In prognostic studies for breast cancer patients treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC), the ordinary Cox proportional-hazards (PH) model has been often used to identify prognostic factors for disease-free survival (DFS). This model assumes that all patients eventually experience relapse or death. However, a subset of NAC-treated breast cancer patients never experience these events during ...

nanocomposite samples based on elastomer blends of butyl rubber (iir) and ethylene propylene diene monomer (epdm) were prepared using a laboratory scale two-roll mill in order to study the effect of cloisite 15a organoclay content (i.e., 1, 3, 5 and 7 wt%) on the mechanical and morphological properties  of  iir/epdm/cloisite  15a  nanocomposites  compared  to  the  unflled epdm/iir blends. rheo...

the present work reports and discusses the results of a 3d simulation of the injection molding process of a rubber compound that includes the mold flling stage and  material curing, using the computer code is developed in “udf” part of the fluent 6.3 cae software. the data obtained from a rheometer (mdr 2000) is used to characterize the rubber material in order to fnd the cure model parameters ...

CURE Clustering divides the data sample into groups by identifying few representative points from each group of the data sample. This paper presents enhanced CURE as a clustering technique for data mining, in this approach we have a specially designed pattern as representative to form enhancement in CURE clustering to make it more usable efficiently on big data. Oracle 11G is used as backend wi...

This study is motivated by the premise that online consumers can make a purchase at any time of day if they have even a tiny time slot along with Internet access. Given the increased shopping time flexibility, we first examine the patterns of online purchase timing at an online shopping mall handling diverse products (e.g., Amazon.com). The results show (1) the breakdown of purchase timing regu...

Medical bioinformatics is information science to establish knowledge for the promotion of human health as well as for the cure of human diseases. Model animals are utilized for experimental medical science as the simulation systems. Drosophila melanogaster is a model animal, in which its genome and mutation phenotypes have been well characterized. During 1998∼2002, we have engaged in experiment...

background: improvement of attitudes toward breast cancer positively affects the screening behaviors of women. imagery has been shown to have a positive impact on the screening behaviors of women. aim: this study aimed to investigate the effects of breast cancer screening training based on the systematic comprehensive health education and promotion (shep) model on the attitudes and breast self-...

Ayurveda does not stand simply for the cure of certain diseases in individuals. It aims at keeping both the individual and the society healthy and happy by preservation and promotion of physical and mental health and prevention of diseases. These measures are described in detail in the form of dina carya, rtu carya and ratri carya. For a common man, these practices are prescribed in the form of...