eiter et al. [STOC 2003] which placed the problem in co-NP[log n], the subclass of co-N...

Introduction: décrire les aspects épidémiologiques, cliniques, endoscopiques et histologiques du cancer de l'œsophage (CO) au Togo. Méthodes: il s'agit d'une étude rétrospective descriptive et analytique menée sur 8 ans (Janvier 2005-Décembre 2012) dans le service d'hépatogastroentérologie (HGE) du CHU Campus de Lomé. Etaient inclus les dossiers des patients hospitalisés pour CO confirmé histol...

HYS-32 is a novel derivative of combretastatin-A4 (CA-4) previously shown to induce microtubule coiling in rat primary astrocytes. In this study, we further investigated the signaling mechanism and EB1, a microtubule-associated end binding protein, involved in HYS-32-induced microtubule catastrophes. Confocal microscopy with double immunofluorescence staining revealed that EB1 accumulates at th...

This paper examines eight studies that utilized film or videotape to enhance motor performance through modeling or self-examination of performance. The studies, dating as far back as 1944, dealt with learning bowling, golf, basketball, throwing, gymnastics, racquetball, and other motor tasks. For each study, the paper outlines the problem, the purpose, the method, the results, and interpretatio...