Several nomograms for survival prediction after curative gastric cancer surgery have been published over the recent years. Previous validation studies failed to prove applicability of Eastern Asian nomograms in Western patients. Here we present data on a validation analysis of a newly developed Korean nomogram in a German patient cohort.Among a total of 2771 patients having been treated in the ...

NMR spectroscopy and molecular dynamics (MD) simulation analyses of the chiral molecular micelles poly-(sodium undecyl-(L,L)-leucine-valine) (poly-SULV) and poly-(sodium undecyl-(L,L)- valine-leucine) (poly-(SUVL)) are reported. Both molecular micelles are used as chiral selectors in electrokinetic chromatography and each consists of covalently linked surfactant chains with chiral dipeptide hea...

self-confidence is a glorious feature of an effective administrator. their main goal is the organizational success. therefore, we approached this idea by evaluating the self-confidence of nursing administration in tehran university of medical sciences (tums) teaching hospitals and its relation to vocational satisfaction of the staff.in a cross-sectional study, we interviewed 200 nursing adminis...

quantum organizations are referred where stakeholders know how to access the infinite potential of the quantum field. viewing healthcare organizations from perspective of quantum theory suggest new approaches into management techniques for effective and efficient delivery of healthcare services. this research is aimed to determine the quantum skills, quantum leadership characteristics and funct...

background: organizational climate is one of the effective factors in organizational commitment. organizational climate affects organizational staff behaviors. the aim of current study was to assess the relation between organizational climate components with organizational commitment components among nurses in selected hospitals of tums in 2011.   methods: this study was cross - sectional surve...

Research papers generally treat the problem of computer security as an intentional act to be solved by intellectually challenging methods such as encryption, descriptor-based systems, and program proving. Accidental and intentional acts are almost always referred to simultaneously; however, the safeguards are designed strictly to prevent intentional acts. It is generally thought that the same s...

This report describes the state of the research and practice in the areas of metadata management systems. Open source and industrial products are presented and compared. Thereout we identified functional and non-functional requirements relevant for the TEAM project. Project co-funded by the European Commission under the “Information Society Technology” Programme, Framework Programme 6. D5: Repo...

Ethics in the pharmaceutical industry: acceptance of responsibility or a facet of marketing? 7 Increases in knowledge and growing specialization in the fields of medicine and pharmaceuticals have accentuated a situation in which the patient is as a rule not capable of selecting the medicines most suited to his needs. The patient is obliged to consult a health professional, in whose hands he pla...

INTRODUCTION Since 2011, the Vietnam's Ministry of Health implemented the ethnic minority midwives (EMMs) scheme in order to increase the utilization of maternal health services by women from ethnic minorities and those living in hard-to-reach mountainous areas. This paper analyzes the utilization of antenatal, delivery, and postpartum care provided by EMMs and reports the key determinants of u...

In this paper we report on research on road extraction at TUM (Technische Universität München). We propose a scheme for road extraction in rural areas that integrates three different modules with specific strengths. The first module employs local grouping and uses multiple scales and context to reliably extract most parts of the road network. In order to connect these parts, the second module e...