BACKGROUND Vitiligo is a chronic skin disorder. White macules caused by melanocyte destruction is a characteristic finding that cosmetically disturbing. Until recently, pathogenesis of vitiligo is still unclear. The role of homocysteine in vitiligo is mentioned in previous studies thus it is probable that it can be a biomarker to determine vitiligo severity. AIM To determine correlation betwe...

A semi parametric profil~ likelihood method is proposed for estimation of sample selection models. The method is a two step scoring semi parametric estimation procedure based on index formulation and kernel density estimation. Under some regularity conditions, the estimator is asymptotically normal. This method can be applied to estimation of general sample selection models with multiple regime...

A statistical procedure has been developed which assesses and expresses in an index number the proxtmity to the target of tmpact points for serially fired small arms rounds. Factors which are thought to contribute to fire suppression of the individual have been included in the index so that it may be used as a scoring technique for suppressive fire. The incle.x can be used to compare individual...

This article introduces the Transitive Consistency Score (TCS) web server; a service making it possible to estimate the local reliability of protein multiple sequence alignments (MSAs) using the TCS index. The evaluation can be used to identify the aligned positions most likely to contain structurally analogous residues and also most likely to support an accurate phylogenetic reconstruction. Th...

Nevirapine-induced DRESS syndrome is uncommon but a potentially life-threatening condition, with significant morbidity and mortality rates due to multiple-organ involvement. The authors report a case of a 47-year-old HIV-infected female patient who presented with fever, right hypochondrium pain, jaundice, and skin rash. The Nevirapine-induced DRESS syndrome was suspected based on clinical prese...

PURPOSE This study focused on implementation of a prognostic scoring index based on clinico-laboratory parameters measured routinely on admission in metastatic pancreatic cancer patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS Records from 403 patients of metastatic disease were analyzed retrospectively. Continuous variables were dichotomized according to the normal range or the best cut-off values statistica...

Abstract Background Level of symptom burden for cancer patients can be summarized using simple-summated scoring multiple patient-reported symptoms. The Toxicity Index (TI) is an alternative that has been used primarily to summarize clinician-reported toxicities. Objective To compare the TI with 28 Methods This a secondary analysis longitudinal data from clinical trial women stage 2 or 3 breast ...