colorectal cancer (crc) is a third most common epithelial carcinoma. crc is known to develop from the early precancerous lesion to full blown malignancy via definite phases due to cumulative mutations and aberrant methylation of number of genes. the use of serum biomarkers that is non-invasive to discriminate cancer patients from healthy persons will prove to be an important tool to improve the...

The purpose of this section is to give an overview on smart cards used in the telecommunications field by detailing the main building blocks, their functions and how they are related to each other. Generally speaking, smart cards belong to the group of identification cards using a ID--1 format formally defined in ISO Standard 7810, Identification Cards -Physical Characteristics. This standard s...

Learning skull radiography techniques is time consuming and difficult, due to the variety of these techniques. Each year, poor employee performance of the radiology unit, impose repetitive radiographs, and a heavy burden on the health system, as well as double exposure of patients and staff. According to the results of the current investigation, comparing student’s opinions revealed that ...

colorectal cancer is an emerging public health problem in indonesia and currently ranks among the three highest cancers. lack of a colonoscopy screening and lifestyle changes might contribute to it. in the last few decades, there is an increasing interest towards the contribution of genetic-environment interaction in colorectal carcinogenesis. some studies have indicated that crc might develop ...

This study investigated the relationship between reported out-of-body experiences, certain psychological variables and personality characteristics. One hundred and sixtyseven participants completed a series of questionnaires to investigate differences amongst those participants reporting out-of-body experiences and those who were classified as believers or non-believers on: fantasy proneness, p...

The impact on health status of hypnosis was investigated in a primary care NHS GP surgery clinic, with referrals from a Local Health Care Cooperative (LHCC) with 85,000 patients. The Medical Outcomes Study Short Form-36 Health Survey (SF36) pre and post treatment was completed by patients referred with mental health problems, medical problems and for smoking cessation. One hundred and fifteen p...

background: screening rates for colorectal cancer (crc) are increasing nationwide including tennessee (tn); however, their up‑to‑date status is unknown. the objective of this study is to determine the trends and characteristics of tn adults who are up‑to‑date status with crc screening during 2002‑2008. methods: we examined data from the tn behavioral risk factor surveillance system for 2002, 20...