The epidemiological features of rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS), an uncommon malignancy composed of cells with histopathologic features of striated muscle, were studied in Pakistan. Incident RMS cases recorded at the Karachi Cancer Registry during 1998 to 2004 were reviewed and to ensure maximum completeness of data, only those registered between 1998 and 2002 were considered for the present study. Two ...

This paper reports on the eff orts to fi nd a method for predicting economic results of companies. The input data fi les consist of 93 profi table companies and 93 bankrupt fi rms. From the total number of 93 fi rms in both categories, data of 72 fi rms served for establishing a classifi cation criterion, and for the rest of 21 fi rms, a prognosis of their economic development was performed. Th...

We present a dynamic general equilibrium model with heterogeneous …rms. Owners of the …rms delegate investment decisions to managers, whose consumption and investment decisions are private information. We solve the optimal contracts and characterize the implied general equilibrium. Our calibrated model has implications on the cross-sectional distribution and time-series dynamics of …rms’investm...

We develop an analytical framework to investigate the competitive implications of personalized pricing and quality allocation (PPQ), whereby rms charge di erent prices and o er di erent qualities to di erent consumers, based on their willingness to pay. We embed PPQ in a model of spatial di erentiation, and show how information about consumer preferences a ects multi-product rms' choices over p...

Suramin is a polysulfonated naphthyl-urea with antineoplastic activity that binds various peptide growth factors. Since we previously demonstrated that insulin-like growth factor II (IGF-II) is an autocrine growth factor in human rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS), we studied the effect of suramin on the growth of human RMS cells. Suramin caused a dose-dependent decrease of RMS cell number grown either in ...

Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) typically arises from skeletal muscle. Currently, RMS in patients with recurrent and metastatic disease have no successful treatment. The molecular pathogenesis of RMS varies based on cancer sub-types. Some embryonal RMS but not other sub-types are driven by sonic hedgehog (Shh) signaling pathway. However, Shh pathway inhibitors particularly smoothened inhibitors are not ...

Rmsl i s one of the series of five ramosus loci in pea (Pisum sativum 1.) in which recessive mutant alleles confer increased branching at basal and aerial vegetative nodes. Shoots of the nonallelic rms l and rms2 mutants are phenotypically similar in most respects. However, we found an up to 40-fold difference in root-sap zeatin riboside ([9R]Z) concentration between rms l and rms2 plants. Comp...

PURPOSE To report on integrated endourology suites (IES), remote monitoring and supervision (RMS) of urology residents and to evaluate patients' opinions, acceptance, and satisfaction level with IES and RMS. PATIENTS AND METHODS Patients undergoing flexible cystoscopy in the IES with RMS were surveyed using a questionnaire. All procedures were performed by junior urology residents (UR-1 level...

Radial mesoporous silica (RMS) sphere was tailor-made for further applications in producing shape-stabilized composite phase change materials (ss-CPCMs) through a facile self-assembly process using CTAB as the main template and TEOS as SiO2 precursor. Novel ss-CPCMs composed of polyethylene glycol (PEG) and RMS were prepared through vacuum impregnating method. Various techniques were employed t...

ODAY, high resolution analog to digital converters (ADC) are often used for precision measurements of voltage and current. The measurement uncertainty of the RMS value of the analog sinusoidal signal depends on the quality of the ADC and on the algorithms used for RMS estimation. This paper will focus only on the algorithms for RMS estimation of the sinusoidal signal. The comparison of classica...