CONTEXT Adolescents with differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) require lifelong monitoring with a high possibility of reoperation or radioactive iodine. Although adult DTC survivors have similar or slightly worse quality of life (QOL), this has not been evaluated in the pediatric population. OBJECTIVE Our objective was to compare QOL and anxiety in adolescents with DTC to patients with acquired...

Schiff base containing symmetric bis-dithiocarbamate ligand Na2[dtc-SB-dtc] (SB = Bi-Schiff base Phenylene diamine) is synthesized and metallated with Co(II)Cl2.6H2O to form [Co(dtc-SB-dtc).2H2O]n Co(dtc-SB) infinite coordination polymer (ICP) nanowires [Co(dtc-SB) NWs]. Pair of Satellites in X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) spectrum of Co 2p confirm the formation of hexa-coordinated Co(I...

To understand better how spontaneous motoneuron activity and intramuscular nerve branching influence motoneuron survival, we chronically treated chicken embryos in ovo with either d-tubocurarine (dTC) or muscimol during the naturally occurring cell death period, assessing their effects on activity by in ovo motility measurement and muscle nerve recordings from isolated spinal cord preparations....

BACKGROUND As direct-to-consumer personal genome testing (DTC-PGT) is increasingly available in Australia, knowledge of Australians' perceptions and attitudes towards this technology is needed in order to assess the (potential) impact it might have on the Australian public and healthcare system. AIMS To explore the knowledge and perceptions of DTC-PGT in an Australian sample. METHODS An onl...

PURPOSE The primary aim was to study the risk of cardiovascular mortality in patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC). Secondary aims were to evaluate all-cause mortality and explore the relation between thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH; also known as thyrotropin) level and these outcome parameters. PATIENTS AND METHODS Subjects from two cohorts were retrospectively compared by Co...

This paper deals with the direct torque control (DTC) of the induction motor. This type of control allows decoupling control between the flux and the torque without the need for a transformation of coordinates. However, as with other hysteresisbased systems, the classical DTC scheme represents a high ripple, in both the electromagnetic torque and the stator flux and a distortion in the stator c...

Diurnal temperature cycling is an intrinsic characteristic of many exposed microbial ecosystems. However, its influence on yeast physiology and the yeast transcriptome has not been studied in detail. In this study, 24-h sinusoidal temperature cycles, oscillating between 12°C and 30°C, were imposed on anaerobic, glucose-limited chemostat cultures of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. After three diurnal ...

BACKGROUND The incidence of differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) is low in people of African origin and higher in populations living on islands, but there is no well-established explanation for these differences. Cuba is a multiethnic nation with people of African and Spanish descent. Until now, no study on the risk factors of DTC has focused on the Cuban population. Our aim is to establish t...

Direct torque control (DTC) is preferably control method on high performance control of induction motors due to its advantages such as fast dynamic response, simple and robust control structure. However, high torque and current ripples are mostly faced problems in this control method. This paper presents artificial neural network (ANN) based approach to the DTC method to overcome mentioned prob...

Motoneurons undergo a phase of target-dependent cell death during development. In chick embryos, motoneuronal death is blocked by the application of the nicotinic antagonists d-tubocurare (dTC) or alpha-bungarotoxin (alpha BTX). Paralytic doses of these drugs also increase intramuscular nerve branch formation. To investigate the possibility that a neuronal rather than a muscle-type nicotinic AC...