… The method developed by Rovis and Vora uses substoichiometric amounts of additives
commonly used in peptide coupling reactions as acyl transfer reagents to give amide products …

The generation of acyl anion equivalents has been of interest to the synthetic community
since the early 1960’s. Of the numerous methods available to generate acyl anions (or acyl …

Background The estimation of risk of recurrence for patients with colon carcinoma must be
improved. A robust immune score quantification is needed to introduce immune parameters …

Choledochal cysts are cystic dilation of extrahepatic duct, intrahepatic duct, or both that may
result in significant morbidity and mortality, unless identified early and managed …

Background Whether exposure to air pollution adversely affects the growth of lung function
during the period of rapid lung development that occurs between the ages of 10 and 18 years …

A cohort of 1,678 Southern California children, enrolled as fourth graders in 1996, was
followed for 4 years to determine whether the growth in lung function of the children was …

Asthma is a common disease with a complex risk architecture including both genetic and
environmental factors. We performed a meta-analysis of North American genome-wide …

Background Whether local exposure to major roadways adversely affects lung-function growth
during the period of rapid lung development that takes place between 10 and 18 years of …

… above, we computed annual averages of 24-h average PM 2.5 (mass) and 24-h ozone. …
10.0, 10.3, and 8.4 h and for boys was 10.3, 12.3, and 12.8 h. Our assessment of outdoor activity …

… Third, a relatively constant specific productivity was maintained throughout the first 12 h of
the post-induction phase of our fed-batch fermentation process. This suggests that, given state-…