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742 EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF ENTECAVIR (ETV) PROPHYLAXIS IN INACTIVE HBV CARRIERS WHO UNDERWENT CHEMOTHERAPY FOR SOLID OR HAEMATOLOGICAL CANCER: INTERI…
2013
seroconversion rate at 48 weeks were 40.7% and 37% in PEG-IFN a-2a group, respectively, which are both higher than those in ETV group (16.7% and 13.3%, P all 0.05). The mean qHBsAg level in PEG-IFN a-2a group declined over time during treatment. The qHBsAg level at 48 weeks was significantly lower than that in ETV group ((2866.0±2580.4) vs (4335.8±2650.0) IU/mL, P = 0.027). A greater HBsAg decline was observed in HBeAg seroconverters compared with nonseroconverters. The decline from baseline was significantly different between seroconverters and non-seroconverters especially at 36 weeks ((1763.4±3116.2) vs (1333.5±2483.4) IU/mL, P = 0.036), and 48 weeks (1979.6±2897.1) vs (1631.8±2395.8) IU…
Neighborhood characteristics and violence behind closed doors: The spatial overlap of child maltreatment and intimate partner violence
2018
In this study, we analyze first whether there is a common spatial distribution of child maltreatment (CM) and intimate partner violence (IPV), and second, whether the risks of CM and IPV are influenced by the same neighborhood characteristics, and if these risks spatially overlap. To this end we used geocoded data of CM referrals (N = 588) and IPV incidents (N = 1450) in the city of Valencia (Spain). As neighborhood proxies, we used 552 census block groups. Neighborhood characteristics analyzed at the aggregated level (census block groups) were: Neighborhood concentrated disadvantage (neighborhood economic status, neighborhood education level, and policing activity), immigrant concentration…
Premature aging in bone of fish from a highly polluted marine area
2015
Fish species have attracted considerable interest in studies assessing biological responses to environmental contaminants. In this study, the attention has been focussed on fishbone of selected fish species from a highly polluted marine area, Augusta Bay (Italy, Central Mediterranean) to evaluate if toxicant elements had an effect on the mineralogical structure of bones, although macroscopic deformations were not evident. In particular, an attempt was made to evaluate if bone mineral features, such as crystallinity, mineral maturity and carbonate/phosphate mineral content, determined by XR-Diffraction and FT-IR Spectroscopy, suffered negative effects due to trace element levels in fishbone,…
Neighbor-Distinguishing k-tuple Edge-Colorings of Graphs
2009
AbstractThis paper studies proper k-tuple edge-colorings of graphs that distinguish neighboring vertices by their sets of colors. Minimum numbers of colors for such colorings are determined for cycles, complete graphs and complete bipartite graphs. A variation in which the color sets assigned to edges have to form cyclic intervals is also studied and similar results are given.
“Ya no tenemos fuerzas”. La gentrificación de los movimientos antigentrificación: una reflexión etnográfica
2021
El artículo analiza los desplazamientos y desposesiones simbólico-materiales de movimientos urbanos posicionados frente a la ciudad neoliberal. A partir de un estudio etnográfico en el barrio del Cabanyal (Valencia), se abordan las políticas urbanas y las movilizaciones vecinales en una gentrificación inacabada. El análisis muestra, en primer lugar, cómo el desplazamiento de la vecindad-activista y la desposesión de sus espacios colectivos no acarrea su desaparición, sino su transformación. En segundo lugar, la gentrificación y quienes la resisten, emergen como un mismo fenómeno contradictorio marcado por una expansión del urbanismo neoliberal a través de espacios no mercantilizados y cultu…
Rethinking Civil Society in Development: Scales and Situated Hegemonies
2016
Ethnic residential segregation is often explained with the claim that ‘immigrants don’t want to integrate—they prefer to stick together with co-ethnics’. By contrast, mixed neighbourhoods are seen as crucial for achieving social cohesion. In line with spatial assimilation theory there is a normative assumption that people interact with those living nearby. From interviews on neighbourhood qualities and locations valued by Oslo residents of Turkish, Somali and Polish backgrounds, we raise questions about the validity of two assumptions: that most immigrants want to live in the same neighbourhoods as co-ethnics; and that they want to live close to co-ethnics because they do not want to integr…
Towards a New European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP): What Benefits of the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreements (DCFTAs) for Shared Prosperity a…
2016
This article examines the problem of the ENP countries’ integration with the EU market from two perspectives: the macroeconomic situation as an integral component of the overall transformation process and the integration with the EU markets, and the political economy of the regional integration perspectives of these countries. This methodological approach serves as a tool for integrating a number of main goals related to the EU’s soft power that require the development and support of civil society in the neighbouring states. This contribution aims to offer insight in the implementation of the regional arrangements, taking into consideration new political and economic realities in the Eurasi…
La Crète des frères Reinach
2019
Joseph, Salomon et Théodore, les frères Je-Sais-Tout des chansonniers de Montmartre et les fils d’Hermann Reinach, homme d’affaires et patron de presse influent, ont, chacun, croisé dans leur vie la Crète. L’aîné, Joseph l’a envisagée alors qu’il rêvait dans sa jeunesse d’ambassades et de carrière diplomatique : les affaires crétoises furent pour l’homme politique un aspect de la question d’Orient. Sans jamais visiter l’île, Salomon l’a inlassablement décrite comme celle de toutes les surpris...
Pattern classification using a new border identification paradigm: The nearest border technique
2015
Abstract There are many paradigms for pattern classification such as the optimal Bayesian, kernel-based methods, inter-class border identification schemes, nearest neighbor methods, nearest centroid methods, among others. As opposed to these, this paper pioneers a new paradigm, which we shall refer to as the nearest border (NB) paradigm. The philosophy for developing such a NB strategy is as follows: given the training data set for each class, we shall attempt to create borders for each individual class. However, unlike the traditional border identification (BI) methods, we do not undertake this by using inter-class criteria; rather, we attempt to obtain the border for a specific class in t…