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 …

The prevalence of periodontal disease has increased two-fold among patients with rheumatoid
arthritis (RA) compared to the general population. This increased prevalence is unrelated …

Regulatory B cells (Bregs) may act earlier than regulatory T cells (Tregs) and may play as
important a role in autoimmune and allergic diseases. Obstacles to the investigation of Bregs …

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 …

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 …

Despite previously carrying out a first open study of sacroiliac injection of long-acting
corticosteroid, it was not possible to evaluate the role of a placebo effect. We therefore performed a …

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 …

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 …

… Berthelot and Sefrani [11] to describe the damping properties of unidirectional plates. The
analysis was then extended by Berthelot … layers was developed by Berthelot [18] using the Ritz …