To estimate patient preferences for attributes of hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment and patients' assessment of the likely effect of treatment attributes on treatment adherence, HCV patients ≥18 years old completed an online survey that included nine 2-alternative choice questions. Each choice question was defined by the probability of sustained viral response (Efficacy), injection frequency (F...

Software engineers are fundamental to software engineering. Their importance belies a deficient understanding about the essential attributes of software engineering expertise. We present the results of a large-scale world-wide survey of 1,926 expert Microsoft engineers across 67 countries to learn about the importance of 54 previously identified attributes of great software engineers. To help i...

Carissa spinarum L. (Apocynaceae), commonly known as Garna or Jungli Karonda, has a rich history of use in indigenous traditional medicinal systems owing to its tremendous and nutritional benefits. The present review aims discuss the uses, ethnopharmacology, bioactive composition, toxicity analysis, biotechnological applications (CS) identify gap between current research conducted on this plant...

Prolactin is mainly secreted by the anterior pituitary and is able to stimulate mammary gland development and lactation in mammalians. Although prolactins share a common ancestral gene encoding, they show species specific characteristics and their efficiency may be different in various mammals. The importance of protein structures of all sequences of this hormone have been studied by various bi...

We present a machine learning approach for estimating missing temporal attributes in genealogical data. Genealogy analyses have been commonly focused on understanding generational relations. The importance of temporal analyses has often been suppresed in genealogical research. We have observed that temporal attributes of an individual, birth, death, marriage and divorce dates, are frequently mi...