Various classifications of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) based on RNA profiling resulted in two main subtypes. Kalimuthu and coworkers proposed a morphology-based classification that concurred with these Immune therapy approaches PDAC were so far disappointing. Morphologic subtypes may differ regarding key immune-oncology pathways. We aimed to examine the reproducibility prognostic va...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the effectiveness technological innovation as a strategy for driving competitive advantage and increasing market share in Namibian banking sector. Design/methodology/approach A comprehensive literature review was done with collaboration quantitative research approach draw data relating innovations their impact on advantage. Employees at Nedbank ...

The Food and Nutrition Board (FNB) of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences (Washington DC, USA) recently published definitions for ‘dietary’, ‘functional’, and ‘total’ fibre (Institute of Medicine, 2002). Dietary fibre consists of non-digestible carbohydrates and lignin, which are intrinsic and intact in plants. Functional fibre consists of isolated, nondigestible carbo...

Hip fractures are a common injury in the elder population with over 250,000 cases in 2010 occurring in patients of age 65 and older [1]. Hip fractures are estimated to cost nearly 2.9 billion dollars per year [2]. Adding to these costs are the potential problems that can complicate elder patients’ hospital course such as urinary tract infections and the development of delirium. In fact, deliriu...

Background and Objectives Staphylococcus aureus is one of the major causes of bovine mastitis, which can be transmitted from animals to humans. Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) isolates are more attentive and if not treated promptly, they can cause death. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of methicillin resistance and frequency of selected virulence factors of S. aureu...

Reliable segmentation of cell nuclei from microscopic images is an important task in many medical studies. This paper present a novel method for the segmentation of cell nuclei from microscopic images based on fuzzy clustering and ellipse fitting algorithm. It was designed specifically to segment nuclei in breast cancer FNB (Fine Needle Biopsy) cytological images. The segmentation approach take...