B etween 1995 and 2025 the prevalence of diabetes is projected to rise from 135 million to 300 million affected worldwide, with the most dramatic increase occurring in developing countries; most of these cases will be type 2 diabetes (1). The highest prevalences are seen in populations with heightened genetic susceptibility, high caloric intake, reduced physical activity, and a subsequent progr...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of thyroid cancer has increased very rapidly in Korea. However, there is no published report focusing on thyroid cancer mortality in Korea. In this study, we aimed to evaluate standardized thyroid cancer mortality using data from Statistics Korea (the Statistical Office of Korea). METHODS Population and mortality data from 1985 to 2010 were obtained from Statistics K...

Forty one cases of laryngeal tuberculosis, accounting for 0.8% of all cases of tuberculosis observed in 1975-1985, are evaluated. The mean age was 53 yrs, the male/female ratio 9:1. In all cases current or earlier pulmonary tuberculosis was noted. The laryngeal sites affected were, in order of frequency: true vocal cords, epiglottis, false cords and laryngeal ventricles, arytenoid and interaryt...

A study was performed to determine the content of benzene in the air and solvents and thinners used by 231 workers in 40 small or large workplaces in Istanbul and Izmit. The benzene value in the air of a tyre cord manufacturing factory where two cases of acute leukaemia were recorded in a six year period was 110 ppm. In nine of 47 thinners (19.1%) the benzene content ranged between 0% and 6.4% ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the changing patterns of HIV infection in women in three units in London. SUBJECTS Three hundred and fifty seven HIV seropositive women who have attended outpatient clinics between 1984 and 1992. METHODS A retrospective review of data obtained from a computerised database and supplemented by direct inspection of the notes. RESULTS The number of newly identified wome...

This paper examines a number of phenomena in German phonology that bear on the theory of Lexical Phonology (Kiparsky 1982, 1985, Halle/Mohanan 1985, Halle/Vergnaud 1987a, b). It is argued that in order to account for these phenomena, it is not necessary to assume an interleaving between morphological and phonological processes, as in the version of Lexical Phonology of Kiparsky (1982, 1985) and...

This paper is concerned with the issue of substitution between formal and informal care in Britain between  and . This period provides the conditions for a ‘natural experiment’ in social policy. During the late s/early s, there was an increase in long-stay residential care for older people, which came to an end around the mid-s. The paper examines whether this increase in fo...