Since implementing the postdoctoral system in China, number and quality of postdocs have improved greatly. Under policy creating world-class universities, most universities focused unprecedentedly on recruiting fellows, management regulations for become increasingly diverse. Through in-depth interviews with fellows at three a metropolitan city, we found that roles been multidimensional sometime...

Traditional Chinese medicines are sometimes used as an adjunct to radiotherapy or chemotherapy for esophageal cancer. These medicines may have a benefit on the survival and quality of life of patients who have advanced esophageal cancer. Evidence from current studies appears weak due to methodological limitations. Due to conflicting reports, it is difficult to argue for or against the use of tr...

This is a very short description of results in a series of studies of phase position in Ising-like or in~rac~g particle lattice systems which are very convenient for computational purposes. The condition of detailed balance does not hold in general due to the presence of either conflicting kinetics or driving dissipative fields. The systems exhibit interesting behaviour that may sometimes corre...

(See the article by El Sahly et al, on pages 703–12.) Influenza causes significant morbidity and mortality with an estimated 36 000 attributable deaths in the United States annually [1]. Human immunodefi-ciency virus (HIV) infection, specifically , advanced disease (CD4 count ,200 cells/lL), has been associated with excess morbidity and mortality [2]. With the use of combination antiretroviral ...