To investigate the change of DNA content and the effect of synthetic phase (S-phase) fraction on hepatocytes and hepatomas, DNA content and S-phase fraction were measured by flow cytometry in human livers and hepatoma tissues. The ploidy status of nontumor parts of resected hepatoma, fetal liver, and focal nodular hyperplasia were diploid, similar to that of the normal liver. Three patterns of ...

CONTEXT Prolonged postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is associated with increased incidence of breast cancer and, paradoxically, reduced breast cancer mortality. The biological rationale for this discrepancy has not been explored. OBJECTIVE To compare the prognostic characteristics of cancers arising in women who have used HRT with those in women who never have used HRT. DESIG...

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Water vapor condensation and two-phase flow appear in plate heat exchangers being used as condensers. Analysis of water phase change and flow dynamics is an important but complicated task due to large change in water physical/transport properties across the water liquid-vapor interface boundary. In particular, a singular-link behaviour in Navier-Stokes (N-S) equations is present due to the larg...

This paper describes unambiguous state discrimination (USD) for a sequence of coherent states with fluctuating phase, while considering eavesdropping against differential-phase-shift quantum key distribution systems. A measurement system extracts a fraction of the incoming signal of coherent states, estimates the carrier phase from that fraction, and then conducts a USD measurement on the main ...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of p53 oncoprotein expression and S-phase fraction in the assessment of response to radiotherapy in head and neck cancer patients. In this prospective study, a total of 43 previously untreated head and neck cancer patients were enrolled. Preoperative and preradiotherapy (PreRT) biopsy was taken and radiotherapy was given. Repeat post-radioth...

The aim of this paper is to enhance thermal performance of a microchannel heat sink by using nanoencapsulated phase change material (NEPCM) slurry as a cooling fluid instead of pure fluid. A threedimensional model of a circular channel using water slurry of NEPCM was developed. The results show a significant reduction in the mean fluid temperature along the channel and heat sink wall temperatu...

We present an experimental study on the formation and dissociation characteristics of carbon dioxide (CO2) gas hydrates using Raman spectroscopy. The CO2 hydrates were formed from sodium chloride/water solutions with salinities of 0-10 wt %, which were pressurized with liquid CO2 in a stirred vessel at 6 MPa and a subcooling of 9.5 K. The formation of the CO2 hydrate resulted in a hydrate gel w...

conclusions our study showed that the triple therapy of nd: yag and nd: yag + co2 fractional and hydroquinone cream had high efficiency and low morbidity compared to twofold treatment with nd: yag and nd: yag + co2 fractional. results seventeen patients with melasma (14 females and three males) with mean (± sd) age of 38.47 (± 6.29) years (range 29 - 53) were included in this study. the only si...