HYPOTHESIS Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) may improve survival of high-risk patients with unresectable and refractory tumors. DESIGN Retrospective analysis of a prospective database. SETTING A tertiary referral cancer center. PATIENTS AND METHODS Between November 1, 1997, and January 31, 2005, we performed 219 RFA procedures to ablate 521 hepatic tumors in 181 patients. RESULTS Of the 18...

This article adopts a marketing perspective to examine how wage inequality between top managers and their employees may have customer-related consequences (i.e., customer-directed effort, opportunism, customer-oriented culture) that affect customer satisfaction firm performance. Surprisingly, scholars practitioners largely neglected this pressing societal issue. The authors collect cross-indust...

The importation of malaria into a region where it is not endemic raises many concerns, including the timely delivery of appropriate care, safety of the blood supply, and the risk of autochthonous transmission. There is presently no consensus on the best way to screen mobile populations for malaria. Between August 2000 and March 2001, 535 refugees arrived in Quebec, Canada, from Tanzanian camps....

Tetraheme cytochrome c-554 is a physiological electron acceptor of hydroxylamine oxidoreductase (HAO), a core enzyme of ammonia oxidation in chemoautotrophic nitrifiers. Here we report the purification of cytochrome c-554 from Nitrosococcus oceani strain NS58, a marine gammaproteobacterial ammonia-oxidizing bacterium. The NS58 cytochrome is a 25 kDa-protein having four hemes c. The absorption s...

BACKGROUND Chronic conditions are an increasing challenge for individuals and the health care system. Smartphones and health apps are potentially promising tools to change health-related behaviors and manage chronic conditions. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to explore (1) the extent of smartphone and health app use, (2) sociodemographic, medical, and behavioral correlates of smartphone ...

1McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario; 2Merck Frosst Canada Ltd, Montreal; 3Université Laval, Quebec; 4McGill University, Montreal; 5JSS Medical Research, Montreal, Quebec; 6University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia Correspondence: Dr PK Keith, McMaster University, 1200 Main Street West, 3V7-Health Sciences Centre, Hamilton, Ontario L8N 3Z5. Telephone 905-521-2100 ext 76374,...