We review topics related to the dispersal of young stars from their birth-sites, and focus in particular on the entourage of young stars related to the ongoing star-formation event in the Sco-Cen OB association. We conduct a follow-up kinematic study to that presented in Mamajek, Lawson, & Feigelson (2000; ApJ 544, 356) amongst nearby, isolated, young stars. In addition to the η Cha and TW Hya ...

O n February 16, the Joint Commission (TJC) issued newly approved requirements for diagnostic imaging services for hospitals, critical access hospitals, and ambulatory care organizations and released a prepublication version of the standard revisions. These revisions, most of which will become effective on September 1, 2016, specify the minimum qualifications needed by technologists to perform ...

We report on a case of psoriatic arthritis associated with nail psoriasis that was successfully treated with adalimumab. A 51-year-old Japanese woman presented with joint swelling and pain. She had noticed fingernail deformity five years previously. Swelling and pain of the 2nd and 4th distal interphalangeal (DIP) joints of the left hand had occurred about one year earlier, and had worsened thr...

The killer immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) family recognizes class I major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules and inhibits natural killer (NK) activity. This family is highly polymorphic, and only some of the genes are present in each individual.1 Thus, the frequency of a single inhibitory receptor in a bulk NK population varies between 5% and 50%.2 It was suggested that such diversi...

Background: Antigen-loaded dendritic cells (DC) are capable of priming naïve T cells and therefore represent an attractive adjuvant for vaccine development in anti-tumor immunotherapy. Numerous protocols have been described to date using different maturation cocktails and time periods for the induction of mature DC (mDC) in vitro. For clinical application, the use of mDC that can be generated i...

The existence of immune or cured individuals in a population and whether there is sufficient follow-up sample censored observations on their lifetimes to be confident presence are questions major importance medical survival analysis. Here we give detailed analysis statistic designed test for sample. Assuming an i.i.d. censoring model, obtain exact finite-sample asymptotic distributions the stat...

The ef fec t of base changes a t the fourth pos i t ion from the 3 ' terminus of Esoheriohia c o l i i n i t i a t o r tRNA has been s tudied to t e s t the ' d i s criminator hypothesis ' which proposed tha t the nucleot ide in t h i s pos i t ion might have a r o l e i n the s p e c i f i c i t y of the aminoacylation r eac t ion . £ . ool i i n i t i a t o r tRNA lacking the 3 ' t e rmina l ...

he coexistence of thyroid and parathyroid diseases is not rare. In the review of the recent literature, 25% of the patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) had significant associated thyroid diseases including carcinoma in an Australian series.1 Regal et al,2 reported a high prevalence of unsuspected varieties of thyroid disease occurring mainly in postmenopausal women in patients with ...