I read with great interest the article by Wang and colleagues (Wang et al., 2014), which investigated the impact of Stathmin 1 expression in outcome of a cohort with 100 esophageal carcinoma patients and found that high levels of Stathmin 1 was associated with low differentiated tumors, invasion, metastasis, higher tumor grade and negatively impacted survival. Several studies converge with the ...

Noninvasive imaging methods, including positron emission tomography (PET), have become essential for diagnosis and staging of gliomas, and monitoring of treatment response. The utility of these techniques have been found to be highly dependent on tumor grade. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) classification of tumors (Kleihues and Sobin 2000), gliomas are classified into 3 main h...

The term "mental template" has been used frequently by lithic analysts in recent years, especially in discussions of Lower Paleolithic bifaces and large cutting tools, of Middle Paleolithic stone tool typology, and of differences between Middle and Upper Paleolithic industries in Europe (e.g., Ambrose 1998; Ashton and White 2003; Barton 1990; Bisson 2001; Gowlett 1984, 1996, 2006; Marks, et al....

Recent microarray technology and bioinformatics have shown the ability of analysing oncogenic cellular signalling pathways based upon gene signatures in cancers. (Bild et al., 2006; Dressman et al., 2007; Gatza et al., 2010) Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is the most important cause of mortality among gynaecological cancers. Patients with EOC often present in an advanced stage. Treatment modal...

The study by Fauser and colleagues on subtypes of focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) and their impact on post-surgical outcome in focal epilepsies (Fauser et al., 2004) focussed on reports of milder forms of FCD, i.e. focal cortical dysplasia type I (Type 1-FCD) and mild malformations of cortical development (mMCD) according to a recent classification system (Palmini et al., 2004). These entities w...

UNLABELLED Sleep problems have been defined using a variety of definitions. No study has assessed the longitudinal association between infant sleep problems and childhood overweight or obesity using existing definitions of sleep problems. This study used longitudinal data (n = 895) from the multi-site Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (SECCYD) to investigate the effects of infant ...

i read the recent publication on children contacting with smear positive tuberculosis patients with great interest.[1] aminzadeh et al . concluded that the ‘strategy of six months of supervised isonicotinylhydrazine (inh) chemoprophylaxis is successful, particularly in children who are at high risk to progress to the disease, following exposure.[1] i agree with the usefulness and effectiveness ...

Recent brain imaging and lesion studies provide converging evidence for amygdala involvement in judgments of fear and trust based on facial expression [Adolphs et al., Nature 393 (1998) 470; Adolphs et al., Neuropsychologia 37 (1999) 1111; Breiter et al., Neuron 17 (1996) 875; Winston et al., Nat. Neurosci. 5 (3) (2002) 277]. Another type of social information apparent in face stimuli is social...