BACKGROUND Predictor factors determining complete response to treatment are still not clearly defined. We aimed to evaluate clinicopathological features, risk factors, treatment responses, and survival analysis of patient with advanced nonseminomatous GCTs (NSGCTs). MATERIALS AND METHODS Between November 1999 and September 2011, 140 patients with stage II and III NSGCTs were referred to our i...

Petroleum-derived compounds, including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), commonly occur as complex mixtures in the environment. Recent studies using the zebrafish experimental model have shown that PAHs are toxic to the embryonic cardiovascular system, and that the severity and nature of this developmental cardiotoxicity varies by individual PAH. In the present study we characterize the ...

Malignant ovarian germ cell tumors (MOGCT) are rare neoplasms that most frequently occur in women at a young reproductive age. There have been limited data regarding this disease from Southeast Asian countries. We therefore conducted a retrospective study to analyze the clinical characteristics and the treatment outcomes of MOGCT treated at our institute between January, 2003 and December, 2012...

Interaction with a mobile device remains difficult because of the inherent physical limitations of the devices – they are small. This difficulty is particularly evident for mobile search. If documents were extensively interlinked then fewer searches might be needed, and browsing might be improved. If these links targeted a best entry point (BEP) within a document from which the user should star...

In [1]–[3] we have presented a new two–step timing acquisition algorithm, we have outlined the suitability of Differential Transmitted Reference (DTR) receivers for Ultra Wide Band (UWB) timing acquisition in multipath channels and we have developed a general framework for performance analysis. In the present paper, we exploit the theoretical framework for the evaluation of UWB code and pulse t...

The performance of generalized selection combining (GSC) space diversity for mobile radio systems in the presence of multiple cochannel interferers is studied. Two cochannel interference models are considered: 1) cochannel interferers consisting of Nakagamiinterferers and Rayleigh interferers and 2) cochannel interferers in which each interferer follows Nakagamidistribution for a fraction of ti...

Ultra-wideband radio, conveying data by transmitting narrow pulses without carrier, is a promising communication technology. Transmitted reference method can work with cross-correlation receivers, which have simple channel estimation and multipath diversity acquirement as well as low sampling frequency, to make a low cost application available. Optimal and suboptimal single user receivers for u...

We propose a novel approach to Quality of Service, intended for IP over SONET (or IP over WDM) networks, that offers end-users the choice between two service classes defined according to their level of transmission protection. The first service class (called Fully Protected (FP)) offers end-users a guarantee of survivability: all FP traffic is protected in the case of a (single) failure. The se...

In this paper we propose a new classification algorithm designed for application on complex networks motivated by algorithmic similarities between boosting learning and message passing. We consider a network classifier as a logistic regression where the variables define the nodes and the interaction effects define the edges. From this definition we represent the problem as a factor graph of loc...

By natural or man-made disasters, the evacuation of a whole region or city may become necessary. Apart from private traffic, the evacuation from collection points to secure shelters outside the endangered region will be realized by a bus fleet made available by emergency relief. The arising Bus Evacuation Problem (BEP) is a vehicle scheduling problem, in which a given number of evacuees needs t...