There is a tremendous need for a comprehensive review of the many facets of the epidemiology of prostate cancer. For well over three decades, we have struggled to identify etiologic factors that might explain the almost 10-fold differences in the incidence and mortality of prostate cancer between various geographic and ethnic populations. These rate differences can change dramatically during po...

urtica dioica l. is an iranian native pharmacological plant for which little attention has been paid to the anatomical structure. medical applications of this plant include diabetes therapy, digestive improvement, anemia and kidney disease therapy. because climatic conditions can affect the anatomical structure which in turn affects pharmacological compositions, research on the anatomy of this ...

Developmental prevention involves the manipulation of multiple risk and protective factors early in developmental pathways that lead to offending, often at transition points between life phases. The emphasis is not just on individuals but also their social contexts. Risk and protective factors for crime and violence in Aboriginal communities include such standard factors as child abuse, school ...

Most of the current research in the field of structural control for mitigation of responses due to environmental loads neglects the effects of control-structure interaction in the analysis and design. The importance of including control-structure interaction when modeling a control system is discussed herein. A specific model for hydraulic actuators typical of those used in many protective syst...