The morphology studies of the interlayer surface (0001) were carried out by method scanning tunneling microscopy in n–Bi1.6Sb0.4Te2.94Se0.06, n- Bi1.8Sb0.2Te2.82Se0.09S0.09, p-Bi0.8Sb1.2Te2.91Se0.09 and p-Bi0.7Sb1.3Te2.91Se0.09 solid solutions. On (0001), impurity native defects found (vacancies tellurium, antisite defects, adatoms), formed compositions due to substitutions atoms Bi2Te3 sublatt...

558 Background: Breast cancer rarely occurs in young women. There is limited knowledge about prognosis, and treatment effects in the population with node negative disease, largely dependent upon older series and extrapolation of data from older age cohorts. METHODS We evaluated biological features and adjuvant treatment recommendations for 841 premenopausal consecutive patients with pT1-3, pN...

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This study examines the association of stress with performance and health in first-year dental students and changes in the amount and sources of stress over one year. Students at four U.S. dental schools completed the Dental Environment Stress (DES) scale, Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), stress rating, and demographic questions at the start of their first year of school (baseline), 11.7 weeks, an...

OBJECTIVE To assess the features of sleep in preschoolers with ADHD by means of questionnaire and actigraphy. METHOD Twenty-five ADHD and 21 age-matched typically developing (TD) preschool children underwent the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) for ages 1½ to 5 and Pre-School-Age Psychiatric Assessment interview. Sleep was assessed by means of a modified Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children an...