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The experience of JSC Element, a certified developer and manufacturer components for aviation equipment, is described in terms introduction into the product development process, namely, their hardware, requirements recommendations RTSA DO-254 avionics design assurance manual, similarly earlier implemented DO-178 firmware said products. need to introduce these documents developed by Radio Techni...

Objective. To analyze the functional impact of the various possible treatments of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomas to find the main prognostic factors of dysphagia induced by these treatments. Patients. Clinical data from 254 patients treated for squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx between 1998 and 2003 were retrospectively analyzed. A multivariate model enabled us to evaluate the r...

Title Caregiver burden mediates between caregiver's mental health condition and elder's behavioral problems among Japanese family caregivers Author(s) Honda, Ayumi; Abe, Yasuyo; Aoyagi, Kiyoshi; Honda, Sumihisa Citation Aging & Mental Health, 18(2), pp.248-254; 2014 Issue Date 2014-02-17 URL http://hdl.handle.net/10069/34283 Right This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of an article published ...

Abstract Introduction Women in healthcare are faced with unique challenges that may increase the risk of infertility including irregular work hours, occupational hazards due to radiation or chemicals, and advanced maternal age. Objective We therefore sought investigate live birth rates female workers presenting compared their non-healthcare counterparts. Methods After obtaining IRB approval, a ...

Ras CAAX (C = cysteine, A = aliphatic amino acid, and X = any amino acid) peptidomimetic inhibitors of farnesyl protein transferase suppress Ras-dependent cell transformation by preventing farnesylation of the Ras oncoprotein. These compounds are potential anticancer agents for tumors associated with Ras mutations. The peptidomimetic FTI-254 was tested for Ras1-inhibiting activity in whole anim...

BACKGROUND Hepatitis C virus infection is now one the common infection in Pakistan. Patients are routinely screened by antibody assays. Objective of this study was to assess the viremia in patients labelled as anti-HCV positive by ELISA. METHODS It this retrospective study patients labelled as anti HCV positive by ELISA were assessed for HCV RNA by polymerase chain reaction. The 254 HCV posit...