BACKGROUND Vanuatu was formerly highly endemic for lymphatic filariasis (LF), caused by Wuchereria bancrofti and transmitted by Anopheles mosquitoes. After a baseline survey showing 4.8% antigen prevalence in 1998, the country conducted nationwide (in one implementation unit) annual mass drug administration (MDA) with albendazole and diethylcarbamazine citrate from 2000 to 2004 and achieved pre...

BACKGROUND One of the common side effects of cancer is fatigue that affects patients' life quality and leads to disability. Exercise has an important role in improving these patients' life quality and can be used as a complementary treatment. Moreover, there are few studies on the impact of exercise on fatigue among patients with colon cancer. Therefore, the present study investigated the effec...

The tetra-nuclear title compound, [Cu(2)Ti(2)(C(6)H(6)NO(6))(2)O(O(2))(2)(H(2)O)(10)]·7H(2)O, lies about a twofold rotation axis that passes through the bridging oxide atom. The titanium atom is N,O,O',O''-chelated by the nitrilo-triacetate and O,O'-chelated by the peroidxo group and is coordinated to the bridging O atom in an overall penta-gonal-bipyramidal geometry. The O atom of one of the c...

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In the title complex, [Pr(2)(C(2)O(4))(3)(H(2)O)(4)](n), the two independent Pr(III) ions are both nine-coordinated in a distorted monocapped square-anti-prismatic geometry by seven O atoms from four oxalate ligands and two water mol-ecules. The Pr(III) ions are bridged by the oxalate ligands, forming a layer parallel to (001). O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds connect the layers.

In the title compound, [CaCs2(C2O4)2(H2O)4] n , the Ca(2+) ion, lying on a twofold rotation axis, is coordinated by four O atoms from two oxalate ligands and two bridging water mol-ecules in an octa-hedral geometry. The Cs(+) ion is coordinated by seven O atoms from six oxalate ligands, one bridging water and one terminal water mol-ecule. The oxalate ligand displays a scarce high denticity. The...