Association of Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio and Platelet with Pathologic Response Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Nonmetastatic Advanced Breast Cancer Subtypes Kerman

OBJECTIVES The retail environment provides important opportunities for tobacco industry communication with current, former, and potential smokers. This study documented the extent of tobacco promotions at the retail point-of-sale and examined associations between the extent of tobacco promotions and relevant city and store characteristics. METHODS In each of 20 Ontario cities, 24 establishmen...

We use unique store-specific data for a major UK supermarket chain to estimate the impact of planning, which restricts both the size and location of stores, on store output. Using the quasi-natural experiment of the variation in planning policies between England and other UK countries and a difference-in-difference approach, we isolate the impact of Town Centre First (TCF) policies. We find tha...

Several studies have evaluated the effects of postharvest technologies on loss (PHL) incurred at a single stage food value chain. However, very few assessed effect multiple PHL various stages This study five (harvesting tools, cold stores, plastic crates, fruit fly traps, and ground tarps) promoted by Rockefeller Foundation Yieldwise Initiative (YWI) in Kenya three mango chain (harvest, transpo...

The study explores data-driven Digital Transformation (DT) for emergency situations. By adopting a dynamic capability view, we draw on the predictive practices and Big Data (BD) capabilities applied in UK retail sector how such support align supply chain resilience We explore views of major stakeholders proactive use BD grocery stores associated analytics tools practices. contribution lies with...

This study analyzes how webrooming affects the O2O supply chain of an e-tailer and a brick-and-mortar store. Two types stores are considered: self-owned franchised. We first determine via game theory optimal pricing service decisions for store when prices uniform or nonuniform online offline. The results indicate that benefits both nonuniform. For stores, market share consumer traveling costs w...

Objective: In this study we investigated the epidemiology of MS and some related environmental factors in Kerman province, southeastern Iran. Methods: The MS diagnosis was based on the revised Mc-Donald criteria. The patients were those registered at the Iran MS society, Kerman branch; those in the MS registration centers of Kerman and Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, and the Departmen...

Kazem Mousavizadeh1, Mohammad Askari2, Hajar Arian3, Fazel Gourjipour4, Amin R. Nikpour5, Maryam Tavafjadid1, Omid Aryani3, Behnam Kamalidehghan6, Hamid R. Maroof3, Massoud Houshmand3,7 1Department of Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Tehran, Iran, 2Department of Biotechnology, College of Allied Medicine, Tehran, Iran, 3Department of Medical Genetic, Special Medical Cen...

Leishmania infantum is the most frequent cause of visceral leishmaniasis and L. tropica has been rarely linked to the disease in Iran. In this study, bone marrow aspirates were collected from 10 child patients, suspected with visceral leishmaniasis referred to the Pediatric Wards of Kerman Medical Hospitals, Kerman, Iran during 2002-2011. Leishmania species were identified by using nested PCR i...