BACKGROUND AND AIM To compare cancer-specific survival (CSS) between patients who received neoadjuvant radiation followed by resection (NRR) and those who received upfront resection (UR) for locally advanced pancreatic cancer (LAPC). METHODS A total of 772 LAPC patients who underwent curative-intent surgical resection with or without neoadjuvant radiation from 2004 to 2013 were identified fro...

Context In older women, the magnitude of elevated parathyroid hormone (PTH) and its consequence is unclear. Objective To describe normal PTH profiles over time and the association with mortality. Design and Participants There were 1044 community-dwelling women in the Malmö Osteoporosis Prospective Risk Assessment cohort (OPRA) who attended baseline (age 75 years). Follow-ups were attended b...

As a second messenger, Ca(2+) plays a major role in cold induced transduction via stimulus-specific increases in [Ca(2+)]cyt, which is called calcium signature. During this process, CAXs (Ca(2+)/H(+) exchangers) play critical role. For the first time, a putative Ca(2+)/H(+) exchanger GhCAX3 gene from upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum cv. 'YZ-1') was isolated and characterized. It was highly exp...

A new simulation model was constructed to estimate demographic processes of prehistoric human populations who migrated and dispersed, particularly to uninhabited habitats. The characteristics of the simulation model are: the minimum component is an individual with sex and age properties; each individual's death is determined in each year by comparing the age-specific probability of dying and a ...

Concern has often been expressed that the performance of hearing protectors in steady noise may not apply to their performance in impulse noise. Our current.studies, as well as other studies, support the fact that there is a large difference in performance. In all cases, the performance of a protector is much better for impulse noise than for continuous noise. For example, we are obtaining at l...

The success of artificial insemination must be supported by a balance nutrients for livestock. AI combined with sexing produces offspring according to wishes the breeder. This study aims determine increase in concentration on Artificial Insemination using frozen semen sexing. research was conducted at people's beef cattle farm, Sumber Pucung District, Malang Regency. limousine crosser used 30 c...

The aim of this study was to measure craniofacial morphology and nasal respiratory resistance (NRR) in Malay, Indian and Chinese subjects with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). The sample consisted of 34 male subjects, 27-52 years of age (Malay n = 11, which included five mild and six moderate-severe OSA; Indian n = 11, which included six mild and five moderate-severe OSA; and Chinese n = 12, whi...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to compare human and animal skin irritation data with results of selected in vitro methods, including HET-CAM test, Neutral Red Release Assay, Neutral Red Uptake Assay and EpiOcular eye irritation test and with already existing data of eye irritation obtained from animal experiments. METHODS Chemicals employed in previous skin irritation validation studies...

OBJECTIVES To determine risk factors for revision in patients implanted with a commonly used metal on metal (MoM) hip replacement. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study in combination with a prospective national retrieval study (Northern Retrieval Registry (NRR)). SETTING Combined orthopaedic unit in combination with the NRR. PARTICIPANTS All patients implanted with a DePuy Pinnacle MoM hip p...