A descr ip t ion is an enti ty tha t can be interpre ted as t rue or false of an object , and using fea ture s t ruc tures as descr ipt ions accrues several compu ta t i ona l benefits. In this paper , 1 create an explicit in te rpre ta t ion of a typed feature s t ruc ture used as a descript ion, define the not ion of a satisfiable fe.ature s t ructure , and create a s imple and effective a lg...

The performances of two commonly used diet instruments, the Block and the Willett food frequency questionnaires, were compared with a longer, interviewer-administered diet history. Participants in a case-control study on diet and colon cancer were interviewed between 1990 and 1994 in northern California, Utah, and Minnesota by trained nutritionists using a validated diet history. Two separate s...

Denise Slenter, Martina Kutmon, Ryan Miller, Jonathan Melius, Georg Summer, Chris T. Evelo and Egon L. Willighagen Department of Bioinformatics – BiGCaT, NUTRIM Research School, Maastricht University, The Netherlands Maastricht Centre for Systems Biology (MaCSBio), Maastricht University, The Netherlands Department of Cardiology, Maastricht University, The Netherlands E-mail: ryan.miller @maast...

The material in this report originated in the National Center for Infectious Diseases, Rima F. Khabbaz, MD, Director; Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Denise M. Cardo, MD, Director; Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Steve Monroe, PhD, Acting Director; and National Immunization Program, Anne Schuchat, MD, Director; Epidemiology and Surveillance Division, Alison Mawle, PhD, Act...

patients presenting with nephrotic syndrome with or without nephritic illness rarely come across with the diagnosis of ‘c1q nephropathy’. this entity is purely diagnosed with the help of immunofluorescence like iga nephropathy. clinical presentation is heterogenous, ranging from nephrotic range proteinuria to sub-nephrotic state; and with or without hematuria / renal insufficiency. similarly, t...

background: men, much like women, are faced with age-related menopause-like symptoms as they age. in recent years, increasing attention has been drawn to clinical research into elderly men and their health-related quality of life. the aging male scales (ams) questionnaire is an international tool for assessing the health-related quality of life in elderly men. hence far this questionnaire has n...

Maaret Castrén, MD, PhD*; Per Nordberg, MD*; Leif Svensson, MD, PhD; Fabio Taccone, MD; Jean-Louise Vincent, MD, PhD; Didier Desruelles, MD; Frank Eichwede, MD; Pierre Mols, MD, PhD; Tilmann Schwab, MD; Michel Vergnion, MD; Christian Storm, MD; Antonio Pesenti, MD, PhD; Jan Pachl, MD, PhD; Fabien Guérisse, MD; Thomas Elste, MD; Markus Roessler, MD, DEAA; Harald Fritz, MD; Pieterjan Durnez, MD; ...

The material in this report originated in the National Center for Infectious Diseases, Rima F. Khabbaz, MD, Director; Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Denise M. Cardo, MD, Director; Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Steve Monroe, PhD, Acting Director; and National Immunization Program, Anne Schuchat, MD, Director; Epidemiology and Surveillance Division, Alison Mawle, PhD, Act...