raditional radiation therapy (RT) typically delivers radiation to a wide target field within the body resulting in the treatment of both the tumor and a significant volume of surrounding healthy tissue. This technology is ideal for tumors that invade the surrounding tissue and when tumor margins are not well defined. In an effort to protect the healthy tissue, traditional RT is delivered in sma...

In this paper, we investigate incentives other than altruism that developed countries have in improving technologies speciÞc to developing countries. We develop a simple model of international trade between two regions, in which all individuals have similar preferences over an inferior good and a luxury good. The poor region has a comparative advantage in the production of the inferior good, an...

The issue of attribute non-attendance (ANA) has been gaining increasing attention in the field of choice modeling. While the modeling issues, effects on parameter estimation, and, to a lesser degree, causes of ANA have been the main concern of research in this area, to date few studies have produced generalizable results about the effects of ANA on parameter estimates and little attention has b...

Associations between antinuclear antibody staining patterns and clinical features of systemic lupus erythematosus: analysis of Associations between antinuclear antibody staining patterns and clinical features of systemic lupus erythematosus: analysis of a regional Swedish register et al. Associations between antinuclear antibody staining patterns and clinical features of systemic lupus erythema...

Ana Preto ([email protected]) Joana Gonçalves ([email protected]) Ana P Rebocho ([email protected]) Joana Figueiredo ([email protected]) Ana M Meireles ([email protected]) Ana S Rocha ([email protected]) Helena M Vasconcelos ([email protected]) Hugo Seca ([email protected]) Raquel Seruca ([email protected]) Paula Soares ([email protected]) Manuel Sobrinho-Sim...

Objectives: To compare how people communicate about eating disorders on two popular social media platforms - Twitter and Tumblr. Materials and Methods: Thematic analysis was conducted to characterize the types of communications posted, and a content analysis was undertaken of between-platform differences. Results: Three types of content (pro-ana, anti-ana, and pro-recovery) were posted on each ...

Cashew nut seeds were subjected to processing including autoclaving (121 degrees C for 5, 10, 20, and 30 min), blanching (100 degrees C for 1, 4, 7, and 10 min), microwave heating (1 and 2 min each at 500 and 1000 W), dry roasting (140 degrees C for 20 and 30 min; 170 degrees C for 15 and 20 min; and 200 degrees C for 10 and 15 min), gamma-irradiation (1, 5, 10, and 25 kGy), and pH (1, 3, 5, 7,...

BACKGROUND Elevated levels of type I interferons (IFNs) are a characteristic feature of the systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases (SARDs) and are thought to play an important pathogenic role. However, it is unknown whether these elevations are seen in anti-nuclear antibody-positive (ANA+) individuals who lack sufficient criteria for a SARD diagnosis. We examined IFN-induced gene expression in ...

OBJECTIVE In 2013, the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) participated in the Choosing Wisely campaign and devised a recommendation to avoid testing antinuclear antibody (ANA) subserologies without a positive ANA and clinical suspicion of disease. The goals of our study were to describe ANA and subserology ordering practices and predictors of ordering concurrent ANA and subserologies in a s...