S ince the 1970s, clinicians treating patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) have relied on a staging system that defines the poorest risk disease as that characterized by the presence of anemia, thrombocytopenia, or both (Rai stages III and IV; Binet stage C).2,3 These staging systems have been endorsed in the recent guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of CLL produced by the I...

The date palm bunch fading disorder/disease is one of the greatest challenges faced by date palm growers. In the present study, the effect of appropriate orchard management on some qualitative and quantitative features of date palm bunch was studied. For this purpose, two orchards of cv ‘Kabkab’ with a history of previous incidence were selected in two districts of Bushehr province; Tangestan a...

stable pile depth in the Snowy River study (SKM 2005) is outlined. The inputs used in the run of the LLP99 model were: • single soil layer, • very high flexural stiffness of pile (1,000,000 kN/m). • pile width = 0.3 m (i.e. wooden pile), • shear strength in the absence of lateral stress (for unconsolidated sand 150 kN/m was used), • effective unit weight of soil (15 kN/m), • active lateral effe...

Flash Flood Guidance consists of indices that estimate the amount of rain of a certain duration that is needed over a given small basin in order to cause minor flooding. Backwater catchment inundation from swollen rivers or regional groundwater inputs are not significant over the spatial and temporal scales for the majority of upland flash flood prone basins, as such, these effects are not cons...

radiographic evaluation of the third molar tooth to determine its position and degree of development is an important part in diagnosis and treatment planning, as well as in forensic dentistry procedures. the objective was to investigate the developmental stages of third molars in relation to chronologic age, gender and location (maxillary/mandibular) in an iranian population.the data were colle...

abstract despite sophisticated conventional medical treatment and the continued development and improvement of coronary revascularization modalities in recent years, a significant number of patients still suffer from refractory angina pectoris and cannot be successfully managed. advances in therapeutic options have led to an increase in the average of life expectancy even in such no-option pati...