Self-assembly of block copolymers has been identified as a potential candidate for high density fabrication of nanostructures. However, the factors affecting its reliability and reproducibility as a patterning technique on various kinds of surfaces are not well-established. Studies pertaining to block copolymer self-assembly have been confined to ultra-flat substrates without taking into consid...

Ab initio phasing of ribosomal particles at very low resolution was attempted with several methods based on the amplitude information from native crystals. Some of these methods used simple topological constraints or information about the envelope shape obtained from electron microscopic reconstruction in addition. This paper reviews the approaches used and compares the results obtained for low...

Objective: Hematometra is a rare and delayed complication of medical termination of pregnancy. Acquired acute hematometra also termed the postabortal syndrome or the redo syndrome is a rare complication of suction evacuation with incidence ranging from 0.1 to 1 per 100 suction curettage abortions. The treatment consists of prompt evacuation of both liquid and clotted blood leading to rapid reso...

OBJECTIVE To examine the reliability (stability) and sensitivity of the Bristol Rheumatoid Arthritis Fatigue scales (BRAFs) and patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) developed to capture the fatigue experience. The Multi-Dimensional Questionnaire (BRAF-MDQ) has a global score and four subscales (Physical Fatigue, Living with Fatigue, Cognitive Fatigue and Emotional Fatigue), while three num...

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In order to assess the effect of Social Security reform on current and future workers, it is essential to accurately characterize the initial situations of representative workers affected by reform. For the purpose of analyzing typical reforms, the most important characteristic of a worker is the level and pattern of his or her preretirement earnings. Under the current system, pensions are dete...

As modern biotechnologies advance, it has become increasingly frequent that different modalities of high-dimensional molecular data (termed "omics" data in this paper), such as gene expression, methylation, and copy number, are collected from the same patient cohort to predict the clinical outcome. While prediction based on omics data has been widely studied in the last fifteen years, little ha...

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive, fatal disease that can only be cured by lung transplantation. Pharmacological agents play a role in preserving lung function and prolonging survival until a suitable donor organ becomes available. However, data on the effects of newer antifibrotic therapies on lung transplantation outcomes in IPF patients are lacking. The nine patients inclu...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of eletriptan as a treatment for acute migraine in patients who were poor responders to Excedrin and had not yet been exposed to a triptan. BACKGROUND Self-medication with over-the-counter drugs, such as Excedrin, is the most common treatment for migraine. Guidelines, however, recommend that triptans be used as first-line treatment of moderate to severe...