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Watch and Wait in Lebanese Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Patients: How Relevant is it?

  • Lutfallah, Antoine Abi;Kourie, Hampig Raphael;Eid, Roland;Farhat, Fadi;Ghosn, Marwan;Kattan, Joseph
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.215-217
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    • 2016
  • Background: Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is the most frequent form of leukemia in Europe and North America, and it mainly affects older individuals. Many approaches are implemented in the management of CLL from a watch and wait (W&W) strategy to chemotherapeutic regimens. We here reviewed our clinical practice for the relevance of the W&W strategy in Lebanese CLL patients. Materials and Methods: A total of 95 patients with CLL diagnosed in four institutions in Lebanon, between 1992 and 2013, were selected and their files were reviewed. Characteristics of these patients were noted including age, sex, RAI and Binet scores, CBC values, presence of hepatomegaly or splenomegaly, performance of bone marrow biopsy or peripheral blood flux cytometry for diagnosis, adoption of W&W strategy, different chemotherapeutic regimens and the indications for treatment. Results: Some 38 patients (40%) diagnosed with CLL were women and 57 (60%) were men with a mean age of 65.1 years [36-89]. Of the total, 50.5%, 17.2%, 14%, 7.5% and 10.8% had an RAI score at diagnosis of 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4, respectively, while 65.6%, 17.2% and 17.2% had Binet scores of I, II and III. The mean lymphocyte count at diagnosis was $39885/mm^3$ [1596-290000], the mean hemoglobin level was 12.7 g/dl [6.2-17] and the mean platelet count was $191255/mm^3$ [14000-458000]. While 26.3% of patients with CLL had splenomegaly, only 7.4% had hepatomegaly. Some 33.7% had undergone a bone marrow biopsy, 66.3% flow cytometry of circulating blood and 5.3% a lymph node biopsy. Overall, the W&W was adopted in 62.4% (58) of patients with a mean duration of 37.7 months [3-216]. The W&W was used in 82.6%, 73.3%, 46.2%, 14.3% and 0% of patients having RAI scores of 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4, respectively, and, it was used in 80%, 46.7% and 6.25% with Binet scores of I, II and III. The most frequent indication for treatment was anemia and thrombocytopenia, accounting for 32.7% of cases. The most frequently used chemotherapeutical regimens were chlorambucil until the end of the last century and flufarabine-cyclophosphamide-rituximab during the last decade. Conclusions: This retrospective review of CLL clinical practice showed an important implementation of the W&W strategy with a long duration, especially in early stage cases with low RAI or Binet scores.

A study on policy for social integration based on case in France (프랑스 사례를 바탕으로 사회통합을 위한 정책방안 연구)

  • Lee, Hyangsoo;Lee, Seong-Hoon
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.15 no.12
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    • pp.95-100
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    • 2017
  • The purpose of this study is to analyze the implications of the case of France, which has already implemented the social integration policy with the interest of the social integration of migrants in advance of Korea. First, we analyzed the system and system of social integration policy in France. Second, we analyzed the social integration policy promotion system in France, and examined the ministries and the agencies that direct the integration policies of the migrants. Third, the implications for the integration policy of Korean immigrants were derived through the above analysis. As a result, France was promoting a consistent social integration policy at the level of the central government, and all members of the society participated in the social integration program. It also encouraged participation in the program in conjunction with social integration programs. Based on this, we concluded that the social integration policy of our country should be modified somewhat. First, it is necessary to pursue the unity of policy by uniting the ministries that can manage migrant social integration policy in our country. Second, the main target of the social integration policy of our country should include not only immigrants who migrated from abroad but also Koreans. Third, Korea should encourage migrants to participate more in social integration programs and at the same time increase their participation rate by disadvantage of staying.

Development of nanocrystalline silicon thin film transistors with low-leakage and high stability for AMOLED displays

  • Templier, Francois;Oudwan, Maher;Venin, Claude;Villette, Jerome;Elyaakoubi, Mustapha;Dimitriadis, C.A.
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2006.08a
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    • pp.1705-1708
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    • 2006
  • Nanocrystalline silicon (nc-Si) based TFTs were developed using a conventional PECVD production system. Devices exhibit very interesting characteristics, in particular when using a bi-layer structure which reduces leakage current and improves subthreshold area. Good stability and low leakage current make these devices suitable for the fabrication of low-cost and high performance AMOLED displays.

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Current and Future instrumentation at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope

  • Devost, Daniel
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.38 no.1
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    • pp.67.1-67.1
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    • 2013
  • The CFHT currently has three instruments running in QSO mode and one in Classical mode. I will touch on the capabilities of these instruments and give an update on the future instrumentation at CFHT. One new instrument, SITELLE, is scheduled to be delivered to CFHT at the end of the year. Another instrument which is a proof of concept is GRACES which should see first light during the summer. I will also give an update on the Dome Venting project and the Next generation CFHT.

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How Were the American Civil Engineers Born? (미국의 토목 엔지니어는 어떻게 탄생했는가?)

  • Kim, Deok-Ho
    • Journal of Engineering Education Research
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    • v.14 no.5
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    • pp.29-36
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    • 2011
  • This paper examines the birth of civil engineers in the United States. Unlike the advanced some European countries such as Great Britain or France, as a new nation America had to import high-tech technologies from them. In the process of transplantation she had mixed up the civil engineering of British style with French's. As a result, the training of the civil engineers in America had developed in various ways.

NEW TOOLS FOR "SQUEAK-AND-RATTLE" AUTOMATIC DETECTION

  • Dufournet, D.;Veste, S.;Parodi, F.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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    • 2001.05a
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    • pp.1217-1220
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    • 2001
  • The discomfort due to squeaks and rattles appearance inside the car has serious repercussions on consumer's opinion about acoustic quality of the vehicle and may change his economical behaviour. In this paper, we present a set of tools for squeaks and rattles processing implemented on a PC-based two channels analyser and grouped in a friendly interface. (omitted)

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Competitiveness Benchmarking of Overseas Construction through a SWOT analysis of leading construction firms in Spain and France

  • Han, Jae-Goo;Park, Hwan-Pyo;Jang, Hyoun-Seung
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2015.10a
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    • pp.721-722
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    • 2015
  • The aim of this research is to provide a direction to benchmark advanced construction companies from Spain and France by deriving business strategies through SWOT analysis in order to strengthen overseas expansion and competitiveness of domestic construction companies.

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