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The effect of virulence on cultivation of Theileria annulata strains in lymphoid cells which have been cultured in suspension

Delays in the post-marketing withdrawal of drugs to which deaths have been attributed: a systematic investigation and analysis

BACKGROUND Post-marketing withdrawal of medicinal products because of deaths can be occasioned by evidence obtained from case reports, observational studies, randomized trials, or systematic reviews. There have been no studies of the pattern of withdrawals of medicinal products to which deaths have been specifically attributed and the evidence that affects such decisions. Our objectives were to...

Several microbubble ultrasound contrast agents (UCA) have been recently introduced to allow imaging blood perfusion in the mic

Several microbubble ultrasound contrast agents (UCA) have been recently introduced to allow imaging blood perfusion in the microvasculature. Microbubbles exhibit strong linear and nonlinear response to incident ultrasonic beams that can be utilized to increase the contrast-to-tissue ratio (CTR). If successful, this will lead to functional ultrasonic imaging methods. This increased interest in U...

From what might have been to what must have been: counterfactual thinking creates meaning.

Four experiments explored whether 2 uniquely human characteristics-counterfactual thinking (imagining alternatives to the past) and the fundamental drive to create meaning in life-are causally related. Rather than implying a random quality to life, the authors hypothesized and found that counterfactual thinking heightens the meaningfulness of key life experiences. Reflecting on alternative path...

Have Mining Royalties Been Beneficial to Australia?

The ‘Henry tax review’, Australia’s Future Tax System (2010), recommended that royalties be abolished and replaced by a resource rent tax. Regarding abolition, AFTS drew on KPMG Econtech (2010a), a report commissioned by Treasury to investigate the efficiencies of a wide range of Australian taxes, using MM900, a proprietary CGE model. That report estimated that the average excess burden (AEB) o...