This study presents a cross-correlated surface and near surface investigation of two phlogopite polytypes from Kasenyi kamafugitic rocks (SW Uganda) by means of advanced Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), confocal microscopy and Raman micro-spectroscopy. AFM revealed comparable nanomorphology and electrostatic surface potential for the two mica polytypes. A widespread presence of nano-protrusions l...

To identify indications for external radiotherapy (EXT) and radioactive iodine (RAI) in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), we conducted a retrospective study of local and regional control in 1297 patients diagnosed with PTC in a tertiary referral center. Managed by surgery alone, patients with bilateral thyroidectomy had a lower rate of local relapse compared with lobectomy (P=0.02). EXT improv...

Several recent reports have found a high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in the adult British population. The present paper investigates the associations of low income/material deprivation and other predictors of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) status in two surveys: The National Diet and Nutrition Survey (NDNS) of the population aged 19-64 years in mainland Britain and the Low Income Di...

Short tandem repeats (STRs) are commonly used as genetic markers. The detection and analysis of STRs can be used to gather information on polymorphisms of interest to forensic geneticists. Denaturing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) is an affordable method for the detection of minor sequence changes in DNA, while capillary electrophoresis (CE) is the gold standard for genotyping analys...

While some reports show that physical characteristics of the baru fruits (Dipteryx alata Vog.) differ within and among the Brazilian Savanna regions, a study shows that there are differences in the nutritional composition of baru almonds from different trees from the same Savanna area. It is unknown, however, whether the Savanna’s region influences the nutritional quality of this native almond....

BACKGROUND Obtaining a diagnosis of developmental co-ordination disorder (DCD) is a long, inconsistent and frustrating journey for families, with apparently little awareness of DCD in schools or the medical community. METHODS An online survey was completed by 1297 participants: parents (n = 501), teachers (n = 202), family/general physicians (n = 339) and paediatricians (n = 255). RESULTS O...

20S proteasome 904 22Rv1 166 4EGI-1 1660 8-oxodG 344 ABCB1 1395 ABCG2 1320 abdominal cancer 490 ABL1 157 acidity 1280 acute myeloid leukaemia 475 adenoma 517 adenosine triphosphate-based chemotherapy response assay 53 adhesion 1535 Adjuvant! Online 1760 adjuvant 32 adjuvant chemotherapy 1239, 1268 advanced 1068 advanced breast cancer 440 advanced gastric cancer 1039 afatinib 6 age 1068, 1353 AI...

The recently started SHA-3 competition in order to find a new secure hash standard and thus a replacement for SHA-1/SHA-2 has attracted a lot of interest in the academic world as well as in industry. There are 51 round one candidates building on sometimes very different principles. In this paper, we show how to attack two of the 51 round one hash functions. The attacks have in common that they ...

Testicular germ cell cancer (TGCT) is the most common malignancy among young adult males, which has become important due to its increased incidence and mortality in the population worldwide. The etiology is multifactorial. Recent studies have shown some associations between the development of isolated TGCT and certain risk factors, such as exposure to endocrine disruptors, cryptorchidism, and f...