Disease control efforts directed at human immunodeficiency virus are predicated on the need to reduce personal risk behaviors; that approach may not adequately reflect the complicated interplay between personal behaviors and the social setting in which they occur. Efforts to date, including the application of population ecology, the development of the core group hypothesis, and the use of compa...

OBJECTIVE To assess the effects of preventive home visits to elderly people living in the community. DESIGN Systematic review. SETTING 15 trials retrieved from Medline, Embase, and the Cochrane controlled trial register. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Physical function, psychosocial function, falls, admissions to institutions, and mortality. RESULTS Considerable differences in the methodological...

Article history: Received 9 November 2012 Received in revised form 27 June 2013 Accepted 28 August 2013 Available online 27 November 2013 This study focuses on the appropriation process of two public computing infrastructures in the City of Oulu, Finland, a municipalWiFi network and large interactive displays. We analyze the adoption of these technologies in public urban places with a conceptua...

When a natural gas pipeline ruptures, the adjacent automatic line control valves (ALCVs) should close quickly to prevent leakage or explosion. The differential pressure set point (DPS) at each valve location is the main criteria for value setting in ALCV action. If the DPS is not properly adjusted, the ALCV may mistakenly close or it may not take any action at proper time. This study focused on...

Ixabepilone (Ixempra) is a member of a new class of cytotoxic agents, the epothilones. Epothilones promote tubulin polymerization in vitro and demonstrate antitumor activity. This article reviews the preclinical and clinical data that have led to the approval of ixabepilone for patients with locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer for whom anthracycline and taxane treatments have failed.

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