OBJECTIVE Our aim was to determine whether triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) has distinguishing sonographic features compared to non-TNBC. METHODS Data from 145 consecutive breast cancer patients were collected. The images were reevaluated by two dedicated breast imaging experts according to the Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System. The sonographic features of 45 TNBC patients were com...

BACKGROUND Recent guidelines concerning the treatment of personality disorders (PDs) recommend diagnosing PDs in adolescents. However, it remains unclear whether these guidelines influence the current opinions and practices of mental health care professionals. METHODS Five hundred sixty-six psychologists completed an online survey concerning PDs in adolescents, of whom 367 professionals repor...

Background: Leukemias are abnormal proliferation of hematopoietic cells, causing progressive infiltration the marrow. It is eleventh most common cancer in world, and increasingly found now developing countries. Two widely used classifications now, FAB, WHO classification, which has got supplanted with increasing knowledge on cytomorphology cytogenetics. This study, attempts to evaluate role cyt...

Acute liver failure (ALF) is a medical emergency requiring immediate evaluation for liver transplantation. We describe an unusual case of a patient who presented with ascites, jaundice, and encephalopathy and was found to have ALF due to natural killer (NK)-like T cell leukemia/lymphoma. The key immunophenotype was CD2+, CD3+, CD7+, CD56+. This diagnosis, which was based on findings in the peri...

Invasive fungal infection (IFI) is a serious and common complication in hematological patients. The risk is highest among acute leukemia patients undergoing induction chemotherapy and patients undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation. Owing to the difficulty in diagnosing IFIs and the fatality rate associated with delayed treatment, antifungal prophylaxis and empirical anti...

background: environment of basrah is seriously contaminated with chemical leukomogens as a result of recent military conflicts. many studies in the past few years have reported an increase in the incidence of leukemia in basrah. this study was designed to study the risk and pattern of childhood leukemia in basrah, iraq, from 2003 to 2007.materials and methods: this hospital-based cancer registr...

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A system for diagnosing troubles encountered in large scale industrial refrigeration units with screw compressors, is presented by introducing the concept "probable state" of a component. The diagnosis process is implemented by examining the expert methods of trouble-shooting, accordingly generating the abstract representations of the units. The proposed system is readily utilized and tested, s...

Over-claiming is a concrete operalization of self-enhancement based on respondents' ratings of their knowledge of various persons, events, products, and so on. Because 20% of the items are nonexistent, responses can be analyzed with signal detection formulas to index both response bias (over-claiming) and accuracy (knowledge). Study 1 demonstrated convergence of over-claiming with alternative m...

Exclusive dealing arrangements, in which a distributor contracts to work exclusively with a single manufacturer, can be efficiency enhancing or they can be an anticompetitive means to foreclose markets. This paper evaluates the effect of exclusive distribution arrangements on competition in the Chicago beer market in 1994. A diagnostic test is provided to judge whether exclusive arrangements be...