Malignant tumours of the spine present special problems in management because of the danger of spinal cord involvement. In these cases operation may have a double role, in diagnosis and in treatment. There is in the literature little mention of lateral approaches in the treatment of such lesions, so an account of our experience may prove of interest. Whatever influence radiotherapy and chemothe...

Eclipsing binary stars are gratifying objects because of their unique geometrical properties upon which all important physical parameters such as masses, radii, temperatures, luminosities and distance may be obtained in absolute scale. This poses strict demand on the model to be free of systematic effects that would influence the results later used for calibrations, catalogs and evolution theor...

Background: In this study, we explored the relationship between                  neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and grade 3 or higher treatment related small bowel toxicity and treatment outcome of patients with rectal cancer undergoing capecitabine and concurrent intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT). Materials and Methods: From the year of 2012 to 2013, 117 rectal cancer patients who ...

It is exceptionally gratifying to see someone with the authority of Irwin Fridovich stating (Fridovich, 2004) so emphatically in a leading biogerontology journal what mitochondriologists have been telling gerontologists for well over a decade, viz. that only ∼ 0.1% of electrons are 'fumbled' by the mammalian respiratory chain in normal circumstances. The perpetuation of the higher estimate in s...

Palatine." It is also through the generosity of the editor of The British Dental Journal that I can publish Plate H from an article by the late Mr. A. T. Pitts. I cannot conclude this paper without expressing my gratitude to the anaesthetists, especially Dr. Geddes, for their cooperation in these operations. I should like to say how much the good results and low mortality have been contributed ...

Autophagy is an evolutionarily conserved process that degrades large cellular components and plays a critical role in maintaining cellular homeostasis. This year, the ASCI recognizes seminal work in the field by Beth Levine (Figure 1) of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center with its annual Stanley J. Korsmeyer Award. The prize honors Levine for her groundbreaking studies that fir...

By serving and gratifying clients, the hospitality business has a significant potential to stimulate economic growth increase shareholder wealth. The study's primary goal is examine how SME financing affected Bangladesh's growing hotel sector. Growth in services jobs are important SMHE development determinants. theoretical model displays researcher conceptualized relationships between variables...

Understanding customer co-creation experience in mobile commerce helps business to tailor their offerings, improves engagement, and cultivates long-lasting brand relationships, ultimately leading success the competitive digital marketplace. Anchoring service-dominant logic self-determination theory framework, this study aims investigate customers’ internal stimuli as antecedents of its impact o...

Analyzing the dynamic evolution and regional differences of level high-quality economic social development based on perspective long time can be beneficial for informing effect economy in China. This study builds a evaluation index system oriented to five directions. To deepen analysis, TOPSIS entropy is used measure 31 provinces China from 2000 2019, considering temporal characteristics laws f...