Rheumatoid arthritis is a multistep disorder associated with autoimmune features of yet
unknown etiology. Implication of viruses such as Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in rheumatoid arthritis …

Objective: To compare the relation between mortality and income inequality in Canada with
that in the United States. Design: The degree of income inequality, defined as the …

Background: Primary Sjögren syndrome (pSS) is an autoimmune disorder characterized by
ocular and oral dryness or systemic manifestations. Objective: To evaluate efficacy and …

Mutations of CIAS1 have recently been shown to underlie familial cold urticaria (FCU) and
Muckle-Wells syndrome (MWS), in three families and one family, respectively. These rare …

This paper examines the validity of using ecologic measures of socioeconomic status as
proxies for individual-level measures in the study of population health. Based on a …

Although a clear risk of mortality is associated with obesity, the risk of mortality associated with
overweight is equivocal. The objective of this study is to estimate the relationship between …

IgG4-related systemic disease is now recognized as a systemic disease that may affect
various organs. The diagnosis is usually made in patients who present with elevated IgG4 in …

The purpose of the paper is to develop a synthesis of damping analysis of laminate materials,
laminates with interleaved viscoelastic layers and sandwich materials. Modelling of the …

A review of developments and understanding of transverse cracking and delamination in
cross-ply laminates is presented. First, experimental investigations reported in the literature for …

Les inégalités sociales devant la mort et la santé persistent toujours au Canada en 1991
malgré l'espérance de vie très élevée dontjouissent les Canadiens et Canadiennes et malgré l'…