By SANDY COYNER Thresher Staff Reporter More than 500 Rice students walked quietly in a single file around the academic quadrangle fo r f i f teen minutes yesterday afternoon, to demonstrate their interest in a statement bearing 1000 signatures which was presented to University President K. S. Pitzer's office by five members of the Student Affai rs Committee. Although the students were heckled ...

Review content summary This systematic review of 117 studies aimed to determine the risks and benefits of mammography screening for women 40 to 49 years of age. Participants studied were women 40 to 49 years of age. To be included, studies were systematic reviews, randomized-controlled trials, and observational studies. When possible, reviewers focused on evidence from studies featuring specifi...

The societal value of mammographic screening in women 40-49 years old is a controversial topic that is subject as much to emotional rhetoric as to scientific insight. This controversy is reflected in part in differences in screening guidelines developed by professional, voluntary, and government organizations. Early results from epidemiologic studies did not demonstrate conclusively that mammog...

New synonymies in the genus Spilogona Schnabl, 1911 are proposed: S. novaesibiriae (Frey, 1915) = S. obsoleta (Malloch, 1920), syn. nov.; S. trianguligera (Zetterstedt, 1838) = S. setinervis (Huckett, 1932), syn. nov. Spilogona trianguligera and S. tendipes (Malloch, 1920) are newly recorded from Greenland, and S. trianguligera also from W Siberia. The female of S. vikhrevi Sorokina, 2010 is de...

By SUSAN BRIDGES Thresher Editorial Staff University President K. S. Pitzer today dismissed Hugh Rice Kelly's appeal fo r hearing toy an impartial cqmmittee in the case of disciplinary action taken against him. Pitzer did this by confirming the action of Dean of Students S. W. Higginbotham in placing Kelly on probation and removing him f rom the editorship of the Thresher. He stated in a let te...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of colorectal lesions in persons 40 to 49 years of age, as identified on colonoscopy, has not been determined. METHODS We reviewed the procedure and pathology reports for 906 consecutive persons 40 to 49 years of age who voluntarily participated in an employer-based screening-colonoscopy program. The histologic features of lesions that were identified and removed on ...

The purpose of this review is to discuss particular shielding problems related to highenergy machines that are not covered in NCRP report No. 49. These include calculating the dose at the end of a maze due to neutrons and capture rays, consideration of high-energy direct-shielded doors, and laminated primary shielding. The impact of special procedures such as IMRT, TBI, and SRS will also be dis...

OBJECTIVE To assess findings of mammography of and interventions resulting from breast cancer screening in women aged 40-49 years with no increased risk (typical risk) of breast cancer. METHODS This cross-sectional study evaluated women aged 40-49 years who underwent mammography screening in a mastology reference center in Recife, PE, Northeastern Brazil, between January 2010 and October 2011. ...