This paper introduces three novel techniques for updating the invertible representation of the basis matrix when solving practical sparse linear programming (LP) problems using a high performance implementation of the dual revised simplex method, being of particular value when suboptimization is used. Two are variants of the product form update and the other permits multiple Forrest-Tomlin upda...

The primary mission and purpose of the Board is to enforce public policy related to the safe and effective practice of nursing in the interest of public welfare. As a regulatory agency of state government, the Board of Nursing accomplishes this mission as authorized by Kentucky Revised Statutes (KRS) Chapter 314—The KENTUCKY NURSING LAWS and attendant administrative regulations. In accomplishin...

1Laboratory of Host Defenses, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD; 2Department of Critical Care Medicine, NIH Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD; 3Metabolism Branch, National Cancer Institute (NCI), Bethesda, MD; 4Laboratory of Immunoregulation, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD; 5Laboratory of Pathology, NCI, Bethesda, MD; 6Amgen, ...

background: there are no data on familial aggregation of colorectal cancer (crc) in northeastern iran. the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of early-onset crc and patients suspected for hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer (hnpcc) based on the clinical criteria in this area. materials and methods: documents were collected from two hospitals in mashhad regarding 326 inpati...

Objective To evaluate the Weill Cornell Medical College (WCMC)/New York Presbyterian Hospital (NYPH) experience with intraoperative frozen (IOF) section in the management of thyroid nodules with a fine needle aspiration (FNA) diagnosis of Bethesda II-VI and to analyze the cost and pathology benefit it provides. Methods The surgical and cytopathology files at WCMC/NYPH were searched within the...

Background: Since cervical cancer is reportedly the seventh most frequent cancer in women in Saudi Arabia and the eighth most frequent cancer among women aged between 15 and 44 years, we wanted to determine the prevalence of abnormal cervical cytology among subfertile women attending the reproductive medicine unit of a tertiary care center in Saudi Arabia. Materials and Methods: This was a retr...

objective : this study aimed to review papanicolaou (pap) smears in patients of shohada hospital in tehran. materials and methods :  a cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out and a database search of all pap smear reports from 1995 to 2005 at cytopathology department was reviewed. the abnormal pap smear reports based on the bethesda system were assessed. results : a total of 13315 pap...

conclusions there was a statistically significance correlation between thyrads score and pathologic bethesda scoring system. decision making basis on the radiologic thyrads score can improve the radiological diagnosis precision in nodular goiter patients. results the mean age (± standard deviation) of patients was 44.5 (± 12.8 years). most of them were female 138 (83.6%). the frequency of final...

The Bethesda system is a system of terminology for reporting the results of cervical cytology. It was developed in 1988, and is now widely used in the United States. This system was updated in April 2001. The most important modifications are the following: a) elimination of the category "satisfactory but limited by", b) the reintegration of benign modifications in the normal category, c) "atypi...