Interleukin-17 (IL-17) is a pro-inflammatory cytokine secreted by activated T-cells. Recently discovered related molecules are forming a family of cytokines, the IL-17 family. The prototype member of the family has been designated IL-17A. Due to recent advances in the human genome sequencing and proteomics five additional members have been identified and cloned: IL-17B, IL-17C, IL-17D, IL-17E a...

Early intervention by teams specialising in the treatment of early psychosis has been suggested to enhance outcome in the early phase of psychotic illness. Two papers in the Journal address this topic. The first examines the cost-effectiveness of these services, while the second examines the 5-year outcome of one such service. McCrone and colleagues (pp. 377–382) report that although their spec...

Data on the epizootiological status of foot and mouth disease (FMD) in all districts of Saudi Arabia were obtained through responses to a specifically-designed questionnaire from field veterinarians working in different Directorates of Agriculture throughout the country. Suspected clinical occurrence of the disease was reported in seventeen of the twenty-three Directorates. The animal species a...

Under the deepening globalization, Vietnam is striving for the national goal of industrialization and modernization, a goal widely shared by other developing and transition countries. After seventeen years since the inception of the doi moi reform, and after roughly a decade of serious international integration, Vietnam is still not prepared to take full advantage of trade and investment libera...

The potential of instability indices in assessing atmospheric instability is examined for the areas of Attica, Thessaly and Central Aegean and Crete, Greece. Generally, many indices have been developed to estimate the troposphere’s stability for forecasting purposes. At this study several instability indices, commonly used in Meteorology, are computed based on radiosonde data. Firstly, the indi...

Hands on Health Understanding manual therapy is a concise, and easily understood reference for those interested in learning the basics about manual therapy, its practitioners, applications and concepts. The book is divided into seventeen short and lucidly written chapters, covering topics ranging from basic anatomy of the musculoskeletal system to the controversial aspects of this mode of treat...