2010;23(1) S Afr J Clin Nutr ab Marais D, B Nutr (SU), M Nutr (SU), PhD (SU) a Koornhof HE, BSc Diet a du Plessis LM, MNutr a Naude CE, MNutr a Smit K, BSc Diet a Hertzog E, BSc Diet a Treurnicht R, BSc Diet a Alexander M, BSc Diet a Cruywagen L, BSc Diet a Kosaber I, BSc Diet a Division of Human Nutrition, Department of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Stellenbosc...

Dennis Wolf, MD; Felix Jehle, MD; Nathaly Anto Michel, MSc; Eva Nora Bukosza, MD; Jennifer Rivera, PhD; Yung Chi Chen, PhD; Natalie Hoppe, BSc; Bianca Dufner, BSc; Alexandra Ortiz Rodriguez, MSc; Christian Colberg, MSc; Leandro Nieto, BSc; Benjamin Rupprecht, BSc; Ansgar Wiedemann, MSc; Lisa Schulte, BSc; Alexander Peikert, BSc; Nicole Bassler, BSc; Andrey Lozhkin, MSc; Sonja Patricia Hergeth, ...

BACKGROUND The use of chemotherapy has been proposed to increase the effectiveness of best supportive care (BSC) in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Previous trials reported inconsistent findings regarding the efficacy and safety of chemotherapy on overall survival (OS) and treatment-related mortality. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the effects o...

BACKGROUND As a response to a changing operating environment, healthcare administrators are implementing modern management tools in their organizations. The balanced scorecard (BSC) is considered a viable tool in high-income countries to improve hospital performance. The BSC has not been applied to hospital settings in low-income countries nor has the context for implementation been examined. T...

Satellite cells are a heterogeneous population of myogenic precursors responsible for muscle growth and repair in mammals. The objectives of the experiment were to examine the growth rates and degree of heterogeneity within bovine satellite cells (BSC) isolated from young and adult animals. The BSC were harvested from the semimembranosus of young (4.3 ± 0.5 d) and adult (estimated 24 to 27 mo) ...

Over recent decades, there has been a clear progress across Europe towards reducing anthropogenic emissions (EEA, 2010). However, poor air quality remains an important public health issue, especially in urban environments. Airborne particulate matter (PM), tropospheric ozone (O3) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) are the main problematic pollutants in Europe. Accurate air quality forecast system can o...