1 Institut für Informatik, LFG Künstliche Intelligenz, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Rudower Chaussee 25, 12489 Berlin, Germany 2 Bremer Institut für Sichere Systeme, TZI, FB 3 Mathematik/Informatik, Universität Bremen, Postfach 330440, 28334 Bremen, Germany 3 Fachgebiet Simulation und Systemoptimierung, FB 20 Informatik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Alexanderstr. 10, 64283 Darmstadt, Ge...

We study the two-body and three-body charmful baryonic B decays: B 0 → Λc p̄ and B → Λc p̄ π(ρ). The factorizable W -exchange contribution to B 0 → Λc p̄ is negligible. Applying the bag model to evaluate the baryon-to-baryon weak transition matrix element, we find B(B → Λc p̄) <∼ 2.5 × 10−5|gB0pΣ+b /8| 2 with gB0pΣ+ b being a strong coupling for the decay Σb → B 0 p and hence the predicted branchin...

BACKGROUND Mental disorders are an important public health problem because of their prevalence and the probability of long-term work disability. The incidence of sickness absence with mental disorders has increased between 1985 and 2000, but little is known about trends in recent years. This study investigated the incidence of sickness absence due to common mental disorders in the Netherlands f...

BACKGROUND With the evolution of healthcare services in Saudi Arabia, there has been an increase in the number of medical practice litigations. The author analyzed the medical malpractice litigation that was referred to the National Medico-Legal Committee (MLC) in order to evaluate the magnitude and underlying factors of the problem in Saudi Arabia. METHODS A retrospective analysis of the off...

BACKGROUND There were 35 265 patients receiving renal replacement therapy in Canada at the end of 2007 with 11.0% of patients on peritoneal dialysis (PD) and 48.9% on hemodialysis (HD) and a remaining 40.1% living with a functioning kidney transplant. There are no contemporary studies examining PD survival relative to HD in Canada. The objective was to compare survival outcomes for incident pat...

The patient was a 38-year-old man. He underwent atrial septal closure at the age of 12 years at Yokohama City University Hospital, when he already had pulmonary vascular change and reduced left-to-right shunt with Qp/Qs of 1.55 and pulmonary artery pressure (PA) of 56/22 mmHg. Thereafter, he enjoyed running and skiing without any symptoms up until 32 years of age, when he developed syncope due ...