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Confidentiality, political sensitivity and other considerations often dictate the reporting of income inequality data by governments and other agencies in grouped format. In these cases, inequality measures, such as the Gini index, must be estimated from the grouped data rather than from the individual observations from which the grouped data are constructed. Also, grouped data, which are gener...

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BACKGROUND Contrast medium-induced acute kidney injury (CIAKI) is a leading cause of acquired renal impairment. The effects of antioxidants have been conflicting regarding the prevention of CIAKI. We performed a study of vitamin E use to decrease CIAKI in patients undergoing elective coronary angiography. METHODS AND RESULTS In a placebo-controlled randomized trial at 2 centers in Iran, 300 p...

Plants are the most common bioindicatorsused in air quality biomonitoring studies because they are immobile and they have more sensitive to the most prevalent air pollutants than humans and animals. To identify the concentrations and sources of heavy metals in ornamental plants of Isfahan landscape, samples of leaves and soil around Pinuseldarica and Nerium oleander were collected at different ...

BACKGROUND Contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI) is typically defined by an increase in serum creatinine after intravascular administration of contrast medium. Because creatinine is an unreliable indicator of acute changes in kidney function, we assessed whether circulating microRNAs (miRNAs) could serve as biomarkers for early detection of CI-AKI. METHODS AND RESULTS Using a rat mode...

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I have been deeply thankful to my students and collaborators from day one of my academic career. For this special occasion, I would like to especially thank the Organizers of the ‘‘Friends and Trajectories’’ Symposium atMIT,Mehran, David, and Susan, and the Editors of this companion Volume, Joseph and Miron. I also thank all the attendees of the Symposium and the authors of the Volume, who have...