1Urology Specialists of America, 2100 Marble Cliff Office Park, Suite A, Columbus, OH 43215-1056, USA 2 Institute of Pathological Anatomy and Histopathology, School of Medicine, Polytechnic University of the Marche Region (Ancona), United Hospitals, Via Conca, 71, Ancona, 60126 Torrette, Italy 3Arizona Cancer Center, College of Medicine, The University of Arizona, 1515 North Campbell Avenue, Tu...

PURPOSE This study examined the effects of hypohydration and moderate hyperthermia (core temperature elevation) on anaerobic exercise performance in a temperate environment. METHODS Eight active males completed two passive heat exposure trials (180 min, 45 degrees C, 50% rh) with (EUH) and without (HYP) fluid replacement. A single 15-s Wingate anaerobic test (WAnT) was used to assess anaerobi...

The Static Var Compensator (SVC) and the Static Synchronous Compensator (STATCOM), as two components of Flexible AC Transmission System (FACTS) devices, play an important role in controlling the reactive power flow to the power network. Because of economic considerations, identifying the best location for installing the SVC and STATCOM is also important. The FACTS devices placement problem is c...

The article develops an understanding of public deliberations during a peace process, focusing on the interaction between the elite level negotiations and the “public peace process.” It does so by examining the dialogical mechanisms that are set to work in the public sphere once the elite consider the possibility of identifying the former enemies as allies or friends. These dialogical mechanism...

From the *Leuhaemia Research Fund Centre, Institute of Cancer Research, London SW3 6JB; the eMRC Radiobiology Unit, Didcot 0XI10Rs United Kingdom; the $Oncogene and Tumor Suppressor Gene Program, La Jolla Cancer Research Foundation, La Jolla, California 92037; and the IIDepartment of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Washington University School of Medicine...

The objective of the study was to determine growth pattern clam Potamocorbula faba inhabited estuarine Permisan Bay, Indonesia by using Linear Allometric Model (LAM). Its also evaluated length-weight relationships (LWR) and Fulton’s condition factor (K–value). A total 7 996 specimens with length intervals 3.5 mm 17 weight 0.013 g 0.636 were collected from nine sites in Bay. Based on (LWR), equa...

The slum is not only a manifestation of mismanaged urban planning in the countries of the South. The existence of slums worldwide is also a sign that the slum is a crucial element of contemporary urbanisation. This article will attempt to define this phenomenon and understand its causes. Adequate policy responses are then suggested. Without finding appropriate solutions to the housing problems ...