PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To explore the extent to which contents contained in a backpack called the Venturing Out Pack (Vo-Pak) assist in meeting the practical, psychosocial, and informational needs of young adults (YAs), as well as how the Vo-Pak could better meet the needs of YAs. 
. RESEARCH APPROACH Qualitative, descriptive.
. SETTING A university-affiliated adult hospital cancer center in Mo...

The accumulation of heavy metals, especially cadmium (Cd), in leafy vegetables was compared with other vegetables. Pak choi (Brassica campestris L. ssp. chinensis) is a leafy vegetable consumed in Taiwan and its safety for consumption after growing in contaminated soils is a public concern. A pot experiment (50 days) was conducted to understand the dynamic accumulation of Cd by pak choi grown i...

We present a bijective proof of the hook length formula for rooted trees based on the ideas of the bijective proof of the hook length formula for standard tableaux by Novelli, Pak and Stoyanovskii [10]. In section 4 we present another bijection for the formula. MR Subject Classification: 05A05,05A15

We present a bijection between 321and 132-avoiding permutations that preserves the number of fixed points and the number of excedances. This gives a simple combinatorial proof of recent results of Robertson, Saracino and Zeilberger [8], and the first author [3]. We also show that our bijection preserves additional statistics, which extends the previous results.

the purpose of this paper was to review the commercially available periodontal dressings, their physical and chemical properties, biocompatibility and therapeutic effects. electronic search of scientific papers from 1956 to 2012 was carried out using pubmed, scopus and wiley interscience search engines using the searched terms periodontal dressing, periodontal pack. numerous in vitro and in viv...

Vascular permeability: the flow factor R ivers rarely run a smooth course. Blood vessels, just like rivers, have turns, tributaries and other obstacles that create eddies and other irregularities in the fl ow. In vessels, such areas of disturbed fl ow are more permeable and more prone to atherosclerotic plaques. Orr et al. (page 719) now reveal that a matrix protein that is abundant at such sit...

BACKGROUND Topical erythromycin/benzoyl peroxide (EBP), marketed for acne treatment, must be compounded by a pharmacist and requires subsequent refrigeration, warranting the development of alternate formulations. OBJECTIVE This trial compared the efficacy and tolerability of a single-use EBP combination package (EBP Pak) with those of its matching vehicle control (VC Pak) and the original, re...

Multidrug resistance (MDR) is considered multifactorial and has been associated with overexpression of the multidrug resistance protein (MRP). However, effective compounds for reversal of MRP-related MDR are limited. In the present study, the modulatory activity of the novel pyridine analogue PAK-104P on MRP-mediated resistance to doxorubicin and paclitaxel was investigated in two doxorubicin-s...