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Low-Level Presence of New GM Crops : An Issue on the Rise for Countries Where They Lack Approval
(AgBioForum, 2010)
This study addresses a new issue in the commercialization of GM crops, namely the occurrence of traces -- or "low-level presence" (LLP) -- of nationally unapproved GM material in crop imports. The commercialization of GM ...
How best to help kids lose weight
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2010)
Screen children and adolescents for obesity and offer them multifaceted weight loss interventions, based on new evidence (and a recent US Preventive Services Task Force [USPSTF] recommendation) of their effectiveness. ...
What's the best approach to diagnosing food allergies in infants?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2010)
A well-designed oral food challenge (OFC) is the most reliable diagnostic test for infants whose clinical history and physical examination suggest a specific food allergy (strength of recommendation [SOR]: C, consensus ...
How useful are genital exams during boys' sports physicals?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2010)
Examination may be useful to identify hernia but not testicular cancer. Insufficient evidence exists to recommend for or against screening genital exams for boys playing sports. Given the low risk of harm, screening for ...
Is aspirin effective for primary prevention of colon cancer?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2010)
Aspirin probably shouldn't be used for routine prevention because of its potential risks (strength of recommendation [SOR]: B, systematic review of inconsistent evidence). However, aspirin is likely to be effective for ...
Diagnosing Von Willebrand Disease
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2010)
The diagnosis of vWD requires two clinical criteria: (1) a personal history, family history, or physical evidence of mucocutaneous bleeding and (2) a qualitative or quantitative decrease in functional activity of von ...
Does hypercoagulopathy testing benefit patients with DVT?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2010)
There is no evidence to suggest that testing for hypercoagulopathy benefits most patients with deep venous thrombosis (DVT). Nor has research established that thrombophilia test results improve the ability to predict ...
Turning Black Swans Green : The Vittorio Santaniello Memorial Lecture
(AgBioForum, 2010)
This article argues that the severe (or Black Swan) event of a financial crisis provides the opportunity to address other threatening issues -- energy insecurity and climate change with the associated extreme weather events. ...
Policy Recommendations from the 13th ICABR Conference on the Emerging Bioeconomy
(AgBioForum, 2010)
The International Consortium on Agricultural Biotechnology Research held its 13th annual conference in Ravello, Italy in June 2009. The theme of the conference was the bioeconomy, and this topic was addressed through ...
What is the most effective way to relieve symptoms of acute stress disorder?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2010)
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) that emphasizes exposure-based treatment is the most effective intervention for adults with acute stress disorder (ASD) (strength of recommendation [SOR]: B, meta-analysis of limited-quality ...
Depression in pregnancy
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2010)
This issue of eMedRef provides information to clinicians on the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and therapeutics of depression during pregnancy.
Coregulation of Ion Channel Conductances Preserves Output in a Computational Model of a Crustacean Cardiac Motor Neuron
(Society for Neuroscience, 2010)
Similar activity patterns at both neuron and network levels can arise from different combinations of membrane and synaptic conductance values. A strategy by which neurons may preserve their electrical output is via cell ...
Time-dependent density-matrix functional theory for biexcitonic phenomena
(arXiv, 2010)
We formulate a time-dependent density-matrix functional theory (TDDMFT) approach for higher-order correlation effects like biexcitons in optical processes in solids based on the reduced two-particle density-matrix formalism ...
D'yakonov-Perel' spin relaxation for degenerate electrons in the electron-hole liquid
(arXiv, 2010)
We present an analytical study of the D'yakonov-Perel' spin relaxation time for degenerate electrons in a photo-excited electron-hole liquid in intrinsic semiconductors exhibiting a spin-split band structure. The ...
Correcting Optical-Axis Calculation in Polarization-Sensitive Optical Coherence Tomography
(IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 2010-10)
Polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography (PSOCT) has found many applications in imaging birefringence tissue samples. Polarization-sensitive detection is often implemented by utilizing a circularly polarized ...
Hypothyroidism: general
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2010)
This issue of eMedRef provides information to clinicians on the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and therapeutics of hypothyroidism.
Which nutritional therapies are safe and effective for depression?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2011)
St. John's wort is effective for short-term relief of mild to moderate depression (strength of recommendation [SOR]: A; 1 systematic review). Its safety profile is superior to older antidepressants; data comparing it with ...
Childhood alopecia areata: What treatment works best?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2011)
There are no validated effective treatments for alopecia areata (AA). Topical immunotherapy (squaric acid dibutylester [SADBE] and diphenylcyclopropenone [DPCP]) induces the most significant short-term hair regrowth in ...
Is cinnamon safe and effective for treating lipid disorders?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2011)
Insufficient evidence exists to determine whether cinnamon improves outcomes in patients with lipid disorders. In healthy patients without hyperlipidemia, cinnamon doesn't change lipid levels but does cause mild gastrointestinal ...
Far-Infrared Spectroscopy of Cationic Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Zero Kinetic Energy Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Pentacene Vaporized from Laser Desorption
(Institute of Physics, 2010)
The distinctive set of infrared (IR) emission bands at 3.3, 6.2, 7.7, 8.6, and 11.3 μm are ubiquitously seen in a wide variety of astrophysical environments. They are generally attributed to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon ...