We evaluate here the prevalence of hereditary and familial breast cancer in Southern Finland and the accuracy of patient reports of family history. Breast cancer patients from three different cohorts: young (170), bilateral (118), and unselected (1282) patients, were interviewed for family history. Families fulfilling one uniform selection criterion (at least three firstor seconddegree relative...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the contribution of personal, social and environmental factors to mediating socioeconomic (educational) inequalities in women's leisure-time walking and walking for transport. METHODS A community sample of 1282 women provided survey data on walking for leisure and transport; educational level; enjoyment of, and self-efficacy for, walking; physical activity barriers an...

BACKGROUND Self-employed workers experience occupational stress and may suffer from various mental health disorders. AIMS To assess the mental health, substance use and risk factors for psychological distress in a sample of self-employed lawyers and pharmacists. METHODS A cross-sectional study, using self-completion postal questionnaires, of lawyers and pharmacists. The General Health Quest...

BACKGROUND Adults infected with HIV have increased atherosclerosis potentially associated with both HIV and non-HIV associated factors. We characterized risk factors for atherosclerosis as measured by noninvasive vascular imaging. METHODS AND RESULTS We used B-mode ultrasound to examine levels and correlates of echogenicity and vessel wall thickness of the carotid artery intima-media complex ...

While deterministic nite automata seem to be well understood, surprisingly many important problems concerning nondeterministic nite automata (nfa's) remain open. One such problem area is the study of di erent measures of nondeterminism in nite automata and the estimation of the sizes of minimal nondeterministic nite automata. In this paper the concept of communication complexity is applied in o...

The neutral protease has high potential for industrial applications, and attempts to improve enzyme expression level have important application values. In the present study, a neutral protease-encoding gene, Banpr, was cloned from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens strain K11, and a genetic manipulation method specific for this difficult-to-transform strain was developed for the high-level expression o...

p21 plays an important role in modulating cell cycle control, inducing apoptosis, and inhibiting cell growth, subsequently affecting cancer risk. We investigated the association between two putatively functional single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of p21 (p21 C98A and p21 C70T) among 1282 patients diagnosed with incident squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN) and risk of second...

The long-term hemodynamic effects of a high dietary sodium intake were studied in 10 young normal subjects. After a 4-day diet of 10mEq of sodium and 60 mEq of potassium per day the mean arterial blood pressure (MAP) was 82.3 +/- 15.1 mmHg, the cardiac index (CI) was 2.32 +/- 0.69 liter/min/m2, and total peripheral resistance (TPR) was 1778 +/- 947 dyne sec cm-5. After 4 to 6 days of 200 mEq of...

An efficient reconstruction method for myocardial perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) has been developed which compensates simultaneously for attenuation, scatter, and resolution variation. The scattered photons in the primary-energy-window measurements are approximately removed by subtracting the weighted scatter-energy-window samples. The resolution variation is corre...

Abstract Malariology Immunity is essential for understanding the pathology, treatment & vaccine production. Changes in CD4, haemopoietic cells factors (RBC/HB/PCV/MCV/MCH MCHC) malaria parasites-infected patients were studied at a teaching hospital Enugu, Nigeria. 45 on doctor’s provisional diagnosis of examined Plasmodiuminfections degree parasitaemia (0/+/++/& +++). Positive (+) negat...