The Latin American Dialysis and Renal Transplant Registry (RLADTR) was founded in 1991; it collects data from 20 countries which are members of Sociedad Latinoamericana de Nefrología e Hipertension. This paper presents the results corresponding to the year 2010. This study is an annual survey requesting data on incident and prevalent patients undergoing renal replacement treatment (RRT) in all ...

Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region’s current challenges for political and economic transformation. This MENA Trends Report focuses on the following issues: youth unemployment, gender, education, economy, the financial system, and the rule of law. It examines ten Arab countries: Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Libya, Tunisia, West Bank and Gaza, Syria, and Yemen. When comparisons ...

This study focuses on factors driving insurance demand measured as insurance density and growth rate of premiums in emerging markets during the years 1998-2008. Findings indicate that demographic factors explain a greater variance relative to economic and institutional variables for insurance density, while economic factors explain the greatest amount of variance in terms of insurance growth ra...

Introducción y objetivo: La parálisis de las cuerdas vocales (CCVV) es una patología prevalente e incapacitante. El objetivo principal este estudio comparar la recuperación movilidad funcionalidad CCVV, así como el requerimiento tiroplastia en dos grupos pacientes, los que se trataron con infiltración temprana ácido hialurónico (GIT) no infiltrados (GNI). Método: Estudio retrospectivo observaci...

We investigate the connection between the validity of certain logarithmic Sobolev inequality and the validity of suitable generalizations of Gagliardo–Nirenberg inequalities. A similar connection holds between reverse logarithmic Sobolev inequalities and a new class of reverse Gagliardo–Nirenberg inequalities, valid for a suitable class of functions. 0. Introduction The main concern of this pap...

We explored a new approach to named entity recognition based on hundreds of machine learning models, each trained to distinguish a single entity, and showed its application to gene name identification (GNI). The rationale for our approach, which we named “one model per entity” (OMPE), was that increasing the number of models would make the learning task easier for each individual model. Our tra...

Localisation is a key element of the humanitarian reform agenda. However, there are continuing debates regarding its form and emphasis, linked to understandings local, role state implications for interpretation principles “de-internationalised” response. This paper considers UK engagement with localisation agenda, particularly through examination policies programmes Department International Dev...

OBJECTIVES To review the possible causes of the high incidence of urolithiasis in the oil-rich Gulf States. METHODS Data were extracted from published reports on the incidence of urolithiasis, affluence and diet in the Gulf States, various Western countries and China. RESULTS There are strong relationships: (a) between the life-expectancy of stones in men and the Gross National Income (GNI)...

BackgroundIn orthodontic procedures, mini-implants are routinely used as temporary anchorage devices. Early failure is primarily attributed to a variety of issues, which mostly connected the quality and geometry screw that lead insufficient primary stability.ObjectivesTo evaluate stability different sizes brands by optimizing insertion torque value (ITV) clear out one has greatest among most wi...

BACKGROUND The effect of ambient air pollution on global variations and trends in asthma prevalence is unclear. OBJECTIVES Our goal was to investigate community-level associations between asthma prevalence data from the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) and satellite-based estimates of particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter < 2.5 µm (PM₂.₅) and nitrogen di...