Were further proof needed that this may not be an entirely positive development, look no further than the mighty software monopolist, Microsoft, whose chairman, Bill Gates, has called on employees to increase the number of patents that the company files.The rising importance of patents has led both to an arms race and a game of bluff.
Black gay men regarded as femme, fat, round-bodied, old (over 40) and sick (HIV-positive) need venture no further than our own "safe" spaces (social media, sex parties, HIV-prevention palm cards) to encounter blistering shade and exclusion.
But if you need one more reason to love them as much as we do, look no further than their positive effect on the economy.
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After reviewing the overall available evidence the CHMP-EMA concluded that the benefit-risk balance for Hexavac remained positive and no further regulatory actions were considered to be necessary.
Radiation therapy provides an alternative treatment for some patients in whom surgery is not suitable or is not desired by the patient, or in the postoperative adjuvant setting if resection margins are positive and no further surgery is possible.
When EBUS-TBNA findings were positive for malignancy, they were assumed to be true positives and no further tissue confirmation was requested.
In our evaluation of Framingham screening, risk assessments are performed either annually or five-yearly from age 40 until an individual's 10-year CVD risk reaches a specified level (eg. a 20%, or 1 in 5 risk over 10 years), after which time the individual remains screen-positive, with no further screening assessments.
In the cohort of ER-positive tumours, no further associations between FGFR1 amplification and other clinicopathological parameters were found.
The players tied to the scandal who had already been suspended for testing positive would suffer no further punishment.
