BACKGROUND Many countries, such as Niger, are considering changing their vaccine vial size presentation and may want to evaluate the subsequent impact on their supply chains, the series of steps required to get vaccines from their manufacturers to patients. The measles vaccine is particularly important in Niger, a country prone to measles outbreaks. METHODS We developed a detailed discrete ev...

on the class of honours degree obtained. Quite apart from academic considerations, the symptoms so often impair capacity for social and personal relationships, and in this way impoverish the student's life and keep him from those experiences which would encourage his development. At University College, we have collected some data about the relationship between mental health and student "wastage...

Flexible support of distributed business processes is a characteristic challenge for any workflow management system (WfMS). Scalability at the presence of high loads as well as the capability to dynamically adapt running process instances are essential requirements. Should the latter one be not met, the WfMS will not have the necessary flexibility to cover the wide range of process-oriented app...

Wistar Furth (WF) rats do not develop renal injury after severe reduction of renal mass. Because clinical and animal studies suggested that nitric oxide (NO) deficiency occurs and may contribute to chronic renal disease (CRD), the status of the NO system in WF versus Sprague Dawley (SD) rats was examined with the 5/6 renal ablation/infarction (A/I) model of CRD. Eleven weeks after A/I, SD rats ...

This expression contains two pieces non-calculable within pQCD: the vector meson WF ψ(z,~k) and the differential gluon structure function (DGSF) F(x,~κ, ~ ∆). The principal novelty of this work is that DGSF is now under control. The off-forward DGSF F(x,~κ, ~ ∆) can be linked to the forward DGSF, which has been recently determined from experimental data on F2p in the whole Q domain . This drama...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine the rate and causes of wastage of blood and blood products (packed red cells, plasma, platelets, and cryoprecipitate) in Qazvin hospitals. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study was conducted in all hospitals in Qazvin, including 5 teaching hospitals, 2 social welfare hospitals, 3 private hospitals, 1 charity hospital, and 1 military hospital. Thi...

We have developed a new marker system utilizing rat alloantigens as genetic cellular markers for hepatocytes in genotypic mosaic livers of rats undergoing hepatocarcinogenesis. This marker system has been designed to facilitate the eventual purification of subpopulations of hepatocytes from such livers which contain precursor cells of carcinomas. Thus, a lineage relationship between cells of ea...

Among poliomyelitis eradication activities recommended by WHO are national immunization days. Most campaigns have delivered oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) from fixed sites, reaching 80-90% of target populations. Although house-to-house vaccination provides nearly universal coverage, countries have been reluctant to use this approach because it is considered more costly and logistically difficult...

OBJECTIVE To critically review the literature regarding inherited thrombophilia and recurrent fetal loss. DESIGN English-language literature review. PATIENT(S) Women who experienced repeated pregnancy wastage. INTERVENTION(S) Aspirin, glucocorticoids, heparin, and IV immunoglobulin for the prevention of miscarriage. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S) Live birth, miscarriage, preeclampsia, and preg...

BACKGROUND The clinical applicability of the Revised European-American Lymphoma (R.E.A.L.) Classification has been demonstrated in several retrospective studies. The present, ongoing study was initiated to evaluate the clinical and pathological utility of the R.E.A.L. Classification compared with the Working Formulation (WF) in a prospective fashion, in an unselected patient population treated ...