BACKGROUND Despite having the technical facilities and the knowledge, Chile did not have a tumor bank until recently. AIM To describe the results of the first three years of a tumor bank. MATERIAL AND METHODS All cases stored in a tumor bank from June 2004 to June 2007 were included. Samples were frozen in isopentane, afterwards in liquid nitrogen and finally transferred to freezers at -80 ...

Satellite tobacco necrosis virus RNA (STNV RNA) is a naturally uncapped viral RNA that contains 1239 nucleotides: 29 in the 5' untranslated region (UTR), 591 in the coding region and 619 in the 3' UTR. Mutations were made in the 5' and 3' UTRs, and the effects of these mutations on translational efficiency and cap independence were measured in an in vitro translation system from wheat germ. Rem...

It is still an open problem to extract road feature from high-resolution remote sensing image, although this topic had been intensively investigated and many methods had been put forwards. All works for this thesis are focused on modern urban road and include the following four steps: image pre-processing, threshold calculation, feature extraction for straight line and curved line, target recon...

A. Doria-Cerezo, J.M. Olm, M. di Bernardo y E. Nuño. POSITION TRACKING IN DELAYED BILATERAL TELEOPERATORS WITHOUT VELOCITY MEASUREMENTS. 2015 ISSN: 0924-9907 Carlos Aldana, Eduardo Romero, Emmanuel Nuño y Luis Basañez. Modelling and control for bounded synchronization in multi-terminal VSC-HVDC transmission networks. 2015 ISSN: 1549-8328 Ioannis Sarras, Emmanuel Nuño y Luis Basañez. POSE CONSEN...

Objectives. We aimed to assess the variation of insulin sensitivity in relation to obesity in women living with PCOS in a sub-Sahara African setting. Methods. We studied body composition, insulin sensitivity, and resting energy expenditure in 14 PCOS patients (6 obese and 8 nonobese) compared to 10 matched nonobese non-PCOS subjects. Insulin sensitivity was assessed using the gold standard 80 m...

BACKGROUND Electronic cigarettes are promoted as safer products than traditional cigarettes and as smoking cessation devices. Awareness and perception are key elements for the adoption of new habits. Little is known about electronic cigarettes and public opinions towards it. This study aims to identify the prevalence of knowledge about electronic cigarettes, its perception, and use among Egypti...

AIM The purpose of the study was to evaluate the efficacy of the guidelines on oral health published by the Italian Health Ministry. MATERIALS AND METHODS STUDY DESIGN 1239 patients (582 girls and 657 boys) with a mean age of 4.46 (SD 2.81) years were evaluated before application of the guidelines by paediatricians (T0) for the presence of caries, gingivitis, diseases of the oral mucosa, a...

1158 CMAJ, September 17, 2013, 185(13) © 2013 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors References 1. Cappato R, Calkins H, Chen S, et al. Prevalence and causes of fatal outcome in catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation. J Am Coll Cardiol 2009;53:1798-803. 2. Mohr FW, Fabricius AM, Falk V, et al. Curative treatment of atrial fibrillation with intraoperative radiofrequency ablation: short-...

Unlike particle–emitting isotopes, emitters can selectively kill individual cancer cells with a single atomic decay. HuM195, a humanized anti-CD33 monoclonal antibody, specifically targets myeloid leukemia cells and has activity against minimal disease. When labeled with the -emitters 131I and 90Y, HuM195 can eliminate large leukemic burdens in patients, but it produces prolonged myelosuppressi...

BACKGROUND To investigate the relation between social networks and mental health in the post-conflict municipality of Mitrovica, Kosovo. METHODS Using a three-stage stratified sampling method, 1239 respondents aged 16 years or above were recruited in the Greater Mitrovica region. Social network depth was measured by the frequency of contacts with friends, relatives and strangers. Depression a...