When a word processing system became available to me, I began using it in my work, and I noticed that my papers and the ways I went about composing were changing, sometimes with pleasing results and sometimes not. Increased revising probably had made my final products better, but I was bothered that I didn't feel "finished" with many texts-I submitted them with the nagging feeling that more imp...

In recent years, cancer drug discovery has faced the challenging task of integrating the huge amount of information coming from the genomic studies with the need of developing highly selective target-based strategies within the context of tumour cells that experience massive genome instability. The combination between genetic and genomic technologies has been extremely useful and has contribute...

  Purpose: Aside from psychological suffering, mental disease can bring about a negative influence   on conscripts learning abilities and reduce effectiveness of military trainings. Hence, identifying   at risk conscripts is of vital importance. This study aimed to investigate the mental health of   conscripts during a two-year period from 2011 to 2013 in a military base in Guilan.   Materials ...

Although screening is unquestionably important, other issues of equal importance include using scarce resources efficiently and rationally, refraining from unproven or ineffective interventions and doing no harm. In fact, sometimes there are good reasons not to screen. Basic to this is the understanding that the proposal to screen an asymptomatic patient involves a fundamental shift in the phys...

The National Cancer Screening Program (NCSP) has been provided since 1999 in Korea and the annual surveys for National Cancer Screening showed gradual increase in both the lifetime screening rates and screening rates with recommendation of gastric and colorectal cancers. 1 In addition to the nationwide propagation of the screening program, the improvement in the endoscopic quality is critical t...

AIMS To survey the practice among gastroenterologists in Australia relating to screening for latent infections and vaccination of patients with inflammatory bowel disease prior to treatment with tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) inhibitors. METHODS A structured 15 question electronic survey was advertised to gastroenterologists in Australia through an email mailing list and through a hardc...

BACKGROUND Yukon, a territory in northern Canada, has one of the highest reported sexually transmitted chlamydia infection rates in the country. OBJECTIVE We examined screening practices among physicians and community nurses to elucidate factors that may be contributing to the high rates. DESIGN Cross-sectional survey. METHODS A questionnaire was distributed to all physicians in Yukon and...