BACKGROUND Our purpose was to compare the Revised Trauma Score (RTS) with the new Field Triage Score (FTS) for prediction of mortality (MORT) and of need for massive transfusion (MASS, >or=10 units of packed cells or whole blood) in casualties arriving at combat support hospitals in Iraq. METHODS Six hundred ninety-two cases were reviewed; 536 had complete data and were included. Total Glasgo...

With the exception of a few anticancer agents, most breast cancer chemotherapeutics currently used have devastating effects on normal cells. We investigated the effectiveness of the natural product NI-07, derived from Arctium lappa, to determine its killing potential on breast cancer cells and its cytotoxic effects in breast normal cells. The breast cancer cell lines HCC1419, MCF7, MDA-MB-231, ...

PURPOSE Interstitial fluid pressure (IFP) is highly elevated in many solid tumors. High IFP has been associated with low radiocurability and high metastatic frequency in human melanoma xenografts and with poor survival after radiation therapy in cervical cancer patients. Abnormalities in tumor vascular networks have been identified as an important cause of elevated tumor IFP. The aim of this st...

OBJECTIVE This study evaluates trends in antibody seroprevalences of seven high-risk human papillomavirus (hr-HPV) serotypes (HPV16, 18, 31, 33, 45, 52, and 58) between the 1995-96 and 2006-07 sero-surveys among the Dutch general population in the pre-vaccination era. METHODS Serum samples of men and women (0-79 years of age) from two cross-sectional population-based serosurveillance studies ...

This deliverable constitutes Major Project Milestone M5. It consists of the ACGT Master Ontology (OWL file) accompanied by comments regarding technical details, principles of ontology development employed the role of the ontology for other elements of the ACGT framework, and the possibilities of maintenance and extension of the ontology. KEYWORD LIST: Ontology, Ontology Development, Ontology Ma...

Received May 11, 2012, Revised May 17, 2012, Accepted for publication May 21, 2012 Corresponding author: Kyu Han Kim, Department of Dermatology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 110-744, Korea. Tel: 82-2-2072-2410, Fax: 82-2-747-0611, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attrib...

Studies of various analogs related to the antipicornavirus agent, 4',5-dihydroxy-3,3',7-trimethoxyflavone (Ro 09-0179), led to the identification of 4'-ethoxy-2'-hydroxy-4,6'-dimethoxychalcone (Ro 09-0410), a new and different type of antiviral agent. Ro 09-0410 had a high activity against rhinoviruses but no activity against other picornaviruses. Of 53 rhinovirus serotypes so far tested, 46 we...

SUMMARY We describe a simple general formula for approximating the p-value for testing a scalar parameter in the presence of nuisance parameters. The formula covers both frequentist and Bayesian contexts and does not require explicit nuisance parame-terisation. Implementation is discussed in terms of computer algebra packages. Examples are given and the relationship to Barndorr-Nielsen's approx...

We study basic properties of supermanifolds endowed with an even (odd) symplectic structure and a connection respecting this symplectic structure. Such supermanifolds can be considered as generalization of Fedosov manifolds to the supersymmetric case. Choosing an appropriate definition of inverse (second-rank) tensor fields on supermanifolds we consider the symmetry behavior of tensor fields as...

A general feeling of direction a n d good w ill e m e rg e d la s t night from a meeting of m em ­ bers of the Saint M ary’s com ­ munity concerning the future of an expanded service center at the College. The group was defined as a Christian community of caring p e rso n s co m m itted to liv ing Gospel values concerned about others and willing to communi­ ca te openly. It is h ead ed by Siste...