I n t r o d u c t i o n The active residential broker has a significant information advantage over prospective home sellers. It is presumably due to this advantage that sellers find it advantageous to hire brokers. Most commonly, agents are compensated under a fixed-percentage commission arrangement. This contract has been shown to poorly align incentives and to distort risk sharing. We propose...

The objective of the present study was to assess the effect of cyclosporine (CsA) on the pharmacokinetic parameters of mycophenolic acid (MPA), an active mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) metabolite, and to compare with the effect of everolimus (EVR).Anonymized medical records of 404 kidney recipients were reviewed. The main MPA pharmacokinetic parameters (AUC(0-12) and Cmax) were evaluated.The patie...

PURPOSE This study was aimed to investigate the relationship between the allergen components and moderate-to-severe allergic reactions in patients with buckwheat allergy. METHODS Fifteen patients with a history of buckwheat ingestion and a buckwheat specific IgE level≥0.35 kU/L were enrolled. They were divided into 2 groups according to clinical severity scores, with 0-1 being asymptomatic-to...

We show that the CP-violating effect in K vs K̄ → πππ decays differs from that in KL → π π, KL → π π or the semileptonic KL transitions, if there exists CPT violation in K-K̄ mixing. A delicate measurement of this difference in the KTeV experiment and at the φ factory will provide a new test of CPT symmetry in the neutral kaon system. PACS number(s): 11.30. Er, 13.25. Es, 14.40. Aq Typeset using ...

Protein supplementation during human pregnancy does not improve fetal growth and may increase small-for-gestational-age birth rates and mortality. To define possible mechanisms, sheep with twin pregnancies were infused with amino acids (AA group, n = 7) or saline (C group, n = 4) for 4 days during late gestation. In the AA group, fetal plasma leucine, isoleucine, valine, and lysine concentratio...

INTRODUCTION This analysis was conducted to assess the tolerability, safety, and efficacy of brivaracetam (BRV) for adjunctive treatment of focal (partial-onset) seizures in patients aged ≥65 years. METHODS Safety/tolerability and efficacy data for patients aged ≥65 years were pooled from three randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, fixed-dose Phase III studies (NCT00490035, NCT0046426...

BACKGROUND Traditional methods of reporting adverse events in clinical trials are inadequate for modern cancer treatments with chronic administration. Conventional analysis and display of maximum grade adverse events do not capture toxicity profiles that evolve over time or longer lasting, lower grade toxic effects; we aimed to address this shortcoming in this study. METHODS We developed an a...

Backgroud: Older patients with hypertensive blood pressure have a higher risk of cardiovascular complication when compared to younger hypertensives. Echocardiography is the non invasive procedure of choice in the evaluation of the cardiac effects of systemic hypertension. Objective: To study the echocardiographic changes resulting from systemic hypertension in age group between 61-70 years. Met...