background: from the time immemorial man has been exposed to ionizing radiation from the environment in which he lives. radiation protection concepts and philosophy have been evolving over the past several decades. materials and methods: the radioprotective of effect of aloe vera leaf extract (1000 mg /kg b.wt. orally for 15 consecutive days) has been studied against 6 gy of gamma radiation in ...

Methods To discover best practice we measured the duration of coercive measures (seclusion, mechanical restraint to beds or chairs, restraint in wheelchairs, the application of bedrailings, and involuntary medication) and the frequency of falls and aggressive behavior. Base-line measurement was conducted during three months in 2004 and evaluation was carried out in 2005 after introducing improv...

BACKGROUND Through the opinion of Swiss headhunters, we wanted to determine the influence of strabismus on the ability to obtain employment. METHODS Out of 31 randomly selected Swiss headhunters, 20 could be interviewed using a validated questionnaire. RESULTS Forty-seven percent of the headhunters judged that strabismic subjects have more difficulties in obtaining a job. Gender has no infl...

Using the spectral regression method, we test for long-term stochastic memory in threeand six-month daily returns series of Eurocurrency deposits denominated in major currencies. Significant evidence of positive long-term dependence is found in several Eurocurrency returns series. Compared to benchmark linear models, the estimated fractional models result in dramatic out-of-sample forecasting i...

As proteomics research gains momentum, biologists need new ways to access and analyse information on proteins. Many new gene products, from a wide range of species, are being added to the SWISS-PROT Protein Knowledgebase — the world’s most highly annotated protein sequence database — and its supplement, TrEMBL [3]. To fully exploit the potential of these data, the SWISSPROT group at EBI aims to...

The Swiss e-voting system, developed and used by the Canton Zurich, is unique world-wide for it accommodates voting on referenda and elections through the Internet and with mobile phones. It provides the basis for secure vote casting, precise vote counting, and rapid result dissemination. The system was successfully tested and used over the past two years for six elections and referenda at the ...

By means of a toy Swiss-cheese cosmological model we will discuss how to set up and carry out in a physically meaningful way the idea of back-reaction, according to which dark energy could be an effective source. We will follow two distinct approaches. One is focused on how cosmological observables are affected by inhomogeneities, while the other is focused on a theoretical description of the i...

In 2005 and 2006, three adult female chamois (Rupicapra r. rupicapra) were found dead with signs of acute babesial infection in the eastern Swiss Alps. PCR on DNA extracted from blood or spleen of the carcasses revealed sequence identity of the amplified part of the 18S rRNA gene with GenBank entries attributed to Babesia divergens of cattle origin or B. capreoli of wild ruminant origin which h...

BACKGROUND Fibroadenoma 5 cm or more is called giant fibroadenoma. Giant fibroadenoma can distort the shape of breast and causes asymmetry, so it should be excised. There are several techniques for excision of giant fibroadenoma. In our technique we remove them through cosmetically acceptable circumareolar incision to maintain the shape and symmetry of breast. The objectives were to assess the ...