BACKGROUND Clinicians are inaccurate at predicting survival. The 'Surprise Question' (SQ) is a screening tool that aims to identify people nearing the end of life. Potentially, its routine use could help identify patients who might benefit from palliative care services. The objective was to assess the accuracy of the SQ by time scale, clinician, and speciality. METHODS Searches were completed...

CRISTINA TRANDAFIRESCU1, FLORIN BORCAN2*, CRISTINA DEHELEAN3, ZOLTAN SZABADAI4, MIRELA NICOLOV4, CODRUTA SOICA1 1University of Medicine and Pharmacy Victor Babes, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, 2 EftimieMurgu Sq., 300041, Timisoara, Romania 2University of Medicine and Pharmacy Victor Babes, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Analytical Chemistry, 2 EftimieMurgu Sq....

Using the Beilinson-Lusztig-MacPherson construction of the quantized enveloping algebra of gln and its associated monomial basis, we investigate q-Schur algebras Sq(n, r) as “little quantum groups”. We give a presentation for Sq(n, r) and obtain a new basis for the integral q-Schur algebra Sq(n, r), which consists of certain monomials in the original generators. Finally, when n > r, we interpre...

INTRODUCTION Subcutaneous (SQ) vaccination has emerged as standard of care in children with severe bleeding disorders to reduce unnecessary factor exposure and avoid provoking an intramuscular bleed, but little is known about comparative immunogenicity to intramuscular (IM) vaccination. AIM To confirm immunogenicity of Diphtheria Tetanus acellular Pertussis (DTaP) vaccines administered SQ to ...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to compare the clinicopathologic prognostic factors between patients who underwent lung resection for adenocarcinoma (AD) and those with squamous cell carcinoma (SQ). METHODS A database of patients with lung AD or SQ who underwent surgery with curative intent in our department from January 2008 to December 2014 was reviewed. Associations between various clini...

Anthrax vaccine adsorbed (AVA), an effective countermeasure against anthrax, is administered as six subcutaneous (SQ) doses over 18 months. To optimize the vaccination schedule and route of administration, we performed a prospective pilot study comparing the use of fewer AVA doses administered intramuscularly (IM) or SQ with the current schedule and route. We enrolled 173 volunteers, randomized...

This paper addresses a multi-stage stochastic integer programming formulation of the uncapacitated lot-sizing problem under uncertainty. We show that the classical (`, S) inequalities for the deterministic lot-sizing polytope are also valid for the stochastic lot-sizing polytope. We then extend the (`, S) inequalities to a general class of valid inequalities, called the (Q, SQ) inequalities, an...

OANA M. DUICU1,2, ILEANA SCURTU1, ROXANA POPESCU3, ADRIAN STURZA1,2, DORINA CORICOVAC4, MARIA D. DANILA1,2, ANDREEA PRIVISTIRESCU1, DANINA M. MUNTEAN1,2,* 1“Victor Babes” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Department of Pathophysiology, 2 Eftimie Murgu Sq., 300041, Timisoara, Romania 2“Victor Babes” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Center for Translational Research and...

CARMEN SOFICA TATU1,2#, CARMEN PANAITESCU1,2#, LAURA MARUSCIAC1#, ALINA MARIA SISU3#, MIRABELA CRISTEA2, DANIELA ANCA PUSCASIU4*, GABRIELA TANASIE1,2 1Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Functional Sciences Department, Physiology Discipline, 2 Eftimie Murgu Sq., 300041, Timisoara, Romania 2OncoGen Centre, 2 Eftimie Murgu Sq., 300041, Timisoara, Romania 3Victor Babes Univ...