When considering chronic opioid therapy (COT) for chronic noncancer pain, it has been proposed that it is prudent to contemplate 4 questions which may be useful and influence medical decision making (1): 1. What is the conventional practice? 2. Are there reasonable alternatives to COT? 3. What is the risk of adverse events? 4. Is the patient likely to be a responsible drug-taker? Question 4 – (...

Methods The stability of CAST was monitored throughout the study using reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography. CAST or placebo capsules were administered to 33 DN subjects, in a randomized double-blind, placebocontrolled study. The dose of CAST was escalated from 60 mg to 240 mg/day over the first 12 weeks, followed by a stable dose of 240 mg/day for the remaining 40 weeks. The p...

The search for a simple broadband, multiband antenna with acceptable SWR over the entire 80/75-meter band continued with the publication of the article by Witt, AI1H, in April 1989 QST. This inspired author Belrose, VE2CV, to reopen his files on the "Windom antenna," or, more properly, the off-center-fed dipole. Particularly since the opening of the 10, 18 and 24-MHz bands, this time-honored, s...

Measurements of the relaxation rate QsT d of superconducting currents have been performed on a carefully selected set of dirty and clean high-Tc superconductors for temperatures T down to 100 mK and magnetic fields up to 7 T. The extrapolated relaxation rates Qs0d for the dirty compounds indicate that the viscosity experienced by a tunneling vortex segment is grossly underestimated by the stand...

Abstract The literature on the water–energy–food nexus has repeatedly signaled need for transdisciplinary approaches capable of weaving plurality knowledge bodies involved in governance different resources. To fill this gap, Quantitative Story-Telling (QST) been proposed as a science adaptive approach that aims at fostering pluralistic and reflexive research processes to overcome narrow framing...

Objectives: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been defined by the American College of Rheumatology in 1987 as a chronic inflammatory disease characterised joint swelling, tenderness, and destruction synovial joints leading to severe disability premature mortality. There is paucity literature assessing corticomotor excitability RA patients. This study aimed assess effect motor imagery on pain status...

The three major fungal pests of grapevine, powdery and downy mildew and grey mould are mostly controlled through the application of fungicides. Some of those are particularly active against the grey mould agent Botrytis cinerea. The panel of fungicides authorized in France comprise since many years anilinopyrimidines, benzimidazoles, dithiocarbamates, dicarboximides, phenylpyrroles and pyridina...