Objective: Heterocyclic amines (HCA) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, formed in temperatureand time-dependent manners during the cooking of meat, are mutagens and carcinogens. We sought to assess the association between dietary intake of HCA and benzo(a)pyrene [B(a)P] and exocrine pancreatic cancer in a population-based case-control study. Methods: Subjects (193 cases and 674 controls) pro...

A case-control study was conducted in Uruguay, including 876 male cases of lung cancer and 876 male hospitalized controls, frequency matched for age (ten-year intervals), residence and hospital. The following explanatory variables were included in the study: fried red meat, barbecued red meat, boiled red meat, and salted red meat. These items were log transformed and energy-adjusted by the resi...

OBJECTIVE To explore the relationships between different lifestyle-behavioral factors and phlegm-wetness type of Traditional Chinese Medicine constitution, so as to provide health management strategies for phlegm-wetness constitution. METHODS A case-control study was conducted with the cases selected from the database of Chinese constitution survey in 9 provinces or municipalities of China. 1...

OBJECTIVE Heterocyclic amines (HCA) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, formed in temperature- and time-dependent manners during the cooking of meat, are mutagens and carcinogens. We sought to assess the association between dietary intake of HCA and benzo(a)pyrene [B(a)P] and exocrine pancreatic cancer in a population-based case-control study. METHODS Subjects (193 cases and 674 controls) p...

This paper investigates the use of semantic preferences for ontology population. It draws on a new resource, the Pattern Dictionary of English Verbs, which lists semantic categories expected in each syntactic slot of a verb pattern. Knowledge of semantic preferences is used to drive and control bootstrapped pattern extraction techniques on the EnClueWeb09 corpus with the aim of identifying comm...

A three-member family from Tehran referred with variety of nasopharyngeal symptoms including sneezing, coughing and nasal discharge following consumption of barbecued liver (Kabab).  Thirteen worm-like nymphs of Linguatula serrata were separated from larynx, nose and gum of these patients. The adult parasites live in the nose and paranasal sinuses of dogs and other carnivores.  Although this in...

this study was conducted at beresa watershed district of guraghe administrative zone, the southern regional state of ethiopia to evaluate the on-farm reproductive and egg production performances of local kei and its f1 crosses with fayoumi and rhode island red (rir) chicken breeds under farmers’ management. the local kei paternal line was mated with maternal lines of fayoumi and rir chickens to...

a three-member family from tehran referred with variety of nasopharyngeal symptoms including sneezing, coughing and nasal discharge following consumption of barbecued liver (kabab).  thirteen worm-like nymphs of linguatula serrata were separated from larynx, nose and gum of these patients. the adult parasites live in the nose and paranasal sinuses of dogs and other carnivores.  although this in...