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Prevalence of liver disease and infection by hepatitis B, Delta virus, and human immunodeficiency virus in two Spanish penitentiaries
We studied the prevalence of liver disease and the carrier state for hepatitis B (HBV), delta virus (HDV) and HIV-1 infection in two Valencian penitentiaries, one for males and the other for females. Serologic...
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Choroid plexus tumours in children. Review of 24 cases
24 cases of choroid plexus tumours (16 papillomas and 8 carcinomas) were observed in the Department of Paediatric Neurosurgery, HÔpital des Enfants de la Timone, Marseille France between 1975 and 1989. The cas...
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Effect of the Quality of Infused Energy on Substrate Utilization in the Newborn Receiving Total Parenteral Nutrition
ABSTRACT: Newborn infants (n = 26), subdivided into three groups in which only the nonprotein energy was manipulated, were studied during continuously administered total parenteral nutrition. Nonprotein energy in...
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Activities of the European Laboratory for Structural Assessment for Seismic Risk Reduction in Europe
The European Commission contributes to Seismic Risk Reduction (SRR) in Europe through research actions performed by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) that is in charge of the European Laboratory for Structural A...
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A Goal Programming Scheme to Determine the Budget Assignment among the Hospitals of a Sanitary System
We develop a model in order to assign resources to public hospitals when the decision center has multiple objectives. This way, it will be possible to quantify the potential existing conflicts among the object...
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Use of concurrent G-CSF + GM-CSF vs G-CSF alone for mobilization of peripheral blood stem cells in children with malignant disease
There is limited experience in the mobilization of peripheral blood progenitor cells (PBPC) in children and the optimal method for PBPC mobilization is unknown. The present study was conducted to ascertain whe...
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Heavy metal pollution in a rhodic ferralsol of Cuba
Because of their fertility, productivity and extension, Rhodic Ferralsol are the most important agricultural soils in Cuba and receive, year after year, large quantities of fertilisers and pesticides. Neverthe...
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A Decision Model, via Integer Goal Programming, for Hiring and Promoting Staff in the Departments of a University
The policies Spanish Universities have followed for decades to hire and promote staff in University departments has caused serious structural problems, making it difficult to achieve quality teaching and resea...
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Cerebral and spinal cord involvement resulting from invasive aspergillosis
Although central nervous system involvement in disseminated aspergillosis is known to occur in immunocompromised patients, particularly after bone marrow transplantation, localized involvement of the spinal co...
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Liquefaction and fluidization structures in Messinian storm deposits (Bajo Segura Basin, Betic Cordillera, southern Spain)
Synsedimentary deformation structures are recognized in Upper Miocene deposits of the eastern Betic Cordillera (SE Spain). A singular stratigraphic section in these deposits shows several levels with soft-sedi...
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Use of Voriconazole to Successfully Treat Disseminated Trichosporon asahii Infection in a Patient with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia
Trichosporon spp. is an emerging fungal pathogen in immunocompromised hosts, and disseminated infection is often fatal in neutropenic patients. Reported here is a case of disseminated infection in a neutropenic ...
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Simulation of Cross-Sectional Nanoindentation in Interconnect Structures with Cohesive Elements
The thermo-mechanical robustness of interconnect structures is a key reliability concern for integrated circuits. The miniaturization process and the package/silicon interaction result in an increase of the th...
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Epigenetic silencing of HSulf-1 in ovarian cancer:implications in chemoresistance
To investigate the mechanism by which HSulf-1 expression is downregulated in ovarian cancer, DNA methylation and histone acetylation of HSulf-1 was analysed in ovarian cancer cell lines and primary tumors. Tre...
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A role for candidate tumor-suppressor gene TCEAL7 in the regulation of c-Myc activity, cyclin D1 levels and cellular transformation
The pathophysiological mechanisms that drive the development and progression of epithelial ovarian cancer remain obscure. Recently, we identified TCEAL7 as a transcriptional regulatory protein often downregula...
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Ecotoxicological evaluation for the screening of areas polluted by mining activities
The aim of this study was to evaluate the applicability of three bioassays representing multiple trophic levels, for the preliminary ecotoxicological screening of sediments from sites contaminated by mining ac...
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The challenge of optimizing expensive black boxes: a scatter search/rough set theory approach
There is renewed interest in the development of effective and efficient methods for optimizing models of which the optimizer has no structural knowledge. This is what in the literature is referred to as optimi...
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Alveolar recruitment with non-invasive mechanical ventilation (C-PAP) in patients with nonobstructive respiratory failure
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Planning federal public investment in Mexico using multiobjective decision making
The scope of this article is showing how multicriteria decision making can be an efficient tool to manage public investment planning in complex situations. For this aim, we will analyse the problem in all its ...
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Monitoring the polymerization process of polypyrrole films by thermogravimetric and X-ray analysis
The thermal behavior of different synthesized polypyrrole (Ppy) composites was studied in order to obtain quantitative information about the synthesis process and qualitative information about thermal stabilit...
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Open AccessHand hygiene improvement program in the Canary Islands, Spain
