Meningitis and Special Pathogens Braunch, Division ofBacterial Diseases, Centerfj) Infectious Diseuses, Centers .o16 Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia 303331; Epidemiologv Surveillunce Cetîter, Seereturirt oJfHealtli, Sao Pauzlo, S.P., Brazil2; Center for Biologics Evalation und Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, Murylund 20205'; and Health Division, Oregon Departinent of Huinan ...

Removal of heavy metals will allow elimination of toxic substances from environmental samples or will prevent their introduction into the environment. Silica gel will be used to form a complex with other compounds such as nitrilitriacetic acid (NTA), ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) and 2mercaptoethanol by an acid catalyzed condensation. Compounds such as NTA were suspended with silica ge...

This oration, and the record of it for publication, mainly focuses on the new Royal Victoria Hospital building opened officially on 2 September 2003, but it is interesting to compare and contrast the needs of the Royal Victoria Hospital at the ends of the 19th and 20th centuries. At both times there was increasing dissatisfaction with the hospital's accommodation while the demands on the hospit...

CONTEXT Multiple national agencies and organizations recommend that women age 40 years and older have an annual screening mammogram. Women who are poor, less educated, lack a usual source of care, and reside in rural Appalachia are less likely to have had a recent mammogram. PURPOSE To increase use of mammography among a rural Appalachian population. METHODS Formed in 1992, the Indiana Coun...

We present results from an analysis of a Chandra observation of the cluster of galaxies Abell 3581. We discover the presence of a point-source in the central dominant galaxy which is coincident with the core of the radio source PKS 1404-267. The emission from the intracluster medium is analysed, both as seen in projection on the sky, and after correcting for projection effects, to determine the...

In a search for lensed infrared galaxies, ISOCAM images have been obtained toward the rich clusters Abell 2218 and Abell 2219 at 15 μm. Nine galaxies (four in Abell 2218 and five in Abell 2219) were detected with flux levels in the range 530–1100 μJy. Three of the galaxies detected in Abell 2218 have previously known redshifts; of these one is a foreground galaxy and the other two are lensed ba...

BACKGROUND Tehran is the capital of Iran with an increasing Multiple Sclerosis (MS) incidence. A retrospective population-based study was conducted to evaluate the status of MS prevalence and MS incidence trends in Tehran Province, Iran. METHODS A population-based study was conducted from 1991 to 2014 in Tehran Province, the capital city of Iran based on Iranian MS Society (IMSS) registry sys...

UNLABELLED A review of the United States Office of Research Integrity annual reports identified 228 individuals who have committed misconduct, of which 94% involved fraud. Analysis of the data by career stage and gender revealed that misconduct occurred across the entire career spectrum from trainee to senior scientist and that two-thirds of the individuals found to have committed misconduct we...

With the new screening and treatment guidelines and the prospect of human papillomavirus vaccination for adolescents, the current total volume of Papanicolaou (Pap) tests will be significantly reduced. We used available data to assess the current supply and demand in the cytotechnology labor market and how an expected change in Pap test volume impacts this market. Cytotechnologists' data were o...