BACKGROUND Natural polymers serve as cheap, non-toxic, biocompatible excipients in drug delivery. OBJECTIVES Starch from wheat (Triticum aestivum) was investigated as a disintegrant in metronidazole tablet formulations in comparison with sodium starch glycolate (SSG), a standard, synthetic but relatively more expensive disintegrant. MATERIAL AND METHODS Native wheat starch (NAS) was modifie...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The Scandinavian Sarcoma Group (SSG) XIV protocol is based on experience from previous SSG trials and other osteosarcoma intergroup trials, and has been considered the best standard of care for patients with extremity localized, non-metastatic osteosarcoma. We analyzed the outcome in 63 consecutive patients. Patients and methods From 2001 through 2005, 63 patients recruit...

We investigated the exercise intensity and fitness effects of frequent school-based low-volume high-intensity training for 10 months in 8-10-year-old children. 239 Danish 3rd-grade school children from four schools were cluster-randomised into a control group (CON, n = 116) or two training groups performing either 5 × 12 min/wk small-sided football plus other ball games (SSG, n = 62) or interva...

MOTIVATION Microarrays provide an accurate and cost-effective method for genotyping large numbers of individuals at high resolution. The resulting data permit the identification of loci at which genetic variation is associated with quantitative traits, or fine mapping of meiotic recombination, which is a key determinant of genetic diversity among individuals. Several issues inherent to short ol...

BACKGROUND The prognostic significance of tumor size in gastric cancer is not well defined. The objective of this study was to identify the prognostic value of tumor size in patients with gastric cancer. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed a total of 1800 patients with gastric cancer admitted to our hospital between 1997 and 2007. These patients were divided into two groups according to tumor...

The aim was to evaluate the clinical impact of P-glycoprotein in primary non-metastatic high-grade osteosarcoma patients, treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy protocols. P-glycoprotein was assessed by immunohistochemistry on paraffin-embedded tissue samples collected at time of diagnosis from 94 osteosarcoma patients, treated with the Italian Sarcoma Group/Scandinavian Sarcoma Group 1 (ISG/SSG...

Founded in 2002 by Mario Latendresse and coordinated by the author from 2005, the SSG (Shroud Science Group on Yahoo!) is currently a group of 147 scholars mostly from USA, composed of academics, researchers and scholars. In September 2002, pushed by the author, Emanuela Marinelli formed a mailing list named SDP (Shroud Debate Project), consisting of a dozen Shroud scholars, that began a scient...

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect and difference between small side games (SSG) with tournament (SSGT) on aerobic endurance (endurance) skills in playing football. method used research is a quasi experimental design random pretest-posttest control group design. instrument HTPE (The Handball Tactical Performance) measure while Bronco test endurance. results showed that there ...

Driving under the influence (DUI) is one of main causes traffic accidents, often leading to severe life and property losses. Setting up sobriety checkpoints on certain roads most commonly used practice identify DUI-drivers in many countries worldwide. However, setting according police's experiences may not be effective for ignoring strategic interactions between police DUI-drivers, particularly...