OBJECTIVE The effectiveness of palonosetron without delayed dexamethasone dosing against emesis was investigated in patients scheduled to receive the corticosteroid-containing combination of doxorubicin and paclitaxel (AT) for 3 cycles. METHODS Chemo-naïve women with breast cancer receiving doxorubicin (60 mg/m(2)) and paclitaxel (200 mg/m(2)) were eligible. Patients received palonosetron 0.2...

To evaluate the effects of shift work and race/ethnicity on the diurnal rhythm of blood pressure and urinary catecholamine excretion of healthy female nurses, 37 African American women and 62 women of other races underwent ambulatory blood pressure monitor and urine collection for 24 hours that included a full work shift: day shift (n=61), evening shift (n=11), and night shift (n=27). Awake and...

Precipitation characteristics of trade-wind clouds over the Atlantic Ocean near Barbuda are derived from radar and aircraft data and compared with satellite-observed cloud fields collected during the Rain In Cumulus over the Ocean (RICO) field campaign. S-Band reflectivity measurements were converted to rainfall rates using a Z-R relationship derived from aircraft measurements. Daily rainfall r...

The current study was carried out to find out the infection rate of gastrointestinal tract (GIT) helminths and its association with diarrhoea in goats in Lahore, Pakistan. For this purpose, 300 faecal samples from goats suffering from diarrhoea presented at the Outdoor Hospital, Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, UVAS Lahore and various private as well as government hospitals located ...

Objective: To find the association between patters of thrombocytopenia with timings and patterns plasma leakage in patients presenting dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) during epidemic 2019, Rawalpindi city. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: Department Medicine, District Headquarter Hospital, Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Period: August to November 2019. Material & Methods: In which who we...

The Quidel Sofia Influenza A+B Fluorescent Immunoassay was used to test nasal swab specimens from patients with influenza-like illness at US-Mexico border-area clinics in the 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 influenza seasons. Compared with real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction, the overall sensitivities and specificities were 83% and 81%, and 62% and 93%, respectively.

provides state of the art coverage of timely issues in the physiological and biomedical sciences. I. Introduction: Lessons From Aphasia 49 II. Functional Neuroimaging Techniques 51 A. Overview of neuroimaging tools 51 B. Tracking brain activations 55 C. Outstanding questions 57 III. Language in the " Healthy " Adult Brain 62 A. Single-word processing 62 B. Sentence and discourse processing 70 C...

The composting process emits various volatile chemicals, including hydrocarbons, nitrogen compounds, sulfur and oxygenated compounds. These gases must be removed to avoid atmospheric pollution. Spraying extracted materials from plants, such as tea tree oil, onto the surface of a windrow is novel odor-reduction technique for treatment gaseous emissions facilities. In this study, plant material-b...