… In soft tissues, the first Lamé parameter k is usually much larger than the shear modulus l,
which makes the simultaneous calculation of both k and l impractical. However, the effect of k …

The global marine pharmaceutical pipeline consists of three Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
approved drugs, one EU registered drug, 13 natural products (or derivatives thereof) in …

The related traits of hostility, anger, and aggressiveness have long been suggested as risk
factors for coronary heart disease (CHD). Our prior review of this literature ( Smith, 1992 ) …

Background & Aims: Accurate detection of hepatic fibrosis is crucial for assessing prognosis
and candidacy for treatment in patients with chronic liver disease. Magnetic resonance (MR) …

Acetylation of histones in chromatin is one mechanism involved in the regulation of gene
transcription and is tightly controlled by the balance of acetyltransferase and deacetylase (…

The purpose of this study was to obtain normative data using magnetic resonance elastography
(MRE) (a) to obtain estimates of the shear modulus of human cerebral tissue in vivo and (…

Purpose To investigate the diagnostic accuracy (area under the receiver operating characteristic
curve [AUROC]) of magnetic resonance (MR) elastography for the early detection of …

Objective To evaluate the effect of recurrent nerve dissection on the incidence of recurrent
laryngeal nerve injury (RLNI) and to analyze the performance of individual surgeons. …

Though morbidity and mortality rates following pancreatic resection have improved in recent
years, they are still around 35% and 5%, respectively. Typical complications, such as …

Recently, the role of transcriptional repression through epigenetic modulation in carcinogenesis
has been clinically validated with several inhibitors of histone deacetylases and DNA …