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University of Basel1, Radboud University Nijmegen2, University of Padua3, Complutense University of Madrid4, University of Paris5, University of Zurich6, University of Bari7, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences8, University of Florence9, Russian Academy10, Rambam Health Care Campus11, University of Regensburg12, Charité13, University of the Witwatersrand14, Johns Hopkins University15, University of Coimbra16, University of Verona17, Lund University18, University of Ljubljana19, Utrecht University20, University of Pécs21, Medical University of Vienna22, University of Debrecen23, Sapienza University of Rome24, University of Geneva25, University of Silesia in Katowice26, University College London27, University of Tübingen28, Military Medical Academy29, Lille University of Science and Technology30, University of Michigan31, Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy32, Charles University in Prague33, University of Zagreb34
TL;DR: Disease-related causes, in particular pulmonary fibrosis, PAH and cardiac causes, accounted for the majority of deaths in SSc.
Abstract: Objectives To determine the causes and predictors of mortality in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Methods Patients with SSc (n=5860) fulfilling the American College of Rheumatology criteria and prospectively followed in the EULAR Scleroderma Trials and Research (EUSTAR) cohort were analysed. EUSTAR centres completed a structured questionnaire on cause of death and comorbidities. Kaplan-Meier and Cox proportional hazards models were used to analyse survival in SSc subgroups and to identify predictors of mortality. Results Questionnaires were obtained on 234 of 284 fatalities. 55% of deaths were attributed directly to SSc and 41% to non-SSc causes; in 4% the cause of death was not assigned. Of the SSc-related deaths, 35% were attributed to pulmonary fibrosis, 26% to pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and 26% to cardiac causes (mainly heart failure and arrhythmias). Among the non-SSc-related causes, infections (33%) and malignancies (31%) were followed by cardiovascular causes (29%). Of the non-SSc-related fatalities, 25% died of causes in which SSc-related complications may have participated (pneumonia, sepsis and gastrointestinal haemorrhage). Independent risk factors for mortality and their HR were: proteinuria (HR 3.34), the presence of PAH based on echocardiography (HR 2.02), pulmonary restriction (forced vital capacity below 80% of normal, HR 1.64), dyspnoea above New York Heart Association class II (HR 1.61), diffusing capacity of the lung (HR 1.20 per 10% decrease), patient age at onset of Raynaud's phenomenon (HR 1.30 per 10 years) and the modified Rodnan skin score (HR 1.20 per 10 score points). Conclusion Disease-related causes, in particular pulmonary fibrosis, PAH and cardiac causes, accounted for the majority of deaths in SSc.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide indicators of trade restrictiveness that include both measures of tariff and nontariff barriers for 91 developing and industrial countries, including India, China, and Brazil.
Abstract: The objective of this paper is to provide indicators of trade restrictiveness that include both measures of tariff and nontariff barriers for 91 developing and industrial countries. For each country, the authors estimate three trade restrictiveness indices. The first one summarizes the degree of trade distortions that each country imposes on itself through its own trade policies. The second one focuses on the trade distortions imposed by each country on its import bundle. The last index focuses on market access and summarizes the trade distortions imposed by the rest of the world on each country's export bundle. All indices are estimated for the broad aggregates of manufacturing and agriculture products. Results suggest that poor countries (and those with the highest poverty headcount) tend to be more restrictive, but they also face the highest trade barriers on their export bundle. This is partly explained by the fact that agriculture protection is generally larger than manufacturing protection. Nontariff barriers contribute more than 70 percent on average to world protection, underlying their importance for any study on trade protection.
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Marcos Daniel Actis1, G. Agnetta2, Felix Aharonian3, A. G. Akhperjanian +682 more•Institutions (109)
TL;DR: The ground-based gamma-ray astronomy has had a major breakthrough with the impressive results obtained using systems of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes as mentioned in this paper, which is an international initiative to build the next generation instrument, with a factor of 5-10 improvement in sensitivity in the 100 GeV-10 TeV range and the extension to energies well below 100GeV and above 100 TeV.
Abstract: Ground-based gamma-ray astronomy has had a major breakthrough with the impressive results obtained using systems of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes. Ground-based gamma-ray astronomy has a huge potential in astrophysics, particle physics and cosmology. CTA is an international initiative to build the next generation instrument, with a factor of 5-10 improvement in sensitivity in the 100 GeV-10 TeV range and the extension to energies well below 100 GeV and above 100 TeV. CTA will consist of two arrays (one in the north, one in the south) for full sky coverage and will be operated as open observatory. The design of CTA is based on currently available technology. This document reports on the status and presents the major design concepts of CTA.
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TL;DR: The LAP/LIP ratio increases about 5-fold during terminal rat liver differentiation and is thus likely to modulate the activity of LAP in the intact animal, possibly owing to its higher affinity for its DNA cognate sequences.
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TL;DR: A positive margin after resection of hepatic colorectal metastases is associated with adverse biologic factors and increased risk of surgical-margin recurrence, and a predicted margin of <1 cm should not be used as an exclusion criterion for resection.
Abstract: Liver resection currently represents the only potentially curative therapeutic option for hepatic colorectal metastasis (CRM), and 5-year survival rates of 25% to 58% have been reported.1–6 Traditionally, primary tumor stage, preoperative carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) level, hepatic tumor size, number of hepatic metastases, time from primary tumor treatment to diagnosis of hepatic metastases, and presence of extrahepatic disease have been reported to be independent predictors of survival after resection.7,8
Surgical margin status is an additional factor that has been evaluated for its influence on long-term survival after resection of CRM, but its significance remains controversial. Several series concerning liver resection for colorectal liver metastasis have reported that surgical margins of less than 1 cm are an absolute9,10 or relative contraindication to surgery.11 Cady et al10 have reported that a surgical margin less than 1 cm was associated on univariate analysis with a significantly shorter disease-free survival. As a result, major centers have adopted a 1-cm margin as a target during resection to minimize hepatic recurrence and improve survival after resection of CRM.12,13 In fact, a 1-cm margin has been proposed as the minimally acceptable margin even for ablative techniques.14,15
Despite the emphasis on a 1-cm margin, some investigators16 have reported that the actual width of the surgical margin has no effect on survival as long as the margin is negative. Altendorf-Hofmann and Scheele16 noted that patients with a microscopically positive margin (R1) had a worse prognosis compared with patients who had a microscopically negative margin (R0), but survival was not associated with the width of the negative surgical margin. More recently, Adam et al17 reported a 5-year survival rate of 33% in 138 patients, among whom 67% had less than 1-mm surgical margins. All of these studies, however, examined only the effect of surgical margin status on survival but not local recurrence.
If margin status or width of margin is important, it has practical implications. Specifically, margin considerations may dictate which patients are resectable, the extent of resection, and the treatment of residual positive margins at the time of surgery.10,18 The objective of the current study was to evaluate the influence of surgical margin status on survival and site of recurrence in patients treated with hepatic resection for CRM at 3 hepatobiliary centers.
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JoAnn E. Manson | 270 | 1819 | 258509 |
Joseph L. Goldstein | 207 | 556 | 149527 |
Kari Stefansson | 206 | 794 | 174819 |
David Baltimore | 203 | 876 | 162955 |
Mark I. McCarthy | 200 | 1028 | 187898 |
Michael S. Brown | 185 | 422 | 123723 |
Yang Gao | 168 | 2047 | 146301 |
Napoleone Ferrara | 167 | 494 | 140647 |
Marc Weber | 167 | 2716 | 153502 |
Alessandro Melchiorri | 151 | 674 | 116384 |
Andrew D. Hamilton | 151 | 1334 | 105439 |
David P. Strachan | 143 | 472 | 105256 |
Andrew Beretvas | 141 | 1985 | 110059 |
Rainer Wallny | 141 | 1661 | 105387 |
Josh Moss | 139 | 1019 | 89255 |