We analyze possible future trends in dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) export by world rivers and associated emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O). Our scenarios either assume that current trends continue or that nitrogen (N) inputs to aquatic systems are reduced as a result of changes in agriculture practices and fuel combustion technologies. The results indicate that moderate changes in the human...

Objective: To outline the major methodological issues appropriate to the use of the population impact number (PIN) and the disease impact number (DIN) in health policy decision making. Design: Review of literature and calculation of PIN and DIN statistics in different settings. Setting: Previously proposed extensions to the number needed to treat (NNT): the DIN and the PIN, which give a populat...

We investigated the properties of an artificial chimeric peptide that contains an Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD)tripeptide, the versatile cell recognition signal of extracellular matrix protein components, coupled to a carboxyl-terminal fragment of the highly specific a-thrombin hibitor, hirudin (residues 53-64): WG-SANGDFEEIPEEYL (RGD-hir~din'~-'~). Hir ~ d i n ~ ~ ' ~ and RGD-hir~din'~-'~ inhibited th...

Sima Rasti ; Mohammad Ali Asadi ; Afsaneh Taghriri ; Mitra Behrashi ; Gholamabbas Mousavie 3 1Department of Parasitology and Mycology, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, IR Iran 2Department of Obstetric and Gynecology, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, IR Iran 3Department of Statistic, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, IR Iran *Corresponding author: Mohamma...

MAHDI AZARNOOSH, ALI MOTIE NASRABADI, MOHAMMAD REZA MOHAMMADI, AND MOHAMMAD FIROOZABADI Department of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran; Biomedical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran; Psychiatry and Psychology Research Centre (PPRC), Roozbeh Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehra...

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2014.05.019 0360-8352/ 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. ⇑ Corresponding author at: Department of Industrial Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran. Tel.: +98 913 229 3775. E-mail address: [email protected] (M. Maleki). 1 Maximal Expected Coverage Relocation Problem. 2 Emergency Medical Services. Mohammad Maleki a,b,⇑, Nahidsadat Majlesinasa...