3 retroperitoneal access in the pediatric population

... individual in 11 aspects of life mapped to domains and sub-domains of the ICF: mobility within the home, mobility outside the home, self-care, looking after belongings, looking after the home, looking ... and age for the remaining nine aspects of life Persistence was greater in women than men for four aspects of life (looking after the home, looking after belongings, interpersonal interaction, ... Health Survey in 2005 (n=4002) Adjusted response of 85.1% Missing KAP data in 2005 (n=293) Responders who completed the KAP in the 3yr Health Survey in 2005 and were included in the analysis (n=3709)...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... for the binding of CP12 The presence of this region at the interface of GAPDH and CP12 could also explain the kinetic changes observed for the binding of the substrate when the wild-type recombinant ... being located near the substrate-binding site, it is possible that the negative charge introduced with the glutamic acid could interfere with the binding of the substrate, BPGA Replacement of the ... involved in protein protein interactions These residues being also conserved among other chloroplast GAPDHs (Fig 1B), we mutated them in either alanine or glutamic acid Kinetic parameters of the R197A...

Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 16:20

... during experimental stress Type D was also associated with a decreased activity in the amygdala in response to fearful expressions [10], suggesting inadequate emotion-processing in the brain Finally, ... endothelial progenitor cells [47] in cardiac patients These initial findings are promising, but more research is needed to examine the cardiovascular effects of stress in apparently healthy individuals ... the editor etc.), (3) if they were published in peer-review journals, and (4) if they were written in English Studies were excluded for the following reasons; (1) if they included a patient population, ...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... and the BMI value in the general population [25,26] Therefore, the aim of our research was to assess the association between the BMI value and health-related quality of life in the urban population ... smoking, physical exercise other than walking and walking (Model 3), the lower HRQL was independently linked to overweight only in females Similar results were obtained in model which also included ... whilst the prevalence of obesity was 14.3% in males and 20.1% in females These results are compatible with the prevalence of obesity recorded in other countries [7] Problems arising from the increase...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... found that the MHI-3 performs almost as well as the MHI-5 The best-performing single item was the one asking about "feeling downhearted and blue," which was also the case in the US [6] The usefulness ... positive feelings, their scoring was reversed The score for the MHI-5 was computed by summing the scores of each question item and then transforming the raw scores to a 0–100-point scale [18] ... knowledge that they are subjects in a study of mental health Embedding the mental-health screening instrument in a more general survey, as the MHI-5 is embedded in the SF-36, could help minimize any...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... and the BMI value in the general population [25,26] Therefore, the aim of our research was to assess the association between the BMI value and health-related quality of life in the urban population ... smoking, physical exercise other than walking and walking (Model 3), the lower HRQL was independently linked to overweight only in females Similar results were obtained in model which also included ... whilst the prevalence of obesity was 14.3% in males and 20.1% in females These results are compatible with the prevalence of obesity recorded in other countries [7] Problems arising from the increase...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 16:20

... treatment of allergic rhinitis The first-generation or "older" antihistamines (e.g., chlorpheniramine, diphenhydramine) are effective in reducing sneezing, itching, and rhinorrhea They have untoward ... obstruction Anti-inflammatory nasal sprays These agents may be useful in reducing sneezing, itching, congestion, and rhinorrhea and are extremely safe in the elderly They can be divided into nonsteroidal ... cost of the prescribed medications Types of rhinitis in the elderly Appendix shows the various categories of rhinitis in the elderly I will discuss each condition and the appropriate therapeutic...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 21:20

... S01 of the IL18 gene is skewed in Japanese arthritis patients is due to a basal high frequency of the haplotype S01 in the Japanese population The findings in the present study raise the question ... considered to be only 1% in the healthy Swedish population [22] and only 0.05% in the Chinese population [38], much lower than that of the Japanese population Also, in German whites, the frequency of ... necessarily common among them Indeed, no increase in the frequency of the S01/S01 diplotype configuration was observed in RA patients in Chinese patients [42] and in JIA patients in Germany [40] One...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 07:20

... improvement in 6MWT distance, which is useful in the serial evaluation of patient status The most clinically relevant finding was the increase in exercise capacity as indicated by the increase in 6MWT ... continuous TTE guidance, the sheath was advanced through the ASD into the left atrium [Figure 3] The left disc was deployed first by pushing the rod Adjusting the left disc to be parallel to the ... were therefore added [9] During the process of the occluder deployment, the occluder was moved to the rim of superior vena cava by moving the sheald as close as possible, then the “left Figure The...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:22

... conducted in the USA, 21 (28%) in the UK, (10%) in Australia, and (5%) in Germany, with the remaining 15 studies (20%) conducted in other regions More than half of studies (66%) conducted a clinical ... supervision, including interpretation of data and critical revision of the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing ... undoubtedly, a poor understanding of the terms used in a questionnaire or interview will result in inaccurate self-report data Finally, there has been poor reporting of the reliability and validity...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 21:24

... interphalangeal joints (DIP), the proximal interphalangeal joints (PIP), the interphalangeal joint of the thumb (IP), the metacarpophalangeal joints (MCP), the thumb carpometacarpal joint (CMC) and the trapezioscaphoid ... nature of the appointment Participants who not attend the clinic for their specified appointment will be sent another letter asking them to re-contact the Research Centre and book another appointment ... effort will be made to maintain the quality of the data obtained and minimise information bias in the data that will be collected at the research clinics Standardised interview questions and physical...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 21:24

... the second column, the timeframe of interviews in the third column, and the main findings in the fourth column These tables aim to highlight the most meaningful conclusions from the studies collected ... enrolled in the WIC program in Pittsburgh also identified four trajectories of symptoms of anxiety, including low, low-increasing, highdeclining, and high-increasing groups [52] In contrast to the ... stronger evidence for intra-individual heterogeneity in the longitudinal course of a single disorder than heterogeneity resulting from having distinct clinical subtypes in the population Several...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 17:20

... was involved in the interpretation of data AD participated in the coordination of the study PM commented on drafts of paper AP was involved in the conception of the study RH was involved in the ... of the study and assisted in writing the manuscript All authors have read and approved the final version of the manuscript Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests ... respectively) than in the other items (deviance explained between 13.1% and 16.5%) The synergistic effects found in the EQ-5D index model were also reflected in the EQ-5D dimensions, however, the interaction...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 00:20

... affect the level, but not the longitudinal course of FEV1 in the general population Therefore, it remains for future considerations whether these SNPs play a role in the development or growth of the ... selected for tagging In our opinion the most convincing association shown in the current study was that the rs11085735 SNP in KEAP1 significantly associated with higher FEV1 levels in the pooled cohort ... lung injury in a Caucasian population [23] So far no studies have investigated the role of NFE2L2 or KEAP1 polymorphisms in relation to the longitudinal course of lung function in the general population...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 14:20

... remaining subjects, comprising participants reporting at both surveys former smoking (n = 944), quitting smoking during follow-up (n = 387), starting smoking during follow-up (n = 38), non-smoking ... in the follow-up study of the LHS [53] In other studies, the GSTP1 105Ile/Ile genotype was inconsistently associated with COPD [13,54,58] In vitro assays further underline the complexity of the ... and smoking intensity (pack-years up to baseline and during follow-up in ever smokers), as well as BHR and age, was assessed by including according multiplicative interaction terms in the regression...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 16:20

... detected The authors came to the conclusion the XMRV is not a contributory factor in the pathogenesis of CSF [10] In light of these results, the finding of XMRV in prostate tumours and CFS patients in ... controls from one study in the USA were virus positive [3] Why is the virus common in the USA but rare in Europe? Are there specific populations of rodents in the USA releasing this virus? Why is ... porcine endogenous retrovirus in transmitting miniature swine Virol J 2006, 3:91 Suling K, Quinn G, Wood J, Patience C: Packaging of human endogenous retrovirus sequences is undetectable in porcine...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:23

... 18% in population based studies [11,12] This is in contrast with the finding in Western countries where 34 to 78% of the general population are overweight [10] and 21 to 59% of the general population ... chronic cough than in the studies of the Western populations [1,2], although there was a small increase when comparing with our previous study [3] The low prevalence of GOR-CC in the present study ... characteristics of the present patients including complication with other causes of chronic cough were consistent with those in the previous studies of GOR-CC in the Western populations [1,4,15,16] Since chronic...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 08:20

... [29-32] Interestingly, this protein is highly expressed in the epidermis and inhibits UV-induced apoptosis of keratino- interactions On the positive tail of the distribution, suggesting a history ... located within genes The number of loci is indicated by the Y-axis The arrows show the EwensWatterson score for each microsatellite associated with the genes included in the preliminary test The microsatellites ... microsatellite, from the three examined in the gene, showed a significant deviation in the Ewens-Watterson test Interestingly, this was also the closest to the gene region that encodes the receptor for...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 17:22

... variance in the base population (10) The slight discrepancy, in these studies, occurs because the formulae derived in this paper have not taken into account the effect of inbreeding in the reduction ... words, the genetic variance due to the gene frequencies segregating in the population at the generation in question In most situations, these are the parameters of interest because they explain how ... the genetic variance and heritability in the original base population Rather, the estimates of these parameters would be those obtained after relaxing selection for several generations, in other...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 20:20

... of the older population is pertinent for the following reasons Firstly, the population of the UK is ageing in terms of both the increase in the average (median) age of the population and the increase ... and old in addition to providing preliminary findings from the older population The outcomes of the pilot phase will be used to design the final online survey questionnaire containing the finalised ... and Linkedin OSNs dynamic updating, creating and uploading of content and interaction with other user’s Investigating the Adoption, Use and Diffusion of Online Social Networks in the Older Population: ...

Ngày tải lên: 11/10/2014, 04:00