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This article provides information on the report of the fourth international chromosome 6 workshop held in 1999. The workshop was the largest gathering of the chromosome 6 scientific community. The workshop focused on six aspects of mapping and sequencing; transcript mapping and gene cloning; informatics and database demonstrations; extended MHC; comparative analysis and chromosome structure; and finally diseases associated with chromosome 6. The complete nucleotide sequence of the human major histocompatibility complex (MHC) was presented at the workshop.

Focuses on embryonic stem cells and nuclear transfer strategies. Technological advances in mammalian nuclear transfer techniques and the establishment of human embryonic stem cell lines; Information on the International Workshop on 'Embryonic Stem Cells and Nuclear Transfer Strategies' at the Gene Center in Munich, Germany in September 1999; Processes involved in stem cell self-renewal and differentiation.

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Presents an overview of an expert meeting on the use of growth hormone (GH) therapy for several disorders. Status of the study on the efficacy and safety of GH therapy; Need for standardization of GH therapy; Aspects of GH measurement discussed at the meeting.

Presents abstracts from the oral presentation sessions on minimally invasive surgery at the 34th Congress of the European Society for Surgical Research. Prevention and detection of biliary tract injury during laparoscopy using the fluorescent bile acid Cholylglycylamidofluorescein (CGF); Intraoperative and postoperative study of the influence of CO[sub2] pneumoperitoneum in lactate metabolism during laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Use of lockable universal joints for handle-shaft articulation of endoscopic instruments.

Presents a list of awards and activities at the 6th Joint Meeting of the European Society for Pediatric Endocrinology and the Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society from September 24 through 27, 1998 in Florence, Italy. Professional appointments; Gold Medal of the Finnish Diabetes Association award; Major research projects.

This symposium report evaluates the achievements made in caries diagnostic research since the previous symposium held in 1992. The symposium aimed at presenting the state of the art of caries diagnostic methods, on presenting the links between caries diagnosis and subsequent treatment decisions and their effect on the treatment outcomes, particularly the quality of dental care. The variation among dentists in diagnosing (small) caries lesions and in treatment decision making is considerable. This has been explained by the imperfection of caries decision making tests, but also by making incorrect treatment decisions due to incorrect or partial understanding of diagnostic test parameters. Meta-analyses into the performance of caries diagnostic tests revealed that the available quantitative methods are very promising. It was concluded that these methods had high correlations with lesion depth. They were considered suitable to monitor small changes in lesions. Many obstacsel have been experienced in attempting to transfer the outcomes of diagnostic research into clinical practice and it was concluded that caries diagnosis researchers should co-operate with manufacturers to introducing valid new diagnostic tools to the market. Main research priorities for the coming 10 years are to conduct cost-effectiveness and cost-utility studies of caries diagnostic tools, to continue to review the performances of diagnostic tests, to transfer diagnostic knowledge and experience to the general practitioners particularly by constructing evidence-based clinical guide-lines, to study the relationship between diagnosis and treatment decision, and to assess the effect of diagnostic and treatment decisions on the outcome of care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article presents information regarding the various committees and invited speakers in the 13th International Chromosome Conference. Some of the members of the organizing committee are Ettoro Olmo, Marco Milani, Laura Mazzanti, etc. The members of the International Advisory Committee are M.D. Bennett from Great Britain, G. Bernardi from France, A. Summer from Great Britain and many more. Some of the invited speakers in the 13th International Chromosome Conference are G. Bernardi from Paris, B. Nicklas from Durham, J. Varley from Manchester and many others.

Presents abstracts of studies highlighted at the World Congresses of Gastroenterology in Vienna, Austria in September 1998. "Molecular Analysis of the Suppression of C-X-C Chemokine Production by Rebamipide in H. pylori Stimulated Gastric Mucosal Cells," by M. Aihara et al; "Interleukin-10 in the Gastric Antrum in H. pylori Gastritis: Immunohistochemical Localisation and in vitro Effects," by K. Bodger et al; "Water Extracts of Helicobacter pylori Delay the Healing of Gastric Ulcers Via Enhancement in Apoptosis," by T. Brzozowski et al.

Presents abstracts of studies highlighted at the World Congresses of Gastroenterology in Vienna, Austria in September 1998. "Cholecystokinin (CCK)-Response to Intraduodenal Tryptophan in Dogs Is Independent From CCK-A Receptors," by E. Niebergall-Roth et al; "Canine Intraluminal Gallbladder Pressure: Latency of Response to Intestinal Stimulants," by E. Niebergall-Roth et al; "Method of the Human Bile Vesicles Aggregation Evaluat and Its Clinical Utilization," by I. Kh. Marakhovski.

Presents abstracts of studies highlighted at the World Congresses of Gastroenterology in Vienna, Austria in September 1998. "Helicobacter Pylori Eradication and Ulcer Healing in Patients on Long-Term Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs," by G. Etolhi et al; "GI Bleeding in Relation to Analgesic Use," by William Blot and Joseph McLaughlin; "Loss in IL-4 Repression of TNF-α in Gastric Mucosal Injury by Indomethacin: Effect of Ebrotidine and Ranitidine," by B.L. Slomiany et al.; "New Concepts Regarding Ulcerogenic Mechanism of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs," by I. Puscas and Marcela Coltau.

Presents abstracts of studies highlighted at the World Congresses of Gastroenterology in Vienna, Austria in September 1998. "Experiance of Application Tachocomb® in Surgery of a Liver," by O.G. Skipenko et al; "Lack of HCV Transmission After Blood Transfusion. Final Results of a Prospective Survey," by E. Strauss et al; "Survival Outcome Following Resection of Proximal Cholangiocarcinoma," by W.S. Melvin et al.

The article presents information on several abstracts that were presented during the 5th Internet World Congress on Biomedical Sciences held in Canada during the period of December 7-16, 1998. Topics that were covered includes contractile mechanisms and peroxide sensitivity of endothelin receptor subtypes, vascularisation of ischaemic limbs in severe occlusive arterial diseases, a new concept and an easy technique, endoplasmic reticulum calcium pump isoforms expressed in endothelium and smooth muscle of arteries and veins, influence of carteolol and timolol on visual field and ocular blood flow in patients with glaucomaand many otheres.

The table of contents for the September 2010 issue of "Annals of Nutrition & Metabolism" entitled "Probiotics in Health and Disease-What Is the Scientific Evidence?" is presented.

The article offers information on the 4th European Digestive Surgery (EDS) Postgraduate Course to be held in Cluj, Romania on November 4 to 6, 2010.

The article offers information on the 9th International Symposium on Resistance Arteries to be held at Hamilton Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia on February 17-21, 2008.

About 50 cytogeneticists from at least nine different countries took part in the fifth Basel Chromosome Colloquium held in 1969 in the garden of Basel Children's Hospital in Basel, Switzerland. It was organized by Harold P. Klinger and G. Stalder, former chief of pediatrics at Basel University Children's Hospital. As in many other places all over the world, in Basel too, cytogenetics developed from pediatrics and still now is located at this site. Efforts are being made by them to learn culturing of fibroblasts for chromosome analysis.

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The article offers information on the 6th European Digestive Surgery (EDS) Postgraduate Course to be held in Thessaloniki, Greece from April 19 to April 21, 2012.

The article offers information on the 5th European Digestive Surgery (EDS) Postgraduate Course on the "Advances in Gastro-Intestinal Surgery" to be held in Lublin, Poland on November 24-26, 2011.

The article offers information related to the European Digestive Surgery (EDS) society. It says that their 5th EDS Postgraduate Course, a continuation of their 2011 EDS Postgraduate Teaching Program, will be held in Lublin, Poland on November 24-26, 2011 which will focus gastro-intestinal surgical advances. It also discusses the coverage of preliminary scientific program, such as an evidence-based medicine workshop and sessions including metabolic and colorectal surgeries, and pancreatitis.

The article discusses how the consensus guidelines issued by the European Neuroendocrine Tumor Society for the treatment of rare metastases of digestive neuroendocrine tumors (NET) were established during a conference held in Palma de Mallorca, Spain in November 2008. Three working groups composed of experts were formed to study diagnostic and treatment issues for peritoneal, bone and lung, brain and other rare metastases. Procedures on how the working groups arrived at the consensus guidelines were also discussed.

The article discusses the highlights of the International Expert Meeting (IEM) on Health Significance of Fat Quality of the Diet held in Barcelona, Spain from February 1 to 2, 2009. The dietary recommendations given during the event include saturated fat providing no more than 10% of the daily energy intake and essential polyunsaturated fats contributing 6 to 10% of the daily energy intake. Nutrition and health experts are advised to provide consistent evidence-based information supporting public health goals and become nutrition communicators.

The article highlights the 16th European Stroke Conference held in Glasgow, Scotland from May 29-June 1, 2007. The 4-day program consisted of courses, plenary sessions, special subject platform presentations, full-day posters, and special symposia. The weather cooperated for the most part of the event, which was attended by 2,450 delegates, 251 nurses, and support staff.

The article discusses the highlights of a 3-day symposium organized by the International Life Sciences Institute--European branch (ILSI Europe), in collaboration with Malta Standards Authority, University of Malta and ILSI Southeast Asia, in Portomaso, Malta on May 9-11, 2007. Issues regarding the future of functional foods in Europe were discussed at the symposium. Panelists concluded that the claims of the European Union (EU) regulation concerning functional foods represents a positive contribution to the development of functional foods in Europe.

Provides information on the research publication objectives of the European Neuroendocrine Tumor Society (ENTS). Researchers who took part in the establishment of the ENTS; Aims of the organization; Highlights of topics at the ENTS conference in Budapest, Hungary from March 25 through 27, 2004.

Provides information on the awards being given by the European Society for Microcirculation to researchers at its biennial international conferences. Lars-Erik Gelin Conference Travel Award; Van Leeuwenhoek Distinctive Travel Award; Lafon Microcirculation Award for Outstanding Publications.

Provides an update on issues concerning the International Association of Gerontology (IAG) as of November 1998. Effort of IAG president Gary Andrews to promote the aims of the Association; Growth in the Association's membership; Information on plans for the 2001 World Congress.

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The artier presents the front and back cover of the journal "Evolutionary Dynamics of Mammalian Karyotypes," edited by Florence Roscoe Stanyon and Novosibirsk Alexander Graphodatsky, along with information on the books such as "Cytogenetic and Genome Research," and "Repetitive DNA," edited by Manuel A. Garrido-Ramos, and on Ag-Genomics meeting in San Diego, California on January 12-16, 2013.

The article offers information on the journal "Cytogenetic and Genome Research" including its tables of contents, the editorial board, and features various conferences on life science and molecular biology.

The article offers information related to the journal "Cerebrovascular Diseases" including the members of the editorial board, guidelines for the submission of manuscripts, and the Twenty-second Meeting of the European Neurological Society to be held in Prague, Czech Republic on June 9-12, 2012.

An introduction to the journal is presented in which the editor discusses 20th anniversary of conference titled "European Stroke Conference," held in Barcelona in 2010, articles published in the present issue on morbidity of cardiovascular diseases, and special supplement issue of the journal "Cerebrovascular Diseases 2010."

The article presents a calendar of activities during the 18th European Stroke Conference held in Stockholm, Sweden on May 26 to 29, 2009. These activities include teaching courses on stroke management and recurrence, workshop about the career of stroke physicians on the field of stroke research, and oral session about the acute cardiovascular events (ACE). Information on the committees formed for the said event is provided, along with the event sponsors.

The article offers information on the 25th Conference of the European Society for Microcirculation (ESM), held in Budapest, Hungary on August 26-29, 2008. It states that the conference was held as part of the 50th anniversary of ESM, and with series of symposia, presentations, and lectures related to vascular biology. It mentions that the conference was participated by around 420 scientists across the world. Overview of topics related to microvascular and lymphatic research are also discussed.

Background and Aims: National Kidney Foundation Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (KDOQI) guidelines recommend that all people with a glomerular filtration rate (GFR) <60 ml/min/1.73 m2 undergo evaluation for anaemia and metabolic bone disease. We aim to report the prevalence of metabolic complications in adults with low GFR. Methods: Analysis of 15,802 non-institutionalised adult participants in the Third National Health and Nutrition Survey (NHANES III), a cross-sectional population-based survey conducted in the United States between 1986 and 1994. Renal function was estimated according the modification of diet in renal disease equation 7 (MDRD GFR), the Cockcroft-Gault formula and by the serum creatinine cut-off points described by Couchoud and colleagues. Haemoglobin <110 g/l occurred in 42.2% [95% confidence interval (CI) 28.3–56.0] of patients with MDRD GFR <30 ml/min/1.73 m2 [stage 3 chronic kidney disease (CKD)] and 3.5% (95% CI 2.4–4.7) of patients with MDRD GFR between 30 and 60 ml/min/1.73 m2 (stage 4–5 CKD). Corresponding prevalences for calcium <2.15 mmol/l were 8.2 (95% CI 1.6–14.8) and 3.4 (95% CI 1.7–5.2); for phosphate >1.6 mmol/l, 15.1 (95% CI 5.0–25.3) and 0.3 (95% CI 0–0.6); and for bicarbonate <23 mmol/l, 32.7 (95% CI 19.6–45.9) and 5.7 (95% CI 3.3–8.2), respectively. Similar results were obtained when patients were categorised by the Cockcroft-Gault formula or Couchoud’s cut-off points. Conclusions: The prevalence of complications in stage 3 CKD is low. These data do not support the recommendation for routine screening for metabolic complications of renal insufficiency in adults seen in primary care settings whose GFR exceeds 30 ml/min/1.73 m2. Copyright © 2007 S. Karger AG, Basel [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents the message of the president of World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (WSSFN) about developments in the society's. He cites the success of the WSSFN quadrennial meeting held in Rome, Italy on June 13-17, 2005. The program highlighted innovations in surgery for psychiatric disorders, movement disorders, epilepsy and pain. There were oral presentations, poster presentations and plenary lectures. The Spiegel and Wycis awards were presented to Alim-Louis Benabid and Patrick Kelly.

Provides information on the 14th Biennial Conference of the Asian Pacific Association for Study of the Liver from December 11 to 15, 2004 in New Delhi, India, including topics on liver diseases to be discussed at the event.

Announces the 15th International Congress on Addiction to be held on September 10-12, 2003 in Hamburg, Germany.

Presents a title page on the 5th Serono Symposia Workshop on Clinical Paediatric Endocrinology held in Dresden, Germany on September 2-3, 2001.

Presents a series of articles dealing with liver cancer research in Japan and highlights of the symposium "Researching Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Japan: A Message to the World" held in Tokyo, Japan on July 29, 2000.

Provides information on articles featured in the April 2001 issue of "Acta Haematologica." Significance of the 13th International Symposium on the Molecular Biology of Hematopoiesis; Lecture on dendritic cells and control of the immune response.

Presents a title page of the 4th Serono Symposia Workshop on Clinical Paediatric Endocrinology held in Salamanca, Spain on September 2-5, 2000.

Presents the title page of the 1st Stanley Symposium on bipolar illnesses and its new ways of treatment in Munich, Germany on October 5, 1999.

Presents the table of contents for volume 31, supplement 1, of the journal "European Surgical Research", covering abstracts presented at the 34th Congress of the European Society for Surgical Research (ESSR).