aim : evaluation of biological characteristics of 13 identified proteins of patients with cirrhotic liver disease is the main aim of this research.   background : in clinical usage, liver biopsy remains the gold standard for diagnosis of hepatic fibrosis. evaluation and confirmation of liver fibrosis stages and severity of chronic diseases require a precise and noninvasive biomarkers. since the...

david lawrence sackett, oc, md, frsc, frcp was an american-canadian physician, trialist, and teacher. he is best known as one of the pioneers of evidence-based medicine (ebm), which is arguably the most important movement in medicine over the past three decades. he founded the first clinical epidemiology department in mcmaster university in hamilton, canada in 1967. in addition, he was the head...

We introduce a simple generalization of G ardenfors and Makinson’s epistemic entrenchment called partial entrenchment. We show that preferential inference can be generated as the sceptical counterpart of an inference mechanism de ned directly on partial entrenchment.

On the incorporation of length scales associated with pearlitic and bainitic microstructures into a visco-plastic self-consistent model D. Canadinc a,∗,1, H. Sehitoglu a,1, H.J. Maier b,2, P. Kurath a,1 a University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, 1206 W. Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801, United States b University of Paderborn, Lehrstuhl f. Werk...