Background: We sought to examine the relationship between environmental factors and Canada's distribution of melanoma incidence 1992 2010. Methods: Data was obtained from Canadian Cancer Registry, Vital Statistics, Urban Environmental Health Research Consortium. Crude rates were for forward sortation areas (FSAs). Enviromental variables included: normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) as...

Behçet's disease is a chronic, recurrent, multisystemic, inflammatory disorder affecting mainly the oral and urogenital mucosa and the uveal tract. Although the etiology and pathogenesis of Behçet's disease are unknown, numerous etiologies have been proposed, including environmental, infectious, and immunological factors; an autoimmune basis, characterized by circulating immune complexes and co...

Increase on the demand of telecommunication services is related with systems based on different technological alternatives. One of them, that is being developed in the last years is the use of aircrafts or airships technologies. The High Altitude Platforms Stations (HAPS) represent one attractive option today. In this paper, a switched channel model in L band based on HAPS is proposed and analy...

Introduction : Climate change is one of the greatest threats to humanity today. Environmental identity, referring individual definition self through prism human's relationship with nature, and voluntary simplicity, which refers anti-consumer idea life, are psychological constructs that have been analyzed in terms personality sociodemographic correlates this work. Research Aim The aim explorator...

Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD), with prevalence of 10-51% in general population involving all ages, is the major cause of elevation of ALT and a common finding by ultrasound screening and may range from simple steatosis, to Non Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) and its clinical consequences as cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. In this review will be analyse factors influencing t...

Era Revolusi Industri 4.0 ini dimana pemanfaatan Teknologi Informasi dan Komunikasi dalam berbagai sektor untuk meciptakan kemudahan kinerja agar lebih efisien efektiv. Salah satu perkembangan teknologi informasi pada era revolusi industri penyelenggarakan tata kelola pemerintah adalah lahir sebuah program Smart City. Berdasarkan surat Direktorat Jenderal Aplikasi Informatika (Aptika) No. B.116...

With the aim of analyzing which complementary tests are relevant in the diagnostic evaluation of individuals with pervasive developmental disorders, a protocol of clinical and laboratory evaluation was applied in 103 outpatients. The protocol included chromosomal analysis, screening for inborn errors of metabolism, cytogenetic and molecular study of the FRAXA, FRAXE, and FRAXF mutations, EEG, S...