BACKGROUND The effect of hypertension on mortality was examined in 5284 Pima Indians, 1698 of whom had type 2 diabetes at baseline or developed it during follow-up. METHODS AND RESULTS During a median follow-up of 12.2 years (range, 0.01 to 24.8 years), 470 nondiabetic subjects and 488 diabetic subjects died. In the nondiabetic subjects, 45 of the deaths were due to cardiovascular disease, 20...

Dry root rot (DRR) caused by Rhizoctonia bataticola [(Taub.) Butler] is an emerging disease of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) and a serious constraint to production in warm arid regions. To identify the genomic regions conferring resistance DRR, total 182 F9 derived Recombinant Inbred Lines (RILs) were developed from cross between susceptible line BG 212 moderately resistant breeding ICCV 08305....

Abstract. Greenspaces within broader ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction (Eco-DRR) strategies provide multiple benefits to society, biodiversity, and addressing climate breakdown. In this study, we investigated urban growth, its intersection with hazards, the availability of greenspace for (DRR) in city Quito, Ecuador, which experiences hazards including landslides, floods, volcanoes, earth...

Crises and disasters are windows of opportunity to learn transform toward enhancing disaster risk reduction (DRR) resilience. However, a poor understanding community resilience the social dimensions risk, lack methodology engage empower in society, business-as-usual together limit implementation effective DRR resilience-building strategies. In this reflection paper, we discuss main elements par...

PURPOSE To evaluate gold marker displacement due to needle insertion during HDR-brachytherapy for therapy of prostate cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS 18 patients entered into this prospective evaluation. Three gold markers were implanted into the prostate during the first HDR-brachytherapy procedure after the irradiation was administered. Three days after marker implantation all patients had a C...

The design of efficient gossip-based protocols for computing aggregate functions in wireless sensor network has received considerable attention recently. A primary reason for this surge in interest is their robustness due to their randomized nature. In addition, because of the inherent simplicity in their design, gossip-based protocols are suitable to be implemented on sensor nodes with limited...

BACKGROUND Complex humanitarian emergencies are characterised by a break-down of health systems. All-cause mortality increases and non-violent excess deaths (predominantly due to infectious diseases) have been shown to outnumber violent deaths even in exceptionally brutal conflicts. However, affected populations are very heterogeneous and refugees, internally displaced persons (IDPs) and reside...

BACKGROUND Exhaled nitric oxide (eNO), which has been proposed as a measure of airway inflammation, is increased in atopic subjects. This raises the question of whether eNO provides any additional information about airway inflammation in asthmatic subjects, other than as a marker for atopy. A study was undertaken to determine whether eNO levels in a population of atopic children are associated ...

BACKGROUND In this pilot study we evaluated the performance of a substitute CT (s-CT) image derived from MR data of the brain, as a basis for optimization of intensity modulated rotational therapy, final dose calculation and derivation of reference images for patient positioning. METHODS S-CT images were created using a Gaussian mixture regression model on five patients previously treated wit...