... drivers Casualty crash analyses, even those encompassing casualties of all severity, have a sampling bias: the so-called ‘frailty bias’, which exaggerates any apparent age-related risk increase The ... Transport Research Library and is Australia’s major transport database As well as the holdings ofthe ARRB Transport Research Library collection, it also includes the holdings ofa number of other ... accessible, affordable, safe and co-ordinated transport options that are tailored to the needs of older adults and promotion and awareness of alternative transport options amongst older drivers and their...
... president ofthe National Academy of Sciences The National Academy of Engineering was established in 1964, under the charter ofthe National Academy of Sciences, as a parallel organization of outstanding ... for integration, systems approaches, and collaboration in the conduct of research andthe gathering of data However, the identification of important linkages among the six major themes and multidisciplinary ... six thematic areas for clarity and appropriateness of thematic research priorities (Task 3a) ; balance among substantive research areas as well as among research activities such as observations,...
... associated with the increased activity of carbonic anhydrase, improving the quality of egg shell andthe presence of manganese has an activator influence on the calcification and resistance of ... www.arpnjournal.com Arias, J.L., D .A Carrino, M.S Fernandez, J.E Rodrigues, J.E Denis and A. I Capln, 1992 Partial biochemical and immunological characterization of avian eggshell extracellular matrices Arch ... biochemical and pharmaceutical industries (Ogawa et al., 2004) Collagen used has been isolated mainly from bovine and swine skins and bones After the outbreaks of bovine spongioform encephalopathy (mad...
... their toxins and are capable of activating the alternate complement pathway 55 The normal flora ofthe intestinal tract ofthe breastfed infant, as well as the offspring of all other mammalian ... defense ofthe neonate andthe intestinal flora Acta Paediatrica Scandinavica 351(Suppl.):122–125 Pisacane A, Graziano L, Zona G, Dolezalova H, Cafiero M, Coppola A, Scarpellino B, Ummarino M, Mazzarella ... to ovarian cancer risk: Collaborative analysis of seven U.S case–control studies Epithelial ovarian cancer in black women Collaborative Ovarian Cancer Group Journal ofthe National Cancer Institute...
... Schuurman AG, Goldbohm RA, Brants HA, van den Brandt PA: A prospective cohort study on intake of retinol, vitamins C and E, and carotenoids and prostate cancerrisk (Netherlands) Cancer Causes ... cancers ofthe mouth and pharynx, esophagus, lung, stomach, and colon and rectum; evidence of probable risk reduction was found for cancers ofthe larynx, pancreas, breast, and bladder [1] Many ofthe ... to a standardized amount of carbohydrate in a food The glycemic load takes into account the amount of food eaten An international table ofthe glycemic index and glycemic load ofa wide variety...
... Assessment of National Laboratory Capability The ability ofthe nation’s analytical laboratories to respond to a toxic attack will depend on the nature and scope ofthe attack Most ofthe potential toxic ... National Academy of Engineering, andthe Institute of Medicine The National Research Council is the advisory arm ofthe National Academies 14 AReviewofthe EPA Water Security Action Plan Is the ... underway, the limitations of active disease surveillance, andthe respective roles ofthe EPA and other public health agencies • An evaluation ofthe utility and validity of using non-traditional...
... than the national average—16.7 new cases versus 16.1 per 100,000 per year African American and Latino children in Massachusetts had approximately 25% more diagnosed cancers than white and Asian and ... A. , and Adami, H.O 1997 Pesticides andcancerCancer Causes and Control 8(3): 420-43 32 Fabia, J., and Thuy, TD 1974 Occupation of father at time of birth of children dying of malignant diseases ... exposures The Mt Sinai panel estimated that the annual cost of environmentally related childhood cancer due to hospitalization and treatment, treatment of secondary cancers, lost parental wages, and...
... other leaching activities or mercury amalgamation Dumped materials containing heavy metals and brominated and chlorinated ame retardants can affect soils (Fig 1) The mobility of these substances ... the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal Despite the existence of these agreements and conventions, the transfer of WEEE from the United States, Canada, Australia, ... as polyhalogenated dioxins and furans They are among the most hazardous anthropogenic pollutants (Allsopp et al., 2001; Tohka and Lehto, 2005) and one of their most important formation pathways...
... policy analysesand management and investment decisions, andthe analysis and mapping of spatial patterns of commodity and vehicle flows Despite their many uses, CFS data are inadequate for some applications ... strategic planning and policy making The ISTEA legislation also mandated that the National Academy of Sciences [National Research Council (NRC)] reviewthe statistical programs and practices of ... years, BTS operated primarily BTS is also charged with more specific tasks relating to the National Transportation Library, the National Transportation Atlas Database, international data, and aviation...
... (NSRD) ofthe RAND Corporation NSRD conducts research and analysis for the Office ofthe Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, the Unified Commands, the defense agencies, the Department ofthe Navy, ... that battle fatigue and other stress reactions may account for as many as 50 percent ofthe casualties in a given war As a result ofthe effect that stress can have on service members and their ... Hosek, Laura Miller, Laura Castaneda, and Terri Tanielian for their comments throughout the writing process Bryan Hallmark and Brad Stein gave constructive reviews of an earlier draft ofthe report...
... urban and rural areas in the same way, or that they value the opportunity to work in the private sector equally in rural or urban areas These are strong assumptions that could be investigated ... M: Health workforce issues andthe Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria: An analytical review Human Resources for Health 2006, 4:1-12 Mauritius Ministry of Health and Quality of ... evidence ofthe importance of non-financial job characteristics More specifically, the author showed that several aspects of increased workload such as after-hours work, list size of patients and an...
... organic acids such as oxalic acid (pKa = 1.3) and tartaric acid (pKa = 3.0) also catalyze acetalization, but acetic acid (pKa = 4.7) does not catalyze this reaction (Adams and Adkins 1925) Oxalic and ... alcoholates Noncatalytic salts for this reaction include carbonates and chlorides of sodium and potassium; calcium and sodium sulfates; and calcium and sodium acetates (Adams and Adkins 1925; Adkins ... that catalyze the polymerization of olefins andthe addition of mercaptans to olefins The organic acids andthe elements commonly found in the char can act as catalysts for many of these reactions...
... in traditional external fixation Nonunion in Case can be attributed to the nature of LCP application and characteristics ofthe LCP that make it stand apart from traditional external fixation ... traditional frames are often bulky and ambulating with a lower limb fixator frame in-situ is awkward Some patients are self-conscious of these fixators and find them less aesthetically acceptable, ... Page of Advantages We agree with Kloen [4] that the LCP has certain advantages when used in this manner First, the LCP fixator imparts a lower profile than a traditional fixator and can be concealed...
... at a ward geographical level The air pollution index of each participant is equal to the level of their residential ward Geographical level and SES variables Main results Social class of head of ... health and 5.4% of depression after having controlled for age, sex and marital status and found that provision of gardens and other amenities substantially reduced the percentage variance in each ... pollution and survey air quality A rich database of information is now available and offers studies and research opportunities The last few years or decade have seen the development of several tools...
... LA, Alarcon GS, Triana-Alexander M, Alexander RW, Martin MY, Alberts KR: Perceived physical and emotional trauma as precipitating events in fibromyalgia Associations with health care seeking and ... stress and fibromyalgia We have shown that activities of several endocrine axes and neurotransmitters change in parallel in both fibromyalgia and stress In particular, there are decreased basal levels ... McBeth J, Silman AJ, Ray D, Macfarlane GJ: A population based study of chronic widespread pain andthe hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis: results from a pilot study [abstract] Rheumatology...
... T, Banavali S, Arora B, Sharma D, Kurkure PA, Ramadwar M, Viswanathan S, Rangarajan V, Qureshi S, Deshpande DD, Shrivastava SK, Dinshaw KA: Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma in Children: Comparison of ... ago as part of multimodality treatment of an acute lymphoblastic leukaemia About four years later he presented with an anaplastic astrocytoma and therefore received external beam radiation to the ... patients received adjuvant radiotherapy and two patients radiotherapy only (cases #29, #7) One boy with alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma ofthe nasal cavity was treated twice due to local relapse (case...
... injury and possible alterations in the clotting cascade, chemotherapy agents such as cisplatin have the ability to affect coagulability and cause vascular injury, two aspects of Virchow's triad Thus, ... http://www.ro-journal.com/content/1/1/14 Peters WA, et al.: Concurrent chemotherapy and pelvic radiation therapy compared with pelvic radiation therapy alone as adjuvant therapy after radical surgery in high -risk ... high -risk earlystage cancerofthe cervix Journal of Clinical Oncology 2000, 18(8):1606-1613 Rose PG, et al.: Concurrent cisplatin-based radiotherapy and chemotherapy for locally advanced cervical cancer...
... [67] Andrographolide (Andrographis paniculata), [62] and neem (Azadirachta indica), [57] as well as the Siddha combination therapy RAN (Rasagandhi mezhuga, Amukkara chooranum and Nellikkai lehyam).[6] ... Srikumar R, Parthasarathy NJ, Shankar EM, Manikandan S, Vijayakumar R, Thangaraj R, Vijayananth K, Sheeladevi R, Rao UA: Evaluation ofthe growth inhibitory activities of Triphala against common bacterial ... at the RAND Corpo- Page of (page number not for citation purposes) AIDS Research and Therapy 2008, 5:25 ration for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, andthe authors of this RAND review...
... by MAB, WTS, CSC and CTH BRC and RHA carried out the assays for oxaliplatin-dependent platelet antibody All authors participated in drafting and editing the manuscript All authors read and approved ... Coagulation panel and bilirubin were also within the normal reference range HIV, hepatitis B and C screening, and ANA analysis were all negative The possibility ofa platelet transfusion was offered and ... Page of therapy: a rare but potentially fatal complication Support Care Cancer 2007, 15(1):89-93 Gammon D, Bhargava P, McCormick MJ: Hypersensitivity reactions to oxaliplatin andthe application...
... differential diagnosis can be narrowed down to AAM, AMF, and SFT as follows: (1) AAM has a highly infiltrative pattern Conclusion Cellular AF is a benign neoplasm ofthe scrotal and inguinal area, is ... expression of CD34 (vascular origin), 21% have spinal muscular atrophy (epithelial and/ or glandular origin), and 8% reveal desmin (muscular origin) [3] In our patient, the mass was an AF of vascular ... fibroblasts, andof vascular origin A safe initial diagnosis is difficult because of its location, nature, and correlation with other structures ofthe area It can easily be confused with a hernia,...