background: small cell lung cancer (sclc) is a highly aggressive tumor.   objective: to evaluate the survival and time to progression of patients with sclc admitted to a chest disease center in istanbul, turkey.   methods: based on the reports of a pulmonary oncology clinic, data regarding performance status (ps), clinical stage of disease, treatment, time to progression and survival of 67 pati...

fish oil is the important fat source in fish nutrition. high demand for fish oil and low global supply arise a need of alternative oils in fish culture. plant oils are a good candidate in this case. the aim of the present study was to compare the efficacy of fish oil and linseed oil on growth and stress resistance of tiger barb ( puntius tetrazona ) larvae. artemia nauplii were enriched by 2.5,...

 Environmental enrichment is one of the methods for improving fish growth performance. In the present trial, the effects of both light color and music on growth performance and survival of goldfish (Carassius auratus) (initial mean weight: 4.15±0.08 g) were investigated for 2 months. Two light color treatments (red light and white light) and three music treatments (M0: without music, M30:30 min...

AIM We hypothesize that re-do craniotomy for recurrent grade IV glioblastomas improves survival while preserving outcome in selected patients. METHODS A retrospective analysis was conducted of 141 patients, from a prospectively collected database from 2004-2014, with grade IV glioblastomas who underwent craniotomy and excision. Sixty-five patients were included in our analysis. Twenty patient...

The increasing interest of EU towards specific structures devoted to stimulate innovation as technopoles (TP) and science parks (SP) obliges to investigate their role in the overall economic context. The paper examines how performances and characteristics of technopoles and science park affect various aspects of Italian regional economies at NUTS 2 level. Our main aim is to assess the importanc...

this study surveys on the effects of l-lysine and methionon amino acids on growth performance, survival rate and body composition of rainbow trout (oncorhynchus mykiss). fish with initial average weight 105.23 +  6.33 g in 5 treatments fed with different levels of lysine (1 and 3 %) and methionine ( 1 and 2%) for 8 weeks. the results showed that the treatment which fed 2 % methionine had the be...