results like other cancers, prostate cancer is caused by an accumulation of genetic alterations in a cell that drives it to malignant growth. specific genes and gene alterations have been suggested to play a role in its development and progression. aneuploidy, loss of heterozygosity, gene mutations, hypermethylation and inactivation of specific tumour suppressor genes such as gstpi, apc, mdr1, ...

MPs face a dilemma when it comes to deliberative mini-publics (DMPs): in context of distrust, they may see as an opportunity re-legitimize themselves and solve complex policy issues. But could also challenge the quasi-monopoly used have on political decisions undermine role Parliament primacy elections. The article is found 91 face-to-face interviews with French-speaking Belgian sitting federal...

Currently, access to computer systems is often based on the use of alpha-numeric. The textual passwords or alpha-numeric passwords have been the basis of authentication systems for centuries. Similarly, it had also been the major attraction for crackers and attackers. However, users tend to face difficulty in remembering a password that is considered as secured password because this type of sec...

Although an estimated 25 to 40 percent of acute psychoses remit without antipsychotic drug treatment, only limited efforts have been made to identify individuals in early episodes who might be able to recover without medications. This retrospective exploratory study uses baseline information from the Soteria project (young, unmarried, first and second episode DSM-II schizophrenia, n = 179) to d...

This article introduces (and hopes to encourage thereby) the econometrics practitioner to (use) a homoscedasticity test referred to in the field of statistics as the modified Levene test. Econometrics orthodoxy (from University to practice level) has focused mainly on three heteroscedasticity tests, namely the Goldfeld-Quandt (GQ), Breusch-Pagan-Godfrey (BPG), and the White (W) test. The differ...

OBJECTIVE This study assessed health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and its related factors in HIV/AIDS patients taking antiretroviral treatment (ART) in Vietnam. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted with 1016 patients (36.2% women, mean age = 35.4) in three epicenters of Vietnam, including Hanoi, Hai Phong, and Ho Chi Minh City. HRQOL was assessed using the Vietnamese version of th...

BACKGROUND The exponential growth of image-based diagnostic and minimally invasive interventions requires a detailed three-dimensional anatomical knowledge and increases the demand towards the undergraduate anatomical curriculum. This randomized controlled trial investigates whether musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSUS) or arthroscopic methods can increase the anatomical knowledge uptake. METHODS...