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HK Customs smashes methamphetamine manufacturing and storage centres
Hong Kong (HKSAR) - Hong Kong Customs successfully smashed a sophisticated methamphetamine manufacturing centre and a storage centre on July 14 with five persons arrested.About 70kg of methamphetamine, 70 litres of liquidised methamphetamine and 200 ...
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Hong Kong's unique ink art tradition on show for Shanghai Expo
Hong Kong (HKSAR) - An exhibition showcasing the development and unique characteristics of ink art in Hong Kong opened today (July 16) in Shanghai. The "Legacy and Creations - Ink Art vs Ink Art" exhibition features 46 outstanding works by Hong Kong's ...
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Hong Kong stages "Stories Behind Banknotes" exhibition for Shanghai Expo
Hong Kong (HKSAR) - A new exhibition tracing the history of Hong Kong's paper money was launched today (July 16) at the atrium of the Hong Kong Pavilion at the Expo 2010 Shanghai China (Shanghai Expo). "Stories Behind Banknotes", organised by HSBC, is ...
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Fog-basking behaviour and water collection efficiency in Namib Desert Darkling beetles
Background:In the Namib Desert fog represents an alternative water source. This is utilised by Darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae) that employ different strategies for obtaining the fog water. Some dig trenches in the sand, while others use their own bodies ...
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What is a pilot or feasibility study? A review of current practice and editorial policy
Background:In 2004, a review of pilot studies published in seven major medical journals during 2000-01 recommended that the statistical analysis of such studies should be either mainly descriptive or focus on sample size estimation, while results from ...
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EPSVR and EPMeta: prediction of antigenic epitopes using support vector regression and multiple server results
Background:Accurate prediction of antigenic epitopes is important for immunologic research and medical applications, but it is still an open problem in bioinformatics. The case for discontinuous epitopes is even worse - currently there are only a few ...
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Do consanguineous parents of a child affected by ...
Background:The offspring of consanguineous relations have an increased risk of congenital/genetic disorders and early mortality. Consanguineous couples and their offspring account for approximately 10% of the global population. The increased risk for ...
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Externalising and emotional categories, diagnostic groups and clinical profiles
Background:It has been proposed that gains would be made in the validity of the psychiatric classification system if many of the present 'neurotic'or personality disorders were subsumed into two over-arching groups, externalising and emotional disorders. ...
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Different SNP combinations in the GCH1 gene and use of labor analgesia
Background:The aim of this study was to investigate if there is an association between different SNP combinations in the guanosine triphosphate cyclohydrolase (GCH1) gene and a number of pain behavior related outcomes during labor. A population-based ...
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Measures and models for causal inference in ...
Background:Several papers have discussed which effect measures are appropriate to capture the contrast between exposure groups in cross-sectional studies, and which related multivariate models are suitable. Although some have favored the Prevalence Ratio ...
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