The burgeoning epidemic of diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the major global health
challenges. We systematically reviewed the published literature to provide a summary …

Diabetes triples the risk for active tuberculosis, thus the increasing burden of type 2 diabetes
will help to sustain the present tuberculosis epidemic. Recommendations have been made …

High osmolality of infant feed reflects a high concentration of solute particles and has been
implicated as a cause of necrotising enterocolitis. Evidence for direct intestinal mucosal …

Modern postoperative mortality rates for resectional operations for lung cancer are not
readily available. In recent publications estimating the risk factors for surgical resection …

Summary The Nagra/PSI Chemical Thermodynamic Data Base has been updated to support
performance assessments of the planned Swiss repositories for radioactive waste. The …

The analysis of a series of 1,225 cases of reflux esophagitis shows the serious nature of this
condition. A liberal use of antireflux operations therefore seems justified. Extensive columnar …

The CDATE project coded studies of treatment/intervention programs in prison, jail,
probation, or parole settings reported from 1968 through 1996. Meta-analyses were …

This study compares the relative effects of advancing male age on multiple genomic defects
in human sperm [DNA fragmentation index (DFI), chromatin integrity, gene mutations, and …

We have performed five single lung transplantations for end-stage pulmonary fibrosis, with
four long-term survivors. Two patients underwent right lung transplantation and two …

The polarized infrared spectra of crab chitin crystallites, blowfly larval cuticle, lobster tendon,
and partially deacetylated lobster chitin have been studied. In addition, the spectra of …