Interim Reports on work of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis receive only limited review. Views or opinions expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of the Institute, its National Member Organizations, or other organizations supporting the work. Abstract A body of empirical evidence has shown that many managers would welcome new ways of highlighting catastrophi...

IMPORTANCE Cognitive impairment is a common and disabling problem in Parkinson disease (PD) that is not well understood and is difficult to treat. Identification of genetic variants that influence the rate of cognitive decline or pattern of early cognitive deficits in PD might provide a clearer understanding of the etiopathogenesis of this important nonmotor feature. OBJECTIVE To determine wh...

Background: A patient’s level of satisfaction is considered an essential determinant for quality hospital food services, as it has been linked with nutrient intake and optimum nutritional requirements which contribute significantly to the care recovery patients. Objectives: This hospital-based cross-sectional study aims evaluate inpatient’s regarding their therapeutic diets in different wards a...

Lapsamita maddisoni gen. et sp. nov. is described from Bahia, Brazil. The presence of palpal claws in females, long ventral spines on front tibiae and metatarsi and long retrolateral tibial apophyses in male palps suggested that the species was closely related to or even nested within Soesiladeepakius Makhan, 2007. To evaluate its phylogenetic position, a cladistic analysis was carried out usin...

Temperature programmed desorption has been used to study the desorption kinetics and desorption energies of perfluorodiethylether, (CF3CF2)2O, and 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol, CF3CH2OH, adsorbed on fresh and oxidized hydrogenated amorphous carbon (a-CHx) films. (CF3CF2)2O and CF3CH2OH serve as models for the ether backbone and hydroxyl end-groups of Fomblin Zdol, the lubricant most commonly used to ...

To determine whether genetic factors could be involved in the pathogenesis of rheumatic heart disease, we performed HLA-A and HLA-B typing in 120 black patients with severe chronic rheumatic heart disease requiring cardiac surgery, and HLA-DR and HLA-DQ typing in 103 and 97 of these patients, respectively. The HLA typing was done by a standard microlymphocytotoxicity method. Patients were 12 to...

1 CYSTIC FIBROSIS AIRWAY EPITHELIAL CELLS. 2 3 Running title: Azithromycin reduces TNF-α in cystic fibrosis cells. 4 Cristina Cigana, Baroukh Maurice Assael and Paola Melotti* 5 Cystic Fibrosis Center, Azienda Ospedaliera di Verona, Verona, ITALY. 6 7 *Corresponding author. Mailing address: Cystic Fibrosis Center Azienda Ospedaliera di 8 Verona, piazzale Stefani, 1 37126 Verona, Italy. Phone: +...