BACKGROUND Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are widely used flame retardant compounds that are persistent and bioaccumulative and therefore have become ubiquitous environment contaminants. Animal studies suggest that prenatal PBDE exposure may result in adverse neurodevelopmental effects. OBJECTIVE In a longitudinal cohort initiated after 11 September 2001, including 329 mothers who del...

background to compare the efficacy of a 48 hour infusion of octerotide with a five-day infusion to prevent rebleeding and mortality at one week and one month in patients who present with acute esophageal variceal bleeding. materials and methods patients who presented to emam hospital of ahwaz jundishapur university of medical sciences that were diagnosed with acute variceal bleeding were commen...

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∗Équipe PTIDEJ– GEODES Département d’informatique et de recherche opérationnelle, Université de Montréal CP 6128 succ. Centre Ville, Montréal, Québec, H3C 3J7, Canada {mohanaou, foutsekh, guehene}@iro.umontreal.ca ∗∗ Équipe Adam – INRIA Futurs Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille – LIFL UMR CNRS 8022 Cité Scientifique, 59655 Villeneuve d’Ascq Cedex, France {Laurence.Duchien, Anne-Fr...

Often software systems are developed by organizations consisting of many teams of individuals working together. Brooks states in the Mythical Man Month book that product quality is strongly affected by organization structure. Unfortunately there has been little empirical evidence to date to substantiate this assertion. In this paper we present a metric scheme to quantify organizational complexi...

OScLfet.v Reseanch 7leasn, Alationalbistitute ofAnimal Hbalth, MtRO, 3-1-5 Klinnondoi, Tkztkuba, Ibaraki 305-e856, ?JFletkushima Kenchu Livestock H}giene Set'viee CenteF, 1(bi'i.vama, Fukushima, 963-8041, S)Okinawa lnstitute of'Animal Health, A'aha, Okinan,a, 900-O024 and "Livestock 7lechnotogr) Research denter, IIiroshima Projleciural 7lechnologi, Researeh in,stittite, fiVtobara, U}roshima, 7...

OBJECTIVE Human papillomavirus (HPV) virus-like particle (VLP) vaccines have demonstrated effectiveness in preventing persistent HPV infections. Whether protection lasts longer than 18 months and, thus, impacts rates of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) 2-3 has not yet been established. We present results from an HPV16 L1 VLP vaccine trial through 48 months. METHODS A total of 2,391 wo...