PURPOSE To review the use, complications, and efficacy of spinal manipulation as a treatment for low-back pain. DATA IDENTIFICATION Articles were identified through a MEDLINE search, review of articles' bibliographies, and advice from expert orthopedists and chiropractors. STUDY SELECTION All studies reporting use and complications of spinal manipulation and all controlled trials of the eff...

A decline in colony-forming ability is observed in actively growing cultures of a tryptophan arginine auxotroph of Bacillus subtilis after removal of tryptophan (tryptophanless death). This phenomenon can be prevented by simultaneous starvation of the other required amino acid or by chloramphenicol administered in bacteriostatic concentration but not by actinomycin. Addition of tryptophan analo...

the aim of this study was to evaluate suicide probability in iranian males with substance abuse or dependence disorder and to investigate the predictors of suicide probability based on trait mindfulness, reasons for living and severity of general psychiatric symptoms.participants were 324 individuals with substance abuse or dependence in an outpatient setting and prison. reasons for living ques...

Listing a species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and developing a recovery plan requires U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to establish specific and measurable criteria for delisting. Generally, species are listed because they face (or are perceived to face) elevated risk of extinction due to issues such as habitat loss, invasive species, or other factors. Recovery plans identify recovery ...

The wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) and the Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) are endemic species of the Iberian Peninsula. The Iberian lynx is a specialist predator, listed as critically endangered, and rabbit represents the bulk of its diet as well as of many other Iberian predators. The decline of this emblematic predator has been recurrently explained by means of rabbit decline in Spain. A r...

Peritonitis is a common and serious complication of peritoneal dialysis (PD). Although less than 5% peritonitis episodes result in death, the direct or major contributing cause death around 16% PD patients. The longevity Peritoneal Dialysis markedly reduced by risk related infections. In CAPD, end 6 months treatment probability developing at least one episode 30%; 50% 1 year; 70% 2 years 80% 3 ...

The classical Luria-Delbrück model for fluctuation analysis is extended to the case where cells can either divide or die at the end of their generation time. This leads to a family of probability distributions generalizing the Luria-Delbrück family, and depending on three parameters: the expected number of mutations, the relative fitness of normal cells compared to mutants, and the death probab...