1. Aird I, Bentall HH, Roberts JA. A relationship between cancer of stomach and the ABO blood groups. Br Med J 1953;1:799-801. 2. Aird I, Bentall HH, Mehigan JA, Roberts JA. The blood groups in relation to peptic ulceration and carcinoma of colon, rectum, breast, and bronchus; an association between the ABO groups and peptic ulceration. Br Med J 1954;2:315-21. 3. Discussion on the ABO blood gro...

Gastric cancer is the third most frequent cause of cancer mortality in the world (Keeney et al., 2006). Although its incidence varies between different geographical areas of Iran (Malekzadeh et al., 2009), it is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality in Iran (The National Cancer Registry, 2008). The main environmental factors of gastric cancer in Iran are high H.pylori prevalence, high d...

Demand for healthcare is increasing due to a growing and aging population, making access to care more difficult. Beyond anecdotal evidence, there is increasing empirical evidence of access problems, most notably through overcrowding in emergency departments (EDs) (Burt and Schappert 2004; Committee on the Future of Emergency Care in the United States 2007). While demand is increasing, the suppl...

the sulphated form of ascorbic acid may play a role in the maintenance of connective tissue, suggested that although 35S-labelled glycosaminoglycans are formed in the presence of ascorbic acid 2-[35S]sulphate, they are not formed by direct transfer of the sulphate moiety from ascorbic acid 2-[35S]sulphate but by a decomposition product of the ester (Shapiro & Poon, 1975). The role of ascorbic a...

Norcantharidin (NCTD) is a demethylated analogue of cantharidin which is an active ingredient of Chinese medicine-Mylabris. It has been used as an anticancer drug for the treatment of colon cancer, primary hepatoma, carcinomas of esophagus and breast cancer, leukopenia in China for many years (Wang, 1989; Fang et al., 1993). Previous studies have shown that NCTD could suppress the invasion and ...

The potential of the Internet to transform marketing practice is well-documented (Hoffman & Novac, 1997; Zineldin, 2000). It is argued that the exploitation of the Internet’s interactive and relationshipbuilding properties contribute to customer satisfaction and loyalty and hence, marketing success (Arnott & Bridgewater, 2002). Evidence suggests, however, that small to medium sized enterprises ...

The following factors were measured for extracellular haemoglobins of Artemia salina: a minimal molecular weight of globin chain per haem group (based on the iron and haem contents), the absorption coefficients, the absorption spectra of various derivatives and the amino acid compositions. These were compared with those of the haemoglobins of other invertebrates. Three Artemia haemoglobins (I, ...

This paper investigates whether the business relations between mutual funds and brokerage firms influence sell-side analyst recommendations. Using a unique data set that discloses brokerage firms’ commission income derived from each mutual fund client as well as the share holdings of these mutual funds, we find that an analyst’s recommendation on a stock relative to consensus is significantly h...