BACKGROUND Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening is key to CRC prevention and mortality reduction, but patient compliance with CRC screening is low. We previously reported a blood-based test for CRC that utilizes a seven-gene panel of biomarkers. The test is currently utilized clinically in North America for CRC risk stratification in the average-risk North American population in order to improve s...

We have fabricated a carbon nanotube field emission display (CNT-FED) panel with a 2-inch diagonal size by using a screen printing method and vacuum in-line sealing technology. The sealing temperature of the panel was around 390 °C and the vacuum level was obtained with 1.4×10torr at the sealing. When the field emission properties of a fabricated and sealed CNT-FED panel were characterized and ...

The FilmArray meningitis/encephalitis (ME) panel is a novel syndromic, nucleic acid amplification test for diagnosis of acute meningitis and encephalitis. Emerging data on its performance are concerning for false-positive results. We present a case of tuberculous meningitis misdiagnosed as herpes simplex virus-1 encephalitis with the FilmArray ME panel. Strategies to mitigate erroneous results ...

Objective: To independently verify if a panel of 4 kallikreins (total, free, and intact prostate-specific antigen [PSA] and kallikrein-related peptidase 2) can determine who may not need prostate biopsy in the face of an elevated, initial screening PSA. Participants/Methods: 2914 men who underwent their first PSA screening for prostate cancer were evaluated from the European Randomized Study of...

Genetic testing panels for mental health disorders, including but not limited to the Genecept Assay, STA2R test, the GeneSight Psychotropic panel, the Proove Narcotic Risk assay and the Mental Health DNA Insight Panel, are considered investigational for all indications. There is insufficient evidence to support a conclusion concerning the health outcomes or benefits associated with this procedure.

This paper extends the cross sectionally augmented panel unit root test proposed by Pesaran (2007) to the case of a multifactor error structure. The basic idea is to exploit information regarding the m unobserved factors that are shared by k other time series in addition to the variable under consideration. Initially we develop a test assuming that m, the true number of factors is known, and sh...

Panel zone is one of the most important elements for transferring the lateral load to other elements in Steel Moment Resistant Frames. To some extent, this element through its suitable ductile behavior with beams, that themselves have been known as ductile elements, can increase the overall ductility of SMRF. The suitable design procedure for this element and details, can highly affect the perf...

aluminum foams are a novel branch of advanced materials with superior properties. sandwich structures with aluminum foam core are good energy absorbers. in this paper, mechanical properties and energy absorption of aluminum foam sandwich panels subjected to quasi-static perforation tests with conical-nosed indenter were investigated experimentally. for this purpose sandwich panels consisting of...

background over the last decade there has been an increase in healthcare expenditures while at the same time the inequity in distribution of resources has grown. these two issues have urged the researchers to review the determinants of healthcare expenditures. in this study, we surveyed the determinants of health expenditures in economic cooperation organization (eco) countries.   methods we us...

Using a panel of international student test scores, 1980 – 2000, panel fixed effects estimates suggest that government spending decentralization is conducive to student performance. The effect does not appear to be mediated through levels of, or decentralization in, educational spending. JEL codes: C33; H2; I2, H40