OBJECTIVE Umbilical cord blood (UCB) has been a reasonable alternative to granulocyte colony-stimulating factor-mobilized peripheral blood or bone marrow, as a source of hematopoietic stem cells with a lower risk of graft-versus-host disease. In immunocompromised hosts after transplantation, the risk of viral infection in adults, especially with beta-herpesviruses such as human herpesvirus-7 (H...

The effects of major mineral salts, L-glutamine, myo-inositol and carbon source on shoot bud proliferation of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) cv. Mejhoul were evaluated. Different concentrations of ammonium nitrate (NH4NO3; 550, 825 or 1650 mg/L), potassium nitrate (KNO3; 633.3, 950 or 1900 mg/L), calcium chloride dehydrate (CaCl2·2H2O; 147, 220 or 440 mg/L), potassium dihydrogen phosphate (...

OBJECTIVE Here, we investigated the factors associated with long diagnostic delay in celiac disease and the impact of the national Current Care Guidelines in reducing the delay. MATERIAL AND METHODS This population-based study involved 825 adult celiac disease patients. The diagnosis was considered delayed when the interval between first symptoms and diagnosis was >10 years. The patients were...

BACKGROUND Results of a dynamic multimodality mapping study showed no lymphatic drainage of the lateral bladder wall to the contralateral internal iliac region. OBJECTIVES To validate whether pathoanatomical mapping in bladder cancer (BC) patients can confirm these results. METHODS Between 01/2000 and 07/2013, 825 BC patients preoperatively staged ≥pT1 and without clinical signs of metastas...

Pre-cessation reduction is associated with quitting smoking. However, many smokers reduce the amount consumed but may not quit altogether. Using a representative sample of adult current daily smokers, this project explored future intentions of smokers regarding cigarette consumption. This information is important because it can provide a framework within which to plan tobacco cessation initiati...

In the I = 0 sector there are more scalar mesons than can fit in one qq nonet. Consequently, many have claimed that there is in fact more than one multiplet, perhaps both qq and qqqq. Such proposals require the existence of at least two strange isodoublets (and their antiparticles). The current PDG Tables list just one state, the K∗ 0 (1430), while fits to data with Breit-Wigner forms and varia...

Process studies and improvement efforts typically call for new instrumentation on the process in order to collect the data they have deemed necessary. This can be intrusive and expensive, and resistance to the extra workload often foils the study before it begins. The result is neither interesting new knowledge nor an improved process. In many organizations, however, extensive historical proces...

Approximately 40% of patients with Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) develop recurrence or metastasis. Early detection can result in better outcomes, and effective surveillance is critical MCC management. We assessed whether circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) accurately detect clinically evident and/or occult MCC. used the SignateraTM platform which tumor-specific mutations are identified from archival tu...