Thyroid cancer is the most common of the endocrine malignancies and it represents <1% of all human tumors. The annual incidence of thyroid cancer varies considerably by geographic area, age and sex. A recent review reported an overall incidence of all types of thyroid cancer in the USA of 7.7 per 100 000 person-years, with rates of 11.3 per 100 000 woman-years and 4.1 per 100 000 man-years [1]....

stability and safety analysis of dams is a subject which has been studied in recent years by several researchers. researchers have used various methods and models for studying the stability of the dam. several methods are proposed for the analysis of earth dams under earthquakes. some of these methods are viscoelastic methods and semi static methods. each of these methods can be used as an appr...

Abstract We provide stability estimates, obtained by implementing the Nekhoroshev theorem, in reference to orbital motion of a small body (satellite or space debris) around Earth. consider Hamiltonian model, averaged over fast angles, including $$J_2$$ J 2 geopotential ...

drug and health literacy is a key determinant of health outcomes. there are several tools to assess drug and health literacy. the objective of this article is to determine drug literacy level and its relationships with other factors using a single screening tool. a cross- sectional survey was conducted among 1104 people in qazvin province, iran. based on the proportional-to-size method, partici...

OBJECTIVE Adherence with bisphosphonates therapy is generally low. Enhancing adherence with bisphosphonates would be effective in achieving the full benefits of therapy albeit a growth in the expenditure for supporting incremented drug use is expected. The cost-effectiveness of enhancing adherence with oral bisphosphonates in a large population of osteoporotic women has been assessed in the cur...