OBJECTIVES To evaluate the accuracy of routinely available non-invasive tests (spiral computed tomographic angiography (CTA), time of flight magnetic resonance angiography (MRA), and colour Doppler ultrasound (DUS)), individually and together, compared with intra-arterial digital subtraction angiography (DSA) in patients with symptomatic tight carotid stenosis; and to assess the effect of subst...

Circular data are measured in angles or directions, which occur a wide variety of scientific fields. An often investigated hypothesis is that circular uniformity, isotropy. Frequentist methods for assessing the uniformity null exist, but do not allow user faced with an insignificant result to distinguish lack power from support hypothesis. Bayesian tests, solve this issue and several others, de...

The modern edible fungi study in China was originated in Shanghai. The Edible Fungi Institute (EFI) under the Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Science has made many breakthroughs in the Chinese edible fungi study. EFI has succeeded in getting pure spawns, has diversified the cultivation varieties of edible fungi by domesticating wild mushrooms, and has developed the bag cultivation technology. ...

This study aimed to evaluate the Chagas Disease Control Program which has operated since 1982 in the municipality of Berilo in the Jequitinhonha Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil, based on evaluation of 5,242 domiciliary units (DUs) and 7,807 outbuildings over an eight-year period of epidemiological surveillance implanted in 1997. A total of 391 triatomines (280 Panstrongylus megistus and 111 Triato...

this research was conducted to study morphological and evaluation of genetic diversity of 15 grape cultivars in collections of agriculture and natural resources, research center of khorasan razavi based on completely randomized design with four replications. results showed extensive range of variations among cultivars and measured traits. in some key traits of tests for distinctness uniformity ...

promethazine hydrochloride, a 5-ht3 antagonist is a powerful antiemetic drug with an oral bioavailability of 25% due to extensive hepatic first pass metabolism and is extremely bitter in taste. to overcome the above draw backs, the present study was carried out to formulate and evaluate fast dissolving taste masked wafers of promethazine hydrochloride for sublingual administration. taste maskin...