UNLABELLED Concomitant medication (CM) use may result in Phase I cancer clinical trial ineligibility due to concern for potential CM-investigational drug interactions or alteration of investigational drug absorption. Few studies have examined the impact of CM use on trial eligibility. METHODS We reviewed records of 274 patients on Phase I trials at a single academic institution. Demographics,...

In the past, relations of diffusive resistance to stomatal geometry have concerned circular pores or pores that are replaced by equivalent circles of the same area. We calculated the resistance for general shapes that include the realistic slit. The resistance comprises two terms. The first is an outer resistance that depends only on ventilation and leaf geometry and is independent of stomata. ...

BACKGROUND Health care databases provide a widely used source of data for health care research, but their accuracy remains uncertain. We analyzed data from the 1985 National DRG Validation Study, which carefully reabstracted and reassigned ICD-9-CM diagnosis and procedure codes from a national sample of 7050 medical records, to determine whether coding accuracy had improved since the Institute ...

Abstract Background Evaluating blood pressure (BP) is one element for diagnosing and preventing disease in student populations. The objectives of this research were to (a) identify the range height measuring BP adjusted populations (b) propose percentiles evaluating based on height. Methods A cross-sectional study was carried out with 3,013 students. Weight, height, diastolic (DBP) systolic (SB...

In order to evaluate the dynamics of carbon storage during forest succession and explore the significance of water relations and soil stability in forest environments, a study was conducted in 2011. This study investigated the dynamics of soil organic carbon (SOC) fractions and its protection through aggregation along the successional forests. An experiment in South China examined pine forest (...

There is increasing concern in the United States about the pesticide movement in soil, groundwater contamination, and pesticide residue in food. The objective of this study was to determine the efficacy, degradation, and movement of fenamiphos (Nemacur 15G) in the soil and residues in squash fruit as influenced by four simulated rainfall treatments (2.5 or 5.0 cm each applied 1 or 3 days after ...

The experiment was conducted to assess the performance of two popular rice varieties with varying spacing at a farmer's field in Darbost union Jaintapur Upazila under Sylhet district Bangladesh during aman season 2016. Two (BRRI dhan34 and Binadhan-17), four levels plant density (15×10 cm, 20×10 20×15 25×15 cm) were tested factorial randomized complete block design (RCBD) three replications. re...

A case of amyloid tumour of the colon and the first in association with a carcinoma is reported. A previously healthy 65 year old man presented with non-specific symptoms of lower abdominal pain and flatulence without rectal bleeding. A clinical diagnosis of diverticular disease was made and colonoscopy performed. Two lesions (one at 15 cm and the other at 30 cm from the anal margin) were found...