nétics for prepackaged emergency contraceptive pills. The application was approved, and the company began marketing the product (under the trade name Preven) in September 1998. This development presumably indicates a more open and positive policy climate for emergency contraception, and the product should lead to standardization of postcoital contraception service delivery at the clinic level. ...

The c-Myc oncogenic transcription factor (Myc) is pathologically activated in many human malignancies. Myc is known to directly upregulate a pro-tumorigenic group of microRNAs (miRNAs) known as the miR-17–92 cluster. Through the analysis of human and mouse models of B cell lymphoma, we show here that Myc regulates a much broader set of miRNAs than previously anticipated. Unexpectedly, the predo...

Multitask Learning is an approach to inductive transfer that improves generalization by using the domain information contained in the training signals of related tasks as an inductive bias. It does this by learning tasks in parallel while using a shared representation; what is learned for each task can help other tasks be learned better. This paper reviews prior work on MTL, presents new eviden...

This study aimed to investigate the effects of polymorphisms of the flavin-containing mono-oxygenase 3 (FMO3) and flavin-containing mono-oxygenase 6 (FMO6) genes on the pharmacokinetics of sulindac sulfide, the active metabolite of sulindac, in patients with preterm labor. Ten single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were genotyped, and plasma sulindac sulfide concentrations were measured at 0, 1...

This study aimed to investigate the effects of polymorphisms of the flavin-containing mono-oxygenase 3 (FMO3) and flavin-containing mono-oxygenase 6 (FMO6) genes on the pharmacokinetics of sulindac sulfide, the active metabolite of sulindac, in patients with preterm labor. Ten single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were genotyped, and plasma sulindac sulfide concentrations were measured at 0, 1...

On a nonstandard two-parametric quantum algebra and its connections with U p,q (gl(2)) and U p,q (gl(1|1)) Abstract. A quantum algebra U p,q (ζ, H, X ±) associated with a nonstandard R-matrix with two deformation parameters(p, q) is studied and, in particular, its universal R-matrix is derived using Reshetikhin's method. Explicit construction of the (p, q)-dependent nonstandard R-matrix is obta...

ITE JOURNAL / FEBRUARY 2002 TOLL FACILITIES CANNOT BE CLASsified under the same pretenses as normal freeway segments or signalized intersections because of the unique characteristics associated with toll plazas being integrated within the system. Therefore, it is difficult to examine the operational conditions and accurately report the benefits of toll facilities to the public in terms they can...

Volume 30, Number 1, January/February 1998 swers into a laptop computer. A revised questionnaire using CAPI was pretested between October and December 1993. About 800 eligible women were selected, and 500 were interviewed. The pretest was an experiment, which compared results for women who received incentives with results for women who did not. Incentives increased response rates, reduced costs...