1 incidence and risk factors for the development of complications

... Analysis of risk factors for mortality (model 2) Detailed information on the CSHRs of baseline and timedependent risk factors of model are shown in Table The baseline variables of age, SAPS II and other ... waived the need for informed consent Further details on the setting of the study are described elsewhere [9,10] Analysis of risk factors for the acquisition of NP (model 1) In model 1, we studied risk ... (11.4%) the patient died in the ICU More details of risk factors and outcomes are shown in Table Analysis of risk factors for the acquisition of nosocomial pneumonia (model 1) Detailed information...

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... Five TU of PPD - RT23 with Tween 80 was performed into1/3 upper lateral region of the left forearm for TST and induration diameter was read 72 hours later For standardization of test the same ... F et al Risk Factors Affecting the Development of Tuberculosis Infection and Disease in Household Contacts of Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis (such as uncle, grandfather, cousin) The definitions ... between TST positivity of contacts and gender, age, closeness to the index case, BCG scar presence and radiological degree of the disease of index case The rate of TST positivity of household contacts...

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... drafting of the manuscript PS conceived of the study and participated in the design, coordination and drafting of the manuscript WJM participated in the design, coordination and drafting of the manuscript ... study and participated in the design, coordination and drafting of the manuscript JA assisted with the spatial mapping CH conceived of the study and participated in the design, coordination and ... The background represents the parasite prevalence in children to 10 years 18 of age from the Malaria Atlas Project The size and color of the circles reflect the incidence rate quintiles for the...

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... chondrocytes and adipocytes) [32-34] Risk factors Risks associated with stem cell therapy depend on many risk factors A risk is defined as a combination of the probability of occurrence of harm and the ... on other intrinsic and extrinsic risk factors (Table 2), such as the site of administration (i.e the local environment of the stem cell in the recipient) and the need for in vitro culturing The ... potential risks and risk factors obtained with other/existing stem cell based medicinal products may contribute to the risk evaluation of new stem cell based therapies Page of 14 The potential risk of...

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... 2004-2005 The Appraisal of Development Expenditures Project appraisal and risk management for the public sector OUTPUT OF MODULE – Forecast of quantities and prices for life of project – Taxes, tariffs, ... appraisal and risk management for the public sector OUTPUT OF MODULE – Technology and life of project – Quantities of inputs by type needed – For investment and operation – Labour required by type and ... throughout the project’s life? b What are the key variables? c What are the sources of RISK? d How can the RISK be reduced Cao Hao Thi Fulbright Economics Teaching Program, 2004-2005 The Appraisal of Development...

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... concept (either for the company or for the customer) It includes all activities from the development of an idea or a concept for a product, to the realization of the product during the production ... to h The participants were given an explanation regarding the purpose of the feedback, the purpose of the conceptual model, some background of the research that lead to the development of the ... management is the manner of implementation, of expertise, paraphernalia, knowledge and modus operandi to an extensive range of activities for the fulfillment of prerequisite of the specific project”...

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... is needed in other at risk populations in Tijuana and other border cities throughout the US-Mexico border Funding Information Figure Map of Mexico Map of Mexico States of origin of migrating pregnant ... California; 2, Sinaloa; 3, Jalisco; 4, Michoacan; and 5, Chiapas received a blood transfusion for woman, spouse used other drugs for woman, spouse had sex with other women for women, and no risk ... Supported by the NIH CFAR Supplement P30 AI3621409A1, State of California's University-wide AIDS Research Program IS02 SD 701 and ID03 SD 029, and AI3614 (Virology Core of the UCSD Center for AIDS...

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... data and model fitting (n = 3) where C2 is the protein in the bulk, C10 is the concentration inside the gel, S and V1 are, respectively, the surface and the volume of film, V2 is the volume of the ... up to 90% and, in the third day, about 96% of the cells have well-developed neurites Figure 6b reports the trend of neurite length in the time: already after 24 h, the mean length of the neurite ... bulk, h is the massive exchange coefficient, Cs0 is the protein concentration on the surface of the film and finally ks is the desorption rate constant Substituting known values and by fitting the experimental...

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... remuneration and rational use of talents *** 27 Conclusions and issues for further research of the thesis On the basis of the main content and results of the research works relating to human resources and ... capable of fulfilling the objectives and tasks of the process, in which the growth of the capacity to endure the pressure of work and creative energy as well as the structure of the labor force ... situation of the development of human resources and achievements, the shortcomings and their causes, offers viewpoints and proposes solution groups for HRD during the period of industrialization and...

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... Iraq [24] and Zambia [14] It is worth mentioning that the location of Jordan (in the center of the Middle East) adds more importance for the need to study and understand the epidemiology of trans-boundary ... raising sheep and/ or goats along with ‡ cattle Yes: means the presence of the factor, No: means the absence of the factor biggest from the size point of view, and this affect the quality of veterinary ... disease, the mortality rate, the abortion rate and the vaccination history The management information included the water source, the cleaning practices, the veterinary services and the workers’...

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 23:22

... were the risk factors of tumor recurrence For the patients without or with limited risk factors of tumor recurrence, hepatectomy rather than liver transplantation will be the first choice of treatment ... in the sequence alignment MC Yu, TH Wu and HS Chou participated in the design of the study and performed the statistical analysis WC Lee conceived of the study, and participated in its design and ... the Points axis The point is 35(if GOT > 34) and 0(if GOT ≦ 34).Repeat this process for the other predictors axes Sum up the points for each predictor and locate the number on the Total Points...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:24

... model of all risk factors repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection, tetralogy of Fallot or other forms of right ventricular outflow tract obstruction were not risk factors for the development ... arrhythmias Closure of a ventricular septal defect (VSD) predisposed to the development of JR, AJR, JET and VT The arterial switch operation did not emerge as a risk factor for the development of arrhythmias ... point, the period prevalences were 12.7% for SVT, 16.7% for AJR, 5.4% for JET, and 15.2% for VT (p < 0.0001 versus preoperative prevalence for all types of arrhythmias) The prevalences of these...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:22

... were designed and RT-PCR procedures were developed for the specific detection of PVM in various potato samples and for the confirmation of PCR amplicons The efficacy of RT-PCR for indexing seed ... greenhouse at 18°C 22°C and observed every other day for the development of symptoms All inoculated plants (regardless of whether or not symptoms developed) were tested for PVM by ELISA and RT-PCR All ... bioassay, RT-PCR, RFLP and sequence analysis of the CP gene Data from all the tests positively identified the virus as PVM Sequence analysis of these PVM isolates and eight other known PVM strains/isolates...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 04:21

... sequencing of an informative region of its genome (the 5'UTR) remains the golden standard The 5'UTR is highly conserved, and therefore is very suitable for both RT-PCR detection and genotyping of HCV ... ratio = 13.75) Genotype and place of living The majority of the study population (63%) were from the south of Gaza Strip and 34 (37%) were from the north The majority of southern patients were infected ... 1967 and controlled the Palestinian lives until the establishment of the Palestinian National Authority Based on this information, the genotypes distribution in the south and north of Gaza and...

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... termination of transcription from either the weaker or both promoters [66,68] Convergent transcription may also allow for the elongation of both viral DNA strands The subsequent formation of double-stranded ... sequestered in the cytoplasm of quiescent T cells and recruited to the nucleus following T-cell activation The relevance of these (and other) transcription factors in a potential therapeutic strategy ... and in the beginning of the leader region of HIV1 The U3, R, U5 and leader regions are indicated Nucleotide (nt1) is the start of U3 in the 5'LTR The transcription start site corresponds to the...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:22

... remain for the development of therapeutic viruses based on the human pathogen HIV-1 One of the major concerns is the high mutation and recombination rate of HIV-1 that allows the generation of escape ... replication of HIV-rtTA Another possible explanation for the improved replication of the mini-HIV-rtTAs is provided by inspection of the sizes of these viral genomes The RNA genome of the wild-type ... exclusively in the 350 nt tat fragment This fragment encodes the first exon of the tat gene, the overlapping first exon of the rev gene and part of the open reading frames for vpU and Env The sequence...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 09:20

... interpretation of data and drafting of the manuscript TFS participated in the study design, interpretation of the data and drafting of the manuscript FM initiated the study, participated in the design of the ... No Engelmann et al in the absence of other respiratory pathogens was regarded as sufficient for diagnosis and initiation of antiviral treatment The size of the cohort is rather small, a limitation ... Furthermore, the epidemiological association between these three patients is weak (patient C1 stayed on the SICU at the beginning of the cluster, and patients C7 and C8 at the end; Figure 1) These findings...

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... assessing the association would be informative 30 CHAPTER AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THESIS The overall aim of this thesis is to describe the prevalence and patterns of refractive errors and to evaluate the ... collection of clinical data, without which my thesis would have not existed Finally, I thank my parents for their love in the past years of my life I also thank them for the understanding and support of ... Figure 56 Forest Plot of Risk Estimates of the Association between Myopia and Prevalent Age-Related Macular Degeneration…………………………………… 246 Figure 57 Forest Plot of Risk Estimates of the Association...

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