Phosphorus compounds are ubiquitous in the chemical sciences, finding applications
throughout industry and academia. Of particular interest to synthetic chemists are …

Rapid industrialization and urbanization in developing countries has led to an increase in air
pollution, along a similar trajectory to that previously experienced by the developed nations …

Four previously healthy homosexual men contracted Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia,
extensive mucosal candidiasis, and multiple viral infections. In three of the patients these …

“What drives Free/Open Source software (F/OSS) developers to contribute their time and
effort to the creation of free software products?” is a question often posed by software industry …

Background Previous studies have suggested that the frequency of cancer is higher in
patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) than in the general population, but have not …

Repetitive overhead throwing imparts high valgus and extension loads to the athlete's elbow,
often leading to either acute or chronic injury or progressive structural change. Tensile …

The inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD; Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis) are a collection
of chronic idiopathic inflammatory disorders of the intestine and/or colon. Although the …

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) has become a worldwide epidemic 1–6 , so
the development of vaccines and antiviral agents effective against the causative agent, …

Leukocyte-endothelial cell adhesion and an altered metabolism of endothelial cell-derived
nitric oxide (NO) have been implicated in the microvascular dysfunction associated with …

Purpose: Randomized trials have demonstrated that adjuvant chemotherapy improves
survival for patients with stage III colon cancer and that chemotherapy combined with radiation …