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A minimum of 15 lymph nodes (LNs) has been recommended as an adequate number for radical gastrectomy for gastric cancer (GC). This study aimed to investigate whether the harvesting of at least 25 LNs was a better criterion for stage N2-3 GC based on the 10-year experience of a high-volume hospital. A total of 1363 patients who underwent radical gastrectomy for gastric cancer between 2000 and 20...

The objective was to evaluate the magnitude of various contributors to outpatient commercial colonoscopy prices, including market- and provider-level factors, especially market share. We used adjudicated fee-for-service facility claims from a large commercial insurer for colonoscopies occurring in hospital outpatient department or ambulatory surgery center from October 2005 to December 2012. Cl...

Elliptic curve cryptography has long since moved into several wellknown standards like IEEE’s 1363, SEC and X9.62. With its small key sizes it is just right for many crypto applications, in particular for mobile computing and communication devices. To make ECC easily available for all these different applications, a highly efficient and platformindependent implementation of ECC is necessary. Th...

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OBJECTIVE To investigate sociodemographic, ethnic and dietary factors associated with the development of childhood obesity. DESIGN 276 children, aged 8-12 years, randomly selected from seven schools in Thessaloniki, Northern Greece, participated in the study. 13% of the children were immigrants from neighboring Balkan countries and ex-Soviet Union countries. Data was collected using specific ...