BACKGROUND Leprosy remains an important public health problem in Brazil where 28,761 new cases were diagnosed in 2015, the second highest number of new cases detected globally. The disease is caused by Mycobacterium leprae, a pathogen spread by patients with multibacillary (MB) leprosy. This study was designed to identify population groups most at risk for MB disease in Brazil, contributing to ...

The cordon pricing scheme is an efficient measure to untie congestion and environmental problems in urban metropolitan areas. Since March of 2007, Mashhad has implemented a restricted Central Business District (CBD) Zone as a seasonal congestion management program. The primary goal of the Mashhad cordon scheme is to reduce traffic congestion throughout the CBD. This paper describes the main fea...

The photoionization (PI) cross sections of allyl and 2-propenyl radicals to form C3H þ 5 were measured using tunable vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) synchrotron radiation coupled with photofragment translational spectroscopy. At 10 eV, the cross sections were found to be 6.2 1.2 and 5.1 1.0 Mb, respectively. Using these values, the PI efficiency curves for each radical were placed on an absolute scale...

We have measured the optical conductivity s1ðoÞ of the filled skutterudites CeFe4Sb12; CeRu4Sb12; and CeOs4Sb12: These s1ðoÞ spectra are explained in terms of the hybridization between Ce 4f states and conduction ðcÞ electron states. From the comparison of the s1ðoÞ spectra, it is concluded that the degree of c–f hybridization is strongest for CeFe4Sb12 and weakest for CeOs4Sb12: r 2003 Elsevie...

Fifty-two BB-LL relapse cases referred to our centre during 1997-2003 were investigated in detail. Twenty-four cases had been treated with extended MB-MDT [until smear negativity (NON-FDT)]. The remaining 28 cases (54%) had received one of the fixed duration regimens (FDT), of whom 11 had 24 months and 6 had 12 months of WHO MB-MDT. Eleven cases had received rifampicin/ofloxacin (RO) treatment....

Central nervous system primitive neuroectodermal tumors (PNET) including cerebellar PNET (medulloblastoma, PNET/ MB) are the most common malignant brain tumors in childhood. Because of the high risk of leptomeningeal dissemination, standard postoperative treatment for PNET includes craniospinal radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Such treatment causes long-term morbidity including endocrine and grow...

Financial support: This work was funded by the American Cancer Society RSG-97-170-04-CDD, Florida Sea Grant R/LR-MB-14, and the National Science Foundation grant 0119011. L. Ranzer was partially funded by the Florida Atlantic University Delores A. Auzenne Fellowship. This material is based upon worked supported by the National Science Foundation under a grant awarded in 2003 to L.Z. Santiago-Vá...

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SQL:2003, die neuste Version der SQL-Norm, sieht erstmals die Unterstützung von XMLDaten vor. Damit wird es möglich, Tabellen mit XML-wertigen Spalten anzulegen. Der vorliegende Beitrag geht der Frage nach, welche prinzipiellen Möglichkeiten es für die Übergabe von XML-Werten zwischen Datenbanksystem und Anwendungsprogrammen gibt. Da die Eignung dieser Möglichkeiten von den Charakteristika der ...

a Rotman School of Management and Department of Economics, University of Toronto, 105 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3E6, Canada b Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR), 180 Dundas Street West, Suite 1400, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1Z8, Canada c NBER, 1050 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambrigde, MA, 02138-5398, USA d Department of Economics, Michigan State University, Marshall-Adams H...