... 0.211 respectively) This finding was independent of the index used to define normative need for orthodontic treatment (Table 2) After adjusting for covariates, adolescents with normative need for ... explain why CSOIDP attributed to malocclusion, but not OHIP-14 differentiated adequately between adolescents with and without normative need as defined by both indexes Therefore, this finding indicates ... Comparing and contrasting two orthodontic indices, the Index of Orthodontic Treatment need and the Dental Aesthetic Index Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop 1996, 110(4):410-416 Beglin FM, Firestone...
Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20
... actual pain intensity = mean of 3-hour and 5-hour assessments bVAS worst pain intensity = worst pain intensity in the past 12 hours cVAS average pain intensity = average pain intensity in the past ... placebo Blinding was maintained by the double-dummy technique Following days of study medication, patients had a final clinic visit, during which final pain assessments were made, pain records ... during the multiple-dose pain assessment phase Patients rated actual pain intensity, average pain intensity and worst pain intensity using a 100 mm VAS after activity in the morning and evening...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 07:20
the essence of a university and scholarly activity in accounting, with reference to a department of accounting at a south african university
... helpful in developing an understanding of scholarly activity in general (with reference Meditari Accountancy Research Vol 16 No 2008 : 1-26 Van der Schyf to accounting) and in explaining the ... was designed to explore the existing relevant scientific subject information and to contextualise the study within the information in that field According to De Vos, Strydom, Fouché and Delport ... followed in this study in line with the following definition by Henning (2004:5): “… when we refer to ‘qualitative research’, we are using the term that denotes the type of inquiry in which the...
Ngày tải lên: 04/11/2014, 22:20
Báo cáo y học: "Hypoalbuminaemia – A Marker of Cardiovascular Disease in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease Stages II - IV"
... nutritional, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant intervention will need to be assessed in more randomized control trials Statins and ACE inhibitors have been shown to have anti-inflammatory effects ... variables known to be associated with CVD involving all traditional risk factors like sex, age, DM, HTN, DLP were put in final multiple logistic regression model to remove confounding effects Results ... 40) In some studies the relation between hypoalbuminemia and CVD is the reflection of inflammation induced malnutrition The underlying mechanism behind this includes appetite suppression and increased...
Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2012, 11:52
Idioms with as as in comparison with the vietnamese ones = nghiên cứu thành ngữ so sánh trong tiếng anh và tiếng việt
... have been studied widely In order to master the base and the criteria to define an idiom, we will come to the next unit 1.3 Criteria to distinguish idioms from proverbs According to Advanced Learners ... consciously to fill their speech and writing with idioms, the effect will probably be improved For all the reasons above, we decide to choose to study about Idioms with as as referring to people in comparison ... referring to people in comparison with the Vietnamese ones Chapter 3: Some suggestions for learning and teaching idioms and some suggested exercises for using idioms with as as referring to people...
Ngày tải lên: 19/12/2013, 10:39
A REVIEW OF MILK PRODUCTION IN INDIA WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON SMALL-SCALE PRODUCERS pdf
... IN4 IN2 2 Farm Types IN3 7 IN2 IN4 IN2 2 IN3 7 Farm Types 24 Analysis of the Dairy Sector in Haryana 3.7 Margins in the Dairy Chain: Farmer to Consumer In this section, the margins in the dairy chain ... processing and retail cost in the dairy chain The margin for processing and retailing in India is around half of the margin covered by the dairy chain in Europe to bring the milk from producer to ... FCM 30 US $/ 100 Kg FCM IN4 20 15 10 20 15 10 5 0 IN2 IN4 IN2 2 Farm Types IN3 7 IN2 IN4 IN2 2 IN3 7 Farm Types 22 Analysis of the Dairy Sector in Haryana Profit Margin Farm Income 60% 10 50% 40% 30%...
Ngày tải lên: 24/03/2014, 04:20
Báo cáo khoa học: Crystal structure of a designed tetratricopeptide repeat module in complex with its peptide ligand pot
... analyzed in detail the interactions present in the designed complex, in which we introduced Hsp90specific binding residues, mimicking the TPR2A binding interface Consequently, we expected to find in ... protein interactions comparable to those present in the naturally occurring Hsp90-binding TPR domains A large energetic contribution to the binding of the peptide MEEVD to TPR2A comes from interactions ... different peptide chains relative to the TPR domains This result implies that the peptide chains can reorient as rigid bodies in the binding pocket The average B-factor for atoms in the peptides is higher...
Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 08:20
báo cáo hóa học: " Fear of hypoglycaemia: defining a minimum clinically important difference in patients with type 2 diabetes" docx
... prior to the study with either a combination of metformin and a glitazone, or with a combination of metformin and a sulphonylurea Patients were not eligible if they had been treated with insulin in ... between October and December 2005 To be included, patients were required to be diag- http://www.hqlo.com/content/7/1/91 nosed with type diabetes, 35 years or older, and had to be treated during the ... combinations of metformin and a sulphonylurea or metformin and a glitazone According to the definition of Jaeschke, et al., MID is "the smallest difference in score [in the domain of interest] which...
Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20
Báo cáo hóa học: " Effectiveness of a Wii balance board-based system (eBaViR) for balance rehabilitation: a pilot randomized clinical trial in patients with acquired brain injury" ppt
... system for interactive 2D and 3D applications and designed with the help of clinical specialists in balance rehabilitation The system has been developed with three main goals in mind: obtaining a ... cm in front of the individual’s feet 1-minute walking test (1MWT) Walking distance within a minute along an 8-shaped path that is 20 m long defined on a straight and nonslip surface 10-m walking ... with new exercises in order to promote improvement in the dynamic balance of patients Future studies involving larger samples and including the aforementioned new exercises will be designed to...
Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 08:20
Báo cáo hóa học: "Case-Control study of Firefighters with documented positive tuberculin skin test results using Quantiferon-TB testing in comparison with Firefighters with negative tuberculin skin test results" potx
... transmitted in compiled format from the laboratory to the Principal Investigator Subjects and controls were provided with their individual test results In addition, the principle investigator, obtained ... elected to continue to use the initial QFT kits Tuberculin Skin Testing (TBST) using Purified Protein Derivative (PPD) has been the standard for monitoring health care workers and first responders ... and with objective reading of the skin test results by a trained observer All positive and questionable skin test readings are referred to a Clinic physician for final assessment Prior to initiation...
Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 00:20
báo cáo hóa học:" The prosurvival activity of ascites against TRAIL is associated with a shorter disease-free interval in patients with ovarian cancer" docx
... TRAIL binding, activated TRAIL-R1 and -R2 recruit FADD (Fas-associated death domain) FADD via its death effector domain (DED) recruits procaspases-8/10, which assemble into a DISC (death-inducing ... containing protease inhibitors (0.1 mM AEBSF, μg/ml pepstatin, 0.5 μg/ml leupeptin and μg/ml aprotinin) and cytosolic proteins were separated by 12% SDS-PAGE gels Lysates for phosphorylated proteins ... diseases against TRAIL-induced cell death Most of ovarian cancer ascites (82%) led to some degree of inhibition of TRAIL-induced apoptosis as demonstrated by an increase of TRAIL IC50 with ascites...
Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 07:20
báo cáo hóa học:" Fear of hypoglycaemia: defining a minimum clinically important difference in patients with type 2 diabetes" docx
... prior to the study with either a combination of metformin and a glitazone, or with a combination of metformin and a sulphonylurea Patients were not eligible if they had been treated with insulin in ... between October and December 2005 To be included, patients were required to be diag- http://www.hqlo.com/content/7/1/91 nosed with type diabetes, 35 years or older, and had to be treated during the ... combinations of metformin and a sulphonylurea or metformin and a glitazone According to the definition of Jaeschke, et al., MID is "the smallest difference in score [in the domain of interest] which...
Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 16:20
Báo cáo lâm nghiệp: "Evaluation of the growth and health status of selected clone mixtures in comparison with ordinary planting stock" docx
... grown by a routine method The samples were put into a cooling box in the field and subsequently transported to a laboratory for evaluation In the laboratory the branch bases were put into water, covered ... sealed with black polyethylene foil in order to maintain high atmospheric humidity and let soak water overnight at a room temperature On the next day they were exposed to light (covered with transparent ... foil) minimally for one hour to induce stomatal opening Parts of annual shoots were then used for the evaluation of water losses Single needles were taken from the remaining parts of branches to...
Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 03:22
Báo cáo y học: "The spliceosomal autoantigen heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A2 (hnRNP-A2) is a major T cell autoantigen in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus" potx
... novel target of autoAbs in systemic autoimmune diseases [7] Although initially described to occur mainly in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), autoAbs to hnRNP-A2 (originally termed anti-RA33) ... antigen to mean cpm obtained in cultures incubated in the absence of antigen An SI ≥3.0 and a ∆cpm >1,000 (mean cpm obtained in cultures with antigen minus mean cpm obtained in cultures incubated in ... predominant IFNγ secretion To gain more insight into the role of autoantigen specific T cells in SLE, we investigated spontaneous T cell responses to hnRNP-A2 in patients with SLE and in healthy control...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 08:22
Báo cáo y học: "The human anti-IL-1β monoclonal antibody ACZ885 is effective in joint inflammation models in mice and in a proof-of-concept study in patients with rheumatoid arthritis" doc
... Scoring was performed on decoded slides by two separate observers, using the following parameters In the haematoxylin/eosin stained slides the amount of cells infiltrating the synovial lining ... overexpressed in inflamed synovial tissue, in particular in the lining layer and in sublining cells [9], and it is elevated in draining lymph from affected joints [10] Furthermore, IL-1β is localized to ... Cooke CJ, Miller NE: Lymph draining from foot joints in rheumatoid arthritis provides insight into local cytokine and chemokine production and transport to lymph nodes Arthritis Rheum 2001, 44:541-549...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:23
báo cáo khoa học: "Phase 1-2a multicenter dose-escalation study of ezatiostat hydrochloride liposomes for injection (Telintra®, TLK199), a novel glutathione analog prodrug in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome" doc
... 3-cell line cytopenia, bilineage response in of 13 patients (8%) with 2-cell line cytopenia, and unilineage response in of 14 patients (50%) with single-cell line cytopenia meeting the MDS objective ... Non-hematologic Chills Back Pain Drug Hypersensitivity Flushing Nausea Bone Pain Dyspnea Fatigue Pain in Extremity Diarrhea Chest Pain Dizziness Chest Discomfort Headache Vomiting Abdominal Pain Upper ... differentiation exerting its effect by binding to JNK [10] These findings provide the rationale and scientific support for evaluation of ezatiostat in patients with MDS Pre-clinical data have shown...
Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 22:20
Báo cáo y học: "Phytalgic®, a food supplement, vs placebo in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee or hip: a randomised double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial" potx
... the final version of this paper NM is the guarantor of this paper Authors' information AJ is an independent investigator working with the Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Bordeaux; ... analysis LM initiated the study within the Phythea laboratories, discussed the protocol, provided the financing for the study, and contributed to the discussion concerning putative mode of action ... estimated that 35 patients per treatment arm should be included To take into account possible dropouts and missing data, it was decided to include 40 patients per study arm Page of (page number not...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 11:22
Báo cáo y học: "A rational use of glucocorticoids in patients with early arthritis has a minimal impact on bone mass" ppt
... from the Instituto de Salud Carlos III (Programa de Intensificación de la Labor Investigadora) Author details Rheumatology Department, Hospital Son Llàtzer, Carretera Manacor km 4, Palma de Mallorca, ... associated with the cumulative GC dose All variables associated with a P ≤ 0.15 in the bivariate analysis were included as independent variables, both to estimate the Poisson regression of the dependent ... thiazides in association with renin-angiotensin antagonists in patients with hypertension in our country [27], particularly given that both kinds of drugs have been associated with improvements in...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 12:20
Báo cáo y học: " Natural killer cells control a T-helper 1 response in patients with Behçet''''s disease" doc
... or an increased dosage of prednisolone in combination with cyclosporine (n = 2), resulting in resolution of symptoms within months Two patients with intestinal flare were treated with infliximab, ... resulting in resolution of all intestinal symptoms within months The mucocutaneous flare in the remaining patient was improved by high-dose prednisolone in combination with an increase in the ... into those with active disease and those with inactive disease We used a strict definition to select patients with aBD: flare of characteristic BD symptoms that required introduction of the intensive...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 12:20
Báo cáo y học: "Can HRCT be used as a marker of airway remodelling in children with difficult asthma?" docx
... natural history of RBM thickening, and other features of airway remodelling in children, would be increased by the development of non-invasive techniques, thus providing the opportunity to monitor changes ... and in response to treatment A number of non-invasive techniques have been developed for the study of airway inflammation in asthma [4] In comparison, there has been little interest in the development ... clinical purposes, application of a quantitative score is time consuming Therefore, in order to compare findings to previously published data and to assess whether there is any advantage in using...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 16:20