In previous years, IUGS conducted a programme in the area of Geoscience Education and Training. The programme was organised under the status of a Working Group or a Commission. The IUGS level of activities in past yea...
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In previous years, IUGS conducted a programme in the area of Geoscience Education and Training. The programme was organised under the status of a Working Group or a Commission. The IUGS level of activities in past years in Geoscience Education (COGEOED) was generally low and so the IUGS Executive Committee considered this body dormant. The IUGS Strategic Planning Committee recommended in its report that, 'Technology-transfer and geological education focusing on developing countries should continue to be key-activities of the IUGS'.
Background A growing body of research has documented the effects of prenatal risk factors on a wide spectrum of adverse offspring health *** behavior problems,such as externalizing and internalizing problems,are no **...
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Background A growing body of research has documented the effects of prenatal risk factors on a wide spectrum of adverse offspring health *** behavior problems,such as externalizing and internalizing problems,are no *** comprehensive literature review aims to summarize and synthesize current research about commonly experienced prenatal risk factors associated with internalizing and externalizing problems,with a focus on their impact during childhood and *** mechanisms as well as implications are also *** sources The EBSCO,Web of Science,PubMed,Google Scholar,and Scopus databases were searched for studies examining the association between prenatal risk factors and offspring internalizing/externalizing problems,using keywords“prenatal”or“perinatal”or“birth complications”in combination with“internalizing”or“externalizing”.Relevant articles,including experimental research,systematic reviews,meta-analyses,cross-sectional and longitudinal cohort studies,and theoretical literature,were reviewed and synthesized to form the basis of this integrative *** Prenatal risk factors that have been widely investigated with regards to offspring internalizing and externalizing problems encompass health-related risk factors,including maternal overweight/obesity,substance use/abuse,environmental toxicant exposure,maternal infection/inflammation,as well as psychosocial risk factors,including intimate partner violence,and anxiety/***,both epidemiological and experimental studies support the adverse associations between these prenatal factors and increased risk of emotional/behavioral problem development during childhood and *** mechanisms of action underlying these associations include hormonal and immune system *** include prenatal education,screening,and intervention *** Prenatal risk factors are associated with a constellation of offspring internalizin
Background:Technical advances in radiotherapy delivery have simultaneously enabled dose escalation and enhanced bladder and rectal ***,the optimal radiation fractionation regimen for localized prostate cancer is *** a...
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Background:Technical advances in radiotherapy delivery have simultaneously enabled dose escalation and enhanced bladder and rectal ***,the optimal radiation fractionation regimen for localized prostate cancer is *** and clinical evidence suggest that hypofractionation may improve the therapeutic ratio of *** report our institutional outcomes using moderately hypofractionated,intensity-modulated radio-therapy(IMRT),and an endorectal balloon,with emphasis on long-term biochemical control and treatment-related adverse events in patients with localized prostate ***:Between January 1997 and April 2004,596 patients with cT1-T3 prostate cancer underwent IMRT using a moderate hypofractionation regimen(76.70 Gy at 2.19 Gy/fraction)with an endorectal *** D’Amico clas-sification,226(37.9%),264(44.3%),and 106(17.8%)patients had low-,intermediate-,or high-risk disease,*** majority of intermediate-and high-risk patients received androgen deprivation *** relapse-free survival(bRFS)was evaluated using 2005 Phoenix criteria and estimated using the Kaplan-Meier ***:The median follow-up was 62 *** 5-and 10-year bRFS rates were 92.7%and 87.7%.For low-,intermediate-,and high-risk patients,the 5-year bRFS rates were 96.9%,93.3%,and 82.0%,respectively;the 10-year bRFS rates were 91.4%,89.3%,and 76.2%,***-specific antigen,Gleason score,and T stage were significant predictors of bRFS(all P<0.01).The 5-year rates of severe(≥Grade 3)adverse events were very low:1.2%for gastrointestinal events and 1.1%for genitourinary ***:Long-term outcomes after moderately hypofractionated IMRT are *** hypofrac-tionation represents a safe,efficacious,alternative regimen in the treatment of localized prostate cancer.
Background:Invasive micropapillary carcinoma(IMPC)is an uncommon subtype of breast *** studies of this subtype demonstrated a higher propensity for lymph node metastases as compared with invasive ductal carci-noma(IDC...
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Background:Invasive micropapillary carcinoma(IMPC)is an uncommon subtype of breast *** studies of this subtype demonstrated a higher propensity for lymph node metastases as compared with invasive ductal carci-noma(IDC).The purpose of the present study was to determine the clinical characteristics,outcomes,and propensity for lymph node metastasis of patients with IMPC of the breast recorded in the National Cancer Database(NCDB).Methods:Records of patients with IMPC diagnosed between 2004 and 2014 were retrieved from the ***-rank test was performed to evaluate associations of clinical characteristics with overall survival(OS).Cox proportional hazards model was used to determine variables associated with ***:Overall,2660 patients with IMPC met the selection criteria;the 5-year OS rate was 87.5%and 24.9%of patients had nodal involvement at *** with≥4 positive lymph nodes had shorter OS than node-negative patients,whereas patients with 1-3 positive nodes had similar OS to node-negative ***<65 years,receipt of radiotherapy,and estrogen receptor positivity were also associated with prolonged *** benefit of radiotherapy was limited to IMPC patients undergoing lumpectomy;there was no benefit for the patients undergoing mastectomy(regardless of nodal positivity/negativity).Conclusions:Favorable prognostic factors of IMPC patients included age<65 years,<4 positive lymph nodes,receipt of radiotherapy,and estrogen receptor *** results presented herein suggest a survival benefit asso-ciated with radiotherapy in IMPC treatment,though this may be limited to the patients treated with lumpectomy.
AIM:To formally study age of diagnosis of papillary thyroid cancer(PTC) in inflammatory bowel disease(IBD) patients and evaluate the prevalence of PTC in IBD patients compared to a control *** that patients with IBD a...
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AIM:To formally study age of diagnosis of papillary thyroid cancer(PTC) in inflammatory bowel disease(IBD) patients and evaluate the prevalence of PTC in IBD patients compared to a control *** that patients with IBD are more likely to be diagnosed with PTC than a control population.A retrospective cohort analysis was performed using the University of Pennsylvania Health System's electronic *** from 1998-2009 were included in the search,and patients in the cohort were selected based on ICD-9 *** criteria included the diagnosis of Crohn's disease(CD) or ulcerative colitis(UC) and the concurrent diagnosis of thyroid cancer in comparison to a control *** these methods 912 patients with CD and 1774 with UC were compared to 1638 diverticulitis and 19 447 asthma *** were performed using corrected chisquare *** primary outcome for this study was the diagnosis of *** to conduct this study was obtained by the Institutional Review Board at the University of ***:The mean age was 47.5 years(range:18-102 years) and 66% patients were *** analysis of variance model was used to compare the age of PTC diagnosis between the CD,UC,asthma and diverticulitis groups,and a statistically significant difference in age at PTC diagnosis was noted across all groups(F = 6.35,df = 3,P = 0.0006).The age of PTC diagnosis in CD patients was statistically significantly lower than UC,asthma,and diverticulitis patients(average PTC diagnosis age for CD 25,UC 49,asthma 45,diverticulitis 63).After covarying for sex and age in 2009,the difference in age at PTC diagnosis remained statistically significant(F = 4.13,df = 3,P = 0.0089).A total of 86 patients were diagnosed with *** patients(0.5%) with UC were diagnosed with *** with UC were not shown to be more likely to develop PTC [odds ratio(OR):1.544,95%CI 0.767-3.108] compared to asthma *** patients(0.4%) with CD were
Background and purpose:Providing participants with evidence-based care for secondary prevention is an ethical and scientific priority for trials in stroke *** optimal strategy,however,is *** report the performance of ...
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Background and purpose:Providing participants with evidence-based care for secondary prevention is an ethical and scientific priority for trials in stroke *** optimal strategy,however,is *** report the performance of a new approach for delivering preventive care to trial ***:Participants were enrolled in the Insulin Resistance Intervention after Stroke trial,which examined the insulin sensitiser,pioglitazone versus placebo for prevention of stroke and myocardial infarction after ischaemic stroke or transient ischaemic *** care was the responsibility of the participants’personal healthcare providers,but investigators monitored care and provided feedback *** studied achievement of 8 prevention goals at baseline and 3 annual visits,with a focus on 3 priority goals:blood pressure<140/90 mm Hg,lowdensity lipoprotein(LDL)cholesterol<2.59 mmol/L and antithrombotic ***:The proportion of participants achieving the priority goals was highest for antithrombotic use(96–99%in each year)and similar for blood pressure(66–72%in each year)and LDL(68–70%in each year).All 3 priority goals were achieved by 47–52%of participants in any given ***,only 22%of participants achieved all 3 goals in each ***:A strategy of monitoring care and providing feedback was associated with high average yearly achievement of 3 priority secondary prevention goals,but the majority of trial participants did not persist in being at goal over *** registration number:NCT00091949.
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