Surveys of pathogens associated with colony collapse events have identified many disease organisms present [10], [21], [22], [23], and several newly described bee pathogens have been linked with CCD [22], [24], but at the time of writing no definite single agent has been identified as the cause of CCD.
We collected data including demographics, underlying conditions or illnesses, previous hospitalizations, laboratory data, empiric and definite antimicrobial agents, requirements for and duration of intensive care, surgical intervention, final diagnosis, and outcome.
We have considered 28 agents as definite occupational carcinogens, 27 agents as probable occupational carcinogens, and 113 agents as possible occupational carcinogens.
In response to the overwhelming evidence linking H. pylori infection to human cancer, the International Agency for Research on Cancer listed H. pylori as a definite human oncogenic agent in 1994 [36,73-75].
This set of data illustrates that c-Neu overexpression in mammary epithelial cells is a definite risk factor, and that β-HCH is a definite tumor promoting agent in vivo, at least in this mouse breast cancer model.
According to the Post, FBI policy for the past 40 years has been that hair matching is not a substantial enough way to identify a suspect (it has never been a definite science), but agents have testified to the contrary when placed on the stand.
They considered 28 agents as definite human occupational carcinogens (IARC group 1), 27 agents as probable occupational carcinogens (group 2A), and 113 agents as possible occupational carcinogens (group 2B).
Like Korsgaard, he takes ownership to require a definite structure in an agent, and again like her, he takes the forms of practical reasoning (and what practical reasons substantively will turn out to be) to be determined by the agent's structure.
"After the SARS outbreak in 2003, thousands of patients were treated with agents of unproven efficacy and definite toxicity; data on these agents' efficacy were not gathered.
Rubber compounding involves the science and engineering of rubbers and rubber additives, such as processing aids, fillers, and curing agents, in definite proportions to obtain a uniform mixture that will have desirable physical and chemical properties to meet processing at low cost and end use performance.
Although several lines of evidence indicates that infectious agents may play a role in the pathogenesis of SC and BD, there is no strong research data showing a definite link between viral agents and these neuropsychiatric disorders.
