Background There are few population-based studies of the sites of distant metastasis (DM) and survival from esophageal cancer (EC). The aim of this study was to assess the patterns and survival outcomes for site-specific DM from EC using a population-based approach. Methods Patients diagnosed with de novo stage IV EC between 2010 and 2014 were identified from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, a...

The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of neonatal hypothermia and associated risk factors. A cross sectional, descriptive study of neonatal hypothermia was performed on 300 newborns consecutively recruited day and night during 2 months at a Ugandan periurban hospital. Parallel tympanic and rectal temperature measurements were made at 10, 30, 60, and 90 min post partum. Rectal tem...

From a set of thirteen cataclysmic binaries that were discovered in the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) survey, we conducted time-resolved optical spectroscopy and/or time-series photometry of eleven, with the goal of measuring their orbital periods and searching for spin periods. Seven of the objects in this study are new optical identifications. Orbital periods are found for seven targets, ...

INTRODUCTION Nepal cannot afford renal replacement therapy for End Stage Renal Disease due to lack of resources. Early diagnosis of Chronic Kidney Disease and its risk factors may reduce the need of renal replacement therapy. METHODS A community-based screening on, 3218 people ≥20 years were assessed by door-to-door survey in Dharan, Nepal. Health status, lifestyle habit, physical examination...

Default risk is the uncertainty surrounding a firm's ability to service its debts and obligations. Prior to default, there is no way to discriminate unambiguously between firms that will default and those that won't. At best we can only make probabilistic assessments of the likelihood of default. As a result, firms generally pay a spread over the default-free rate of interest that is proportion...

 Let $R$ be a ring‎, ‎and let $n‎, ‎d$ be non-negative integers‎. ‎A right $R$-module $M$ is called $(n‎, ‎d)$-projective if $Ext^{d+1}_R(M‎, ‎A)=0$ for every $n$-copresented right $R$-module $A$‎. ‎$R$ is called right $n$-cocoherent if every $n$-copresented right $R$-module is $(n+1)$-coprese-nted‎, ‎it is called a right co-$(n,d)$-ring if every right $R$-module is $(n‎, ‎d)$-projective‎. ‎$R$...

Although walkability is known to be associated with obesity and hypertension through increased physical activity; data on cardiovascular risk factors (especially in the Europe) are scarce. We assessed relationship between neighbourhood cardiometabolic (including obesity, hypertension, blood lipid profile, serum glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) levels) among adults living northern France. Data were ...

BACKGROUND Moderate alcohol consumption has been shown to be positively associated with increased bone mineral density (BMD). However, other lifestyle choices have also been shown to have an effect on bone health. OBJECTIVE The objective was to examine the association between alcohol intake and BMD in women around menopause in the United Kingdom and to determine whether any association is ind...

This study examined 3218 advertisements from the two parenting magazines with highest circulation in the United States. The authors compared each advertisement for a product for use by children, against all the published recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) on topics such as toy safety, helmet use, age-defined choking hazards, infant sleep safety, and others. Any advertis...

[PDF] [Full Text] [Abstract] , December 1, 2004; 97 (6): 2090-2097. J Appl Physiol Y. Yoshitake, M. Shinohara, M. Kouzaki and T. Fukunaga Fluctuations in plantar flexion force are reduced after prolonged tendon vibration [PDF] [Full Text] [Abstract] , November 1, 2005; 99 (5): 1789-1795. J Appl Physiol J. D. Johnson, J. Campisi, C. M. Sharkey, S. L. Kennedy, M. Nickerson and M. Fleshner Adr...