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Elkattah R, Kowalski L. “Un-Kissing” Type II Endometriomas. J Minim Invasive Gynecol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2018.09.659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Silicon microspheres produced in gas-phase by hot-wall CVD offer unique quality in terms of sphericity, surface smoothness, and size. However, the spheres produced are polydisperse in size, which typically range from 0.5 μm to 5 μm. In this work we show through experiments and calculations that thermophoretic forces arising from strong temperature gradients inside the reactor volume effectively sort the particles in size along the reactor. These temperature gradients are shown to be produced by a convective gas flow. The results prove that it is possible to select the particle size by collecting them in a particular reactor region, opening new possibilities towards the production by CVD of size-controlled high-quality silicon microspheres.
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- M Garín
- Grup de recerca en Micro i Nanotecnologies, Departament d'Enginyeria Electrònica, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, c/Jordi Girona Pascual 1-3, Barcelona 08034, Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química (CSIC - UPV), Universitat Politècnica de Valencia, Av. Tarongers s/n 46022, Valencia, Spain
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- Grup de recerca en Micro i Nanotecnologies, Departament d'Enginyeria Electrònica, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, c/Jordi Girona Pascual 1-3, Barcelona 08034, Spain
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Giudice F, Rodrigues B, Lacerda T, Cartaxo R, Baptistella A, Dias M, Kowalski L, Martins V. 2814 Understanding the mechanism of extracellular vesicles release in head and neck cancer. Eur J Cancer 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/s0959-8049(16)31557-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Johnson NW, Warnakulasuriya S, Gupta PC, Dimba E, Chindia M, Otoh EC, Sankaranarayanan R, Califano J, Kowalski L. Global oral health inequalities in incidence and outcomes for oral cancer: causes and solutions. Adv Dent Res 2011; 23:237-46. [PMID: 21490236 DOI: 10.1177/0022034511402082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 169] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2023]
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The mouth and oropharynx are among the ten most common sites affected by cancer worldwide, but global incidence varies widely. Five-year survival rates exceed 50% in only the best treatment centers. Causes are predominantly lifestyle-related: Tobacco, areca nut, alcohol, poor diet, viral infections, and pollution are all important etiological factors. Oral cancer is a disease of the poor and dispossessed, and reducing social inequalities requires national policies co-ordinated with wider health and social initiatives - the common risk factor approach: control of the environment; safe water; adequate food; public and professional education about early signs and symptoms; early diagnosis and intervention; evidence-based treatments appropriate to available resources; and thoughtful rehabilitation and palliative care. Reductions in inequalities, both within and between countries, are more likely to accrue from the application of existing knowledge in a whole-of-society approach. Basic research aimed at determining individual predisposition and acquired genetic determinants of carcinogenesis and tumor progression, thus allowing for targeted therapies, should be pursued opportunistically.
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- N W Johnson
- Griffith Health Institute, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia.
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Ferlito A, Buckley JG, Shaha AR, Silver CE, Rinaldo A, Kowalski L. The role of neck dissection in the treatment of supraglottic laryngeal cancer. Acta Otolaryngol 2001; 121:448-53. [PMID: 11508502 DOI: 10.1080/000164801300366561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Indications of simultaneous bilateral radical neck dissection remains controversial. The main objectives of this analysis were to study: a) the frequency of postoperative complications, b) the patterns of metastatic lymph nodes in the surgical specimen, c) the predictive factors of neck recurrences, d) the prognostic factors related to overall survival. METHODS A retrospective review of results in 193 consecutive patients submitted to a simultaneous bilateral radical neck dissection from 1960-1990. RESULTS Postoperative complications occurred in 60.8% of the cases. The most frequent ones were: fistula, wound infection, flap dehiscence and necrosis. There were four postoperative deaths (2.7%). The lymph nodes most frequently involved were of the upper jugular and upper accessory groups. Only patients with lip and paranasal sinus tumors never presented metastatic nodes at Levels IV and V. Tumor recurrences were more common at the ipsilateral neck (13.5%) or at distant sites (12.4%). The predictive factors of neck recurrences were: age, N stage, ipsilateral metastasis at Level II, and contralateral metastasis at Levels II and IV. The overall 5-year survival rates for the two age groups, that is, younger than 40 and older than 40 years of age, were respectively, of 8.5% and 35.6% (P = 0.0296). There were no survivals among the group of patients with neck lymph nodes staged as N3 or Nx. The overall 5-year survival rates were significantly influenced by contralateral metastatic lymph nodes at any level. The results of multivariate analysis using the Cox regression technique, showed that Level II ipsilateral metastatic lymph nodes, Levels II and IV contralateral metastatic lymph nodes, and age were the independent predictors of the risk of death. CONCLUSIONS This study demonstrates that simultaneous bilateral neck dissection has a high morbidity and should be contraindicated as an elective procedure. Further studies with selective neck dissections are warranted.
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- J Magrin
- Head and Neck Surgery and Otorhinolaryngology Department, Centro de Tratamento e Pesquisa Hospital do Câncer A.C. Camargo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Sun R, Colin E, Ajitanand NN, Alexander JM, Barton MA, DeYoung PA, Drake KL, Elmaani A, Gelderloos CJ, Gualtieri EE, Guinet D, Hannuschke S, Jaasma JA, Kowalski L, Lacey RA, Lauret J, Norbeck E, Pak R, Peaslee GF, Stern M, Stone NT, Sundbeck SD, Westfall GD, Yang LB, Yee J. Balance of mass, momentum, and energy in splintering central collisions for 40Ar up to 115 MeV /Nucleon. Phys Rev Lett 2000; 84:43-46. [PMID: 11015830 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.84.43] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/1999] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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For central collisions of (17-115)A MeV 40Ar+Cu, Ag, Au, an overall balance is determined for the average mass, energy, and longitudinal momentum. Light charged particles and fragments are separated into forward-focused and isotropic components in the frame of the heaviest fragment. Energy removal by the isotropic component reaches 1-2 GeV. For such high deposition energies, statistical multifragmentation models predict much more extensive nuclear disassembly than is observed.
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- R Sun
- Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
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Teixeira G, Antonangelo L, Kowalski L, Saldiva P, Ferraz A, Silva Filho G. Argyrophilic nucleolar organizer regions staining is useful in predicting recurrence-free interval in oral tongue and floor of mouth squamous cell carcinoma. Am J Surg 1996; 172:684-8. [PMID: 8988678 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9610(96)00306-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND Argyrophilic nucleolar organizer regions (AgNORs) represent a tissue marker of cell proliferative activity. The purpose of this study was to assess the prognostic value of AgNORs expression in oral squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). METHODS The AgNORs area/nucleus was studied in paraffin sections by means of digital image analysis in 43 cases of stage II oral tongue and floor of the mouth SCC. RESULTS Time free of disease was considered a dependent variable of a binary indicator of AgNORs expression (7.77 microns2/nucleus as a cut-off point). High AgNORs level was associated with a statistically significant negative effect on recurrence-free interval of disease in a Cox proportional hazards models controlled for occult lymph node metastasis, involvement of the surgical margins, thickness of the lesion, and vascular invasion. CONCLUSIONS The AgNORs area increased the capability of predicting which patients have a high risk of recurrence of cancer, and its evaluation may provide useful information for the therapeutic approach to the oral tongue and floor of the mouth SCC.
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- G Teixeira
- Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo, Brazil
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Magda MT, Bauge E, Elmaani A, Braunstein T, Gelderloos CJ, Ajitanand NN, Alexander JM, Ethvignot T, Bier P, Kowalski L, Désequelles P, Elhage H, Giorni A, Kox S, Lleres A, Merchez F, Morand C, Stassi P, Benrachi JB, Chambon B, Cheynis B, Drain D, Pastor C. Fusionlike reactions of 40Ar up to 1.36 GeV: Prethermalization and postthermalization particles and fragments. Phys Rev C Nucl Phys 1996; 53:R1473-R1477. [PMID: 9971177 DOI: 10.1103/physrevc.53.r1473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Gelderloos CJ, Alexander JM, Ajitanand NN, Bauge E, Elmaani A, Ethvignot T, Kowalski L, Lacey RA, Brandan ME, Giorni A, Heuer D, Kox S, Lleres A, Menchaca-Rocha A, Merchez F, Rebreyend D, Viano JB, Chambon B, Cheynis B, Drain D, Pastor C. Time relationships between direct particle emission and fragmentation: A probe for nuclear expansion prior to fragment freeze-out. Phys Rev Lett 1995; 75:3082-3085. [PMID: 10059490 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.75.3082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Alexander JM, Elmaani A, Kowalski L, Ajitanand NN, Gelderloos CJ. Alternatives for understanding qualitative features that dominate particle-particle correlations in heavy-ion reactions of. Phys Rev C Nucl Phys 1993; 48:2874-2880. [PMID: 9969164 DOI: 10.1103/physrevc.48.2874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Ethvignot T, Ajitanand NN, Alexander JM, Bauge E, Elmaani A, Kowalski L, Lopez M, Magda MT, Désesquelles P, Elhage H, Giorni A, Heuer D, Kox S, Lleres A, Merchez F, Morand C, Rebreyend D, Stassi P, Viano JB, Benrachi F, Chambon B, Cheynis B, Drain D, Pastor C. Evolution of fragment-fragment correlations in reactions of 197Au and 107,109Ag with 40Ar from 7A to 34A MeV. Phys Rev C Nucl Phys 1992; 46:637-646. [PMID: 9968160 DOI: 10.1103/physrevc.46.637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Kowalski L, Falqui L, Lacy PE, Scharp DW. Production of marked prolongation of survival of canine islet xenografts in mice by antilymphocyte sera and L3T4 antibody. Transplantation 1991; 52:1094-7. [PMID: 1750074 DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199112000-00033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- L Kowalski
- Department of Pathology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
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Miller PD, Neal BJ, McIntyre DO, Yanover MJ, Anger MS, Kowalski L. Effect of cyclical therapy with phosphorus and etidronate on axial bone mineral density in postmenopausal osteoporotic women. Osteoporos Int 1991; 1:171-6. [PMID: 1790405 DOI: 10.1007/bf01625449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Forty seven women with postmenopausal osteoporosis and at least one but no more than four vertebral compression fractures received sequential and cyclical therapy with phosphorus and etidronate (p/etid). During the same 2-year period of observation, three other groups of patients received either sodium fluoride (n = 12), estrogen replacement therapy (n = 12), or vitamin D and calcium (Ca++) alone (n = 15). Axial bone mineral density (BMD) was measured by means of dual-photon absorptiometry. Lateral thoracic and lumbar spine radiographs were taken to assess fractures. Bone mineral density increased from baseline during p/etid therapy: Mean 15.7 +/- 1.6% (SD) (P less than 0.001). During the same time, the patients in the sodium fluoride group showed a comparable increase in their BMD from baseline: mean 15.7 +/- 1.1% (P less than 0.001). During the first year of therapy, patients in the estrogen replacement group had an increase in their BMD from baseline: mean: 4.6% +/- 1.1% (P less than 0.05). No change in BMD was seen in the control group that received vitamin D and Ca++ alone. No patient who received p/etid, sodium fluoride, or estrogen replacement therapy had any new vertebral compression fractures or height loss, whereas in the control group that received vitamin D and Ca++ alone 6 out of 15 had height loss and at least one new vertebral fracture (P less than 0.01). p/etid therapy increases BMD in women with postmenopausal osteoporosis comparable to sodium fluoride but without side effects or toxicity and stabilizes vertebral compression fractures.
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- P D Miller
- Western Nephrology and Metabolic Bone Disease Group, P.C. Lakewood, Colorado
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Ethvignot T, Elmaani A, Ajitanand NN, Alexander JM, Bauge E, Bier P, Kowalski L, Magda MT, Désesquelles P, Elhage H, Giorni A, Heuer D, Kox S, Lleres A, Merchez F, Morand C, Rebreyend D, Stassi P, Viano JB, Benrachi S, Chambon B, Cheynis B, Drain D, Pastor C, Fourier J. Tracking the dissipation of energy and angular momentum in central collisions between Ag and 40Ar of 7, 17, 27, and 34 MeV/nucleon. Phys Rev C Nucl Phys 1991; 43:R2035-R2039. [PMID: 9967305 DOI: 10.1103/physrevc.43.r2035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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A consecutive series of 28 patients treated by conservation surgery of the larynx for radiation-failure, recurrent rT1 and T2 (postradiotherapy staging) glottic squamous cell carcinoma treated at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center from 1966 to 1983 is reviewed. The majority of patients were men with the age ranging from 46 to 76 years. The disease-free interval ranged from 0 to 113 months (median, 8.5 months). The stage at presentation was rT1 in 25 patients and rT2 in 3 patients. Surgery consisted of cordectomy (7 patients), hemilaryngectomy (18), and extended hemilaryngectomy (3). There was no operative mortality. Local recurrence developed in 8 patients (28.5%), cervical metastasis in 2, and distant metastasis in 1. Only 3 patients were salvaged by further treatment. The rate of local control was influenced by positive surgical margins. Overall, voice preservation was achieved in 75% of patients. The ultimate local control was 82.1% during a follow-up period that ranged from 1.3 to 16.7 years (median, 6.3 years). The actuarial survival at 5 and 10 years was 73% and 71% following conservation surgery of the larynx.
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- J P Shah
- Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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Lacey R, Ajitanand NN, Alexander JM, Peaslee GF, Vaz LC, Kaplan M, Kildir M, Moses DJ, Parker WE, Logan D, Zisman MS, DeYoung P, Kowalski L. Large-angle correlations between 4He and 1,2,3H or 4He in the reactions 247 and 337 MeV 40Ar+natAg: Unexpected properties of the nuclear stratosphere. Phys Rev C Nucl Phys 1988; 37:2561-2577. [PMID: 9954733 DOI: 10.1103/physrevc.37.2561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Lacey R, Ajitanand NN, Alexander JM, Peaslee GF, Vaz LC, Kaplan M, Kildir M, Moses DJ, Parker WE, Logan D, Zisman MS, DeYoung P, Kowalski L. Mechanisms for light charged particle emission in the reactions 247 and 337 MeV 40Ar+natAg. Phys Rev C Nucl Phys 1988; 37:2540-2560. [PMID: 9954732 DOI: 10.1103/physrevc.37.2540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Fluss MJ, Miller JM, D'Auria JM, Dudey N, Foreman BM, Kowalski L, Reedy RC. Investigation of the Bohr-Independence Hypothesis for Nuclear Reactions in the Continuum:α+Co59,p+Ni62andα+Fe56,p+Cl59. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1969. [DOI: 10.1103/physrev.187.1449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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